The Tropical Fruit Forum

First time ordering any tree from an online retailer and I was very pleased. Ordered superior lemon drop mangosteen and one red jaboticaba, and got two red jaboticaba and a "rosa de pescoco" jaboticaba for free! All trees were packaged very well and arrived looking healthy. 10/10 vendor

Ollas (buried clay pots) are one of the most water-efficient irrigation systems known and have been used for thousands of years across the world. The membrane of the clay pots is porous so allows water to travel slowly into the surrounding soil, reducing weed growth and using just 1/10th the water of conventional flood irrigation (50% of drip). Buried clay pots have been used successfully for many orchard trees such as citrus, pistachio, almonds, and other fruits and nuts.

I've put in many ollas of varying sizes at my house but mostly for annual vegetable gardening so far. I've found size matters big time. I have a few tropical/subtropical plants on ollas that are doing well: mangoes, cherimoya, banana, and pineapple, with plans to add more. Pretty much everything I've planted is within the last year so I can't say for sure what is a success yet and I'm hoping to learn from the success/failure of others. Water is crazy expensive here and while I capture rain water, storage space is limited and expensive. Looking forward to hearing any experiences!