They are winning the war in my yard.  Wish lizards developed taste for them.

Ignorance is not a sin.  Let them / us grow seedling as wished :-). Not for sale or deception.

But i sure highly appreciate what you / professionals do in improving quality of fruit with proper breeding, selection, and propagation.  You guys rock !

Why not mix it up between various recommendations given here.  This seems like a long term investment in the community.  A mix will spread risk and will guarantee that you have many winners.  This also also cater to everybody's tastes.  Avocado, Mango, Banana, Black Sapote, Carambola, Canistel, Persimmon, etc.

Slightly off topic, but reading that Carambola is a heavy bearer, I get disappointed in my grafted Sri Kembangan tree.  It has been in ground for almost 2 years and is quite large and otherwise healthy, but zero production.  If no fruit this year, I will likely top work into other varieties.

Just reporting that brown paper bags did not help on my papayas.  squirrels just tear them apart and dig into the fruit.  This forces me to harvest the fruit before they are ripe.  They also break through nylon fibre jewelry bags i put on figs.  Running out of humane options and patience with the fluffy tailed rodents.

"... fruit farm anywhere in the world" is way too broad, not sure anybody can help with this.  Try to narrow down, e.g. tropical, 10-20 acres, price range, looking for land or a farm as a business, preferred part of the world, etc.

I should have mentioned that I left few leaves for safety when I cut the top off, i.e. cut above few leaves.  Did not try to completely decapitate to a bare stump as one would with mango when pugging.  Perhaps others could chime on their experiences too.

Here is an "Oak leaf" papaya next to a "Red lady", small fruit and pretty tasty.

Wow, is this for real ?  How big is the oak leaf plant itself ?

Thanks bsbullie, savemejebus, from the sea

Looks like i better cut off those mamey flowers to let the tree grow more.  Not sure what variety it is, bought it from Patrick in summer of 2013, a very healthy and pretty tree, but do not remember variety.

Will let papaya and loquat do their thing.

How about atemoya ?  Should i cut off the undeveloped fruit this time of the year to let it preserve energy ?

My small Mamey tree seems to be developing flowers right at the graft and this time of the year.  Is this normal ?  Will i get a fruit ?  Seems unrealistic for this small tree.



Another small one, Loquat in acontainer is blooming.  Is this normal this time of the year ?  I am in south Palm Beach county in Florida.



This tr hovey papaya tree was planted a year ago and already has many fruits, but all are green, none  turned orange yet.  Some  of the fruit are larger than honeydew mellons, i have not seen such big papayas in stores.  How long does it take for one to ripen ?  Should i let it do its thing or try to induce ripening ?



This atemoya is already losing leaves for hybernation but has one egg-sized fruit i really want to see ripen.  Is it a lost cause or will it ripen in spring ?  Should i just cut it off to let it preserve energy for a better crop next year ?  This is also a small tree, planted in ground few months ago.



Thank you in advance for your advice.

Atemoya, sugar apple, persimmon going dormant.
The rest seem to continue growing but slower.

To my surprise, loquat is blooming.

Any recommendation for seedless guava or one with soft or very small seeds ?  I like to be able to each it fresh without breaking my teeth...

Thanks Dangermouse01,
I found quite a few little frogs on leaves of other trees too, may be an inch or two in length.  Does this sound like cuban tree frogs ?  They seem to be harmless to the trees as much as I can tell.  The weevils are eating up leaves.