Thanks for the advise on planting. All were planted today. Two under shade trees that will eventually be cut down. With the others I planted some companion banana and cassava around them for shade.
All are on sloping ground so I didn't mound the soil. Soil varies from loam to clay-loam; varies from place to place. There is only one I am concerned about - the water drained very slowly from the hole when planting. Do you that's a high risk to root rot? Recommend moving? It is on sloping land without any very soggy history.
Yes i would move that one.
Thanks, Oscar. I'll move it tomorrow.
I have no idea what varieties I have. My seedling from Thailand was described to me as from "the most delicious variety, known as 'gold skin durian'". It's a seedling, but any idea on the parentage?
The 5 trees I recently acquired are also a mystery variety. All came from seeds of a single tree in a garden that had 2 trees, but only one bearing. No other Durian likely within miles of those two. That variety I'll call 'Smuggler's Pride' for now.