02-15-2012, 05:48 AM
Ring spot virus is taking a toll on my papayas...dammit!
As for mangos, I had a beautiful Hayden (?sp) mango tree that I planted as a seedling, got a few mangos in the early years and the tree grew and grew, looked beautiful and healthy. But soon, no matter what a wealth of blossoms I got, every season the blossoms would come but turn black before developing the keiki fruit and I didn't get any fruit for more than 10 years; meanwhile the tree got huge. All sources indicated it was the rust virus that is on my ohia and on my house!It was NOT, as so many insisted, the vog killing the blossoms. And state ag folks told me there was no known cure and nothing I could do.
I cut down the mango and planted a breadfruit instead. Just FYI...
As for mangos, I had a beautiful Hayden (?sp) mango tree that I planted as a seedling, got a few mangos in the early years and the tree grew and grew, looked beautiful and healthy. But soon, no matter what a wealth of blossoms I got, every season the blossoms would come but turn black before developing the keiki fruit and I didn't get any fruit for more than 10 years; meanwhile the tree got huge. All sources indicated it was the rust virus that is on my ohia and on my house!It was NOT, as so many insisted, the vog killing the blossoms. And state ag folks told me there was no known cure and nothing I could do.
I cut down the mango and planted a breadfruit instead. Just FYI...