Pruned

Well, I bit the bullet and pruned Southern Blush down to healthy leaves. The top branches all looked wonky and there were no leaves on top. I though this might be a good time to prune her. I really hope SB can live with this action.

I snipped off two leaves and took off the terminal bud from Carrie. I can see latex sap seeping out from the cuts. Hope that more growth will branch out.

Mangoes at work.

 Graham

 Glenn & Julie

 Julie

 Lancetilla

 Valencia Pride

 Pickering

Manila, Tebows & Pickering.

Carrie & Southern Blush

Left in the recovery closet are Carrie and Southern Blush. I think even being in the plastic bag of dirt they seem to be doing okay. I mean it has been 11 days and so far only Southern Blush lost its top group of leaves. I rigged this piece of wood with grip clamps so I could get the lamps closer to the leaves. The lamps own clamps were weak so I used more grip clamps to hold it in place. Heres hoping that the mangoes all survive.

Moved all my orchids and two mango trees to work.

Jan 8th, 2011.

I moved Pickering and Graham; along with all my orchids and some of my plants to work.

I am still waiting for Gro Pots to transplant Southern Blush and Carrie. Not sure when they'll show up at the South Bay Hydroponic store?

Lost a lot of leaves from Glenn, Lancetilla and Valencia Pride. Waiting to see when this will stop. Julie holding onto her leaves better than the other guys.

Will post pics tomorrow.

Closet Mangoes, 10 days later

Using my newly acquired 20mm Nikkor lens from Catherine. I took this photo. See above how Southern Blush's stem being very tall.

Here… Southern Blush got pruned down.

Today I got my Felco F8 pruners from Amazon.com (and a Bodum coffee pot). I read that these pruners are simply the best and the choice of professionals. I think I got a really good deal on it too.

Today, I ate a Tommy Atkins for dessert and it tasted virtually flavorless. I did take the seed and planted it into a pot that had my dead Alphonso and Julie rootstock.

Glenn, Julie #4, Lancetilla & Valencia Pride. 17 days later.

Well, here are the pics of the guys at work.

Still looking, good even after dropping a bunch of leaves.

 

Valencia Pride still has fresh leaves but two of her branches are showing signs of shriveling. I'm hoping as long as she has enough leaves for photosynthesis, it should survive.

Lancetilla, looks great.

 

Julie looks great, dropped her bottom leaves but most of her leaves on top are fresh.

You can see the yellow leaves at his base but he is looking good too.

Pickering & Graham on a stick.

 

I propped Pickering onto a bamboo stick to straighten it out during transplant. Graham I did yesterday, he was really crooked.