We are still waiting fingers crossed

Three hundred and fifty mature Mangosteen trees should be loaded with flowers by now. Alas - one tree with 6 flowers and that is IT! Last year the flowering was late too, and the trees burst into bud in the first week of January.

Trees need to be stressed for several months before they flower - Digby thinks they have not had enough stress this year. The tree has to make a decision to either flower or flush. The sad news is that we now have about tweny trees flushing. So these won't be flowering for sure.

We have a sinking feeling that over the next week, all our trees will flush and burst with new foliage.

Don't count your Mangosteens before they hatch!