dwarf avocado, mango recommendations
cattman
15 years ago
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Comments (6)locowd, The containers I have mine in now are made from cedar. They are 14x14" or 18x18" square and high. They have holes drilled in the bottoms and I used Pruning Sealer on the insides to further coat the insides and reduce water loss. Wood is a poor conductor of heat so it works better than the plastic pots here in the desert to keep the roots cool. You could prob use the 1/2 whiskey barrels as well. We made these and put the plants in there because the plastic pots were getting too hot and I was having some die back on the limbs of some of my tropicals and new citrus trees. I don't know how long they will be able to stay in this size but will prob have to repot next year on some of them. In general, Grafted trees produce fruit much sooner than non grafted (seed grown) trees. Look for a (graft)line low down on the stem, if you see one -they are grafted and can produce some fruit perhaps, this year. The older they get the more fruit they will produce. I am obviously not the person to ask about avocados-they hate me LOL! My avocados had alot of fruits but have since dropped most of them. Avocados don't like to be potted, I'm told, and resent changes in eviornment and temperature. Obviously someone has been growing them in pots at the nursery, but long term avocados would rather be in the ground so I will have to get mine into the ground but I will probably wait until next spring. Once thing about avocados is they need excellent drainage. The haas and the dwarf hybrid are the same height right (about 5 ft) now but the Haas I have, is not a dwarf and will prob get huge. One of my mangos is a grafted dwarf and had a few mangos last year. The dwarf varieties can be grown in pots as long as they get good drainage and a little afternoon shade in the hottest months. My other mango I grew from seed and it is a year old and about 4ft tall. It will be at least 2 yrs before I get fruit on that one. When mangos have new growth at the top it will look sickly- purplish brown or reddish leaves that look wilted. These perk up and turn green with age and this is normal. My bananas are in large 22 gal plastic laundry tubs with holes drilled in the bottom. I am growing the edible dwarf types of bananas. Grand Nain (aka chiquita banana), Dwarf Cavendish, and Double Mahoi are easy to fruit in large pots and stay around 5-6 ft in a pot. They need lots of manure afternoon shade, and moisture. I also have dragonfruit that grows easily here. It is more of an orchid cactus that climbs makes a (dragon)fruit after flowering. I think the best general advice I can give for growing tropicals or anything in pots here is that they need: Good fast draining soil to prevent root rot. Good watering I use a water meter from lowes (about 4 dollars) and try to keep everything between a 1-2 #. Water early in the morning or at night. In pots, full sun means afternoon shade! Have you looked at the tropical fruit forum here at GW? There are lots of very informative people there, most of them are growing fruit not in the tropic regions and have pretty good advice. ~SJN...See MoreDwarf Mango Tree
Comments (27)i would recommend Rosigold. julie and rosigold are the smallest trees. rosigold will have a perfectly symmetrical upright canopy at 8ft. julie grows like a bush filling out nicely about 8 feet as well. both would be perfectly full grown in a 25 gallon container with a little pruning. julie is shy, but is an extraordinary mango and worth it IMO. Rosigold are very precocious, they give fruit a month earlier than almost every other variety. i think this may be beneficial to you as the fruit take less time from bloom to ripe. Nam Doc Mai is not a condo mango, it is a medium tree. i would grow it in at least a 45 gallon container and even then the trunk will become wider than the condo mangos and will be more top heavy. one reason Pine Island will not recommend Julie is because they stopped growing and propagating it after their trees died back of fungal problems. i personally know a dozen people growing Julie in south florida and while they do require minimal folier copper spraying to prevent anthracnose (black fungus), all of them enjoy their trees very much and prize the mangos they give. SPYKEs grove by me sells more Julies then any other variety fungus should not be a problem where you are....See MoreCarrie Mango or Little Cado Avocado
Comments (16)I will certainly go with the concensus opinion that a mango is by far a better choice to plant than an avocado. The smallest/slowest growers are clearly Ice Cream and Julie. I have a Pickering that looks like it will be close to the same slow growth habit, but I cannot confirm having it in the ground for only about 2 years. Fairchild, Cogshall, Mallika and Nam Doc Mai are all not nearly as slow growing as Julie and Ice Cream. They all have different growth habits and can be trained to be successfully pot grown, but they will eventually get large enough to challenge even a very large pot....but that will take many years (and many nice crops of delicious fruit). Harry...See MoreDwarf Mango?
Comments (11)MGB... are you going to always keep this tree in a container or eventually plant it. I have never heard or seen anybody successfuly maintain a Glenn in a container and get good production and health. My Glenn has grown more than most of my trees in six years that I planted it. However, I understand that Cogshall is a good type for containers... maybe someone who has tasted one can vouch for the eating characteristics. I have no more room now but if I had it to do over I would not have planted a Carrie and instead would have a Valencia Pride... I think that Pine Island's four star rating is an injustice; I would give it a solid five! LOU...See Morecattman
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