Any tropical/subtropical fruit plants enthusiasts

Uncle Jessup said:
I grow almost a dozen citrus varieties & half dozen olive trees in pots @zone 7. Im excited my 3 olives are flowering this year so just added 3 more! Been an interesting grow experience the past 5-6 years. They're both more hardy than figs so that's a bonus but still need TLC when its too cold in greenhouse for them during winter cold spells.
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I tried an olilve tree one year, it lived a few years but did not do well. I'm in 7b.
 
CzechFigs said:
Any tropical/subtropical fruit plants enthusiasts
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I think you meant tropical/near-tropical. "Subtropical" would include plants of central Europe, central Asia, Uruguay, the lower 48 U.S. states, etc.

In answer to your intended meaning, outdoors year-round here in southern California zone 10b I'm growing:
avocado, banana, Citrus, pineapple, Plinia, and white sapote.
 
ktrain said:
I only dabble in Lemon and mandarine...but they really need special care here.
I even quit growing bananas because I had too much to deal with and the specialk care needed.
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CzechFigs said:
I saw a couple of posts there about tropical fruits, so I wantedto share my little collection. All the plants I have should be able to bear fruit relatively quickly from seed. Some are slow growers though.

The list:
Syzigium Megacarpa - Giant Lau Lau
Eugenia Uniflora - Orange Surinam Cherry
Eugenia Myrcianthes - Ubajai
Lucuma Campechiana - Cannistel
Casimiroa Edulis - White Sapote
Sandoricum Koetjape - Santol
Psidium Longipetiolatum
Eugenia Involucrata - Cherry of Rio Grande
Cordia Taguahyensis - Brazilian milk fruit
Eugenia Pyriformis
Eugenia Squamiflora
Annona Reticulata - Bullock's Heart
Garcinia Humilis - Achacha
Eugenia Candolleana - Rainforest plum
Chrysophyllum Cainito - Star Apple
Psidium Guajava - Red Malaysian Guava
Psidium Cattleianum
Psidium Cattleianum var. Lucidum
Annona Cherimola - Campas variety (popukar in Italy for early fruiting)
Eugenia Repanda
Myrcianthes pungens - Guabiyú
Carissa Macrocarpa - Natal plum
Eriobytria Japonica - Loquat
Curcuma Longa
Averrhoa Carambola - Star Fruit (I hate this plant, complains about everything in temperate climate)

What is your list? Are you growing any of these too? :D
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CzechFigs said:
I saw a couple of posts there about tropical fruits, so I wantedto share my little collection. All the plants I have should be able to bear fruit relatively quickly from seed. Some are slow growers though.

The list:
Syzigium Megacarpa - Giant Lau Lau
Eugenia Uniflora - Orange Surinam Cherry
Eugenia Myrcianthes - Ubajai
Lucuma Campechiana - Cannistel
Casimiroa Edulis - White Sapote
Sandoricum Koetjape - Santol
Psidium Longipetiolatum
Eugenia Involucrata - Cherry of Rio Grande
Cordia Taguahyensis - Brazilian milk fruit
Eugenia Pyriformis
Eugenia Squamiflora
Annona Reticulata - Bullock's Heart
Garcinia Humilis - Achacha
Eugenia Candolleana - Rainforest plum
Chrysophyllum Cainito - Star Apple
Psidium Guajava - Red Malaysian Guava
Psidium Cattleianum
Psidium Cattleianum var. Lucidum
Annona Cherimola - Campas variety (popukar in Italy for early fruiting)
Eugenia Repanda
Myrcianthes pungens - Guabiyú
Carissa Macrocarpa - Natal plum
Eriobytria Japonica - Loquat
Curcuma Longa
Averrhoa Carambola - Star Fruit (I hate this plant, complains about everything in temperate climate)

