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re: Louisiana Tropical Fruit Gardening - Experiences and Updates
Posted on 4/9/25 at 6:59 am to Loup
Posted on 4/9/25 at 6:59 am to Loup
Passionfruit grows aggressively once it gets warm. I would only repot into something bigger if you have something for it to climb like a fence or trellis. Looks healthy. Get any fruit last year?
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Posted on 4/9/25 at 7:44 am to Tigerlaff
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Looks healthy. Get any fruit last year?
No, I planted it last August if I remember right.
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I would only repot into something bigger if you have something for it to climb like a fence or trellis.
I've got some rebar laying around, I can weld something up for it. I planted it in pure compost so I was thinking of doing the sand/perlite/granite/peat mix for it.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 8:02 am to Loup
Yeah. It doesn't need the pure compost and eventually it will harm the roots. As a rule of thumb, vines (especially non evergreen ones like passiflora) are adapted to use almost any soil that doesn't stay wet and will grow aggressively when it is their season. I have a big crossvine in a 15gal pot of mostly inorganic mix with compost and osmocote on the top. In the winter if I want to, I can just cut the whole plant off at the pot and move it to wherever I want it to grow for the next year.
Purple passionfruit like you have is not winter hardy here so a big pot is definitely the way to go. With the inorganic mix, it will live in that pot and resprout for you vigorously for years. A note about passiflora, they do have a definite lifespan. Usually 3-5 years before they stop producing and growing as vigorously. Learned that from the UF IFAS lectures. So when you notice yours starting to decline, take cuttings and propogate a new plant.
And you know what, your photo just pushed me over the edge to go ahead and buy a Panama red maracuya vine. Been thinking about it for a couple of years to try to grow something sweeter than the purple ones you find in the nurseries here so here I go
Purple passionfruit like you have is not winter hardy here so a big pot is definitely the way to go. With the inorganic mix, it will live in that pot and resprout for you vigorously for years. A note about passiflora, they do have a definite lifespan. Usually 3-5 years before they stop producing and growing as vigorously. Learned that from the UF IFAS lectures. So when you notice yours starting to decline, take cuttings and propogate a new plant.
And you know what, your photo just pushed me over the edge to go ahead and buy a Panama red maracuya vine. Been thinking about it for a couple of years to try to grow something sweeter than the purple ones you find in the nurseries here so here I go
This post was edited on 4/9/25 at 8:09 am
Posted on 4/10/25 at 8:01 am to Tigerlaff
Great video on how to prune young guavas into a proper tree form. All y'all who just bought guavas should watch this and I recommend doing it as early as possible. Leaving it as a random bush form will also produce fruit but there are problems that arise with this.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 4/12/25 at 1:58 pm to Tigerlaff
My new pickering is fruiting like a mofo
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 4/12/25 at 5:11 pm to TheOcean
Nice. Mine as well.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 7:14 pm to Tigerlaff
You in Tampa? Looks like the same damn tree
Posted on 4/12/25 at 9:15 pm to TheOcean
Nope, but this tree came from Tampa last night. 
Posted on 4/13/25 at 8:16 am to Tigerlaff
The nursery in ruskin?
Posted on 4/13/25 at 11:13 am to TheOcean
No, delivered by a friend from Montura Gardens down in Clewiston. Hani Nunez and his outfit are awesome. Bought a 15g Pickering, 15g Makok sapodilla, and 7g Oliver loquat.
This post was edited on 4/13/25 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 4/14/25 at 12:42 pm to Tigerlaff
Awesome. What’s a 15 gal cost delivered? What variety is good for SELA as a first time mango grower?
Are you going to repot into your own soil mix ? Do you expect to keep it in the 15 gal pot for lifetime?
Are you going to repot into your own soil mix ? Do you expect to keep it in the 15 gal pot for lifetime?
Posted on 4/14/25 at 7:52 pm to DickTater
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Awesome. What’s a 15 gal cost delivered?
Montura Gardens charges $160 for 15gal mangos and delivery is free to anywhere in south or central Florida. I had a friend drive them to Destin where I picked them up.
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What variety is good for SELA as a first time mango grower?
Pickering but I would not say any mangos are "good" for SELA. Mangos are a big zone push. You are going to have to grow it in a pot unless you have a giant greenhouse. Pickering is small, precocious, reliable, and extremely disease resistant. All of those traits make it a good choice for container growing in a northern climate. Also look at Cecilove and Honey Kiss.
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Are you going to repot into your own soil mix ?
Yes. This is going in Gary's Top Pot soil.
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Do you expect to keep it in the 15 gal pot for lifetime?
No. This is going straight into a 25gal which is the smallest size that an amateur can reasonably use and expect a good harvest. Now, there are super humans like Theme Linh from Beaumont in the video I posted in the OP. She grows huge mangos in 15gal pots but she is NOT an amateur.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:13 pm to Tigerlaff
You have the green thumb? Have you tried to cross strain train-wreck and white-widow yet?
Posted on 4/15/25 at 2:22 pm to Lsutigerturner
Potting up Tuesday…. Decided to do the annual pot exchange on my potted mangoes.
Following some advice here I changed it up a bit. My mix this time around is a combination of Sunshine Mix 4, Peat, Worm Castings, Charcoal, Perlite and Sand.
Lemon-esh, Monty, Angie, Bolt, Mahachanok and Sweet Tart all have a new home.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 2:33 pm to Tigerlaff
If I’m going on a beach trip this summer to the Destin/PCB area, what are some nurseries that you know would carry a mango plant? May try to pick one up then !
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:08 pm to wiltznucs
Today was also my mango repot day. Got as much of the bark out of the soil as I could without causing bad damage. Very happy with completed result in a 25gal.
Original 15gal nursery pot.
Root ball cleaned out to extent possible.
Exposed root flare in new soil before compost and mulch topping.
Finished product. A Pickering mango in Louisiana.
Original 15gal nursery pot.
Root ball cleaned out to extent possible.
Exposed root flare in new soil before compost and mulch topping.
Finished product. A Pickering mango in Louisiana.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:10 pm to DickTater
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Destin/PCB area, what are some nurseries that you know would carry a mango plant?
No idea man. I'm not from Florida. Usually they do not sell things that will not survive in the zone they are located in. Your best bet is online unless you travel to south Florida.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:52 pm to Tigerlaff
Has anybody here had any luck ordering from Stark Bros? They have a key lime for $23 shipped. Ive only been able to find regular limes locally.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 7:09 pm to Loup
Try Four Winds. Much better quality trees.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 7:12 pm to Tigerlaff
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Try Four Winds. Much better quality trees.
Thanks, looks like you get a bigger/older tree as well.
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