Hello Kona fruit farm, nice to hear you are going to be growing good mangos in Kona. I was actually fairly disappointed with the quality of mangos at the Hilo farmers market and Kona farmers market last time I was there. There are a lot of great varieties from south Florida that would probably do great on the Kona side. I’m going to give mangos a try on the Hilo side too. I already got great advice from others on this forum that are growing mangos on the Hamakua coast. I currently have over 30 varieties on my Florida property where I live, however, I also have a couple dozen more on a rental property in south Florida. The ones I’m growing now around my house are mostly the varieties that seem to tolerate wet soils and rampant rains the best. A lot of the really cool new Zill varieties would probably not do too well on the Hamakua coast because of all the rain. There is also the issue of some varieties barely even producing for me here because of our recent warm winters which failed to trigger good blooms. This year, I got a lot of blooms on some zill nursery varieties but a lot of the crop was lost after the freak freezing temperatures we had recently. You will definitively have an easier time growing mangos than I will in rainy Hamakua. Yeah not many people I know in person understand why I would fly halfway across the earth for spiky smelly fruit! Good luck on growing your durian! What varieties did you order from Florida? Also, which nursery is willing to ship to the big island?