Tropical Fruit Trees - Winter Preparations
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- 11/14/2023 - Preparing your tropical fruit trees for winter.
1) STOP fertilizing your topical fruit trees.
2) LOWER your watering schedule.
3) Shelter your ultra sensitive tropical fruit trees or seedlings.
4) Prune
5) Mulch, and more mulch!
Wow, your garden is gorgeous! It looks like a tropical paradise like Hawaii.
Thank you.
Traveling to Maui and Southeast Asia was getting a bit expensive. That being the case, I figure I bring the tropicals to my yard.
@TropicalCentralValley I'd love to live next door to you. We would create our rainforest. I have a similar landscape in Arlington, VA and so does my neighbor. We definitely stand out but we do get complements. I grow lots of paw paw tress and very hardy palm trees.
Very nice. Luckily, although I live in a newer subdivision, we’re NOT in an HOA.
I love what you are doing!
Thank you
Ice cream beans on the street? I hope you get them all, you can see true happiness flow. Good job man
Thank you. Being a nitrogen fixer, it helps out other trees in vicinity.
So friggin beautiful. Great job, brotha
Thank you. It’s just the beginning. Once the trees mature up, they’ll be even more beautiful.
I always enjoy your videos even though I can't even attempt most of that stuff here in the UK 😁
Thank you.
I’d give it a try. Some of my ultra sensitive plants will always require protection during certain times of the year, but to me, it’s well worth it.
As a software engineer, its good to see other people with old tech in their garage :)
My loquat has start shooting its flowers too here in AZ. I was in San Francisco last week and saw a Loquat that looked like it had started flowering weeks ago.
Absolutely, the stash of serial and parallel cables may come in handy someday.
It’s been a bizarre year for my tropicals, especially with the fall season being warm during the day time and cold at night.
Another software engineer here :)
We really do make the best gardeners. IT engineers are “naturally” great at discovering and filtering information, at least, that’s how I see it.
Awesome thanks for sharing
You’re very welcome.
love what you share! a fruit trees heaven🥰
Thank you.
@@TropicalCentralValley just a reminder, you don't want show your house number and car plate number, just in case 😇
I totally agree, however, I’m not too concerned about my privacy or security.
On any given year, I have numerous viewers stopping by to check out my yard.
@@TropicalCentralValley good for you
Great very. Glad to have you doing more videos. Always looking forward to your knowledge and videos.
Have you grown paw paw trees. They’re native to the US I believe. It would be great to see you try some.
Thank you.
I actually do have a paw paw tree. Although it loves the winter, I find that it cannot tolerate the Central Valley’s intense dry summer sun, as its foliage gets burned easily.
I bought like 8-9 more large 10x12ft frost blankets in preparation for the frost this year but so far I haven't had to use them yet. Forecast can always change but it's nice that I don't see any frost or low 30s temps for November so far. Hopefully we do have a really mild winter with only extra rain. Last winter was long and really cold
I agree. Although technically colder during an El Niño year, as long as there is rain and cloud coverage, the threat of frost is kept at bay.
@@TropicalCentralValleyvery true , clouds keep the temps higher as no clouds have colder nights
Unfortunately for us in the Central Valley, when the cloud disappears, we get our Tule Fog which brings in extreme frosty water droplets.
I have a 25 lb Jubilee watermelon im saving for Thanksgiving and have 5 more still growing in November . Rain starts tomorrow
Nice.
Agreed…I thought it was weird that loquat is in full bloom now. My only question is: I have my guava fruiting but none of the fruit are sizing up (I have removed 2/3 of the fruit…it still won’t size up) and I was thinking to fertilize it to help. Is it a bad idea? I’m in Bay Area, zone 9b same as you
Assuming the tree is of fruit producing size/maturity, I know the Bay Area tend to be cloudy and do not receive the intense summer heat appreciated by many tropical fruit trees, particularly during fruiting.
If due to the lack of heat/summer sun, it seems you’re already thinning the fruits. Beyond that, maybe increase your fertilizer and watering during the summer months?
I have a Champagne Mango that is still holding green fruit. At this rate I should have fruit ready by Christmas...or later.
That’s awesome. Being a close relative to the Manila mango, the Champagne varieties are extremely hardy.
My young pear tree flowered two weeks ago northern ca zone 9A.
That’s interesting. Pear trees are “supposed” to be deciduous and should be defoliating at this time.
Yes, they have lost their leaves but it is so warm they have sent out little blooms. The larger older pear tree is losing its amber turned leaves and isn't blooming. The younger tree is confused.@@TropicalCentralValley
Strange times indeed. I know we’re on the verge of getting our first winter rain anytime now, and accompanying the rain will be cold air. I suspect many deciduous trees will then begin to prepare for winter dormancy.
I just started watching a few of your videos. i am learning some good pointers. I am in So Cal. i will start growing tropical fruit trees. I just bought a couple of tropical fruit trees. When is the best time to put them in the ground ?
As you are in Southern California, you can put the tropicals in the ground anytime of the year.
Without knowing your zone, I would imagine it is mostly free of frost, and if so, it should be fine.
I am in 10a zone ( I think ) an hour south of Orange County. We dont get frost here, very rarely. Thanks for your reply.
