Meet PeopleCats of TopTropicals. Cat of the Day: Chief
Shipping Department Supervisor
Chief is one of the oldest PeopleCats at TopTropicals. And of course the
most experienced one. So he is in charge of the Shipping Department.
Chief likes to chill out in front of the nursery gate together with Marco, Lil S*t and Dobi Duck.
Chief doesn't like car rides to his vet and when it happens, he is very
loud. The sound he makes is "Oy-yo-yo-yooooy!!!"
Chief likes milk. He has a white spot on his black face - from drinking
so much milk! No matter how much milk we buy for him, there never seems to
be enough. Chief even has a refrigerator for his milk. If you come to visit
Chief at TopTropicals Garden Center, you may bring him a small bottle of fresh
milk!
Thank you for your purrrrrrchase for Chief!
Date: 24 Sep 2019
Meet PeopleCats of TopTropicals. Cat of the Day: Marco
Cat of the Day: Marco
When you visit TopTropicals
Garden Center, the first Purrrrson that greets you will probably be Marco.
He likes to chill out right at the parking lot under the shady oak!
Marco is a long-hair Russian Blue, and it is too hot for him in Florida.
So he gets a fashionable Lion Cut every couple of months!
PeopleCats of TopTropicals: Shipping
Department cat - Lady Bug
We have been getting many messages from customers saying they really
love the postings of our Cats and Dobi Duck... and they want more updates. So we
decided to open this new section for the animal fans.
As you well know, TopTropicals is not just a plant Nursery. Like most of
the gardeners and all Cool Plant People, we love our pets and we have many
of them here, enjoying the Garden. Our cats and the Duck are members of
TopTropicals Team. They help customers, participate in packing plants, and of
course keep the nursery mice-free. As employees of the marketing department, they
get their paychecks, free lunches, and other company benefits like full
healthcare coverage and stuff... They are taken care of by TopTropicals Shipping
Crew every day: whether its a meal or taking a medicine, it's all scheduled in
our daily task list!
This First Issue of PeopleCats Fan Club is dedicated to our Shipping
Department cat - Lady Bug. Originally she came to our nursery 3 years ago in a
box with her other 3 baby brother-sisters and they just opened their eyes.
Someone dropped the box with the litter at our gate... guessing this is the Good
Place! When Lady Bug grew up, she became a Shipping Department Supervisor,
helping Chief the Cat to manage plant shipments.
Lady Bug went missing a few days ago and all our team is crying for her.
We are praying she is OK. We miss you, Lady Bug! Please come back and bug us
again!
As a friendly reminder to our local walk-in customers: you are welcome
to visit TopTropicals ZOO, just please do not feed or pick up the animals!
Some of them are of old age, have special needs or special diet. All our pets
are friendly, however, we ask you to please do NOT pet them. They work hard all
day long and may have their own rules and emotions.
Date: 12 Sep 2019
Helping Citrus and other fruit trees with Nutritional
Supplements
Q: Can you recommended a product to help with my citrus?
Combating greening and chlorosis.
A: Citrus greening is spread by an insect called the Asian citrus
psyllid. The psyllid feeds on the stems and leaves of the trees, infecting
the trees with the bacteria that causes citrus greening. Florida Citrus
growers dedicated the last decade to researching citrus greening. Officially,
currently there is still no cure, however, some Nutritional solutions have shown
promising results. To slow the progression of citrus greening in infected
trees, nutrients are applied to the leaves and to the roots. Providing better
nutrition helps trees fight against citrus greening and enables them to continue
to produce quality fruit.
We recommend the following products for use on regular basis:
SUNSHINE Epi is a natural Brassinosteroid plant hormone and a
bio-stimulant that may be very effective as citrus greening treatment. It works
through plant's immune system and shows amazing results of recovery of weak and
sick plants.
SUNSHINE Superfood, a complex micro-element supplement, maintains
plant's health and provides vigorous growth.
SUNSHINE-Honey is a basic nutritional complement, it contains essential
plant micronutrients Boron (B) and Molybdenum (Mo). These elements are essential
to vegetative and reproductive growth, cell expansion, tissue growth, and
fertility. A very common problem for most unimproved garden soils is lack of
Molybdenum and Boron as soil micro-component. This results in underdeveloped /
low quality fruit and/or premature fruit drop. Applying SUNSHINE Honey on your
fruit trees will fill that gap and help a fruit tree to form a healthy
fruit.
Macro-nutrients should be applied in combination with micro-nutrients on
regular basis:
Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster (works great for all
tropical fruit trees)
Fruit Festival Plant Food - Ideal blend designed to improve fruit trees
health and vigor, and increase crop yield.
Q: I received a Tabernaemontana africana, but it is not the
compact
cultivar, from the photo, this is definitely the tree version, not the
compact version?
A: The plant in your picture is Tabernaemontana africana and it is a shrub version, not a tree. The
plants we have in stock are smaller size but very vigorous so they can be
trained into standards.
We have this plant in our garden in the ground (3 years old) and by now
it bushed out and remains under 4 ft without any pruning. Just keep in mind
this plant requires regular applications of micro-elements, because the
species is very susceptible to iron deficiency.
The supplement we use, in case you notice any leaf yellowing, is Sunshine-Superfood.
