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Originally Posted by rardoin
Sometimes it just takes another year...be patient. I would do two things at the end of February: 1) put a bag of 'Black Cow' manure around the base of the tree and 2)...and here come the flames...Take a broom and beat the crap out of it (the tree, not the manure..LOL). Seriously. Don't quite know how it works but it does! My hypothesis is that the tree's survival is threatened and it puts out fruit in a procreation attempt. I have done this on a satsuma at three years and it produced about 60 the next season. My mother had a friend back over a lime tree and a mango tree at their Keys home and both started producing the next season; nada for 4-5 years prior( ughhh...the trees started producing..not the friend). Several neighbors told us about the 'stress theory' and their experience in making trees bear fruit. It worked for me, YMMV.
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I assume you mean to hit the braches "firmly" but not hard enough to brake any branches. Interesting idea.
Not long ago, I had a guy tell me what is required to get a Mimosa seed to grow. He said that the seeds have a protective coating and will not sprout unless you scrap off some of this coating. I have several Mimosa trees and hundreds of the seed pods fall to the ground each summer. But there has only been 4 or 5 "new" trees start growing in the last 15 years. I planted seeds one year and nothing sprouted.
Weather Note: It is just now starting to "mist" a little, so I guess the bad weather come from Texas is getting closer to Moss Bluff. The wind has been blowing 15 to 20 mph all morning.