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vandenberg
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Garden and citrus crop
Got a new load of soil in the garden beds and the tomatoes sure seem to like it. Growing like weeds. And we had an unbelievable tangerine and mandarin
crop this year. Already hundreds of fruit had been picked of these trees before the pics were taken.
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bacquito
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Good crop!
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i just got my burpee catalog in the mail. bring on the spring....
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oladulce
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Beautiful trees vandenberg. Wish i knew what's wrong with my peach, mango, gfruit and orange. They're out of the wind, i've played with the water, no
sign of bugs, and supplement fertilizer tea but all are hanging by a thread.
Bigwooo says when he toured your garden [between hummingbird divebombers] you mentioned problems with your soil. What did you change
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vandenberg
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Oladulce,
never had a problem with the fruit trees. They, and the 5 cocopalms, always grew at a healthy pace and have been producing after the first 4 years.
Grapefruit in abundance every second year. We started the planters with great soil, but somehow the better half decided we needed fresh soil and when
we replaced it, all the plants struggled and never produced or reach maturity. No way here to run tests, so we replaced it again, with identical
result. We did this 3 times, but this time we seem to have gotten the proper dirt, somewhere from a ranch in the San Juan area.
Always had the feeling that salt was the culprit for the stunted growth, but won't swear by it.
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Always love gardens ... and one that produces food... even better... how's critters on your "babies" ... ?? sounds like you might have some help ..
hummingbirds can get a bit protective ... 
Had a pair that built a nest next to our back door, in a fig tree just out the door... raised three generations from that tree... and they didn't like
us changing ANYTHING while the little ones were still in the "nests" ever see one, a hummingbirds nest... really some little place to raise the little
ones ... just two per eggs per nest was the limit on the ones we had sharing a place to live ... the young ones were a real treat ... really liked to
zoom around testing their new wings..
Thanks again for the nice shots of where ya live ... Merry Christmas.... and keep it going ... really nice .. thanks for some memories ...
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oladulce
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Any photos of your hummers Vandenberg [sorry, keyboard's broken-no question mark]
Wooo says never seen anything like it. Hummers so thick they were sitting around the patio table with them. Unless he's pulling my leg.
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vandenberg
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Oladulce.
Here a picture of some of the hummers. They are almost impossible tp capture. They refuse to sit still. We have 5 feeders, which Barb fills daily. At
times we may have as many as 50 to 75 of them cruising around. Between feeding they rest in the fruit trees. Some are so used to people that I can
actually touch them while they're sitting on something like a flyswatter handle. They are fun to watch and as expensive as feeding a large dog with
the price of sugar.
![IMG_1408 [1600x1200].JPG - 47kB](https://forums.bajanomad.com/files.php?pid=681140&aid=29421 "IMG_1408 [1600x1200].JPG - 47kB")
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vandenberg
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One more through Photobucket
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oladulce
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WOW. No exaggeration, you have swarms. I wonder if Xantus come over to the pacific side. Thanks for the pictures.
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Just a stray thought on productive trees vs. non-productive. Maybe the 50-75 hummingbirds around Vandenberg's contribute to better pollination.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
Beautiful trees vandenberg. Wish i knew what's wrong with my peach, mango, gfruit and orange. They're out of the wind, i've played with the water, no
sign of bugs, and supplement fertilizer tea but all are hanging by a thread.
Bigwooo says when he toured your garden [between hummingbird divebombers] you mentioned problems with your soil. What did you change
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Oladulce---isn't the weather fairly cool for part of the year in Pequena? That might be affecting the Mango and Grapefruit. As mentioned though salt
could be a culprit too. Without seeing them in person its hard to know---soil ph might be very alkaline there? Are you foliar feeding? Foliar
feeding with Miracle-Gro or other chelated fertilizers sidesteps the issue of soil problems often (especially in Citrus which have problems absorbing
all the micronutrients via their roots).
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oladulce
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Oladulce---isn't the weather fairly cool for part of the year in Pequena? That might be affecting the Mango and Grapefruit. As mentioned though salt
could be a culprit too. Without seeing them in person its hard to know---soil ph might be very alkaline there? Are you foliar feeding? Foliar
feeding with Miracle-Gro or other chelated fertilizers sidesteps the issue of soil problems often (especially in Citrus which have problems absorbing
all the micronutrients via their roots). |
Thanks Mexitron. Probably lots of salt in the soil here and I bet the pH is on the high side. I'll read up on foliar feeding. There are huge, old
mango trees loaded with fruit 30 miles away in La Purisima and I'd guess the nightime winter temps in the valley there are much lower than our
location (and I bet their soil is better). My trees would probably be happy if it was more tropical here, but to this untrained eye, I don't think
temperature is the main problem. Do you make house calls?
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Next time I'm in the area I'll stop by!
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Happy New Year Oladulce and Mexitron and Vandenburg and bacquito and woody !!
those pics of the hummingbirds are just amazing !! our first year here we set some feeders out but we got a lot of bees so we gave it up
how do you keep the bees away ????
oladulce - wish you best of luck with the fruit trees ....
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Our first year here we set some feeders out but we got a lot of bees so we gave it up
how do you keep the bees away ????
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We just leave them alone and let them share. If they get too bad ( only once in a while ) we shoo the birds away and spray some insecticide around the
feeders. Seems to do the trick.
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Beautiful pics of your garden, I love pics like this! Thanks. Those hummers are amazing and my favorite. Only found in that area of Baja, a real Baja
treasure!
Hope to see you next Oct/Nov
Iflyfish
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Hello Ed and Barb!
Ed and Barb a few years ago when we stopped in to meet them. One thing that I remember was the evidence of a green
thumb everywhere around their place! You can see some proof of that even in this picture!
Besides all the hummingbirds that visit their place, here is another visitor we saw that day while on the upstairs
porch.
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vandenberg
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Hi Don,
long time no see!! Still working I presume?
And indeed we have scores of birds here and a much larger variety than I expected when we moved here. We also supply them with lots of birdseed. Love
birds.
A buddy of mine, one of those guys that can't sit still for any longer than 5 minutes, decided a few years ago, to pass some time, to built us a
birdhouse. Quite an elaborate contraption and I don't believe a bird has ever visited it for other reason than to crap on it.
One of the pics is of the inside. Looks like someone's porch. He built all that stuff from scratch in miniature. Very clever.
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oladulce
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That was a birdhouse? Imagine having a playhouse like that as a kid! Hang on, I'd love to have a look-out tower/ garden gazebo like that right now!
Not sure the birds would fully appreciate the details and what a mess.
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