Seeking loving adoptive home for four-year-old grafted mango near Los Angeles

[RuthR]

I believe the phrase to use here is "long time lurker, first time poster."

I have a healthy, 5-foot-tall 4-year-old grafted mango tree that has been in the ground in my San Fernando Valley home since last fall. The trunk is about 1 inch in diameter. It was purchased last fall from Wong Farms in Mecca, California, down by the Salton Sea (amazing place, wonderful people, gorgeous mango trees) for $100. It is a grafted Valencia Pride - it sent out a flower stalk last year, but I cut it off to encourage the tree to conserve its energy for future seasons (after reading that recommendation here!).

However, we are now moving to the Bay Area and I would like to find a new home for it where it will get winter frost protection from a knowledgeable mango lover! If I leave it in my backyard, it is unlikely to succeed with a set of random new owners, is my thinking. There is a $20 adoption fee, just like with a dog, so I know you are serious. My husband and I will help you dig it out of the ground and I've even got a big plastic pot you can take it home in. Email me if you're interested.

Thanks,
Ruth

[gozp]

Interest3d. I live in the valley as well.

[knlim000]

You can grow them in bay area except SF.  You should take it with you to the bay area.  Fremont, Walnut creek and Palo Alto area has really nice weather.

[RuthR]

Thanks, Knlim2000 - That does answer a question I'd had about whether I might try again once we are somewhere permanent. In the meantime, I'm not going to drag the poor thing all over from apartment to apartment in a pot (though believe me, I thought about it).

Searching online revealed a lot of N. California people whose trees were not fruiting, and I was discouraged. But: We are going to be in the penninsula, so I have some hope now.  Knowing I might able to try again lifts my spirits!