sensation or irwin adelaide ?

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vlct says...
Daleys have the sensation in stock. Or wait for the Irwin to become available.
Could you recommend which would have stronger characteristics down south, cheers.

vlct says...
Yeah defently, considering Iam a chef. Thanks for the input. So the Irwin flesh is not the best either ? My bowens flowering atm, when spraying should spray flowers and leaves or just leaves ?

Cheers Brain.

Brain says...
Yes after flowering as it would interfere with fruit formation. But in general, the tree should get a spray regularly to keep the diseases under control. I assume you are talking about black spots and anthracnose. Also be mindful that some of the sprays can be quite toxic, best to keep away from kids and pregnant women.

I personally have never sprayed my (small) trees as I'm not bothered by a few spots here and there. But that's not to say it doesn't need one.

I haven't tasted an Irwin but I do have one because it was dwarf. However, had I known about it's lineage to the Turpentine mango, I would have changed my mind.

you can have a look at this web site on some common mangos.
http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/mango/index.shtml

If I was to choose an American mango or two, I'd grow Florigon or Valencia Pride, based solely upon other people's tasting notes, lol.

Otherwise, I would love to get my hands on Alphonso (an indian strain mango) or Atulfo (mexican but related to Alphonso). I figured KP is of Indian origin and being sweet and aromatic is good enough for me.

The Thai strains are worthly of a look and as a chef, you can use them for cooking/salads as well. Have a lookout for King Thai, Nam Doc Mai, Sam Ru Du, Kwan and plenty of others.

vlct says...
Anthrac *

vlct says...
Thanks Vf. Appreciate it mate. I thought a early might be to early but I could always t flower later I suppose.have u eaten a Irwin ?

BJ says...
ARKP is good as is King Thai or Maha Chinok. ARKP has a strong orange overtone over the regular KP flavor. Both are laden in my front yard and I'm hoping the impending storm doesn't knock too many off! You can't really go wrong with KP. Don't get ones too early that frosts will kill flowers and none too late that they won't ripen. NDM is the other good choice as it's good green or ripe. I'm growing out some seedling Lemon Zest mango now and hope its as good as the Americans have hyped it to be!

ivepeters says...
I'm still waiting for the much hyped trio of new mangoes from the CSIRO.

starling says...
Totally, utterly, completely agree as much as possible BJ--the CSRIO Fingerlime is VILE!Looks pretty, but man, is it ever awful. I wonder if the byron bay cultivar is the same.

I bought mine from bunnings, grafed variety--not sure what it is, but is sure was expensive. The salesman recommend it, but that probably had more to do with it being the most expensive one on the pallet than anything else. It has two fruits on it, probably the fist time it has fruited. The rest dropped off.

The fruit are turning from dark purple to light green as they mature.

I have another one in the ground which seed grown, so it will probably be terrible.

vlct says...
Thanks, i've ordered a grafted nam doc. Hopefully it'l hold up of winter.
This is a seeding kp. It has 3 other limbs top prune that look as tho there pushing out leaf growth. This is the highest limb, would it be worth leaving it on ?
L.zest sounds different.

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BJ says...
Starling, if yours was expensive and from bunnings then it's likely Rainforest Pearl. It's the worst of the grafted types. I yanked mine ages ago. It is super tough and prolific, but the fruit is terrible and has a very high skin oil content. Tasty Green is green all the way through. The red centre lime is the small egg shaped red skinned one. It's pleasant enough in drinks and is super prolific, but it has none of the good points of the finger lime IMHO.

vlct says...
Powdery mildew ey. I dont seem to ever get any on my veg, hopefully it doesn't become a probelm. Cheers vf. I'm convinced nam docs a contender down here.

A.C says...
I live in inner Adelaide and can say from experience as for locating a mango tree plant it near a large concrete, brick , ,bitumen thermal mass that heats the air at night to reduce frost damage.Plant it in front of a brick wall at least 3m away or more or near the road, out on the front lawn .I reckon bitumen is the best thermal mass by far.Try position that avoids 2pm sunlight onwards in summer,otherwise use shadecloth to do this.Good luck.

Anonymous says...
You will notice some trees will have burning on the tips that is salt burn.Mangoe is typical of this problem.Adelaide has high salinity levels compared to other states.It might get better with desal plant,not 100% sure on that one.You can buy conductivity meters on ebay to test your water.