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Can you grow Star Fruit (Carambola) in Oklahoma?

11 years ago

Can you grow Star Fruit (Carambola) in Oklahoma?

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Okiedawn OK Zone 7
11 years ago
In a container in a heated greenhouse, probably, though I have not tried.

They are cold-hardy only down to about 27 degrees.
mksmth zone 7a Tulsa Oklahoma
11 years ago
you can grow anything here as long as you can keep it warm during winter. Really what I have learned over the last 3 or 4 years is I only need to protect my stuff fully meaning always in the greenhouse from about mid November to late February. I say fully because that seems to be the time of year were there arent enough warm sunny days in a row to justify bring things out for a while.

I grow citrus, pineapple*, mango*(seedling), plumeria, bananas*, palms, and adenium(desert rose). all in containers except for a couple bananas, basjoo is in ground. Plumeria can be put in the ground then dug up for winter storage.

I havent tried star fruit, papaya, jack fruit, etc or some of the more "exotic" types but the key is just keeping them warm with enough light and humidity.

*-havent gotten fruit from these yet but patiently waiting.

Mike
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Hi Wiigodess! Long time no see you.:) I remember you asking me about the carambola last time that you came to the house. Excalibur is in South Florida and they don't ship, they have the Bell variety that I like. But the variety that I have Sri Kembanqan is also good. I got it from a vendor in the Leu Gardens sale. I am sure that you can find it locally where you live. My neighbor bought a variety that he likes and he found it on Craiglist for cheap and they even planted for him. I think that Deland has a farmers market that carry fruit trees, we have one on Saturday in Winter Garden but it will be far for you. If you want to do mail order Pine Island ship their trees, now is a good time to buy one before we get the cold weather. Let me know what happens and if you find your tree. Silvia Here is a link that might be useful: starfruit
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I've never seen root rot on a jaboticaba. Mine, which are in ground of course, are in the lowest point in my entire property. There have been some multi-day rain events that have left standing water in this area for a full 10 days without any root issues. During dry season, I'll let the hose run completely flooding the area. That doesn't leave any standing water for more than a day, but I usually have to do it a day or two in a row before flowering commences. Good luck. Harry
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lmao! I know it's funny, but I have seen so many incidences of trees fruiting after someone threatens them. Has anyone ever seen the "secret life of plants". It's scientifically shown that plants respond to our emotions. They threatened a plant and it made a spike in the electromagnetic response machine, much like a polygraph. Weird, but true. as for my carambola, it always flowered too early, and the flowers would fall off due to the cold. The year I put my house up for sale, it decided to flower one month later than normal,escaping the frost. I didn't know I had fruit until they dropped to the ground....and I realized I had four large bunches of fruit, some were up to 8" long.
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Caimitos fruiting here in Florida is not that uncommon. Our local folks of Cuban heritage have planted out many caimitos. We also have Jamaican folk, they call it star apple, who have contributed as well by numerous plantings. From my observations, caimito seems to be more or less on a par with mango as far as cold tolerance. I have had two that have fruited for me. Unfortunately, they always get uprooted or they snap at the base of the tree in thunderstorms/hurricanes. My last tree had probably 200 fruits on it when a simple summer thunderstorm just broke the trunk at its base. Of course, I've still planted another one out....but no flowers as of yet. Harry
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kfrinkle
11 years ago
What variety of mango are you attempting to grow? Mexican or Hawai'in? I love Hawai'in mangoes, and have wanted to grow some in Oklahoma. I tried growing papaya trees for a few years, I could never get enough of them to flower at the same time to produce fruit.
mksmth zone 7a Tulsa Oklahoma
11 years ago
Mine is just a seedling I sprouted a few years ago for fun. I know it wont produce true but its still fun to have. I was going to pick up a grafted one in florida but i ran out of room when I went plumeria shopping, LOL

a few people in the tropical fruit forum have had great success growing mango in containers and even get a decent crop of fruit.

mike

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