Best Mango Varieties for San Diego County, Calif Area?
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Comments (3)Hi just wanted to add a few more good varieties for your area and info about the ones suggested. Dorsett golden apple was developed in the Bahamas and is known to produce fruit from southern California to Phoenix Arizona It's chill hours are 100 to 250 Anna's chill hours 100 to 300. For plums I like the weeping Santa rosa it's self fertile and chill hours are 150 to 400. Regular Santa rosa needs 300 to 500 chill hours and satsuma need about 300 chill hours. The last to were developed by the great Luther Burbank of Santa rosa ca around 1900. Good luck happy growing Cory...See MoreOpinions on Cara Cara Navel Orange for N. San Diego County, CA
Comments (2)Really good to get confirmation on this tree, bahia. And yes, I have a Moro I planted last year. No flush or flowers, yet, same with the Bearrs lime and the Pixie mandarin, so I'm going to pinch the tips to force new growth. Plus put down fertilizer. Hoping we're all done with this crazy cold weather, so my new growth doesn't get nipped. Here's what I've got in my little home orchard for citrus right now: Two oranges of unknown variety (probably Valencia of some variety, were in such bad shape when I moved in in Fall '09, I couldn't even tell what type of citrus they were, one still may not make it) Moro Blood orange Cara Cara orange Meyer Improved Lemon (survived the neglect and has a gazillion lemons right now) 3 lemons of unknown origin (probably Eurekas, don't think they're thorny enough to be Lisbon; one might possibly be a Meyer, no fruit on that one, yet) Melogold grapefruit Cocktail grapefruit Rio Red grapefruit Oro Blanco grapefruit Bearss Lime Pixie manadarin Algerian Clementine mandarin Gold Nugget mandarin Page mandarin I think I've probably got just about everything that interests me, and more than enough fruit for our little family, plus most of my neighborhood, lol! Hoping my Moro, Bearss and Pixie start doing something. The grapefruits are pushing out huge numbers of gigantic blossoms and have some fruit already setting. Apparently they really like their spot in the garden. They are up at the top of my back yard, north side, facing south, and very protected from north winds by my neighbor's house which is perched up higher than my house, plus a row of lovely olives on the west side, which help to break the prevailing ocean breeze (we're about 7 miles from the ocean, in a canyon that faces the ocean, pretty cool). If I have time, I'll snap some pics of my areas I have planted my various trees. Patty S....See Moredescribing the type of gardening in San Diego
Comments (15)Poway (zone 21) and Ramona (zone 20) are both inland and will be hotter in the summer and colder in the winter than near the coast. The ground won't freeze, but this past winter we had the coldest weather in 70 years and many areas got down to 15 degrees for several nights in a row - it was a disaster for many tender plants, and local nurseries and wholesale growers lost millions of dollars. However, this is highly unusual. Soil vary dramatically from area to area, even within the same piece of property, so once you buy your new place you'll need to study what you have. We had rain yesterday - for the first time in months! Here in Vista we got 2.7" of rain in one day - bringing our total rainfall since Jan. 1st to a whopping 7". Many parts of the county have had far less rain. My plants are looking sooooooo happy today, with their leaves washed off and their stems all plumped up. Plants from all parts of the globe with a Mediterranean climate do great here, so you can easily grow plants from the Mediterranean basin, South Africa (including a vast array of effortless bulbs like watsonia, babiana, freesia, etc.), coastal Chile, much of Australia and New Zealand. You're going to have too much fun! I've got plants from all over the world in my garden, and I've grouped them according to their watering needs. Mine is a low-water garden throughout (except for one very small area), and we'll soon start planting trees which will be watered with "gray water" from our laundry, showers and bathroom sinks. There's some interesting new articles and books lately about water harvesting, ways to save/store the rainwater that might otherwise go down the drain. You might want to think about that when you plan your new garden. One downside to Ramona - it can be a long drive to downtown San Diego. Poway is next to a major highway and easier to get to/from. Ramona sometimes gets some snow in the winter, tho not enough to use a shovel for, I don't think. *grin*...See MoreAustralian Finger Limes in San Diego County
Comments (45)It is very lovely where we are, we are surrounded by commercial nurseries because we have such great growing conditions right where we are. We feel very, very blessed We do spend huge amounts of time outside, here. I have an entire outdoor kitchen, in fact (both of us being of Italian extraction, we must have an awesome kitchen, lol!) We are all doing well, I am recovering from a shingles outbreak, which I'm kind of young for and had not gotten the vaccine, yet. I would not wish that on my worst enemy. So, I would admonish anyone who had chicken pox as a kid, to talk to your doctor about the wisdom of getting a shingles vaccination. I'm hoping I don't end up with permanent nerve damage from that outbreak, ugh. All the family is well, and we're gearing up for our annual July 4th shindig! Jades are doing great! One is big, one is still small, and I might have a little something for you, hint, hint :-) Patty S....See Morephxplantaddict
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