Flood Tolerance of Tropical Fruit Trees

[purecajn]

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 http://www.echonet.org/content/fruitInformation/635

[Grasshopper]

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.

[aroideana]

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 .

[purplepear]

The mulberry too seems to cope well with inundation.

[purecajn]

hmmm. Oh well. Guess whomever wrote the article is basing their judgements on to small a varity of said plants

[Pakanohida]

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.

[Michaelangelica]

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.

[FREE Permaculture]

a good reason to avoid fruit gown in qld this year then hey?