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I recently took out a huge, old Laurel Oak that was too close to the house and kept losing limbs in the hurricanes. I have a wide space now to plant a tree or three in, but it's ~25ft from the house. The oak provided a lot of late afternoon shade; really missing that benefit. So, I'm looking for a fruit tree that has an upright growth habit that handles high winds well. I'm also hoping it's a tree that drops it's fruit while it's still edible, but it's a "hope" not a "must." I'm on the Gulf Coast, 1/2 hour south of Tampa, and I'm very close to the beach/bay (haven't touched freezing once in over a dozen years).


I have been looking for awhile. I was thinking a Phoenix mango tree, but harvesting the tallest fruit would get to be a burden. I moved on to thinking a Sapodilla, and I have a 6' Molix in a pot ready to plant, but that too might be a pain to harvest. Mamey Sapote is a favorite, but they sound too vulnerable to high winds. Maybe an Ice Cream Bean; I haven't looked too far into that one.


Anyone have a suggestion? I could live without it being a fruit tree, too; if it's a pretty, vertical shade tree, I might just make my wife happy for the first time in forever 

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I've caught the jackfruit bug and have some space, hoping to get some feedback on a plan for ~3 trees. UF/IFAS says they get 30-40' tall and need 20-25' spacing, but then their variety descriptions listed in the table at the end of the article claim some can be kept at 8'. If I choose a few manageable varieties, what's the long-term height/width realities for a tree when it's actively maintained?


I've only had a few samplings of the fruit, all have been fairly crunchy with bubblegum, banana and tropical notes. I'm not too concerned with dialing in exactly on the 3 best fruits for my palate; popular, reliable varieties are what I want to start with. Hoping to cover as much of the fruiting season as possible. Going by the UF website, these trees sound like they would do that and stay fairly small:


Gold Nugget (May-June)
Cheena (July-August)
Black Gold (Sept-Oct)


If it matters, I'm right next to the Intercoastal Waterway, maybe 1/2 a mile from the Gulf.

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I have a friend who has to meet city requirements by replacing the trees they removed with 5" caliper trees (~16" diameter circumference). They want to do a mango and avocado; they are open to whatever varieties might be available. Pots would be great, but they'd also cover the cost of digging whatever up, too. Even some random seedling will be fine, just can't be scraggly-looking (should have a main trunk, no bifurcation for the first 1-3 above ground). Please PM or post pics if you have something that fits the need. Thanks!

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All my citrus showed the beginning signs of a flush and I noticed the little buggers on it. Took me a few days, but I mixed up a bottle of Monterey Garden Insect Spray (with Spinosad) and doused them two days ago. Just examined them this morning and I still noticed a few of them still perched on the new growth. It's my first time trying to control for these, so I'm wondering:

• Should the spray have killed the bugs or warded them off? Or, is it like CLM, it's the larvae it kills?
• If I'm still seeing the flies, should I spray again (since I still see them)?
• Will the new growth be curled and stunted, even though I caught them at an early stage? It's looking a little off, but the growth is ~1/4" long, under a week into pushing.

Interested in picking up a box this next week (I'd rather drive than pay for shipping).
Don't all have to be ripe/ready to eat now, I'd prefer a sampling that ripen up between pickup and a week or two (so I'm not gorging the entire box all at once).

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I have a fairly big glazed pot in a conspicuous space that I'm thinking to put a mango in. I currently have similar-sized IC and DH trees (~3' tall), wondering which will be more visually pleasing (once it gets larger), anybody have an opinion? Anything looking sparse, lanky, droopy, etc., will lead to me catching constant flack from my wife.


I also have Amrapali (which seems super sloooow-growing), Pickering & Rosiegold, but they are each a year or two's growth behind my IC/DH.

Hoping to buy half a dozen or so of Dupuis, feel free to PM me.


Thanks!

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