09-06-2010, 07:20 PM
The fruit trees I have found really useful to have in my yards here are lemons, limes, tangerines, tangelos, (apples), and of course bananas and papayas. Mango trees are huge, and you can get all the mangos you want at the farmer's market.
The big tree exception would be avocado. I thoroughly enjoyed having a mature Haas avocado and miss it. But it was a large tree that created a lot of shade, and not the kind you can sit under because those babies hurt if they fall on your head. [:0]
I have also had grapefruit and oranges, and still do, but they take SO long to fruit, I mean for the fruit to ripen. I don't think there's enough heat here as they prefer. The other citrus can get sweet and ripe with the lower temps.
As for lychee and rambutan and starfruit and so forth, I can buy those. I don't need to have a tree full of them. What I love is that if I want a lemon, I can go out and get one.
The big tree exception would be avocado. I thoroughly enjoyed having a mature Haas avocado and miss it. But it was a large tree that created a lot of shade, and not the kind you can sit under because those babies hurt if they fall on your head. [:0]
I have also had grapefruit and oranges, and still do, but they take SO long to fruit, I mean for the fruit to ripen. I don't think there's enough heat here as they prefer. The other citrus can get sweet and ripe with the lower temps.
As for lychee and rambutan and starfruit and so forth, I can buy those. I don't need to have a tree full of them. What I love is that if I want a lemon, I can go out and get one.