Saving Jujube | Planting Fall Melons
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2021
- Today we're working with a jujube tree that is growing a bit too fast and also planting melons with the hope for a Fall harvest!
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Closing in on 20k subscribers! Well deserved. You are one of the best channels on RUclips.
Hey Alan! It's pretty surreal honestly. Right now it's sitting at 19,999 as I write this. Crazy for a little farm in the middle of the AZ desert.
Love seeing everything growing so fast. Cant wait to see it in 5-10 more years.
Hey Eric! It's pretty cool to see all the green here at the end of summer. Can't imagine what the next several years will bring.
Love watching your farm grow. It has been a wild year in Arizona, the rain has really helped.
We have an Urban Garden close to you. going into year 2 and seeing what you do really helps.
We fertilized last week and caught one of the rains just after fertilizing.
All Plants and Trees took it well and showing happy signs.
Hey there Jay! Wow, perfect timing on that fertilizing with that bit of cooler weather and rain. Natural water on the trees after fertilizing is as good as it gets!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks for the response. Your not kidding, it's a lot of work, but we enjoy it. Our lot has about 10 mature trees that we are using for shading and last year we planted about 35 trees with about 20 potted trees from seed (55 total). the idea was to use the existing trees to help shade the new trees. and plug in the potted ones next year.
Please keep up the great work. My Wife and I have found your Videos to be helpful and motivational.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm more you prune heavily the more the tree will fruit. This is our experience. This tree is quiet hardy and produces lots of fruits. But problem is that last time the tree had produced lots of fruits but the leaves were eaten by caterpillars and then all the fruits dried out. I did a heavy pruning again and again it is heavily flowering and fruiting. But this time I will spray to prevent caterpillars from eating the leaves.
@@edwinrodrigues9747 that's been our experience with a few different varieties and pruning will definitely vary, even down to the particular tree. Jujube trees are really incredible in the amount of fruit they put on, but pruning is a must!
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May your journey of happiness and success never ends.
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Hey Shabbir! Thank you for the kind words and encouragement and hello in South Africa!!
Great job, the composted pig manure looks so rich and thank you for sharing.
Hey Daniel! Yes, we've been very pleased with how that breaks down. I was very surprised how easily the wood chip top dressing kept everything happy over the summer. One less tarp that we need to buy every year!
Going on two years....hard to believe. But now when you look at the new place it really is looking more mature every time we see it. I started following you at the old place and have been interested in your methods of soil improvement. China and other countries have done so much to learn methods to successfully grow trees and reintroduce agriculture in areas thought wasted and unusable. As our countries population grows we will need to apply your experience and that of so many others and turn wasteland into productive farms. Work hard, document all that you do and be happy.
Hey Richard. Thank you so much for the kind words. You have been so encouraging to us over the years and we agree with your assessment. We (here in the US) have created so many deserts where there once was fertility, so our experiment in a natural desert may help future generations turn that old farmland into productive pastures again!
When our weeds get up, (which Is every time it rains). My husband uses the quad to drag the yard he has a frame of angle iron, with cyclone fencing across it, and a few cinder blocks on it for weight. He's been doing it like this for over thirty years. Much faster and so much easier on his back. Think about trying it. Lots of luck.
Great suggestion Jean. We do have a landscape drag for that very purpose, but haven't brought it out yet.
Another Excellent video!!
It's fun to see these old videos and look at the trees now!
@ at 2:03 there was something fowl on you back! But on a more serious note it is awesome to see you living the farm life full time. Praise God it is working out so well for you !
Hey guys! Yeah, those turkeys seem to think they're still tiny baby poults still. I can only imagine what it will be like when a full size Tom tries that! Lori is really enjoying the time here on the farm and it's really taken some of the burden we were feeling from both of us.
We just harvested our 2nd watermelon - they are not sweet which is a little disappointing, but they are still good. We have 5 more in the garden. Probably won't do them again next year. Anxious to see how your cantaloupes do - might try those next year. Planting pumpkins and pole beans next weekend, then tomatoes at the end of the month...love having a fall garden in AZ! Good luck on your melons!
Hey Roy! Sorry to hear about those watermelons. Do you think they just need more time on the vine? We have yet to get any kind of melon to harvest here in AZ, so we're keeping our fingers crossed with these. The pumpkins we planted ended up getting taken out by something right after they emerged (probably a ground squirrel), so we're hoping we can get them replanted soon along with the Fall beds. It's definitely an exciting time for us here in AZ with that second season!
Excellent video, Ms Lori is hardworking great woman. Lot to learn , Nice to see your jujube tree. I have jujube tree from seeds, these are 2 feet Hight. I do not know any fruit will come from you and Ms. Lori . You inspired us. This summer I have 60/70 cucuzzi Italian gourds
Hey there Abid. Hopefully you'll see some fruit on those Jujube trees. From seed it may take a few years before you see a harvest. Wow, that is an AMAZING harvest of gourds! What are you planning to do with your harvest?
