Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

Update is that they grow and fruit just fine for me.

Well you may be in luck because it looks like Dave Wilson has abandoned 3CR178 and is switching to Gisela rootstocks for the 2017 year. Hard to say how they will do, ive got several on Gisela on trial ...

Thats very unusual. We have a total of 5 trees here on Z-Dwarf as they are now calling it. None have that sort of swelling at the graft. You might so some surgery on that spot if it is indeed dead an ...

I have never given them any shade at all. By the 3rd year the two types synced up the bloom pretty darn good. Our problem is getting bees to pay attention. We have a 100 trees blooming at the same tim ...

Yikes! Im really sorry to hear that! Ours are huge, they would be 20 ft tall if I didnt prune them hard. Havent seen any of the issues you are describing. Getting to be very productive.

Id warn st ...

Lets hope! Ive been tossing around putting in about 30 more of these trees next winter........its a huge gamble because no one is for sure these trees will really produce well here. We rely on fruit a ...

All mine flowered and is holding a few rapidly maturing fruit.

Just was noticing today that my muscadines have come out of dormancy. I think it might be another year or two before I can say that they will fruit here though.

We have a very small muscadine vine that ive been working with. I have it in mostly shade as from a friend that grew up in the south has told be they are mainly found climbing trees in full shade. It ...

Interesting detail on the summer burn, cant say i see that ever in our Anna or really any of the other deciduous fruits. I see burn like that in alot of the tropicals I grow. Wonder if its a watering ...

ajbcirc thank you, fantastic info. That was exactly what I was looking for and appreciate you sharing what has taken many years to know. A cultivar im looking at currently is "winter banana" ...

We have a bush. Likes to sucker from the root alot. I understand the berries are supposed to be a superfood, not super tasty. But does real well in our heat. Im gonna keep mine.

Bkaus,

There has been quite a bit of discussion about Kevin Hauser and his ideas on apples over on the cloudforest forum. Im of the opinion that Kevin's advice really must be taken with a grain ...

Thanks for the opinions guys. Myamberdog, our 4 low chill cherries are just at budswell and are just getting ready to do their thing. Ill report back in a couple weeks on how the flowers turned out. I ...

Looking to get some practical experience from my fellow Phoenix fruit enthusiasts on apples that really work here. Im looking for varieties that you might have that are really producing well. We have ...