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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: brian on April 04, 2020, 10:27:47 AM
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How tolerant are jackfruit, cherimoya, and green sapote to standing water? My greenhouse flooded last night from a burst host I left on. I siphoned 90% of the water out but there is still a couple inches around the jackfruit and cherimoya.
My quick research indicate that cherimoya and sapote are probably fine, but jackfruit is very sensitive to flood and could be damaged within 24-48hrs? These are all in ground, in clay soil.
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Cherimoya likes drought .I dont think it is flood resistant.
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I had a jackfruit seedlings in water logged soil in my greenhouse. A lot of them died from root rot. I would probably try to get them out of the water as soon as possible
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The standing water is gone now but I am wondering if the 1-2 days flooding will cause significant damage
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I have a small cherimoya in a bucket size pot and during the winter it got wet( water evaporates slower) and it was affected ,new shots developed small deformed leaves and the top died.
What i did to recover it was to squeeze the pot a little until somme cracks formed in the soil .
Water logging its bad because it stops the oxigen going to the roots but now the soil got more aerated because of the cracks and it dryed faster.
I will be planting my cherimoyas on the top of a small hill that il create in the greenhouse to avoid waterlogging for them.
Interesting that pond apple its related to cherimoya and grows in swamps tolerating water logging and i think it could be good as a rootstock for cherimoya in wet soil.
(https://i.postimg.cc/76sLL7Js/IMG-20200404-WA0006.jpg)
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You should be fine. I have Cherimoya planted in clay waterlogged soil .
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Thank you
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It’s been over a month. It seems the flood did not cause any damage whatsoever
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It’s been over a month. It seems the flood did not cause any damage whatsoever
Great news Brian! :D