You’re very welcome. Although I’m fairly confident you should be okay, if possible, I would wait until spring of next year to plant it in the ground. This allows the roots to acclimate to your soil, allowing the tree to better guard against any cold situations.
Great! I will wait till spring to put them in the ground. Thanks
Good luck.
Love your channel. What NPK ratio is best for tropicals, especially Mangos for green growth?
It will depend on the nutrients already available in your soil. Specific to mangoes, they do not like too much nitrogen. Using a low number, something like a 4-4-4 organic fertilizer works well.
@@TropicalCentralValley thank you 🙏
You’re very welcome.
How about southern ca where we rarely see any frost, should I fertilize or not fertilize the Tropicals in containers during this time of the year? Also, at my parents house in Visalia, we have a loquat seedling tree that flowers around September and produce abundance of good fruits very early.
To err on side of caution, I still would not recommend applying fertilizer during the winter months. Although your winter low temperatures are typically in the 40°F to 50°F, this is still nowhere near the consistent 60°F to 100°F year round that most tropical fruit trees are native to.
Additionally, assuming the fertilizer is organic, the insects and microorganisms aren’t very active during the colder winter months. The fertilizer may just sit there and not break down.
Awesome brother! I’m in the same county and what do you do to get rid of pest? Like rats and gophers?
Would love to come get a star fruit seedling from you.
Although I do not have any issues with gophers, I’ve been told bubblegum works, as their stomach cannot digest it and they eventually die.
For rats, the old fashion spring loaded rat traps do the job.
For starfruits, anytime. Though the summer crops would be best especially for seed germination.
@@TropicalCentralValley oh awesome, I’ll try that! Let me know if you got cuttings too, you got fb? Have you tried rooting the branches of your star fruit I heard honey is a good organic way to root them after cutting it clean off the tree.
I do not have Facebook.
As I have too many starfruit trees, I do not plan on propagating them.
Do you ever do planting in- ground this time of year? I know for many plants it’s beneficial to let the roots develop over winter, but I wonder if tropicals are better planted in spring? I just moved into a new house and want to put a bunch of my plants in ground, but maybe I should just hold off.
I absolutely do. In previous years, I did a video where I planted a mango tree in the ground, in November and it’s doing great. It all depends on your yard/environment and the tropical fruit tree in question. Some are able to handle the frost, though with some damage, where others completely die.
To err on the side of caution, I always advise folks to plant tropical fruit trees in spring, after the threat of the last frost is gone.
My 2 first year in the ground Big Jim and Champagne loquat trees , 3 feet tall had flowered in September here in zone 10b Cerritos ca . No fruit formed . The flowers have turned dry and crunchy ?
That’s interesting.
Perhaps the trees are just testing out their bloom? I’m sure in the coming years, they’ll eventually produce.
@@TropicalCentralValleythey are grafted trees and are growing slower that what I read but appear fine
Im wondering if your garden has the asian jumping worm and if it does i see no damge to trees my garden had them but iv nevet had anything bad happen to my trees the grow fine want your info on it
I’ve not seen any. All of the worms I’ve seen in my yard are the slow moving ones. That said, I’m told that they will outcompete other worm species.
You said give plant food and not fertilizer , what are some plant food recommend for winter ?
None. As I recall, my recommendation was to NOT feed the trees during winter time as doing encourages them to grow and the new growth will be negatively impacted by the frost.
Sorry for the off-topic question. Please tell me... there was a video about a mango tree. The fact is that I decided to grow this tree at home. And unfortunately, the sprout, which is a month old, fell under strong rays of blue light and, as a result, for three days, 4-5 hours a day, it burned down. The leaves have acquired a brown hue. The trunk on one side also turned brown, burnt. Is there really no chance of salvation? I don't want to lose the plant. Those who know - please write, what should I do? How to help the plant in such cases? I'm desperate…
That’s interesting. The artificial LED grow lights aren’t usually intense enough to cause any damage, even under 12-14 hours, at lease all of mine haven’t.
In your case, it may be the growing medium used. For seedlings, especially in containers, use half sand and half peat moss.
For LED grow lights, I’ve had great success with this model:
Skylaxy LED Grow Light, Plant... www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZCMLRFB?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
You may want to check out my previous videos on the growing of mango fruit trees:
Successfully Plant and Grow Mango Trees in Clay Soil
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@@TropicalCentralValleyThanks!!!!! (I used a lamp with blue ultraviolet… More precisely, a lamp with a blue light… Only after that everything became bad)
For grow lights, a broad spectrum would be better. Keep in mind, the trees do need red lights.
Are your Inga trees covered in ants? I planted an ice cream bean tree 6 months ago and it’s always covered in ants. Do they go away? I’m only concerned because my mangos and other fruits are close by
I’ve not had any issues with ants and other pests on my Inga trees. That said though, you may want to check out my other dedicated videos on the topic of growing Ingas, as the tree will summon ants as a defense mechanism.
Do you guys get freezes?
I had 5 freezing incidents last year, 28°F to be precise. Each incident lasts several days.
Your food forest looks like an oasis in a wasteland of lawns. I don’t understand why more people don’t grow the amazing fruit trees that grow in that climate. They could all be living in paradise. I live in zone 4 so my options are much more limited, I would die to be able to grow some tropical fruits
Thank you.
Specific to your climate, I would recommend growing tropicals in containers and sheltering them during the cold months.