What fruit trees best to survive occassional floods

Jay Jay

Hi all,
Have a small property in Northern NSW beside a river that floods every now and then and would like to plant fruit/nut trees but not sure which ones will survive the occasional flood (every 2-3 years they might go under for 2-3 days). Would like to plant macadamia's, mango, avocado, citrus etc ... not interested in anything that gets attacked by fruit fly. Any suggestions?

Brent Ferris

Most fruit trees by their nature grow in richer soils that are not inundated by floodwaters. In fact, there aren't a lot of species that can tolerate flooding for 2-3 days, in part because surface flooding is the visible part, soil flooding often takes much longer to subside, and during this time, the roots are often starved for oxygen.

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