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I'm in zone 9 (Florida) where it can rarely get below 25F (so far the record for this year is 24F). So I've been looking for cold hardy avocados. I hadn't heard of those varieties before, they sound promising though! Where would you buy those varieties?

If it rarely goes below 25 where you are there's a number of varieties that will survive those kind of temps (low 20s) besides the ulta-hardy types mentioned in the original post. Lula, Mexicola, Winter Mexican, and Brogdon are hardy to around 22.

Because gardenweb was a dump and this place is awesome.

I'll be curious to see how the Mulgoba does.

Mulgoba used to be propagated here ages ago. Not many of them left other than a few examples in the major collections and some very old trees in Palm Beach County. Hasn't done well in Florida but the fruit quality is supposed to be outstanding.

Copper and elemental sulfur generally do the trick on the two major disease pest of mango flowers (anthracnose and powdery mildew).  I've heard varying estimates, but you can expect a significant increase in yield for some cultivars with an effective spraying program.

I have a parts vendor at my truck shop in Accounts that calls me "Dan".  Everytime I call the guy I say "This is Patrick" he says "How can I help you Dan"... Have you been attending the Rare Fruit Council Meetings at Mounts?

Haha....yes I've been at all the meetings. I also go to the Broward RFC and been at most of those.

I have a few three gallon trees that saw 38-39 last week, I will check tommorow morning! Good to see you here man!

Thanks Pete Patrick (*edit*), glad to be here.

I'm not sure what the low was on my property but I thought that the recorded low for Lox Groves was something like 36. May have been colder than that in pockets. 

Hello everyone, glad and thankful to be here.

A lot of you know me from gardenweb but may not know that I'm also the owner of a small tropical fruit tree farm and nursery. Its called Tropical Acres Farms, Inc. and is located in Loxahatchee Groves, FL in Palm Beach County.

I established the business in 2011. Most of my trees are still young but I anticipate my fruit availability growing as the trees mature. I mostly grow mangoes and avocados, but also have many other varieties of fruit planted. I grow with organic methods and do not apply synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.

I will be offering mangoes for sale beginning this season (May or June depending on availability) and should have avocados as well this fall. I will have shipping available also for people who would like to buy fruit but don't live in the area.

For a comprehensive list of the trees we grow, visit us on facebook and do please click "like"  :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tropical-Acres-Farms-Inc/127563597328685?sk=info

Trees I currently have for sale include:
Mango (3 gal):
'Beverly'
'Carrie'
'Coconut Cream'
'Cogshall'
'Dot'
'Duncan'
'East Indian'
'Edward'
'Fairchild'
'Florigon'
'Glenn'
'Gold Nugget'
'Keitt'
'Kent'
'Lemon Zest'
'Nam Doc Mai #4'
'Neelam'
'Pickering'
'Rosigold'
'Southern Blush'
'Spirit of 76'

Avocado
 (3 gal):
'Choquette'
'Lula'
'Russel'
'Simmonds'

(1 gal)
'Bacon'
'Choquette'
'Day'
'Donni'
'Fantastic'
'Fuerte'
'Lila'
'Lula'
'Marcus Pumpkin'
'Mexicola'
'Miguel'
'Monroe'
'Simmonds'
'Winter Mexican'


Sapodilla (3 gal)
'Alano'
'Hasya'

Atemoya (1 gal)
'Geffner'

Lychee (3 gal)
'Ha Kip'
'Mauritius'

Jackfruit (1 gal)
'Borneo Red'

Mamey Sapote (3 gal)
'Pantin'
'Pace'

Banana (3 gal):
'Dwarf Brazilian'
'Manzano'

low-chill Peach (3 gal)
'UF Sun'

Carambola (3 gal)
'Arkin'
'Kari'

Jaboticaba (3 gal)

Ross Sapote (3 gal)

Black Sapote (3 gal)

Grumichama (3 gal)

Barbados Cherry (3 gal)

I do offer shipping for trees up to 3 gallon in size. Unfortunately at this time I do not ship trees to California or Arizona.

I will try to keep this list updated as frequently as possible. In many instances I may be able to obtain something you are looking for even if I don't currently have it in stock.

We're currently open by appointment. Message me or send me an email at tropicalacresfarms@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing a tree or fruit.

Right now I'm not using any pest control beyond crushing the leaf notchers/weevils when I pick them off the leaves of my trees, which I usually check on a daily basis. Fortunately I really have not encountered any other pests that have caused problems though.

I'm planning on getting some chickens and am hoping they will help in the war against the weevils and other potential unwanted pests.