The Tropical Fruit Forum

I have grown Heritage raspberry in Florida (zone 9b). They benefit from shade and mulch when it gets hot. They don't live very long (due to disease more than heat I believe) but I could get them to last 2-3 years. I think you will fare better with them since you have dryer weather. Heritage has excellent classic raspberry flavor. There is one that would probably do very well for you called Dorman Red. It has Australian native raspberry in its parentage. The flavor is a little different.

i will try heritage, our weather is really dry except the summer months. This fall we didnt get a total over 10mm, i dont think we have a lot of diseases around here cause raspberries arent such a common thing for people to plant

There is a huge atleast 13 year old loquat tree near my house outside, it has no protection, doesnt get watered by anybody only rain, no fertilizer.

So i was wondering at what temperature it doesnt fruit, cuz all those years it has been fruiting except maybe 1 or 2 very cold years and i wanted to know what temperature makes it not fruit so i can have a comparison for other fruit trees i want to plant and know the lowest my area goes.

I live in north greece, north blocked by a mountain, south blocked by a mountain, 9a.

Thanks in advance!

I am from north greece, i live between 2 mountains. 1 mountain blocks the warm sea air and the other the cold north air, i have data froma a place 10km away from me (Which takes the north air because it isnt blocked from the mountain)

January is the coldest month averaging 9c highs and 2c lows
The average day in december which is our least sun month has 9 hours of sunlight and the sky is clear in average 12 hours every day of december.
February is the month with the most humidity and has 73%
August is our hottest month and has average highs 33c and average lows of 21c
This december was really hot we had days of 20c highs and the lowest it got was -1 to -2 for 10 hours in total in the whole december

I get my info from this sitehttps://wanderlog.com/weather/56986/8/eleutheroupoli-weather-in-august , anybody can check it.

Any help appreciated, i want to know if my zone is 9a, according to maps it is but like temperature isnt the only thing that plays a role as far as i know.

I believe 2 cultivars/varieties or seedlings are needed for cross pollination

i cant find 2 different ones so i will get one and see

Alright thanks, i am not even sure we go down to -6, this is what csr thermometer says which isnt that accurate i think, i live in a place where the north is blocked by a big mountain, a place near us where north isnt blocked got -6,6c as its coldest temp last year so i am wondering if we could be colder than them or the same

Hello, i am planning on buying a feijoa tree in march and i dont have space for another one so i wanna know if there is a way to know if the feijoa is self fertile or not from a picture of the tree?
i am buying it from here https://horomidis.gr/product/acca-sellowiana-fezoia-i-fegoia/ and it doesnt say what variety it is

I think that you have a chance with short cycle bananas such as Viente Cohol. Your climate sounds very similar to North Florida/ South Georgia/ South Alabama where there has recently been a lot of research done recently on production of short cycle bananas. Here is a good but lengthy article from Auburn University about one such trial at Fair Hope Alabama. There is a lot of great information in the article including an average minimum temperature graph for you to compare with your location.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://etd.auburn.edu/bitstream/handle/10415/5082/Edgar%2520Vinson,%2520Spring%25202016.pdf%3Fsequence%3D2%26isAllowed%3Dy&ved=2ahUKEwitv_aWlt77AhXuVTABHRgIBH8QFnoECCYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3oaLcEsxgu5qmrkuu0OdaV

thanks, i will go to read the article!!

My area is in north greece, the coldest it gets is -6c/20f, the mean min temperature is like around 30f, if i understand it doesnt this means its supposed to be borderline 10a? Even though most subtropics cant survive even -6c for some nights.
Data from 2022
Coldest temp of jan -6,5
Coldest temp of feb -1,4
Coldest temp of dec 8,7

In my subtropical greenhouse avocado is ripe next year, so I think there is no chance to get fruits from tree, in area where is - 6C during winter, no matter how hardy is the tree itself.

i am asking cuz i saw a huge tree with a lot of avocados in a village in south france, we have the same mean min temperatures in january etc, around 34f, but it gets lower some days

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Szechuan pepper will grow there.

yeah many peppers and vegetables grow here but i dont want them

Just to clarify, zanthoxylym (the genus for szechuan pepper; which species is used is contentious and subject to political considerations) is a shrub/tree that is a fairly close citrus cousin.

It's completely different from both black pepper (piper nigrum) and chili peppers (capsicum).

Certainly deserves more press as it seems to be getting in continental Europe for its excellent pairing qualities, but I'm not sure it qualifies as a fruit.

-6C is what we have here in the part of Alabama where I'm planting stuff at the moment. I'm confident the Passiflora Edulis will come back from the roots when spring rolls around, but it and all of my mandarins and Meyer lemon, and limequat have all defoliated already during the first few frosts. Feijoa is looking great as is loquat. Some newer selections of strawberry guava and recent imports of Feijoa look like great choices and will be getting planted if I come across them.

One of my most exciting things to plant will be pears though, as I'm finding there are excellent selections which exist in nurseries, Asian and Euro types.

One thing I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned more frequently is Butia species.

I have a Butia capitata and a Butia eriospatha in the ground, and high hopes for both. Love the fruit from the selections I've found in California.

you think edulis wont produce fruits? I have planted one in a pot right now i still havent put it outside yet.

No cold hard mangoes or edible bananas. You'll need a greenhouse or a way of protection in the long run.

alright thank you!

I am looking to plant some things and from what i found i can only plant avocados from those 3, the mexicola avocado which is resistant up to 18f. I wanted to ask if there is any cold tolerant edible banana or mango that survives down to -7c.

Some cold hardy mango variations i know are gomera 1-2-3 and a cold banana is musa basjoo although it's not edible🤷🏾