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I've noticed that okra, while also liking heat, do better with a little shade/slightly cooler temps.
Thanks for the notes on Okra. We are kicking around the idea of planting them this year, but haven't decided for sure.
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Hey there Kariire. Glad you're enjoying these!
Enjoy your channel. Melon recommendation for hot climates: Madhu Ras, Rajasthan Honey Melon, Baker Creek Rare Seeds. We live near St George and it thrives in full sun and summer heat. The only vine plant that does not have a problem with spider mites, cucumber beetles or fungus.
Hey Jeffrey. Thanks for the tip on the melon varieties. These were a bit of an afterthought and what's funny is we ordered most of our Fall seeds from Baker Creek the day before we bought these on a whim.
Out of all of my fruit trees that I have the Ju Jubee would be the one I wish I had not spent time money and space on. They get big fast though,so good for shade I guess. The tast is just so pithy and almost dry tasting
Hey Jesse. I think that's a fair description from what we've seen as well. It's definitely an acquired taste/texture. There are certain cultures where this fruit is a delicacy and as a farming business, we're hoping to fill a niche that's there. If that doesn't pan out, we'll be able to use them as livestock feed. Especially for pigs, who will be more than happy to help us with any leftovers!
You mentioned growing quail in the Livestream. That's your answer. Set up a huge trap for the native quail. Voila. Making use of the natural resources. You know what to use as bait.
Carolle, I think you may be on to something there. Now to get a bunch of plant starts and some small snares!
Love the teamwork guys when you going to start propagating those jujubees?
That is a FANTASTIC question. We're going to see Reid at RSI Growers later this month and will make sure he knows he can come out this winter to take material from the trees to propagate. I don't know the name of the root stock, but he does have a Jujube root stock that he can graft onto.
11:32 in Vietnamese is “Táo Tàu”. Love it 😋
Oh wow, I did not know this is a Vietnamese variety. That is very cool!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm we have another variety is Vietnamese Apple. It’s same size with jujube. Very juicy and sweet
Hi Lori & Duane. I thought when the turkey hopped on your back that could have been a poop incident. I can't believe you are going to raise 150 meat birds, are you crazy? TFS
Hey Cindy. We have had a few "poop incidents" with those turkeys. They seem to think they're still just little babies and can hop up on anything. One of these days I'm afraid to see what a full grown Tom is going to try and do! Oh and yes, we are definitely crazy. We talk about that all the time!
your video is very useful , thanks a lot , pls i had same soil in the desert and the water is salty how can you manage same case
Hey there Aly. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. As for salt, the most important thing to do is occasionally flooding the area around the tree with water to help flush some of the salt from the soil. Also, using wood chip type mulch that is continually breaking down can help mitigate some of that.
I know you use a lot of wood chips. Do you have a problem with grubs coming in those wood chips... I use the wood chips at the base of all of my grape plants and I find that those grubs climb the vines and eat the leaves... What do you suggest?
Hey Rudy. We do get grubs in the soil and wood chips, but we've never had a problem with them eating our plants. Usually the grubs stay in the soil until they hatch into beetles (assuming you're seeing Japanese Beetle larvae). You can try a mixture of 1 TBSP cayenne pepper mixed in 1 gallon of water. Bring that to a boil and then strain the cayenne from the water. Put this into a sprayer and mix with about 1/4 cup of fish emulsion. Spray this on the leaves in the evening right before the sun goes down. You'll only need to spray once a week unless it rains. This may help deter the pests from eating your leaves.
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Hi. Enjoying your videos. Thanks for sharing. I have room for 1 jujube tree.
What kind would you recommend?
Where can I get it from?
Thanks.
Hey Ahmad! Great question on the Jujube and I wouldn't be able to say for sure what the best variety is. We've only tried the Sherwood Jujube from the old farm and it was good. We purchased these online from One Green World and have been very pleased with the growth and amount of fruit these are putting on. They usually ship during the winter when the trees are dormant, so they should have their spring assortment available soon.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you 😊
Do all jujube's have sharp thorns on their branches? Is this something to deter some growers to grow them?
That's a great question and technically I believe there are. We had a Sherwood Jujube on the old farm and supposedly it had "less" thorns, but they were still there and seemed to find every weak point in the gloves when you prune!
My jujube tree is 25 ft tall, grew from seeds. Planted 30 ft away from my house. Now it roots are spreading to my house foundation , root Lifting the patio concrete. Scary!! I thought if i prune them trees, the roots will stop spreading . But 5 new limbs grew very fast straight up from the bottom off the tree stem. Is this good or bad? What should i do?.
