Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

[mullenium]

Hey guys,

I got some new additions to my collection

I decided to pot them all because i was running out of room in my yard and easier to move in during winter.

The First is my new Pickering from plantogram:





The Trunk of the Pickering





Also found this Timotayo at Lowes for $39 (its an upper V graft with only 2 growth shoots)



And I found this Gold Nugget at Lowes for only $20 bucks (price mistake) its again an upper V graft (thanks a lot la verne!) with only 1 growth shoot



Here is the free Barbados Cherry from PlantoGram



Pic of all my potted plants(from left to right: struggling minnola tangelo i pulled from the ground and potted up, ex bonsai'd jaboticaba [i decided I want to actually taste the fruit sooner than later], timotayo mango, gold nugget mango, pickering mango, barbados cherry, 2 tiny grafted citrus in the smaller tan pots, and some herbs in the white long container)



do you guys think these pots are big enough? the 2 larger tan pots are 24 inch glazed plastic (resin?) from walmart which say they are UV resistant, the other 2 are 22 inch high density resin double walled planters from costco.. I figured they should hold up during the phoenix summers well enough if placed toward the east side of my house giving shade in the afternoon.. i was thinking the costco planters might be too small though? what do you all think?

i planted everything in a mix of: peat, perlite, volcanic pumice, compost soil, play sand, decomposed granite sand, and a cup of gypsum per planter

also was I supposed to use gravel as a bottom layer of each pot?

after I had everything planted I thought of this idea which sounds like it might improve drainage?

but i don't want to aggravate the roots by taking everything out to add the gravel.. is it beneficial enough to attempt though?

[phoenixtropicals]

Wow. Very interesting. I think most mangoes will get too big for a pot, but you might be good for a couple of years. I wouldn't bother putting gravel in. As long as your pots have drain holes you are good to go.

[Dauntless]

How did you come up with the planting mix that you made? I have heard of Al's gritty mix but that sounds like it wouldn't be very good for here since it is so hot and things dry out so fast. Yours sounds better with the compost.

I don't put gravel in the bottom of my pots but just use rocks or whatever is handy to keep from blocking the drain holes with soil. There was a woman that even used pine cones so that the pots would be lighter.

If it drains, like Phoenix said, I wouldn't worry about it.

[mullenium]

damn i didnt know you were supposed to use rocks to cover the drain holes

makes me contemplate redoing it.. maybe ill just drill the holes bigger

[mullenium]