Mangoes still alive.

Julie is looking okay in her new pot.

Tebow too.

This Tebow too.

Waiting for Julie #2 leaves to harden off before transplanting.

Manila is branching out. Hurray.

I plan to transplant them all into fabric containers. I've been reading about fabric containers and I think I'm gonna try them out. I bought 10 of them off eBay and hopefully my mangoes will forgive me as I transplant them again.

Next day

Well, the re-potted plants haven't shown any signs of shrivelling. I think. The brown blotches are increasing on "straight Tebow." Perhaps I should cut them off?

 "Bent Tebow" has the brown blotches too. So far it may be sunburn.

It was a nice hot and humid day today in Northern California.

 Julie looks okay. I wish I had psychic powers to know how the roots on my mangoes are doing.

 The school group photo of the three.

Yabadabadoo!

Repotting my Mangoes into 3 gallon containers

I decided to repot Julie into a 3 gallon container so I could move it easily when I eventually do move out of my house. I was surprised to see that the root mass was small but I did see new root growth but not much.

I decided to also repot the Tebows. I planted them into "Roots Organics" medium mixed with Aussie Gold, Diatomaceous Rock with a hydroton base fill. The roots look small for both straight and bent Tebow. But I did see some hints of new root development. Hopefully I didn't damage the roots.

Ingredients: Coco fiber, perlite, pumice, worm castings, bat guano, kelp meal, oyster shell flower, greensand, soluble kelp, glacial rock dust, and leonardite.

Another view of Tebow's roots.

Here both have been planted into soilless medium with a topping of diatomaceous rock.

All three

I put a drip irrigation tubing to water them. The "Roots Organics" medium has a lot of organic fertilizer, so I have to watch out for burning.

Both Tebows are showing what I am guessing is sunburn. I hope it is; as a fungus attack would make me depressed.

Once Julie #2 leaves have hardened, I'm gonna transplant her into the same type of pot and soilless medium.

More to come...

New Tebows update.

Both new Tebows are doing fine so far. I am wondering about repotting them too but perhaps I should just keep them in their current container and not push my luck. One year in these container & soil will be okay.

Julies

Well, I am now thinking of repotting my Julies into 3 gallon containers. The more I think about it, the more I think it will be tough transporting these containers. I think one year in a 3 gallon pot will be okay. At least until I get my greenhouse. My worry is that transplanting will set back the growth or even kill them. Although, Julie #1 was transplanted several times and manage to survive.

Julie #2 new leaves are growing bigger. One of the leaves got chewed on by a bug.

Higher resolution pics

頑張って Edward!!

Sensitive Plant Mimosa Pudica

This is Mimosa Pudica, a flowering shrub/tree that was sent to me free with one of my Tebows. I didn't know what it was and it looked so pathetic. But after doing a bit of research, the plant is cute and has these leaves that snap shut when touched. It has fuzzy pink flowers. I hope it lives.

Found this picture online. Wow, I hope it looks like this plant.

Tebow brothers arrived today. Hurray!

Here are the two replacement Tebows I ordered from Plantogram (183). They look good.

I decided to repot them into soil rather than into Hydroton for two reasons. First, I'm gonna be moving once my home undergoes construction and a small pot will make it easier to transport. Second, I want to avoid transplant shock as that was the cause for the first Tebow's death.

I repotted the Tebows into slightly taller 3 gallon containers and I converted the original pot into a sleeve to help extract the trees when it does become time for me to plant into hydroton. I tried to protect the root ball but it was tricky taking them out of their original pots as the soil was very loose and fell apart. I gave them a dose of seaweed and B1 with a dash of SM-90. Pondering if I need to give it some sugar water?
I call the one on the right "Straight Tebow" and the one on the left "Bent Tebow" because of their growth shape.

Both are wedge grafted.
This is Straight Tebow's graft line.

This is Bent Tebow's graft line.

I sprayed them down with Exel LG just to be safe. Rather than putting them into a shaded area, I am gonna just place them in direct sunlight.

Julie twins update & Edward.

Julie is doing well. Keeping an eye on her black spots. Exel seems to have worked.

The growth flush on Julie #2 is really big compared to Julie #1.

Boom!

Amazingly, Edward is still green (even though its just a stub). I don't know if that little green spot will develop into growth but I am hoping still.

If the roots were dead, the stock would've died by now.

Exel LG works.

I'm not completely sure but it looks like Exel worked. The black fungus spot has stopped spreading and the green parts of the stem is holding its own. I keep spraying tiny amounts at the spot pretty much every day; after the big spray down.
Neem Oil doesn't seem to work. I'll just use it to spray down the other plants during spring and stick to Exel for the mangoes.

Fungicide

I couldn't deal with the anxiety anymore, so I rushed out to my local hydroponic store and bought this product (picture below) that is suppose to be great at controlling Anthracnose. It uses Mono- and di-potassium salts of phosphorous acid. It wasn't cheap but I figured my mangoes are too expensive to loose.

I have high hopes for Exel LG.

Julie is sick

Well I was surprised to find that Julie #1 has developed a fungus attack. Crap! I put Neem Oil on it but I don't know if that will do it?

Julie #2 is still going good.

Will continue to keep an eye on them.

More pictures.

Another close-up on Edward. Looks sad but I am really hoping that tiny green spot is new growth?!

Took the little Julie cutting and wedged it into Manila. Will see how it does.

My succulent. Looks almost psychedelic.

Ta-da.

Clue to Edward's possible survival?!!

Difficult to see but this tiny little green spot; it wasn't there a couple of days ago. I noticed it when chopping Edward down to a nub last night but had to think about it. Its above the graft line. Wow, I really hope its Edward trying to live! I'll wait a week and see.

Hmmmmmm.

The Julies

The two Julies are doing well. Julie #1 has this dark spot at its base that I hope is just sunburn. Julie #2 is pushing out a new flush of growth all over. Will keep tabs on her.

Here are close ups (forgive the shallow DOF).

Whoopie.