Oh my goodness, this is crazy. I know the roots are aggressive, but to have them pushing concrete from 30' away is just scary. Unlike grasses, pruning trees does not do anything to the root growth. It's one of the reasons trees are much better at withstanding drought than annual plants as the roots continue to grow and seek moisture and nutrition for the life of the tree. I'm not an expert on these trees, but if I were in your shoes I would work on getting this tree excavated. At the very least, cut down and have an arborist grind the stump to try and kill the the roots and stop them from doing further damage to your home.
Hope that poult didn't mark you as Duane the Pirate Man. :)
A couple of decades ago, I was given iron pyrite and colored crystals by a friend, a mining engineer. I gave the grandkids most of them and warned them, do not tell anybody about the gold and diamonds and rubies! Pirates will hear about it and raid us!
Everybody hid their treasures. A week later, one grandson (age 5) and I were walking to the bank and he said, "My daddy says there are no pirates and you BS too much." I said, "Oh, yeah? River pirates! what about them?" He thought about it, then got a stubborn look. Just them I spotted a long green wing feather on the ground. "See? A parrot feather! Now watch out for a guy with an eye patch and and a streak if parrot poop on his back!" to this day (age 33) he said when he dreams about river pirates, he knows something bad will happen.
Martin, we love your stories. To go from a turkey on the back to regaling little ones with treasure and River Pirates. That is hilarious. Now to research desert pirates....
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Los banditos. In Skeleton Canyon, a gang of cutthroats, Estrad Gang, was bushwhacked by the Clanton Gang and wiped out. seventy-five thousand dollars in stolen coins, artifacts, and jewels from the mule-train on 26 mules. Before Clanton could take the treasure, the cavalry was sighted. the treasure was put in a cave and they ran. They couldn't make it back for several weeks, but when they did it was gone. Geronimo's people took it, I was told, and hid in a dozen different locations. hasta
Why did you paint your fence for the turkeys? It looks nice, but too much extra labor for me if no functional purpose, lol.
Hey C S. I'm not sure what you're referring to with the fence. Do you mean the fence that runs along the front of the house, or the turkey enclosure?
You can see it at 2:00 mins in. It is the inside turkey coop, inside the chicken coop.
@@cs7717 oh ok. We didn't paint the enclosure for the turkeys. That's the color it comes in from Tractor Supply.
Cool! I will have to remembet that when I put up my fence. Hopefully it is not too much more per linear foot. Looks much nicer.
What breed of turkeys are those? How big do they get? Nice
These are Holland White and Blue Slate turkeys. They're heritage breeds, so they don't get as large as the double breasted turkeys. We will process our first birds in January, so we won't know how big until then.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm very cool. Can’t wait to be like y’all. Lol. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾. Actually I can’t wait to get back growing again. My passion 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
@@Mansahx as you know, there's nothing quite like growing (or raising) your own food!
Duane, care to explain? I paused at 2:43 and it looks PG to me. lol
100% PG. Either way it's natural, right?
I would make a good or bad farmer depending who is judging me. If fellow farmers judged me , I'd be a bad farmer. If the livestock judged me, they would think I was a GREAT farmer cuz I am a animal lover and could NEVER EVER slaughter my animals. My livestock would ALL BE pets. I'd go to the market for my meats LOL . I have 18 parrots 🦜 and they are ALL individuals and I love them all. They ARE my family.
Farmers come in all shapes and sizes and you wouldn't be the first vegetarian farmer! Not to mention the benefits animals bring to the fertility on the farm when they're alive and happy. While we have a different perspective with our livestock animals, we're intentional with the care we give them while we have them here (one of the reasons we prefer to raise them ourselves) and they're an EXTREMELY important part of the life on the farm (which in the end includes us). As with the plants/fruits we consume we don't take that for granted. It's a perspective lost on most of society as we've lost that connection to our food. While it's not easy, we encourage everyone who chooses to consume meat to be a part of that process. It brings a stark reality to things when you take the life of an animal in order to continue living. I imagine there would be a few more vegetarians/vegans out there if that were to happen and more importantly, the mistreatment of animals in the industrial food system would become a thing of the past. BTW, 18 parrots is quite the flock. How long have you been raising them?
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Eww new, I am not a vegetarian.
Not by a long stretch. I just couldn't kill my farm animals , if I had farm and animals LOL.
I do love eating lots of shellfish though. Especially Oysters.
Anyway, I appreciate your fig wine tutorial. I will soon be starting on 2- 6 gal. batches.
Thanks
Does b1 kills microbial life?
Hey Manuel. I'm not too sure whether it does or not, but we only use B1 when planting bare root trees when there is nothing in the ground yet. Are you using it on existing plants?
No just asking because I want to use it sense I always plant and they go in shock for like 2 or 3months
@@manuelvizcarra4110 Ok, gotcha. It don't think you'll have any issues when planting new trees or plants. That hasn't been an issue for us in the past.
Which season is ideal to plant a Jujube tree ? Autumn or Spring ???
We always plant trees like this in the Fall - Spring period. Usually these are found bare root through online nurseries who ship during the Winter season.