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Wow, thanks Clay, for your enduring saga of this recent war on frost;
then sharing the results of your experience to all of us to benefit from!
You did it soldier, on and off duty!
I will remember this thread also for my future reference...



Edit: (wrong quote posted)

I have small holiday avo in 1/2 whiskey barrel with no protection for the last
3 years, hasn't fruited yet either, and shows no damage as of this morning
(38F low last night).

Yes, they look pretty similar, here is hoping they don't taste like Tommy Atkins...
 

Wow...Clay, I am envious again! I should have bought mine at TT too!
So, congratulations!
Anyway, that's great to know, considering you are in zone 9B,
so there is hope for my tiny 2ft tall NDM. But, another encouraging news
also is that I read Simon's  2ft NDM already fruited last year!

Hmm, maybe i should make a trip to  Temecula, since i haven's seen NDM
anymore lately at the Vietnamese markets in "Little Saigon".

Thanks for your welcoming words, MangoFang! I'll keep on eye on the leaves, too!

I am looking forward to reading your update Clay, I am pretty sure I'll learn some more
from it. Sorry to hear about your Malika, so are you going to put some fencing around it,
like chicken wire or such? Luckily my female dog only smell the plants...

Sam, those look like Dr White. I have one fruiting in my yard with fruit that look identical. It's one of my favorite varieties. Super juicy and nice size.

Simon

So, yours have that great acidic taste too? That's what my wife and I and everyone else we gave the fruits too liking these so much. One of them call the fruit a  "Sweetsop"! Well, pretty close, but even better, cause it's fiberless. 
Hmm, I wonder what the other varieties that I haven't tried out there taste like? I can't imagine other cherimoyas can be better? (Before I started reading this forum 3-4 months ago, I had no idea that there are so many varieties out there...duh!). Oh, we are so blessed! 

Sam,

They should be able to go down to 35F where we live.  But you are always better off/safer indoors and greater than 40F like others have stated. 
Be sure they get adequate light when indoors.
Just as important is a reduced watering schedule in winter.
Here are watering guidelines I put in a previous post:
Mimosa Los Angeles told me that their [Southern California] potted mango watering guidelines are:
Summer:  Water every 5 days (3 if extemely hot).  Fill it to the rim (2-3 inches of water) once.  Let it drain fully.  Fill it to the rim a 2nd time.
Winter:  Water every 15 days.  Fill it to the rim (2-3 inches of water ) only once.

Good luck!

Hi Warren,
Thanks for your valuable advice, I will keep this in my memory bank.
I placed those 2 pots by the window, but this window doesn't get direct sunlight, should I move them back outside so that they get sunlight? (now that I know the plants are unlikely to get killed by the SoCal frost).

Rob,
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear, I don't intend to keep those mangos in pots, I will eventually plant them in the ground. Yes, those plants are so small, but that's the only ones they had available on that varieties at the time. Thanks Rob, I appreciate your advice nonetheless!

I have 2 small young mango plants: approx. 3 ft tall "Golek" and 2 ft "NDM".
Checking the weather channel for my area in SoCal, the overnight temp is going to
drop down to 47F for the next 2nights; this got me a little worry, as I am not sure
if these young mangos can withstand that temperature without any damage in the open,
so I moved them to an enclosed extra room, which also have heating vent going into it.

Do you guys think this is beneficial to these young plants, or it's something that I
shouldn't be concerned with. Sorry, I couldn't find a tread with this topic, and don't
know the behavior of these varieties.

Your input and advice is highly appreciated, thank you kindly!

A newbie still learning...


NDM is on the right.

Very nice! I enjoyed the photos, seems like you know how to position your selected plants/trees combination harmoniously in the space that you have!
Very pleasing and relaxing to look at; thanks for sharing!

The remedy is you go watch some TV and don't worry about it until tomorrow when it's time to water again.. and just rinse and repeat.. 

Hah! That's easy enough, then! 
I will do that, happily!

The tree looks good. No worry

Ok, good to hear that Mike, what a relieve! Thanks again!

Ah..., sorry, and thanks for the correction, let me see if I can change that.

Oscar, I know you don’t really live “lavishly” - in the sense like eg. Donald Trump’s would be-, it’s more like a feeling a little of envy in my part: I have yet to consume a single durian fruit by myself in one sitting, and at this stage in my life, I don’t think I will have a chance to live in Hawaii either… and as commented by “Triloba Tracker”:  "Living the fantasy life so many of us dream of!"

Of course,  for your reward for obtaining that land, carefully planting and cultivating them with your own sweat, you fully deserve to reward yourself enjoying the fruits of your labor of love…yes, I am sure the fresh fruits taste better, but as you said, “when there is nothing else around…”
Yep, the frozen durian in Asian markets here were from Thailand, I haven’t seen coming from any other country, maybe hopefully someday we will see durians cultivated in Mexico/South America’s Tropic region and exported to US (like mangos/rambutan etc); so we could also enjoy the real taste of a fresh durian ☺.