barnetmill

i joined to seek specialized information on fruit bearing plants in my local northern gulf coast area.
I have tried a banana plant, but apparently an occasional spell of 20-25 F degree weather is not compatible with the cultivars I have come across so far.

I have all sort questions about other fruit bearing plants, grafting, and other strategies fir obtaining a fruit harvest. The worst one for me are the depredations by my local wild life. I found out that coyotes will eat pears.

I have a lot of wild persimmons that I am trying to graft over to Japanese cultivars. I did 10 this morning prior to a rain driving inside. I started to digout a planting area for asparagus that probably will not make it in my clime. I have finally found an apple cultivar that does well here. It is the Joy apple that was found IIRC on an old homestead that I got from Just Fruits and Exotics a little south of Tallahassee. My peaches and nectarines are being killed by borers and I may try grafting on to plume rootstock. I will ask questions on that later.
I am a few miles north of Escambia Bay and a few more miles north of Pensacola Florida. We have hot raining weather from may to july and then often drought for a few months and then the winter. Low chill pears often bloom in late December. Citrus needs to be protected from the cold to avoid damage. My soil is acidic and poor with a hardpan underneath. I am on a hill grading down to a creek.
Elevation goes from 78 to 100 plus feet about mean sealevel. My 8 acres was a planted pine forest that I am still cutting down.

Well the previous should give a concept of my circumstances. I look forward to gleaming useful information from this forum.