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Your main problem will be that your good season won't be long enough to let bananas ripen, i know people struggling i z8b for this reason.
Namwha is a short cycle variety it should give you the best chances of succeeding. However you will still probably have to cut the bunch prematurely before the cold season and let it finish ripen off the plant

Don't overdo with amendments. If your mix is much more free draining than your native soil the hole you dug might fill with water when it rains making it possibly worse. If you think your soil is really a problem you can also consider raising the tree by creating a small mound.
A possibly cheaper solution for you might be wood chips, even after decomposing the soil will still retain a better texture. Be aware that this is a bit controversial, some will say that wood would "deplete" the nitrogen in the soil but my understanding is that it's not completely true. Other members here maybe can comment on this.

Where i live loquats are common. My neighbour has one, i had a winter with a minimum of 15F few years ago and i don't remember it ever having significant die back (it's a really old tree, always been there afaik).
Here in Italy i never heard of loquat named varieties, they are always sold as "japanese loquat".
Then we have "german loquat" (nespolo germanico in italian) which is actually how we call medlar (Mespilus germanica), this one is less common.

Wanted to start some yangmei from seed and i've read some sources saying it does best in 5 or even lower PH soil. Is that true?
If true, for those planting in-ground, what's your soil PH? Is there something you do to keep a low PH?

Anyone using triple wall polycarbonate? Is the loss in light transmission an issue?

Absurd!
Where is the evidence that "Plants in rainforests have almost sterile soil "

Maybe "sterile" was not the best word to use. I meant it's generally not much fertile as it's poor in nutrients.
One of the most cited reasons for this is that nutrients are often washed away by rain.

I think when plants adapt to a new environment usually at the same time become also dependant on it. Pawpaws actually require some chill hours to thrive.
Peach trees won't do good where mangos grow, no plant is able to live everywhere without significant adaptations.

I'm not against seed propagation of cultivars but if identification is required you need to be able to do that. In my opinion you can't say a seedling is a clone just because leaves look, taste or smell "right".
There's no perfect way to propagate a plant, this is why it's important to preserve specimen as close to the source as possible so that you can use them as reference. With time some drift is inevitabile.

There is more skill required in growing rootstocks and grafting trees, compared to growing from seed.

True, but again, you might need to identify the plant to be sure you got it right. Identification in my opinion requires more knowledge and experience then decent grafting skills do. If you agree with me that leaves alone can't identify a plant you would also agree that identification takes a lot of time because leaves is all you will get for a while.
Grafting is always usefull and inexpensive, I would highly recommend everyone to learn it regardless of the method of propagation you like the most.

Get a dog

Zutano, Bacon is lot less hardy than Joey, Lila, Poncho etc.. so you might try those knowing that you arent utilitizing the current potential that already is known avocados to have. Its kinda pointless I think

They probably also have something better, maybe something they use as rootstocks

Probably one of the largest commercial Avocado nurseries in the US.

Quote from: Enkis on April 22, 2023, 12:57:51 AM

This nursery also seem to produce large quantities of plants. They have Zutano between their varieties.
https://www.viverosbrokaw.com

It's located in Spain

Quote from: Enkis on April 20, 2023, 04:35:44 PM

@drymifolia
Thanks for sharing your experience. That's unfortunate because i was hoping for this to work as for me also it's much easier to find hass avocados seeds. I will give it a try anyway but guess i will have to think of other solutions as well

Actually this guy gave me the idea. According to him, Hass avocadoe seedlings do have the potential to be very cold hardy, lets say 1/100
https://georgestancliffe.medium.com/the-b-c-avocado-project-670ed22a74d7

If it's 1/100 we would already have plenty of non pure mexican hardy varieties by now. Even george in that article says it will take years.

I'm looking for reccomendations. What's your favorite plum by taste? Pluots are allowed