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Additional informational resources from Dr Elaine Ingham - Soil Food Web School; John Kempf - Advancing Eco-Agriculture; and Dr Olivier Husson.. John Kempf and Elaine Ingham webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRZe2kPAEFA The Soil Food Web 2021 with Dr. Elaine Ingham - R-FUTURE 2021 REPLAY - YouTube Episode 127 | John Kempf on Soil Redox, Energy, & Nutrient Availability [A Regenerative Future] - YouTube OLIVIER HUSSON Husson OLIVIER | System Agronomist. Agroecologist | PhD; Ir. | Cirad - La recherche agronomique pour le développement, Montpellier | CIRAD | Unité propre de recherche Agroécologie et Intensification Durable des systèmes de cultures Annuelles (AIDA) (researchgate.net) Watch "Olivier Husson: Redox Potential and Reduction-Oxidation Reactions | 2019 Soil & Nutrition Conference" on YouTube https://youtu.be/qZstiT5_gEA

White probably 46-0-0 Brown possibly 16-16-16 or 0-0-60 Potassium chloride. But I recommend avoiding all these harsh chemical fertilizers that are out of date and obsolete in the context of the latest science and best managment practices. These chemistries boost only certain plant nutrients for a superficial growth and green and bulk productivity response. They do not provide complete plant nutrition, and there are harmful side effects on soil health, livestock and human health in the chemically grown food we eat. It's like meth, you may like that energy but are unaware or don't care about the damage it does.

Best Garden State on FB. High quality bone meal. 5 kg 150 baht or truck-loads. I haven't used their blood meal. 5kg 500 baht, Not Korat. Nakhon Pathom or best to order online.

Transplanting is possible, but there are some things to consider, size of tree, site and soil conditions, location, accessibility for equipment both at the existing site and the new site, and of course your budget. Small trees are easy and moving it could be successful if done right, but your 8-yo tree may be approaching a size that would be a challenge, depending on all factors. Fruiting and new growth could be stalled for a couple of years as the tree recovers from transplant shock and establishes a root system in the new site. Follow up disease suppression, fertility and especially water management is critical for transplant maintenance. Post or PM photos of the entire tree and site, showing soil surface area and nearby paving, structures etc, and access route to get close with a pickup or larger truck. A crane-assist is often needed to move a large boxed tree. Your geographical location is also important to know, for finding an available professional tree moving crew. Local laborers would brutalize and minimize the root ball taken and reduce chances of survival. Don

Yes, rust infections, mealy bugs and other issues are common with plumeria that are physiologically stressed from poor growing conditions and management insufficiencies, primarily soil and water management. What the chemical control oriented articles and old-school horticulturists omit is some important cultural information, that healthy plants are resistant to pests and diseases. Plant immune function is closely related to soil health and plant nutrition. Cultivate healthy soil and root health by improving soil organic matter content, mulch the soil surface with good quality compost, worm castings/vermicompost. Avoid bare ground and promote shading. The sun beating in on the soil surface is detrimental, avoid tillage that oxidizes soil, and high NPK chemical fertilzers and pesticides that dessicate roots and harm the beneficial biology and are detrimental to plant health and natural resistance to pests and diseases. See YouTube videos from Soil Food Web School, Regenerative Agriculture, Kiss The Ground, Advancing Eco Agriculture - for more on the subject.

From the photo, the tree appears to be a 'cook pine' Araucaria columnaris. The short answer is don't top it unless you have to. You will radically alter its natural tapered form and beauty. There are some big disadvantages aesthetic and structural for doing this. And its probably unnecessary, the trunks and leaders are strong and supple and don't fracture or uproot easily in my experience. Exceptions due to structural defects, site conditons and extreme weather are always a possibility. The longer answer is yes, I have worked with many cook pines (and relatives in the genus, Norfolk Island pine, Bunya pine, monkey puzzle) that have been topped. With a minimal crown reduction cut near the top (like one meter max on your pictured tree) to suppress apical dominance and vertical shoot growth, and If they have adequate water and fertility, they usually do re-sprout within a month or two, with multiple new shoots in the area of the topping cut. That results in a stubby, dense, bushy top which is kind of ugly. Without professional selective thinning and re-structuring in a year or two, the bushy growth will increase in volume and create more wind resistance and weight at the top in the long term, two to five years and more. The new shoots have only superficial attachments on the outside growing layer at the topping cut and as they grow up, are prone to breaking off during a wind event, more so than the original undisturbed tapered top. TreesAreGood Consumer Brochur Why Topping Hurts Trees

Sriphat Hosp, new OPD clinic 8th Floor Wellness Center. (adjacent/west of Suan Dok, just east of McDonalds). Walk in, under 2 hours, 2480 baht in December. for basic list of tests required for pre-insurance, blood work, ekg, chest xray, etc. Sharp young CMU-grad caring woman doctor, evaluation and excellent, progressive, wellness-oriented advise on some minor issues. Parking is an issue, go early. try for the high-rise parking in front of the OPD building.

C, call me I'll give you a tour. don

I believe its an off topic derogatory insinuation that Thai school teachers cane their students. Our daughter, who is a compassionate and progressive Thai school teacher, says brutal disciplinary practices of the past are not acceptable or tolerated in her school or throughout the system with her generation of peer colleagues and administrators.

And while you're there --- I go to SK because I buy their dark roast coffee beans. Then I cross the street and walk up a block to have a bowl of the best fish ball noodle soup.

