The Tropical Fruit Forum

Ok, below is your list of essentials as best as I can figure from the thread.

1). Cold hardy to 9b/9a border
2). Make a good wind break
3). Stay evergreen (Wind break is most needed in winter)
4). Grow as fast or faster than mango
5). Produce food

Asper bamboo comes to mind as one of the few plants that would meet all those requirements. Catley (strawberry or lemon) guava would be good, too although I don't think they grow quite as fast as mango. Full size Natal plum is not as fast growing as one would like, but will make a fantastic windbreak once established.

I did think about bamboo too or cold Hardy avocado varieties

Not the best (or worst) for privacy, but a moringa tree or 2 would be a good source of food. Ours adds a little privacy, and could provide more if trimmed right. Great plant to have around.

They lose all the leaves When it gets too cold .
That's why I'm having a hard time figuring out what might work there.
I thinking maybe Monkey puzzle = Araucaria araucana but don't know if there's anybody in Florida is selling them

Black Africanis do have some information about it dragon fruit because I'm interested in maybe getting some ?

Hey guys I was wondering if you know how cold hardy beta avocado is because I have a friend get one but I don't know if cold Hardy for some 9b / 9a if anybody knows by experience please let me know and thank you in advance ?

Where are those from?  Those will probably need to root out before planting.  First picture looks better than the second but still very underdeveloped for a 7 gal.  Did you check Al's in Miami?

I would not want a 7 foot tall in a 7 gal.  A tree that tall would have been in a pot too long

Do you have a nursery because if you do you know it's getting very hard to find anything with any size .
Because now it's the opposite they have not enough roots for the size of the pot

I'm not too sure where it might look like but in the long run I think it might be all right . It's a opinion though so take care of lightly in the end it your call if you take it or not .
The thing is I think it's going to be like this for a couple years maybe three seen only small trees available .

As a general rule, where the patent is for a plant variety, only clonal propagation is prohibited, not sexual reproduction.

The monsanto issue was a patent on a particular piece of DNA that they had inserted into the genome of the plant, so they argued that any reproduction of that DNA sequence (including reproductive) would violate the patent.

So I would just say if it's a genetically modified plant, the patent owner might have a case for suing if you use it as breeding stock, but if it's just a normal plant patent based on regular breeding then you should have nothing to worry about, even if you intend to sell the resulting offspring some day. But you probably do want to get actual legal advice if that's the plan, as this was not intended to be legal advice!

And definitely agree with you the biggest issue with Monsanto is they patent genetic sequence so the farmers who got sued accidentally got genetic sequence from the modified corn . But manzano is too big to sue . Seed by my knowledge can't be patent and only reason manzano won the lawsuit is because they own the patent genetic sequence in the corn . So as long as a plant is not genetically modified you should be pretty safe . And of course I'm not a lawyer so no legal advice .

Those are not fruits. Those are male flowers. After they have shed their pollen, it is normal for them to rot on the tree and get covered in fungus and bugs.

I see I didn't know it is a monoecious tree ty and I actually learn something new so ty for information as well

a18 squirrel destroyer
https://youtu.be/TL1HvJfID-4
Yeah once you have them it's almost impossible to get anything in off a tree without finding a way to control the population squirrels

How long does this  specie takes to produce fruit

I actually like for Florida Prince and glo peach . Both of those peaches are very tasty florida Prince is a yellow peach that's a good pronounce peach flavor sweet and juicy and glo peach is white peach freestone . I have uf sun peach I heard it's supposed to have a good flavor yellow peach but haven't tried one yet.

Small tree can not take temps in the 20s.It is not a sturdy mature tree!
I would not trim anything, make a humidity tent.It does not look good.

And yes you're correct small plant most likely will not tolerate those temperature
Plus the stress of being shipped.
Now my opinion cutting off the dead branches shouldn't hurt as long as you're not moving to root system of the plants should be okay .

Yes it could survive down to 20 Fahrenheit there's a leech groves in Avon Park I know they use microclimates but it's because it gets to cold it might lose the crop that year .
This year they went down to about 24 or 26 Fahrenheit and I've been very mild winter in Florida .