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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical Fruit Tree Poll
« on: April 06, 2013, 11:04:38 AM »
The southern third of the Florida Keys are quite amenable for growing breadfruit and there were a few large specimens growing there on my last visit several years ago. There are (or at least have been) several fruiting breadfruit here in Dade County (Miami). I planted one last year and it managed to come through our winter (43F was the low) with only some defoliation.
An 8-foot tall rambutan in a pot similarly made it through out winter, albeit in a somewhat protected location, so if we allow get rambutan trees large enough, I think they will be able to fruit here. I think Paulette has a large male in-ground.
Durian don't like our soil (Phytophera), so accomodations will have to be made in that area in order to have a fighting chance. I've not yet seen Durio k. here, nor anywhere else for that matter. One day....
Pulasan will be a real challenge here. Whitman had a air-layered tree 15 foot in circumfrence and about 10 feet tall that never even flowered. His expert (I can't remember who) from Hawaii told him it would have to double in size before he got flowers and fruit. Not sure why as there are smaller fruiting trees in PR, but perhaps it would have to be larger here to build up the necessary sugars?
Mangosteen - see Paulette!
An 8-foot tall rambutan in a pot similarly made it through out winter, albeit in a somewhat protected location, so if we allow get rambutan trees large enough, I think they will be able to fruit here. I think Paulette has a large male in-ground.
Durian don't like our soil (Phytophera), so accomodations will have to be made in that area in order to have a fighting chance. I've not yet seen Durio k. here, nor anywhere else for that matter. One day....
Pulasan will be a real challenge here. Whitman had a air-layered tree 15 foot in circumfrence and about 10 feet tall that never even flowered. His expert (I can't remember who) from Hawaii told him it would have to double in size before he got flowers and fruit. Not sure why as there are smaller fruiting trees in PR, but perhaps it would have to be larger here to build up the necessary sugars?
Mangosteen - see Paulette!
