The best fruit varieties for AZ & chat

myamberdog · Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:45 pm Post subject:

hmmmm.....NOT deciduous situation on my tree and has never been covered
and seems to handle at least the low 30's quite easily...will try to get a
pic soon and post it here...

mAd

raimeiken · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 51

starch · Joined: 14 Mar 2015 Posts: 49

darkcoolboo · Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129

If you want an intro to most banana varieties (the ones that don't follow this is probably ones that have never escaped the Polynesian islands, such as fehi banana), here is a nice introduction video by TropicaMango Nursery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KSiZCHyrDc
He sells dwarf namwah and I remember him mentioning that ones of the plants in the video to be dwarf namwah.

R, I'm sorry if I offended you in any way, but it's just that I keep on learning that some don't do well in our climate, and then turn around to find them doing well if you nurture them, like avocado. It's very confusing and I'm starting to question other trees that don't do well. Maybe one day the definitive cold tolerance cap on stuff like African plants and jackfruit may be broken without the use of a green house.

starch · Joined: 14 Mar 2015 Posts: 49

Thanks for the video!

darkcoolboo · Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129

I'm working on looking for some more varieties that would be premier for the list on original post, but I think I've run out of plants to mention. If you could, can you guys review that list and give me list of fruits I haven't covered?

Again, most of these selections come by recommendation of members in both Florida and California on tropicalfruitforum.com. It is up to you to go see my other post 'CA vs. AZ: How to grow plants that like California better' to decide if some species are practical for Arizona growing. If you wish to acquire such plants, please join tropicalfruitforum.com and do some detective work and build friendships. We certainly need more more Arizona based growers on tropicalfruitforum.com. In addition, I encourage others to post here as well; there are WAY more views on our posts than the 5-6 active members.

deckrdshaw · Joined: 07 Oct 2020 Posts: 1

I find it at my local Home Depot in the fall to winter. Aside from that, I'd say it's good. A few of the less visited sites say it needs 500 chill hours, while the more reputable say 400 chill hours. IDK for Palm Springs, but we get 300-400 chill hours. Less chill hours = less fruit set, but Garden Prince has only 250 chill hours which is 100%. Also, you can grow both for more productivity if you wanted. My 'Maradol' do horribly. Though I'm sure it's a personal problem (maybe not good drainage), my Tainung #2 doubled in size, while my 'Maradol' is still the same. Also, the leaves are getting more closely spaced as time progresses. I think this winter was the nail on the coffin.

phoenixtropicals · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:18 pm Post subject:

I had a Garden Prince Almond in the ground for like 8 years. It wasn't very productive. I think the summers were too hot for it. It finally died recently. I am not that good with papayas although I have known some people that had some that looked like palm trees and grew delicious fruit. My best tropicals are really guavas and manila mangoes. My manila is almost 20 feet tall now and produces 10 to 40 mangoes a year.