Gardener972

Just curious... what tropical fruit tree/s are you growing in a pot that you find to be the easiest to grow, most disease resistant, and that fruit for you?

Richard

Babaco, the "pineapple papaya" -- see this thread: Babaco

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Dean W.

Kumquat... I'll post a picture later.

Dean

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lorax

If I grew in pots, I'd be seconding the Babaco. Followed closely by the Mito (highland papaya) and Giant Granadilla (Passiflora quadrangulis) Finally, Ecuadoran white pineapples.

What are you considering a "tropical" fruit? I ask, because most likely you're already growing Nanners outside. Certainly in Texas you can get away with growing a lot more outdoors than in other parts of the States.

Richard

I'd agree with Dean that the Nagami Seedless Kumquat is an excellent choice for a container-grown "tropical" fruit.

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Dean W.

Here's my Kumquat. I'm unsure what kind it is. I bought it at an oriental market.

Dean

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mskitty38583

as of this moment the only fruiting tropicals that i have are nanas and a barbco. but both are still a long way away from fruiting. richard the barbco still has the 3 little leaves coming out the top and hey they are still green. wahoo! guess i must be doing something ok. lol.

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Richard

Although most people would spell it "Babaco".

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mskitty38583

im the first one to say," hey i cant spell ". LOL! but neither could einsteine. and look how he turned out!

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Your still alright, allright, awright.......OK with me Sam!

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Gardener972

Here in Dallas, I've planted a Satsuma orange (3rd year now--no oranges), a kumquat (he didn't know the variety but it's round and sweet), a couple sagos, windmill palm, & persimmon in the ground. Also some other tropical landscape plants. I'm pushing the zone by doing it though as I'm in far north Dallas. As of today, I don't have a banana yet but it's coming this week!

I'm curious just how easy it is to grow a mango in a pot and have it fruit. Anyone with experience on that? Also how about an avocado in a pot? Is there such a thing as a miniature mango or avocado?

john_ny

I've grown lots of stuff in pots. Here, in N.Y., we have to take things in for the winter, so pots are much easier. I've grown a couple of seedling mangoes, but gave up on them, after a couple of years, when they got too tall for the greenhouse. One of my favorites is, 'Julie'. I mentioned, to a grower in Florida, that I wished they didn't get so big, because I'd love to have one, and she said she had Dwarf Julie. Only gets about 8 feet.

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lorax

Oh jeez, mango in a pot? You'll have to knock out a ceiling before that fruits for you. Unless you can find the cultivars called "Condo Mango" which are dwarf varieties that fruit at about 3' tall. Even then it's tough to do.

And before you consider growing a mango indoors, find out if you're allergic or sensitive to the fumes of turpentine. A mango in closed quarters with the appropriate amount of sunlight and heat is a highly fragrant beast, and some people have difficulty with the strength of their smell - it can cause eye irritation, for one thing. This goes double for when they're blooming.

Avocado in a pot won't fruit for you. The tree needs to be at least 13 years old, in the ground, and generally grafted from a producing tree onto other rootstock if you want it to produce edible fruits. Nice foliage trees, though, if you can keep them alive.

chong

Feijoa (Pineapple guava), Citromello, Calamondin orange (lots of them), Variegated Lemon, Musa Thomsonii, Musa Balbisiana, Musa CA Gold, Musa Dwarf Orinoco. My favorites are the Calamondin and the bananas.

Richard

A good Avocado cultivar like Holiday grafted on appropriate rootstock and grown in 40-gallon or larger pot will start producing fruit in the 2nd or 3rd year after grafting. Even unsold nursery stock in 7 to 15 gallon pots will start producing the 2nd year in the nursery.

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Gardener972

Who has the strength to move a 40 gal. pot & tree and where would a person put it through the winter? What's the lowest temp it will take?

Do those Calamondin oranges fruit? How big is your pot?

chong

I have 3 Calamondins in 5 gallon pots that fruit profusely. My wife cannot get enough of the fruit. We use them for condiment/garnish with steamed or baked fish, pancit (chow mein), as seasoning in lieu of lemon, add to soy sauce as dip, and for refreshing cold lemonade or soothing hot lemonade for sore throat and colds.

My 2 Sapodilla were in 10 gallon pots and the fruit, albeit, not very much. But that was the first year we had them. The guavas we had 3 years ago, were also in 10 gallon pots. 2 or 3 of them fruited. 2 Carambolas bloomed but did not develop fruits due to onset of the cold weather.

mskitty38583

to move a 40 lb pot with a tree in it...use a moving dolly with a strap.

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john_ny

Sam - That's a 40 gallonpot, not 40 lb. Considerably heavier than 40#.

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mskitty38583

that was my bad, didnt have my glasses on and im 5 ft. away from the puter.. and yes that does make a difference. duh. hey i just finished 2 finals my brains on overload! LOL!

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