Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[ozexpat]

Mangos need zone 11 to live outside.... thats pretty much Hawaii.

Here is a write up on mangos

From other sources Mangos grown from seed take six to ten years to bear fruit. ANd the tree itself can live up to 300 years and still bear fruit. Oh and they get 120 feet tall.

I personally want as many kinds of citrus as will live in my climate.... Tangerines, Lemons, limes, Some Oranges Kumquats. My experience is in citrus. Avocados dont take frost so they wouldn't live in my neck of the woods. Of course I also want Figs apples and peaches and nectarines..... I dont have long enough frost for some varieties but others do quite well....

I also want to espalier my Citrus to make them a living hedge/barrier for people. Most Citrus has some pretty respectable thorns.

i grew mango successfully in west los angeles. persimmons and guava too. Zone 10 worked just fine as the article says

 

[perchie.girl]

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That quick article said they can't handle frost or temps below 40. But I bet there are micro climates all over Southenr California where the cold temps dont cause perminant damage.... Damage yes but nothing the plant wont recover from. I would love to have persimmons and have seen HUGE persimmon trees in the San Diego area. That and Bananas.... or Plantains. My son took a Xeriscape class at community college and his teacher brought in home grown Guava. Star Fruit too.... Only place i have had that is in Hawaii but I looked it up and it grows from zone 9 to 11....

The climate at my house is Zone 9.

Not enough water for most exotics....

deb

 

[Lillahimed]

That quick article said they can't handle frost or temps below 40. But I bet there are micro climates all over Southenr California where the cold temps dont cause perminant damage.... Damage yes but nothing the plant wont recover from. I would love to have persimmons and have seen HUGE persimmon trees in the San Diego area. That and Bananas.... or Plantains. My son took a Xeriscape class at community college and his teacher brought in home grown Guava. Star Fruit too.... Only place i have had that is in Hawaii but I looked it up and it grows from zone 9 to 11....

The climate at my house is Zone 9.

Not enough water for most exotics....

deb

Persimmons grow likes weeds over here! and don't even let me start about the citrus

 

[Tomtommom]

I read this fantastic article by a guy in Northern Florida who grew a mango from seed and had fruit after 4 years. He had to build a contraption to keep the thing from frost in the winter, but it was glorious! We'll see how this thing ends up, but as it is, I am amazed by the growth in just one year time. Maybe I will build a greenhouse, maybe I just put it indoors in the winter. Time will tell.

Persimmons and figs should grow like weeds here. I have seen neighbors with fig bushes the size of a house. I've also got some seed from local pawpaws which I will try to grow next year. I try to grow native plants, but can't help but be tempted by other exotics. Satsuma's supposedly do well here, as well as meyer lemons and kafir limes.

 

[ozexpat]

I read this fantastic article by a guy in Northern Florida who grew a mango from seed and had fruit after 4 years. He had to build a contraption to keep the thing from frost in the winter, but it was glorious! We'll see how this thing ends up, but as it is, I am amazed by the growth in just one year time. Maybe I will build a greenhouse, maybe I just put it indoors in the winter. Time will tell.

Persimmons and figs should grow like weeds here. I have seen neighbors with fig bushes the size of a house. I've also got some seed from local pawpaws which I will try to grow next year. I try to grow native plants, but can't help but be tempted by other exotics. Satsuma's supposedly do well here, as well as meyer lemons and kafir limes.

I took some figs over to the Phils. My brother in law has 20 or so trees propagated now. They are one of my favorite fruits.

 

[piglett]

I took some figs over to the Phils. My brother in law has 20 or so trees propagated now. They are one of my favorite fruits.

i bet the chickens will like any extra you have too

 

[ozexpat]

i bet the chickens will like any extra you have too

they have yet to make it that far lol

 

[tbmorgan]

Figs grow like crazy here in central AL. I have a fig tree, as do several of my friends, and I made tons of fig preserves this year. So yummy! I love to eat them straight off the tree, too...one for the basket, one for me, one for the basket, another one (or two) for me, one for the basket....you get the picture. I usually make myself sick.

 

[Lillahimed]

I'm of the opinion that you can grow most anything if you're a good enough gardener. That being said, I kill every plant I touch

 

[ozexpat]

I'm of the opinion that you can grow most anything if you're a good enough gardener. That being said, I kill every plant I touch

I beg to differ on that.

Sometimes climates are your enemy. You may be able to keep things warm but you cannot cool them. Most western fruits simply cannot be grown where I am. I cannot grow any sort of hearting lettuce, green beans, peas, broccoli and the list goes on. All these are limited by the lack of a cool season. I also have air highly saturated with salt and an on shore breeze so laden with salt it will kill all but the hardiest of plants growing withing 50 yards of the shore.

We have a garden of Plumeria (Frangipani) and a few palms that burn off during the Christmas monsoon period but recover.