Maha Chanok "B" pruned down

 

So I brought Maha "B" in from the cold greenhouse and pruned it down to what I can identify as close to live tissue. If it survives, I'll know better where the necrotic parts are.

Updates November 9th, 2012

ST Maui showing vigorous growth.

Pickering's growth flush.

Julie #1 is starting to push some sort of growth after cutting off all the flower stalks. I hope its not more flowers.

I'm taking Maha Chanok "A" to work. So I pruned off all the dead parts, rubbed the remaining green bit with vaseline and hope it pulls through.

  

I'll probably do the same with MC "B" because the greenhouse is getting cold at night.

ST Maui Mango

I'm impressed how fast and quickly ST Maui is pushing new growth, after pruning.

Oy vey.

View of Maha Chanok A & B

 

Not looking great but there is still a sliver of hope.

Close up of the graft.

 

Et voilá

Mango greenhouse update.

Maha Chanok "A" is looking grim. So the question is, how much die back? Will it be like how my Pickering fared? Tebow/Young in the back is doing great BTW.

Maha Chanok "B" is looking better than "A" but its still going through rough transplant shock. Both plants survived over 2 weeks (didn't turn completely black), so I am hopeful that it may have major die back but will regenerate.

MC "A" is showing necrosis from water stress. I'm pretty sure that this section of the plant is a goner. So time will tell if it can still grow. If it can survive two more weeks, well see.

Coconut Cream is doing great. I'm starting to think I should've stuck with coco coir for the potting material. CC is still holding onto a lot of its original leaves. Amazing.

Spirit of '76, on the other hand lost almost all its leaves but it producing so much new growth. Hurray.

What a healthy tree.

ST Maui

I pruned ST Maui down to about 20 inches in height yesterday. I even took some twigs and grafted one onto my Lemon Zest grafted seedling and one onto my Manila. My track record for grafting isn't so great but I hope they take.

On a separate note, my Maha's are not looking too good. They're completely stressed out. I am hoping they pull through like how my Pickering did from near death. Time will tell if they fair better.

October 27th, 2012

Its always distressing to watch my trees go through transplant shock. However, I bet its not as shocking as it is to the trees themselves. Here are pics of my two Maha Chanoks.

MC "B" is holding onto more leaves than "A" which I am guessing is due to the sun expose in the greenhouse. Unfortunately, I can't locate a space that's shadier. Its just too crowded. The gritty mix was really dry.

MC "A" is down to three leaves. Oh boy, I really hope it pulls through. I noticed that there was some dead tissue just below the first node above the graft. I'm guessing its sun-scald or cold damage from when it was young. the gritty mix was surprisingly dry. I'm a little worried about the watering needs.

Spirit of '76 is pushing out a whole bunch of new leaves. I keep looking at it with the desire to chop to half its current height but I should really wait till the roots are established. Forgive the photo, the greenhouse was very humid; causing my lens to fog up.