Newsletter Archive - Articles and News about tropical fruit trees and MRFC club activities

Recent MRFC Newsletters

Title	Size	Description
February 2010	9.83 MB	Here's what happened to my place from the endless freezes. This weather qualifies as the longest duration of cold weather I've seen in a Florida lifetime. The freezes of the eighties still hold the title for lowest temperatures (eighteen degrees in Punt	Download
January 2009	7.22 MB	Winter is in full swing, whats growing in our yards, and much more...	Download
February 2009	8.51 MB	Now that we have the Fruit Tree Exhibit at Palma Sola up and running	Download
March 2009	5.95 MB	Laurel wilt disease, caused by a fungus transmitted by the invasive Redbay ambrosia beetle	Download
April 2009	3.03 MB	Our visit to the Arboretum began and ended with a mandatory decontamination misting to prevent possibly bringing citrus pathogens in or out.	Download
May 2009	6.66 MB	If this is not enough we are also planning a trip to the Tropical Tree Research and Education Center (TREC) in Homestead with a tentative date of August 15th.	Download
June 2009	6.35 MB	The speaker for May was Chris Rawlings from the Fruit and Spice Park in Homestead. Chris spoke about some not so famous fruiting plants.	Download
August 2009	7.22 MB	Any experienced grower can recognize great soil. It has a loose structure something like potting soil, a darker color that indicates good amounts of humic matter, and an "earthy" sort of aroma.	Download
July 2009	9.54 MB	One of the most effective things that can be done in a garden or farm is to use a living mulch.	Download
November 2009	6.46 MB	The picture on the left is a mulberry tree of an old variety that I found near an avocado grove I owned in Dade County in the 1970s. The fruit was tasty, but small and not very interesting. It was grown from a cutting. I had decided long ago to eliminat	Download
September 2009	6.13 MB	Laurel Wilt Disease Confirmed on Avocado Sample from Homestead	Download
October 2009	8.33 MB	For organic farmers, this is the time to look carefully at their input costs and crop yields, and consider strategies for squeezing the most out of their valuable improved soils.	Download
December 2009	6.62 MB	I knew it was going to be a mistake before I ate it. But it was a very appealing-looking slice of tomato on the plate at the restaurant - perfect shape, nice attractive red color. It looked much like those beautiful photos in glossy seed catalogs. So I	Download