Flood Tolerance of Tropical Fruit Trees

Discussion in 'News from around the damp planet' started by purecajn, Dec 29, 2011.

  1. purecajn

    purecajn Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 19, 2011
    Messages:
    627
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Self Employed / Semi-retired
    Location:
    Westlake, Louisiana
    Climate:
    Sub-Tropical, Zone 9
    Information from Florida Fruit by Lewis Maxwell and Rare and Exotic Tropical Fruit Trees and Palms, by Carl W. Campbell and Seymour Goldweber, published by the Caloosa Rare Fruit Exchange; and our own observations and experience.

    [ Good]
    Guava

    [Moderate]
    Banana
    Black Sapote
    Caimito
    Canistel
    Carambola
    Cashew
    Cherry of the Rio Grande
    Citrus*
    Coconut
    Indian Jujube
    Java Plum
    Lychee
    Macadamia Nut
    Mango
    Mulberry
    Oriental Persimmon
    Rose Apple
    Sapodilla
    Surinam Cherry
    Tangerine/Mandarin
    Wax Jambu

    [Poor]
    Akee
    Ambarella
    Apple
    Barbados Cherry
    Bignay
    Carissa
    Cattley Guava
    Cherimoya
    Custard Apple
    Fig
    Grumichama
    Illama
    Imbe
    Jaboticaba
    Jackfruit
    Jelly palm
    Kei Apple
    Kwai Muk
    Longan
    Loquat
    Miracle Fruit
    Monstera
    Muscadine Grapes
    Otaheite Gooseberry
    Peach
    Pineapple
    Pineapple Guava
    Pitomba
    Pomegranate
    Prickly pear
    Red Mombin
    Roselle
    Soursop
    Spanish Lime
    Strawberry Tree
    Tamarind
    White Sapote

    [ None]
    Atemoya
    Avocado
    Cacao
    Coffee
    Lemon
    Mamey Sapote
    Mysore Raspberry
    Papaya
    Passion Fruit
    Sugar Apple
    Wampi

    Full article at https://www.echonet.org/content/fruitInformation/635
     
  2. Grasshopper

    Grasshopper Senior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 19, 2010
    Messages:
    1,016
    Likes Received:
    9
    Trophy Points:
    38
    I lost a Washington navel and nearly lost my Fig ,Tahitian Lime, Blood Orange and Imperial Mandarin.
    Lots and lots and lots of rain last year.
    The Avocado seemed to love it, so did the sour sop,macadamias and jaboticabas.
     
  3. aroideana

    aroideana Junior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2008
    Messages:
    301
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Do not agree with that list .. many trees growing here are water logged for weeks and have thrived , Soursop and Mammey and Cacoa grows along creeks in the Amazon , they would be flooded for ages ! Jaboticaba loves lots of water and I flood irrigate mine often .
     
  4. purplepear

    purplepear Junior Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2009
    Messages:
    2,457
    Likes Received:
    12
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Occupation:
    Farm manager/ educator
    Location:
    Hunter Valley New South Wales
    Home Page:
    Climate:
    warm temperate - some frost - changing every year
    The mulberry too seems to cope well with inundation.
     
  5. purecajn

    purecajn Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 19, 2011
    Messages:
    627
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Self Employed / Semi-retired
    Location:
    Westlake, Louisiana
    Climate:
    Sub-Tropical, Zone 9
    hmmm. Oh well. Guess whomever wrote the article is basing their judgements on to small a varity of said plants
     
  6. Pakanohida

    Pakanohida Junior Member

    Joined:
    Feb 27, 2011
    Messages:
    2,984
    Likes Received:
    20
    Trophy Points:
    38
    Need to remember a permaculturist takes care of their soil and most farms do not. That alone could take into account why some people have better success over others. Good soil can hold 5x maybe more water then compacted / traditional ag soil.
     
  7. Michaelangelica

    Michaelangelica Junior Member

    Joined:
    May 2, 2006
    Messages:
    4,771
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    0
    In the Brisbane and Qld. floods this year, so much crap was in the flood waters-- paint, industrial and road waste, solvents, fuels like petrol, diesel and kerosene, pesticides, fungicides, cleaning and industrial chemicals, plastics, fertilisers and other assorted garbage. A plant that survives that would be hardy indeed.

    A river that floods naturally with the seasons, like the Nile or Amazon is, I think, a different 'kettle of fish' and would mostly (historically at least) have replenished flood basin/delta agricultural soils.
     
  8. FREE Permaculture

    FREE Permaculture Junior Member

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2006
    Messages:
    320
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    a good reason to avoid fruit gown in qld this year then hey?
     

Share This Page

-->