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Lowest maintenance fruit trees for south Florida?
« on: January 10, 2015, 06:49:37 PM »
All my trees ended up dying in November/December because finals and my vacation coincided with when the home owners association decided to turn off everyone's sprinklers for some reason. If they were established they probably would've made it, but they were all pretty young. Anyway instead of getting mad about it I decided to just replant with some lower maintenance trees.

I was thinking along the lines of:
Sapodilla
Jackfruit
Soursop (Guanabana)
Banana (Namwah, Rajapuri)
Canistel
Mango
Mamey
White sapote

Since my soil is the native limestone sand I think those trees would be good since they can handle alkaline soil that doesn't hold any water. Will those be fine in regards to pests/diseases and yield?

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Re: Lowest maintenance fruit trees for south Florida?
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2015, 07:26:30 PM »
These things are all relative and your location can make all the difference but here is my assessment based on my experience and experiences of others:

Sapodilla - Yes
Jackfruit - 50% are vigorous and 40% need a push and 10% go nowhere fast
Soursop (Guanabana) - No. Maybe trees do ok but often hear that they do not fruit.
Banana (Namwah, Rajapuri) - Yes
Canistel - Yes but not in my yard
Mango - Yes
Mamey - No
White sapote - No

A couple of additional low maintenance trees:

Sugar-apple
Custard-apple
Guava
Key lime
Loquat
Mulberry
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Re: Lowest maintenance fruit trees for south Florida?
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2015, 09:01:46 PM »
These things are all relative and your location can make all the difference but here is my assessment based on my experience and experiences of others:

Sapodilla - Yes
Jackfruit - 50% are vigorous and 40% need a push and 10% go nowhere fast
Soursop (Guanabana) - No. Maybe trees do ok but often hear that they do not fruit.
Banana (Namwah, Rajapuri) - Yes
Canistel - Yes but not in my yard
Mango - Yes
Mamey - No
White sapote - No

A couple of additional low maintenance trees:

Sugar-apple
Custard-apple
Guava
Key lime
Loquat
Mulberry

Everyone I know with annonas always gets their fruit mummified unless they bag them. Not sure about mamey or white sapote since there's mixed reviews in the threads I've read on here.

 

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