That's SK Exchange at 70 Charoen Prathet (the one way northbound road along the west side of the river, one block over from Night Bazaar) , near Iron Bridge and next to the Reggae Cafe. Super Rich is on Lai Kroh Rd. Both are open and have best rates in town from my experience, (SK a slight edge better) but check on the limited hours and unexpected early closures when business is slow.

Consider the low cost alterative: Local ladies kicked butt on our farm.

Assuming you are in Chiang Mai, I highly recommend Big Smile Dental Clinic. Dr Supachai and Son. I and my family have used him for almost 20 years, highly professional and good communications, always presenting affordable options with no 'upselling' of expensive or unnecessary services. He has successfully repaired my wife's bridge when another dentist insisted on a new replacement. They used to be on Arak Road on the southwest corner of the old city, but the new location is on the 1001 CM - Phrao Rd, between the SuperHwy and the middle ring road. Going out from CM toward Mae Jo, its on the left, before the MeeChok Plaza intersection. https://www.facebook.com/BigSmileChiangmai/

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If your plants are already in the ground or in pots, and you are not re-potting, then maybe its not potting soil that you need. Worm compost or other organic fertilizer top dressing will enrich the soil and support healthy plant nutrition and growth. Kamtieng plant market vendors used to carry a composted chicken manure product called Maw Din from CP that I have used. And an ag shop in MaeJo has a composted bat guano and chicken manure product. I also use bokashi fertilizer from Organic Totto. Best Garden State has some good COF blends (complete organic fertilizer). In my educated opinion, avoid high salts chemcial fertilizers like 15-15-15. This will stimulate a growth and greening response, but at a great cost of supressing or with repeated use, totally killing off the all-important beneficial soil biology that is essential for real sustained plant health.

Water it before the leaves droop. Wilting indicates physiological stress that is best avoided with preventive care.

It's hard to find quality potting soil and hard to know what you are getting in the garden shop sack products. Go with the black stuff and mix some real mineral soil and fine textured sand with it if you can scavenge some. It may have sewage sludge from waste disposal sites like many of the cheap sack potting soils does, but since Christina plants (Syzygium companulatum) are ornamental and not edible, you don't have to worry so much about toxicity, heavy metals and such. I just looked at Lazada potting soil products, but it appears that they may be raw uncomposted organic matter . That can be a problem for plant health in the short term while decomp, soil maturing and stabilizing takes place. Best Garden State on FB has potting soil that they sell in bulk for their legal cannabis/hemp grower customers, but I can't find a sack product in their FB marketplace. I mix small quantities of my own for home use, with bulk topsoil from a materials yard on the 1001 near MaeJo, 1/3 soil, 1/3 fine mortar sand from the same yard, 1/3 high quality vermicompost that I order delivered, and I blend in some other goodies like bokashi complete organic fertilizer. I inoculate with forest soil rich in beneficial micro-organisms that I collect from an undisturbed forest area in the hills of eastern Sansai.

Tons of info online. Search "How to grow ....... plants". Try growweedeasy dot com. Don't be careless or naive about legal issues and the socially unacceptable status with some neighbors and communities.

Here's another informational: PowerPoint Presentation (hawaii.edu) Regarding the mango trees, are you sure that its CRB and not a different issue? What signs are you seeing? Photos?

This is a Dept of Agriculture affiliate program with main office in Chonburi. I have not been in touch for over 3 years and I don't know their current status of services offered, but they did have an active biological control program for pests of coconut palms. Mr. Thiwa, Director Chon Buri Pest Management Center Government office in Pattaya, Thailand Address: 15 Moo 11, Tambon Nong Prue, Amphoe Bang Lamung, Chon Buri, 20150, Thailand Phone: +66 38 231 271 There have been multiple discussions over the years, on this forum and the dog and snake forum, (a.k.a. Plants, Pets & Vets.) Maybe you can search for some of that information. The two big categories of management are chemical control (stem injection with systemic insecticide, spraying with a residual barrier insecticide), which is an option for ornamentals, but problematic with food products due to likelyhood of pesticide contamination. Then there is the "organic", preventive approach, with multiple methods available (sanitation/cleaning up of beetle breeding habitat, trapping of adult beetles, repellents, biological control of larvae and adults, building soil fertility, plant health and natural pest resistance), a couple of which are presented in the Indian video. Practical issues that influence decisions on control methods are size of trees and access to the foliar crown, size of property and number of trees, nature of the property and status of downed wood, debris piles, including neighboring properties/trees and possibility or not for a community cooperative program. Because adult beetles can fly in to your trees from other nearby property, even if you've cleaned up your larvae habitat. Physiologically stressed trees are more susceptible to pest infestation. Dry season drought stress, nutritional deficiencies, methods and materials that are damaging to the beneficial soil biology, like use of high salts NPK chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides can be contributing factors. Red palm weevils are often associated in tandem with the CRB infestation, so you have to be aware of their different life cycle and management. Coconut hispine beetle and coconut black headed caterpillar are other common devastating pests to be considered for management. coconut_rhinoceros_beetle__melanesian_057.pdf coconut_red_palm_weevil_180.pdf

Djayz comments are right on. Here's some links with useful information: https://cactiguide.com/ See "Desert Cacti" with soil and water tips on this page: Grow Cacti -Tips on Growing Cacti On-line Guide to the positive identification of Members of the Cactus Family (cactiguide.com) On-line Guide to the positive identification of Members of the Cactus Family (cactiguide.com) Golden Barrel Cactus Plant: How To Grow A Golden Barrel Cactus (gardeningknowhow.com) I recommend that you consider altering your goal of making them grow fast, to providing best growing conditions, soil and water managment for optimum health and growth at their own pace.