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some ideas from what i grow in zone 9b...

Jujube
Fig  already having
Mulberry already having
Pawpaw (too warm in summer and no shadow corner to plant)
sapodilla
blueberry (needs acidic soil) already having the lonicera
blackberries already having
avocado (sadly,don't like its taste )
citrus ? already having lemon,orange,tangerine,clementine,fingerlime

thanks

just bought a carissa macrocarpa,can grow outside?in january this year (very cold) we had  6 nights under 0 (lowest T° was -3.1 only once and others in range between -0.2 and -1.6)  i can give a full sun position ...i also have to re-pot or plant now because in too big to stay in its little pot

what about pitanga?

hi guys,i m planning to grow plants in order to get fresh fruits every month of the year , I already have:
passiflora edulis
finger lime cv faustrime
solanum muricatum
physalis peruvian
psidium lucidum
carambola
rasp-josta-tay berries
currant
kiwi
kiwano
cucamelon
watermelon
mini white cucumber

what do you suggest too?i prefer perennial or multi-year plants and self fertile..keep in mind sometimes here we have some freeze during the night but in the day we never go under a +2 ,and we have under 0 temperature only a few hour rarely in winter.

here are my min T° in C° per month starting from january , on the bottom you can see the absolut min. since lasts 60 years about


medium


max



thx in advance

soil is 6.5 , i use well water

Hardiness of this fruit?

It kind od looks like it may need water.  Has it been hot and dry lately?

hot,but not such dry

Hi guys,it's the very same carambola I talked about on here: http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=15312.msg195626#msg195626

re-potted and still in the greenhouse,lower temperature is about 11° during night, but I really don't understand what is happening...some leaves turn into yellow and then fall down,upper leaves are perfect instead

The soil is mixed with natural pelleted manure

can be good pots of 35cm diameter and 35cm hight? do you think they fruit for this year?in case i'll change them in the future

Calabria region, in the south near tge sea... I grow passiflora edulis outside.. Just for comparison and all citrus

Quote from: JF on April 10, 2015, 04:21:13 PM

Quote from: Anto989 on April 10, 2015, 03:38:15 PM

Quote from: JF on April 10, 2015, 03:13:38 PM

Andalusia, Sicily, Greece yes. South Italy and France in GH. Too cold. There is an Italian  from the south that's experimenting with tropical I think his forum name is Pizza check out his post.

Which plant you are referring to? 

I will definitely buy carambola and keep it in pot inside the greenhouse... Black sapote outside (usually we don't go under zero)  if it didn't fruit in pot as carambola.

How tall became the BZ?

No for black zapotes,carambola or Mc. Maybe ok for white zapote

I disagree.  If his temps don't drop under 0°C, then he is fine.  I still wouldn't risk carambola outside a pot.

If you decide to get the carambola, I recommend the Kari.  Looks nice in a pot and can be kept small.

White sapote will definitely be OK regardless.