Succulent & Chayote Plant

Flowering

Chayote seedling.

Julie Mango moves outdoor and gets replanted again.

Julie with the gang.

Close up

The drip irrigation set-up.

The roots.

I buried a small pump and an air-stone at the bottom of the pot. I'm thinking when winter comes I will be able to use it indoors. I repotted Julie and a leaf fell off. The tap root was bent; that happens when growing in a 3 gallon planter. I hope it will continue growing. the roots I think are okay but I don't know if they're healthy. I gave it a good soaking and topped it off with Dyna-gro's Protek and Grow 7-7-7 fertilizer plus Superthrive. I hope this will boost Julie.

My Julie Mango

I created a new blog mango69

http://mango69.blogspot.com/

and moved all my mango related posts to it.

I'm gonna try to keep this blog for my artwork and miscellaneous stuff.

Much thanks.

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.

May 23rd Gardening

I bought this Manila Mango at Lowes. I was surprised to find it actually. So I had to buy it. Suppose to be cold tolerant but I have no idea if it will survive. I also bought a Julie Mango online from Nipahut and will suppose to get it Wednesday May 26th. I hope it arrives safe. I have a container all ready for it.

Bought D'Anou Pear to cross-pollinate hopefully with Shinseiki.

This Venus Flytap has big traps.

Five Finger Squash (Chayote). I can't believe it sprouted! Now I have to figure out where to plant it.

Four new fruit trees potted.

With the exception of the dwarf citrus (from Lowes), I bought the trees from Home Depot. I think the total of this project cost me just under $200. I'm a little worried that the drip irrigation set up I did may not output enough water for these trees. I guess I'll see. I'll have to research about pollinators, with regards to the apple and pear trees.

Happy Goldfish getting plump

New Pond Cage

I painted the wire mesh black with a small paint roller. I didn't do a great job. but it worked and Ralph gave me the tip on how to paint it.