Production of mangoes in the tropics. Remove binding tape a month after transplanting. Remove shoots which grow below the graft union. Ring weed around the trees and slash the rest of the orchard. At the young stage of the crop, intercrop with lowly growing crops like beans, ground nuts. Keep the mango trees and the intercrop weed free.

Passiflora edulis the purple passion fruit. flavicarpa, the yellow passion fruit.

Thursday, June 25, 2009. Space avocado 8mx8m or 7mx7m depending on variety. Plant seedling and firm soil around it. Leave a small depression around the plant for water collection. Remove grafting tape at the point of grafting a month after planting. Dig trenches between every two rows for water harvesting. Irrigated avocado is able to flower and fruit contiously. One may also plant grass such a.

Pineapples are propagated vegetatively by planting crown, slips or suckers. The propagules are extremely resistant to desiccation and root readily when planted in the nursery or in the field. It can be applied at the.