leilani orchard

[fishenjim]

i have 2 lots in mid leilani being cleared. im planning an orchard/garden. ive lived in leilani 3 years and have avacado,tangerine,longdon, loquat. At my current home. what other fruit trees would you punatics recomend. planning banana as well as others mentioned

[shave_ice]

It all depends, what do you like to eat? [] I would recommend more citrus, rollinia, passion fruit, pineapples, jackfruit, breadfruit, and rambutan.
Since you're in Leilani, you should come to the fruit tree sale that the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Association is putting on this Sunday, 10-4 at the Leilani Community Center. There will be lots of reasonably priced grafted citrus and avocado trees, as well as some more uncommon fruit trees for sale. Members of the community are also welcome to bring their own stuff for sale or swap. I myself, will have a few relatively uncommon seedlings for sale.

[fishenjim]

thanks shave ice. unfortunantly im off island till next tues. Or i would be at that fruit tree sale. like the recomendations. not familiar with rollinia?

[allensylves]

shave ice has good recommendations. Personally, I prefer atemoya (cherimoya hybrid better adapted to semitropics) to rollinia. They are cousins. different avocado varieties bear at different times and you need "A" and "B" types for cross-pollination, so you might want more than 1, depending on what trees are close around you. I am losing my taste for jackfruit, so I suggest you try some before you buy and plant. We really like mango, so I would definitely recommend 2 or more trees of disease resistant varieties for East Hawaii. Rapoza mango is said to be resistant, but I just removed my tree because even the leaves were diseased this spring. A good place to check for fruit tree info is the PIH (Plant it Hawaii) website. They list Brook's Late, Carrie, Fairchild, Florigon, Glenn, and Nam Doc Mai. PIH had their fall sale a week ago, but they will have another one in spring. I just got a Daisy SL (seedless) tangerine from them. This is a new and highly recommended variety.

Allen
Finally in HPP

[leilaniguy]

I had good luck with cacao, it really seems to like Leilani. I had 26 trees. Where I lived though, mango trees never produced on my road, probably from the rain knocking off the blooms.

[shave_ice]

Here's some info on rollinia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollinia_deliciosa

It is a very fast growing tree. Mine produced for the first time this year after about 3 years from seed.

Mango is of course an excellent fruit, but as Allen said, definitely make sure you get a disease resistant variety. With all the rain in the area, mangos are very picky about their growing conditions, unlike on the Kona side. I have a Kiett that hopefully gives me some mangos in a few years.

Cacao also grows excellently here, but unless you have several trees that you plan to actually make chocolate with, I probably wouldn't plant that because it's not a fruit you eat raw and making chocolate is very time consuming and precise process.

[fishenjim]

i have a mango tree, no fruit, thats upper leilani though. I'm with allen on the jack fruit. Thanks for the advise . like the seedless tangerine for sure

[Guest]

Well Leilani has drastically changed during the past decade. There was a time I thought that saving the many Ohia trees and ripping as little of your land as possible was the way to go. Now I think the best way to go may be to rip the entire lot and while your at it, punch your Many holes for your many desired trees.
All Citrus, bananas, Avo's, Longon, lychee, Guava, Rambutan, Loquat, Mulberry, and Mountain apple trees do very well and produce in leilani. Other nice trees that grow well in Leilani are the Kukui nut, Monkey Pod, Puakinikini, Ice cream bean, Bamboo's, Happu's and if you had the room a Banyan tree will do well too.

All The Ohia Trees now being dead, dying, or next has been just devastating to watch in Leilani, Mass Tree loss has apparently become an American Tragedy.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...sudden-oak

[fishenjim]

all the ohias are dead already on these lots, some giants, seems guava and albizia are the winners there. hope it looks as good as your yard someday gypsy

[fishenjim]

It is scary to see the trees dying. in my 2+ years in leilani ive seen trees dye at an alarming rate. Once the vegitation is gone are we next? if i had mountain apple and lychee trees that produce like Gypsy I would be proud