Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

I planted my Ackee outside over the holidays and it survived the winter without incident. It is growing well and its next test is the full summer heat. But, this looks like it may be a good one for ...

I have shifted all of my plants onto DynaGro Foliage Pro fertilizer twice a year.

Sorry for not seeing the responses. I have been working out of town for a year and I have not been able to look at this forum as much as I would like. The Jackfruit is doing okay. It puts out about ...

The route you suggested is a very sound option. I never know what will live outside here. The jackfruit I have did fine outside last winter. However, it grows very slowly outside in the ground. Th ...

I was watering my indoor plants today and I was wondering if anyone was growing an Akee outside in Phoenix or the southwestern desert. The plant weighs over 100 pounds now and it is difficult to move ...

My fig is not prolific yet. I had a few pieces of fruit, but the birds got them all this spring. I used a 50/50 mixture of 5:1:1 fish emulsion and 0:10:10 Morobloom to fertilize the plant. The fig ...

Your fig tree looks great. I have a Black Mission Fig also in its second year (full exposure in the summer). Did you do anything to get the bushier shape of your plant or is it naturally growing tha ...

Your lemon tree looks great. I had a 20 year old oak tree when I lived in Dallas that was afflicted with a virus. The tree had a litany of maladies (including pests) and deteriorated rapidly. If yo ...

Bark splitting by itself is not necessarily a problem; however, it may be indicative of other issues. You can type "citrus bark splitting" into your search engine and see other warning sign ...

I thought I would share some of the more experimental plants I am trying outside. The coffee plants have been in the ground two years without being covered and the Jackfruit and Achachairu have been ...

The gritty mix is one part pine bark, one park Turface MVP, and one part granite. For the pine bark, I use Repti-bark (available at Petco, Petsmart, or Amazon.com). I get the Turface MVP from Ewing ...

My tropical plants are not as photogenic right now because they were weighed down by the rain; however, here are a few that were taken a few minutes ago. The mangoes are still very small so there is ...

That's great that your mangoes are doing so well. I'm trying one last time with a Kent and a Haden variety. The Kent is outside and the Haden is inside planted in gritty mix. Currently, all my citr ...

The mangoes already look prolific, I can't imagine what they would look like with perfect soil. The mangosteens seem to take the heat well. The true mangosteen is potted, so I'll have to see how it ...

Your mangoes look great. Two out of the six plants I have killed were mangoes, since I began this tropical fruit obsession six years ago. I never had much luck with them. It's funny that mangosteen ...