PermaSolarPotterMar 8
Thanks to advice from you helpful folks on this app, I learned that my woodchip-heavy #compost would make good mulch for my fruit trees. I started with the mango, adding some organic fertilizer to the base, topping with compost and fallen leaves from the tree. There are plenty of prolific established mango trees in our neighborhood that produce with no help. Ours is young and last year a lot of the fruit fell before it ripened. Let’s see what happens this year. #gardening #TropicalFruit #zone10
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I might thin the baby fruit on that tree this year, see if it will ripen a small quantity --

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Mar 8 at 6:38pmWeb
Show threadPermaSolarPotterMar 9
@clew We had some ripened fruit last year without doing anything at all. Like I said, most of the more established trees in my area are prolific without any help so I don’t think I want to micromanage too much. I want to just observe what happens this year with the additional fertilizer and water. (We didn’t even water last year and were in a drought and still got fruit. It’s a pretty unbelievable plant.)