12-13-2007, 11:12 AM
We do not have a well.
The trees were planted in early 2002.
Very rough time for the first two years, and we did bucket a good bit of water for a while in 2003.
Now that our house and catchment are operating, we are expecting to install some emitters under mango, citrus, and coffee.
Feed. Mulch. Feed. Mulch. Feed. Mulch... yeah, like that.
We have been generous with Potassium Sulfate, Fishbone meal, horse manure, chicken manure tea, macnut shells, composted greenwaste, and cardboard.
Pruning to train is really key. If you are ever in the Manoa neighborhood near UH, you will see many house lots with one or two big old mango trees, and they are very finely trained in an open-vase with thick strong scaffolding limbs almost parllel to the ground. And, by August, there are bamboo props under the ends of limbs to support the abundance of fruit.
Nice.
The sex of a mango? Feel it up.
No, sorry...
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
The trees were planted in early 2002.
Very rough time for the first two years, and we did bucket a good bit of water for a while in 2003.
Now that our house and catchment are operating, we are expecting to install some emitters under mango, citrus, and coffee.
Feed. Mulch. Feed. Mulch. Feed. Mulch... yeah, like that.
We have been generous with Potassium Sulfate, Fishbone meal, horse manure, chicken manure tea, macnut shells, composted greenwaste, and cardboard.
Pruning to train is really key. If you are ever in the Manoa neighborhood near UH, you will see many house lots with one or two big old mango trees, and they are very finely trained in an open-vase with thick strong scaffolding limbs almost parllel to the ground. And, by August, there are bamboo props under the ends of limbs to support the abundance of fruit.
Nice.
The sex of a mango? Feel it up.
No, sorry...
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park