TOLERABLE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES

COMMON NAMECELCIUSCOMMON NAMECELCIUS
Abiu+1Mamoncillo-2
Acerola+1Mango+1
Black Sapote-1Mangosteen+3
Breadfruit+8Marang+5
Casimiroa-5Miracle Fruit+1
Charichuela+1Nutmeg+1
Durian+3Pitaya+1
Fiji Longan+1Pitomba-2
Grumichama-2Pomelo+3
Guava-2Rambai/Tampoi+1
Inga+1Rambutan/Pulasan+3
Jaboticaba-3Rio Grande Cherry-6
Jakfruit/Chempedak+1Rollinia+1
Jujube-2Rose Apple+1
Langsat/Duku+1Santol+1
Longan-3Sapodilla-2
Lychee-3South American Sapote+1
Madrono+1Spondias+1
Malay Apple+1Star Apple+1
Mamey Americana+1Uvilla+1
Mamey Sapote+1Wampee-4

PALMS
Jelly-5Salak+1

NUTS
Galip/Pili+1Macadamia-2
Okari+1 

With winter approaching, members may be interested in the minimum temperatures which their fruit trees will be able to withstand. This is, of course, provided their trees are vigorously healthy and the cold snaps do not last more than a few days.

Many growers are now fertilizing prior to winter to ensure their trees go into the cold weather in a nutritionally healthy state. This may result in some tender young leaves being damaged but overall, the tree suffers less.

This does not apply to trees such as lychee which require a dormant pre-winter period to ensure normal flowering towards the end of winter.

John Marshall

DATE: March 1988

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