Some Helpful Links

Tropicals

/sites/default/files/2024-05/tropicals.pdf

This links to the article on soil drainage and root health.

/sites/default/files/2024-05/soil_types_and_root_health.pdf

This links to the Easy to grow fruits list and includes some brief care guides. 

/sites/default/files/2024-05/these_fruits_are_easy_to_grow_in_the_semitropical_zone_8.pdf

This links to the Avocado Care Guide.

/sites/default/files/2024-05/avocado_planting_guide.pdf

Kiwi pollination

http://www.biobees.co.nz/Pollination/Outdoor+Crops/Kiwifruit.html

Pit Greenhouses or Walipini for tropicals, cold climates, summer vegetables all year, aquaculture.

http://www.the-meal.net/graph/manuel_walipina_benson.pdf, http://www.extension.umn.edu/rsdp/community-and-local-food/production-resources/docs/cold-climate-greenhouse-resource.pdf

Greenhouses for Zone 7 and warmer climates.

https://www.unce.unr.edu/programs/sites/rma/files/pdf/HoopHousePyramidLake.pdf, https://www.noble.org/global/ag/horticulture/poly-pipe-hh-plans/nf-ho-12-02.pdf, http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23979

Frost Protection

http://biomet.ucdavis.edu/frostprotection/Principles%20of%20Frost%20Protection/FP005.html, http://ucanr.edu/sites/sacmg/Frost_Protection/, http://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1002.pdf

See this link for Mango cultivation.

See this next link for a great picture of dwarf mangoes and the best is in a mini greenhouse

http://www.fairchildgarden.org/horticulture/plant-collections/tropical-fruit-collection/mango, http://www.fairchildgarden.org/events-community-outreach/events-details/artmid/486/userid/10/articleid/894/mango-trees-and-south-florida-are-a-nice-fit

Grafting, Topworking, Inarching

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/deschutes/sites/default/files/propagation.pdf

See this link the UF citrus pages.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_citrus

See this link for organic apple care. Pear care is essentially the same.

http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/organic-apple.html, http://www.organicagcentre.ca/DOCs/OACCappleGuide.pdf

See this link to the pages for the most popular semi-tropical fruits.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_mg_s_fruit_crops

See this link for the UF temperate fruit pages.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_temperate_fruit

See this link for peach care in the southeast. Plums and other stone fruit are similar.

http://www.ent.uga.edu/peach/peachguide.pdf