Update May 28th, 2011

So I went into work today at around 5pm. I decided to water my plants but ended up flushing my mangoes' pots to reduce the fertilizer salts even further. Took me about 2 hours. Phew.
Happy to see new growth on my little trees. A little worried that Edward dropped so many leaves but I am confident after the pruning that it might survive but only time will tell. I am hoping Edward is making efforts to produce new roots.
Graham looks like it will push new growth but did not include pics of it; at least not until its definitely showing.
Manila (also no pic) had tried to push growth but spider mites ruined it. I can't see them but I think I still have a mite problem.


Edward II

Before pruning. See some of Edward's leaves dropped.

And voilá Edward is now pugged. He's about 18 inches I think.

I couldn't throw away Edwards pruned off stem. So I put it in a shot of water. The stem did have necrosis so it helped me decide to prune Edward down.

Glenn

Glenn's growth is good.

Valencia Pride

Valencia Pride showing growth above and below.

This is fast growth.

Lancetilla

Lancetilla is indeed pushing new growth.

 

It will be interesting to see how the new twigs will develop.

Pickering

I'm glad its alive but sad that its so small.

Update May 25th, 2011

I took my camera to work and neglected to take pictures.

Edward dropped a lot of leaves but he's still holding onto a few. I was considering pruning him in half but I'll wait till mid-June to do it, I think. I noticed something that looked like bark rot on the upper part of Edward's stem. Maybe a good excuse to prune it?

Glenn is looking fabulous. Really bushy and his leaves are bigger than its previous flush.

Lancetilla is defintely pushing new growth; both on top and bottom. Will keep an eye on him. Flushing the pots with lots of water seem to have save him.

Julie #1 is looking great! She's having growth like she never had before.

Valencia Pride is pushing new growth and I was surprised how large the new bottom growth was. In three short days it over 2 inches long. I want to prune VP's upper branches shorter but not sure if that's a good idea?

Carrie is still slowly pushing out its three buds.

Graham looking like it might also try to push.

Julie #4, both Youngs and Pickering are doing well too.

Update May 21st, 2011

An upshot of Glenn, showing its second flush of growth a little more clearly.

Valencia Pride's new shoots.

Pickering same.

Mango Update with Xtreme Gardening products.

Pickering

Glenn

Julie #4

Edward lost one leaf so far from transplant shock but the other leaves are so far okay; a couple are a little crispy.

Valencia Pride is now pushing growth. I spotted two buds on top and the buds on the trunk below are getting bigger. I'm worried the new growth will make for an odd shaped tree.

I'm not sure but I think Lancetilla is gonna try for more branches?

I bought some hydroponic products from ehydroponics.com.
I ordered Xtreme-Gardening's Mykos and got CalCarb free with my order (received it all Wednesday). Today I went to Southbay Hydroponics and picked up Azos. Mykos is suppose to be an amazing mycorrhizae additive. Azos is a powerful nitrogen-fixing bacteria and CalCarb is a foliar spray for providing CO2. Tonight, I poked holes into the potting medium and put Mykos down them. Soaked each pot with Azos and finished up with spraying the under side of the leaves with CalCarb.
I hope my mangoes realize the love I give them.


Quote from XtremeGardening.com:
"Azos' many positive effects can be seen in only four days, while Mykos can take up to two weeks before it forms an association with plant roots."

Glenn

Photo taken with my iPad. Glenn is really doing a great job at filling out. Pretty much each twig/branch is pushing out new growth. I hope it turns into a nice rounded bush/tree.

Photos from work

Edward bagged. I wonder if the humidity is from the pot below?

Glenn's second flush of growth is really coming along.

I'm not sure but Lancetilla might be trying to push out new buds?

Glenn, Valencia Pride, Edward and Pickering. Julie #1 is behind Edward.

Carrie's buds are coming along too.

Moved Edward II to work today

I took Edward to work today. I left the plastic bag over it and it seems to be doing a good job of keeping moisture inside and around the leaves. Saw condensation on the bag.

Update May 13th, 2011

 Here is Glenn pushing out new growth from the tips of pretty much every branch. Cool!

 Here is Julie #1 growth.

 Here is Edward in my kitchen with a plastic bag over it.

Here is Edward on my backyard patio, in late afternoon sunlight.

Allow me to introduce to you, Edward II (reposting)

Mysteriously, my previous posting on Edward was deleted? Whats going with Blogger?

 Well, I'm reposting...

Well, Edward arrived May 11th, 2011. Mike from TopTropicals.com, told me via email, that Edward may be 2 years old (starting from the day it was grafting onto its root-stock).

The box Edward arrived in and the way he was wrapped up.

Edward unfurled like an umbrella.

Edward's root-mass.

Edward potted up in a Gro Pot formerly used for Southern Blush. I flushed the soil with water to make sure excess nutrients are leeched out and have a starting Ph I can work with.

Here is Edward in my Kitchen chill-axing. I placed a plastic bag over it as well as pruning off the tip (where branches had been previously pruned off; possibly for shipping). I also washed each leaf with a solution of citric acid to get the mineral deposits off. Took photos with my iPad2 but couldn't post them yesterday night.

 Bagged. Pic taken with iPad2.

Tip that I pruned off. See how it had four branches; possibly pruned off at the nursery.

Flushed the soil

So, yesterday, I took each potted mango tree to the sink and flushed them with a few gallons of water. I managed to not only get the EC reading to under 1200µS/cm but the Ph level to around 6.5 to 7.

I'll have to keep an eye on them and see how they fair. I looks to me that Lancetilla seems happier but not completely sure. More photos will come.

I introduce to you, Sir Edward the Second.

 

Here is the package I got from TopTropicals and Edward wrapped up like a closed umbrella.

Edward unfurled. Note the rootball. He has a nice thick trunk and leafy. I noticed the top had what looked like multiple branches, that had been cut off. Perhaps to make the plant smaller for shipping?
I hope that once Edwards show signs of surviving and get establish, I'll prune it down or try notching to encourage lower lateral branching.

Here is Edward's root mass. I washed off all the soil and bare-rooted him. Shocking no doubt but I wanted to go soilless completely.

Here is Edward in a Gro Pot. I soaked the fabric container until the water coming out the bottom was almost clear. I wanted to make sure I leeched out as much of the fertilizer that I used with Southern Blush. I hope there are no air pockets in the pot.

Here is Edward in a Home Depot bucket and placed in my kitchen; where the light levels are low, allowing Edward to conserve water.

Julie #1

After a year and all its set-backs, my first Julie might finally grow full sized leaves. It seems happy?

Glenn on its second flush of growth.

In just one day the leaves are bigger. I should have set up a camera to make stop-motion footage of the leaf growth.

Even the small twig is pushing growth. Nice.

Glenn is coming along nicely.