Sapodilla fruit drop, chicle damage, roots

[shaneatwell]

Is it a bad idea to plant an Alano next to a driveway/sidewalk in terms of either fruit drop or root damage? Or sap?

[fyliu]

I remember seeing this question before. Anyway, I have it next to the driveway. I couldn't think if any way it could be bad. It used to be in a corner shaded by an equal sized lemon tree.

My 20 year old sapodilla is less than 10ft tall, so I figured this one is not going to get too big too soon.

[shaneatwell]

Awesome, thanks!!

[RodneyS]

I remember seeing this question before. Anyway, I have it next to the driveway. I couldn't think if any way it could be bad. It used to be in a corner shaded by an equal sized lemon tree.

My 20 year old sapodilla is less than 10ft tall, so I figured this one is not going to get too big too soon.

Wow, less than 10 ft at 20 years old?  Which variety?

[SWRancher]

I remember seeing this question before. Anyway, I have it next to the driveway. I couldn't think if any way it could be bad. It used to be in a corner shaded by an equal sized lemon tree.

My 20 year old sapodilla is less than 10ft tall, so I figured this one is not going to get too big too soon.

At least here in Florida most Sapodilla trees grow alot larger then 10 feet tall. My 6-7 year old Alano is alot taller then that already and my 3 year old Hasya is that tall already. 

[Nisp66]

In California they grow very slow. Mine is 10 years old and is about 6ft tall.

[fyliu]

You should see my 1 ft tall 5 year old miracle fruit. It's a horizontal bush. 300 flowers opened in the last 2 weeks. It just doesn't have the hydraulic pressure to push that far up.

[shaneatwell]

The guy at the nursery said his parent plants were 30 yrs old and looked 12-15ft tall.