The Tropical Fruit Forum

Your yard is looking good, Thanks for the visual. Good plan for your Avocado, Holiday has a weeping growth habit.
The citrus and Banana's are a good micro climate indicator you can succeed. You could take advantage of an established root system and graft that fruitless plum with the stone fruit of your choice ( or the Pluot scion you already have) .

Thanks! I'm noticing that about the Holiday... It's like a wet noodle! It's currently 38 inches tall and I've only had it in a new pot for two days but It's loving it! Maybe it's the worm castings but it's got new growth already! The plum are very close to the fence and are at least 20 years years old, same with the palm tree next to it (Can't wait to remove that ugly tree) Seems like anything will grow in my backyard. The Pluot tree may be re homed to the original home owners next winter depending on if we like the fruit or not... We didn't try any last fruit set. My backyards a work in progress but we hope to have a good producing 'ring' around the grass in the center in the next few years.

Does anyone have a picture of their Holiday Avocado trees? I'm curious as to how they're growing for people in similar zones.

Thanks for the advice! Currently have my holiday avocado in a large pot with river rock lining the bottom and a potting mix + cactus/citrus potting mix+worm castings. It's right next to my porch and will be spending the next few days inside as after tomorrow we will be getting drenched in rain... again. I have already painted the trunk to protect against sunburn. Once I do put it in the ground though we will be placing it between two persimmon trees which allow for shade during the peak hours in summer, and being persimmons they drop their leaves every winter. I may end up not going with a passion fruit because I'm pretty limited on space. I have about 1/4 acre with several mature trees + more to come.

Good morning All!
Yesterday the wife and I were at the local nursery picking up our holiday avocado tree (yay) and saw that they have purple passion fruit and multi grafted cherries.
Our cherry tree (Bing) is on it's way out. It was planted in 94 by the previous homeowner and it's had alot of rot and dead limbs. This year I cut a very large section out and it's growing some nice cherries now but we want to start a cherry tree in a large pot now as we know this tree is past it's prime.
I have a few questions regarding Cherry tree and passion fruits.

Is there any downside to multi grafted trees? I believe they were Bing, Lapins, Van cherries. some had black tartarian. Are they safe to grow in pot for another year or two?
Do passion fruits grow well north of Sacramento? I believe I'm zone 9B (we have a few days that dip below 28 degrees or so. Would I need to grow this in a pot or would it be safe to plant in the ground now? I know the cold will kill back the vines and that they are VIGOROUS growers, does dying back completely to roots affect the harvest?

Any input will be appreciated. Trying to expand our garden currently. We've got Meyer lemons, Pluots, Pomellos, Bing Cherry, Limes, two persimmon variations, blue berries, Naval oranges, raspberries and our newest pomegranate and holiday avocado (Coming soon: GEM avocado!!)

Thanks and enjoy your weekend!

Hello!
I live in NorCal (North of sacramento) but I will be visiting SoCal to make use of our disneyland passes...
I'm trying to locate a GEM avocado tree in the LA area (within an hour or so) as I can not locate them up north.
Does anyone know where to locate one currently?

I'm trying to decide between Holiday, and 'LittleCado' for my second tree as well, any input?
I hear with our night time temps we don't have to stress the 'A' or 'B' type flower to much as the plants will be creating both flowers during the same time.
Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!