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Tropical Fruit Discussion / question about trees for shading my house

« on: October 08, 2023, 08:52:49 AM »

Hey there, the south side of my house is fairly close to my property line. I have junk trees that were used as posts for pepper vines but pepper doesn't work well in my area any more. These are currently shading the back of my house and patio and when I cut them down, as they don't provide fruit or good wood, my house is gonna get baked by the sun. The property line is about 8 meters to 4 meters away from the house. I was gonna plant a jackfruit tree every 4 meters at the boundary line and let them grow tall to block the sun as they tend to grow fairly tall and narrow where I live. I already have about 7 to 10 varieties of jackfruit, and about 20 trees so I don't really need more jackfruit and was wondering if anyone has any other suggestion for faster growing trees that are more vertical then horizontal? I am in the subtropics with very hot dry summers with rain season in fall and cool weather winter and spring.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Cinnamon tree questions

« on: December 19, 2022, 11:15:32 AM »

Hey there, Currently looking to get some real cinnamon trees, cinnamon verum or ceylon, and not the cassia type, for my garden for person use. I am living in Vietnam which is a huge producer for cinnamon cassia so will be hard to find a true cinnamon tree, I think. I have tried googling to see what the difference are between the two types of trees, but all my searches just talk about the actual bark, and finished product, and not the actual tree. Anyone have any advice on what to look for when trying to find true cinnamon trees and not the cassia variety?

Tropical Fruit Discussion / couple of questions about achahcha trees

« on: October 21, 2021, 09:34:24 AM »

I got a piece of land that gets water logged for a few weeks to a 2 month every year during the rain season. It might flood a few meters every 10 years for a day. I read recently that mangosteen grows decently and I think I read on this site that achacha does well in wetter areas? maybe a garcinia trait. Anyone have any knowledge or experience with this? also what do people interplant with these?

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Questions about annonas

« on: August 02, 2021, 12:02:24 PM »

Hey there, So I am about to plant out a variety of different annonas on my property and I wanted to ask about a few things. Here in Vietnam they have several new varieties, not sure the english names but if you google search them you can see the photos, na bở, na Đài Loan, na thai, na Sầu Riêng, Rollinia and Soursop. My questions are about heat and able to handle wet feet. I live in Quang Binh and we swing from super hot and dry summer (say high 30's to a few days of low 40's c) followed by 2 months of heavy rain season (flooding once every ten years or so) to a few months of maybe down to 5 c at times. I plan to plant on mounds to handle the wet feet part but unsure if most of these types can handle that. I also have heard that Atemoyas cant handle the high heat but I have heard the same for soursop and have seen some around my area. Anyone have experience with heat and wet feet with any of the type of fruit I have named?

Thanks for any help

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Managing Jackfruit tree height

« on: December 28, 2020, 08:59:44 AM »

Hey there, Question for you guys. Anyone have any experience in keeping a jackfruit tree shorter? Maybe some people have photos? I have searched through tons of posts on this forums with limited responses and searching through youtube there seems to be 1 video at all about topping, or controlling the height of the tree, by Richard Campbell. The jackfruit trees around me are left alone, except for die back, and generally are some of the highest trees around my area, like 20 meter high. I am not great at climbing trees nor desire to climb super tall trees so looking for some experiences from others.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Planting besides a drive way, What trees?

« on: December 26, 2020, 09:15:51 AM »

Hey there I have a super nice open area besides a long drive way to my house. I have been digging up the area besides it prepping beds for some fruit trees. I am wondering what trees are recommended with roots that won't destroy the concrete driveway? I am going to be planting several generic jaboticabas (really wish I could get seeds shipped to Nam but customs is really thorough searching through international packages) as anything but normal Jabos are like 90 usd plus to buy non generic black fruited ones, some surinam cherries/pitanga, roses, feijoa and a miracle fruit. Heard these all should have roots that wont destroy the concrete but I thought I would ask here. Also these should all stay fairly short, hopefully. Wondering about other tropical fruit trees that would fit in and not destroy the concrete and remain small or medium height.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Questions about ground cover

« on: November 08, 2020, 10:09:22 AM »

I have a question about ground cover. I have a piece of land and on it I have rows of trees supporting pepper vines, dragon fruit, jackfruit trees, pomelos, and other fruit trees. Around where I live the people tend to keep the ground completely barren, example from my area: https://images.app.goo.gl/1j4F6aapp7cqCwNt6

I have found a bucket full of cuttings of perennial peanut and am think about using it in area similar to that Google link above. When you guys are using ground cover do you let it get close to your fruit trees? You let it over grow all the way to the tree or use a border to prevent them from getting close? Don't have much to use for ideas around here as most everyone keeps the ground barren. I have crazy ass grass that wants to take over and want something that might out compete it.

Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / (wanted)Anyone know anyone in Vietnam selling rarer fruit trees or seeds?

« on: October 15, 2020, 05:57:52 AM »

Live in Vietnam and wanted to try and find some other varieties of mangosteen and other non common fruits in my area. Doesn't anyone know of any sites or people selling rarer fruits that the common ones in Vietnam?