The new gang.

Julie is having 'drying up' issues. I can see the leaves on the bottom turning brown. The leaves above look good still but I'm gonna keep misting Julie just to be safe.

Edward on the other hand, looks great. He's showing some shriveling at the tips but is still plump.

Here is a shoot of all three waiting in my bedroom. I will keep them here for a week before they go outside.

Julie, August 14th.

The new flush of growth is taking off.

I'm excited about the another Julie and an Edward that I might get next week; I think TopTropicals will be shipping on Monday? Total: $142 plus change.
I just paid for the Tebow ($90) via Paypal from Plantogram. Mickey (the owner) is a good guy it seems.

I also went to the Hydroponic store on Evelyn and picked up a Hanna hand-held tester to test Ph, EC and tempterature of the water. Found the water in the container to be Ph 6.8; so I added some citric acid to bring it down to Ph 4. Which may be too much so I hosed down my mango tree just to be safe. Manage to get it to 5.9, which is close enough to 6.

My Julie Mango

Woopie!

Drip irrigation.

In my bedroom to slowly adjust to light, before I move it out to my backyard.

I love it.

I can't believe that I am the owner of a Julie Mango grafted tree. Its small but I hope it grows. I purchased it from Nipahut.com a Florida Nursery.

I paid about $48 for the plant (which includes shipping). It spent almost 7 days in a box traveling to me from Florida. Wow. Then I decided to plant the little mango plant into LECA which I bought at Home Depot for about $33 then the pot was from Lowes for $13. I put in a drip irrigation part for $5 more. This is gonna be expensive especially if the little guy dies.
I think the top part is the remains of a bloom? Maybe?
I feel so nostalgic about this plant. Makes me think about my youth in Trinidad.