It is not impossible because members like @amadioranch do grow mango in the ground in Zone 9a. It is a huge amount of work Spring doings
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To do mangoes or other tropicals in a structure like that would require enclosing it completely and adding a ton of heat. While this winter was mild and we barely saw a freeze, lots of winters we get down in the low teens. Mangoes are very freeze sensitive, we do grow them but use straw houses we build around them and have to keep them small. Honestly its a real pain and every time I have to put up or take down the houses I grumble and wonder how many more years im willing to do it for a few mangoes…
And no, never enough to sell. Starfruit is a different story. They produce is such quantities even when small that they are profitable to us.
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