04-25-2017, 07:22 PM
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Originally posted by terracore
You can find PlantItHawaii stuff throughout the year at Home Depot and Walmart. Selection varies. I understand the prices are the same.
If you take receipt, bucket and dead tree back to hd, people without green thumbs (and with) can get their money back last I heard.
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[i]I have bought several fruit trees from Plant it Hawaii, all have done very well and are growing nicely.
I have also bought several fruit trees and several ornamentals from the Makuu vendor that sits regularly at the end of the roadside row.
I have had over half of those trees languish and die after a year or two. One, a Sharwil avo, has been languishing for over 3 years now. It hasn't died. But, it isn't growing either. Only one tree bought from the Makuu vendor has done well, an Ota avo. A lychee bought over a year ago isn't doing much either, but doesn't look to be dieing off yet.
That's not a very good record for the trees from a single vendor. Plant it Hawaii may be more expensive per tree, but they're much cheaper for the number of growing and producing trees you end up with. I will buy no more trees from the Makuu market. It would have been much easier to just dig the hole and throw the money into it.
If the failed trees weren't grafted you quite possibly threw your money down a nematode infested hole.