Hello everyone! I'm a new homeowner in northern california. I've lived the majority of my life in Indiana, where my family attempted to grow 40+ apple trees, 20+ pear trees, wine grapes, and black raspberries. Deer destroyed all but 1 pear tree and 2 apple trees, of which only a single apple tree ever fruited
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Like most in my new area, I have a very limited amount of yardspace to grow anything. Regardless, I started to get excited about growing fruit. Despite that I am in a zone 9, my area get enough chilling hours that I can grow some of the interesting non-tropical fruits; I have 4 varietals of pawpaw, fig, persimmon, golden sweet apple, husk sweet apple, and Bentley sweet apple, orange, grapefruit, and tangerine.
Of course, I'm here because I'm interested in growing strange & unusual things! I've been blown away by the unique information available on this forum. I'm trying to figure out what else I might be able to grow in my zone 9. I'm still engineering my space to grow as much as possible, but at the top of my list to grow next is Suebell Sapote, Black Surinam Cherry, Feijoa, Jujube, Guabiju, and Eugenia Candolleana if it would survive!
I LOVE annona fruits, and I might be able to get some to survive here alongside my pawpaws, but I've read that most really do a lot better at setting fruits in humid environments.
I'm very happy to have any suggestions to add to my list =).