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Date: 19 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to grow your own Olive Oil

Olive Tree - Olea europea

How to grow your own Olive Oil

Olive trees are:

🔹 Easy to grow
🔹 Heat- and drought-tolerant
🔹 Beautiful in landscape
🔹 Symbol of Prosperity
🔹 Source of excellent superfood - Healthy Olive Oil

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Date: 19 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to make Dragon Fruit Smoothie? What to do with a

Dragon fruit and a cat

Dragon fruit smoothie

Dragon fruit yellow

🍹 How to make Dragon Fruit Smoothie? What to do with a Dragon Fruit?

Dragon fruit, regardless of variety, makes excellent smoothies. A perfect Dragon Fruit Smoothie can be made with a creamy blend of dragon fruit, mango, and banana. The tropical flavor is played up with a squeeze of fresh lime.

Recipe:
Mix in a blender:
2 dragon fruit, peeled
1/2 cup of mango pulp

banana
1 cup of milk of your preference
tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp Lime juce
Some Ice
Add Mint for decoration

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Date: 19 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to grow Desert Roses (Adeniums)

Desert Roses (Adeniums)

Desert Roses (Adeniums) indoors and soil mix

🌸 How to grow Desert Roses (Adeniums)

Adeniums, also known as Desert Roses, are exotic and striking plants with curious caudex and bright flowers. They can bring beauty to any indoor or outdoor garden. Despite their desert origins, they require a bit of care to thrive. Here's a simple guide to help you grow healthy and vibrant adeniums:

📚 A Guide to Growing Adeniums

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Date: 19 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings

Bauhinia monandra - Nepoleons Plume

Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings...

Bauhinia trees have striking orchid-like flowers in hues ranging from white and pink to purple and red. The flowers boast delicate petals with intricate patterns, resembling the elegance of true orchids.

The leaves are deeply divided, typically into two lobes or halves, hence another common name "Butterfly tree" due to their resemblance to butterfly wings.

Need a fast growing, easy to care tree with beautiful blooms? Orchid trees offer quick shade solution and guarantee a spectacular winter flower show.

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How to water a new Mango tree?

Q: I got a large mango tree from your garden center recently, planted in the ground, but noticed the corners of the leaves turning brown. It was full of little fruit when I planted it but now they are falling off... I wonder how much should I water the mango tree? We have lawn sprinkler system that runs daily, is this enough?

A: Generally speaking, never rely solely on your sprinkler system when planting a new tree, especially during the first week or even several weeks if you have no rain. By rain, we mean a nice downpour. Here in Florida, we usually have a hot and dry spring, and while springtime is great for starting new trees, additional hose-watering becomes essential for establishing them during the first months.

Dry leaves are a signal of under-watering. Make sure to hand water your mango tree every day for at least the first week after planting. Even if you have an individual sprinkler for the tree, ensure that the soil around the rootball receives enough water, not only around the trunk. Surprisingly, the bigger the tree, the more it may suffer from a lack of water, and sprinkler watering does not saturate the large root system, sometimes only reaching around the trunk. Big tree means lots of leaves and branches - they all get thirsty!

Mangos are pretty drought-tolerant trees, but only once established. They even benefit from hot, drier air (means less leaf fungus). However, young trees require regular irrigation until they start growing new leaves and branches.

Note that fertilizing your Mango tree is especially important during the spring and summer seasons - the period of active growth. This ensures that the tree takes the best advantage of nutrients with a faster metabolism encouraged by high temperatures. Give your tree a chance to build up lots of energy for the cooler winter as well as for the next flowering and crop season. To ensure a strong tree and reliable crop with no fruit drop, apply Sunshine Mango Tango liquid fertilizer with every watering and watch your mango tree become a Champ!

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Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

How to grow your own Olive Oil

How to make Dragon Fruit Smoothie? What to do with a

How to grow Desert Roses (Adeniums)

Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago

What is the best fast growing flowering shrub to hide an unwanted view? Sunflower Tree will do the job just in one season!

Why is Davidia called Handkerchief (Dove) Tree? This one from Germany is one of the most unusual plants you ever see!

Cat Philemon is eating Avocado!

How to water a newly planted Mango tree?

How to water a new Mango tree?