What is your list? Are you growing any of these too? :D
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@CzechFigs Syzigium Megacarpa - Giant Lau Lau oh my God, it sounded so interesting.I had to google it. Not sure what a rose flavored fruit would taste like, but I'm down to try one when I get the chance. i loved your new word Popukar wish I'd been that in high school ...Im truly amazed at all y'all tropical fruit gardens. So many goodies that you guys are growing... @GIV you have an excellent tropical paradise going there in san diego. I'm gonna have to taste some of that dragon fruit of yours. At least I can get to San Diego. Sounds a lot.Easier travel time than going for the Georgia Bananas of @ktrain
 
Figless said:
@CzechFigs Syzigium Megacarpa - Giant Lau Lau oh my God, it sounded so interesting.I had to google it. Not sure what a rose flavored fruit would taste like, but I'm down to try one when I get the chance. i loved your new word Popukar wish I'd been that in high school ...Im truly amazed at all y'all tropical fruit gardens. So many goodies that you guys are growing... @GIV you have an excellent tropical paradise going there in san diego. I'm gonna have to taste some of that dragon fruit of yours. At least I can get to San Diego. Sounds a lot.Easier travel time than going for the Georgia Bananas of @ktrain
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I can't wait for Syzygium megacarpa to flower. Should be really beautiful. Never heard about "popukar"? That is a special word on the keyboard related to the world "popular". It has a really close proximity to that word :D
 
Charlie Dodgson said:
I think you meant tropical/near-tropical. "Subtropical" would include plants of central Europe, central Asia, Uruguay, the lower 48 U.S. states, etc.

In answer to your intended meaning, outdoors year-round here in southern California zone 10b I'm growing:
avocado, banana, Citrus, pineapple, Plinia, and white sapote.
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Central Europe? That is why I live and we certainly don't have any native "subtropical" plants. The winter is too harsh for such plants. Even fig trees are very borderline to grow here.
 
CzechFigs said:
Central Europe? That is why I live and we certainly don't have any native "subtropical" plants. The winter is too harsh for such plants. Even fig trees are very borderline to grow here.
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You've confused subtropical with near-tropical. Subtropical is a broad category that extends to the border of subartic.
 
Charlie Dodgson said:
You've confused subtropical with near-tropical. Subtropical is a broad category that extends to the border of subartic.
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Term "subtropical" is a literal synonym of "near-tropical". You even have it in the dictionary, here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/subtropical :D

Plus, I have a degree from Geography, I know what I'm talking about. Subtropical climates are located between 23,5° and roughly around 40°on the planet. It of course varies on the location. You are mixing two terms into one – subtropical and subarctic. By the way subtropical climates are characterized by hot summers and mild winters. The combination you won't find in any part of Europe north of 40°.
 
CzechFigs said:
Term "subtropical" is a literal synonym of "near-tropical". You even have it in the dictionary, here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/subtropical :D
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In maps of the 1700's, agriculturalists divided the world's climates into 4 categories: tropical, subtropical, subartic, artic. The term near-tropical came about a hundred years later to describe climates between tropical and subtropical. In the 1920s, horticulturists at Harvard University began using climate categories based on cold hardiness that was adopted by the USDA in the 1960s. By this time, horticulturists in western US states had concluded that the Harvard system did not adequately account for microclimates, and the Western Garden Zones had been established by the Sunset publishing company in the 1950s.
 
Charlie Dodgson said:
In maps of the 1700's, agriculturalists divided the world's climates into 4 categories: tropical, subtropical, subartic, artic. The term near-tropical came about a hundred years later to describe climates between tropical and subtropical. In the 1920s, horticulturists at Harvard University began using climate categories based on cold hardiness that was adopted by the USDA in the 1960s. By this time, horticulturists in western US states had concluded that the Harvard system did not adequately account for microclimates, and the Western Garden Zones had been established by the Sunset publishing company in the 1950s.
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Ok 😃
 
GIV said:
Nice list, I have few too, several are the same as yours:

Bananas: Namwah, Blue Java, Dwarf Brazillian, Manzano, Raja Puri, Orinoco, Lacatan, Goldfinger
Jaboticaba: Red Hybrid, Corristata Retigulata, Grimal
Guava: Lemon, Strawberry, Red Malaysian, etc
Citrus: Calamondin, Eureka Lemon, Baerss Lemon, Owarai Mandarin, Finger Lime,Washington Navel Orange,
Eugenia: Black Star Surinam Cherry, Acerola (Barbados)
Dragon Fruit: Edgars Baby, Haleys Comet, LaVerne, Dark Star, Pink Panther, Delight, etc.
Avocado: Hass, Kona Sharwil, Reed
Cherimoya/Atemoya: Campus, Pazico, Fino DeJete, Pierce, Big Sister, Maroochi Red, Maroochi Gold, Hilary White, Paxton Prolific, Cherilata, Rudy 20 etc.
Pomegranate: Parfianka, Fleischman, Ganesh, Arianna
Miscellaneous: Miracle Fruit, Loquat, Macadamia Nut (Cate), Passion Fruit (Edulis), Papaya (Sunrise), Mulberry (Pakistani), Mango (Kent, Chocanon), Persimmon (Fuyu), Pepino Melon, Golden Berry, Dave Wilson Interspecific Stone Fruit, Lychee (Brewster)

I struggle to find space for the figs.
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Try to consume Cherimoya/Annona family in moderation. They have been liked with atypical parkinsonism when consumed more than 1 fruit a week (every week, for years)
 
vinerya said:
Try to consume Cherimoya/Annona family in moderation. They have been liked with atypical parkinsonism when consumed more than 1 fruit a week (every week, for years)
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I dunno. If you're referring to the linked study below, it doesn't seem like very good evidence of causation to me. The error bars dwarf the result, the variables were observational and ex post, no control population, etc. I'm not a scientist, though, so I could very easily be wrong.

 
Redlands is a somewhat local FL variety that supposedly does well here. And I bought Nettie from a California, purely based on what I read. No real experience.

It got below freezing a few nights this winter. The first couple of cold nights we had, it got around 29 and they both did fine uncovered. Then a couple weeks later it got down to 23, which is really cold for here. I did a weak job wrapping them. Redlands got absolutely torched by the cold and Nettie looked perfectly fine the next morning.
 
cdh said:
I dunno. If you're referring to the linked study below, it doesn't seem like very good evidence of causation to me. The error bars dwarf the result, the variables were observational and ex post, no control population, etc. I'm not a scientist, though, so I could very easily be wrong.

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There's also this one
Lannuzel A, Höglinger GU, Champy P, Michel PP, Hirsch EC, Ruberg M. Is atypical parkinsonism in the Caribbean caused by the consumption of Annonacae? J Neural Transm Suppl. 2006;(70):153-7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-211-45295-0_24. PMID: 17017523.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Is atypical parkinsonism in the Caribbean caused by the consumption of Annonacae? - PubMed

An abnormally frequent atypical levodopa-unresponsive, akinetic-rigid syndrome with some similarity to PSP was identified in the Caribbean island Guadeloupe, and was associated with the consumption of plants of the Annonacea family, especially Annona muricata (corossol, soursop) suggesting a...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 
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the atypical parkinsonism in at least paw paw is a nothingburger. ksu has had talks on it. IT probably isnt wise to make tea of the leaves. there are so many confounding variables
 
I have a couple tropical and subtropical plants.

Banana: Double Mahoi, Dwarf Brazilian, Dwarf Cavendish, Burro, Nam Wah and Rhino horn & Saba(just got)
Guava: Pink Barbie, Larkana, Mexican White and Pineapple.
Mangos from seed: 2 started in the summer of 2023
Pomegranate: Wonderful and White(forgot variety)
Citrus: satsumas, orange, Meyer Lemon and Calamansi
 
any of you grow any jabuticabas? i'm looking to add one for pot culture since my wife and i tried fruit and she really loved it. ID take suggestions on places to shop and which varieties to go for
 
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snarfing said:
any of you grow any jabuticabas? i'm looking to add one for pot culture since my wife and i tried fruit and she really loved it. ID take suggestions on places to shop and which varieties to go for
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jabuti what now?
 
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