Thank you for your vidio. I survive in South Africa on a 1100 m2 sub tropical coastal propperty with a beach cottage on it. 10 rabbits, 10 chickens, 7 bee hives, 100 banana trees, 1 peach tree, 1 orange tree, 30 casava trees, 2 cherry guava trees, 3 katobwa grape vines, 2 passion frute vines, 5 pawpaw trees, 3 rows of 20 metre shugarcane, 100 strawberry plants in boxes, sweet potatoes as a ground cover and a small kitchen garden. Rain water 30,000 litres storage and 5 kw 48 volt solar with a 5 kw L-iorn battery and 2kw solar pannels. We get summer rain of +- 1000 mm and winter rain of 100 mm. p/ year. My sweet potato leaves and roots must be used for rabbits and for my self. I also use panana leaves and saplings for my rabbits. I have my rabbits in a rabbitary. My chickens is limited to their chicken run and a grass drive way of +- 30 x 4 meters. We all eat bananas including my dog. I do make shugar from the s/cane and wine and vinigar from the extra banana's and grapes. I hope this informaton can help someone to survive off grid.
I admires you and your family. I have a garden in Florida we eat a lot of things from it. Have a lot herbs for teas, bananas, cassava, mangoes, sugar cane, avocados, moringa, papayas, Gandules, but also peppers, brassicas, turmeric and ginger. I know is a quite of work you have there. I use to tell my husband that I felt I was a soul from 1800th. Until I started listing others doing more that me. 😂
You are awesome. We have a lot of land. But bananas are the backbone of our system. Interesting you actually get more rain than us, which surprises me. Keep going strong.
I’m in Florida and have had a Moringa tree wherever I’ve lived here for the past 10 years but this year maybe because of the drought we’re in, my tree is dormant. I’m soooo sad!! I’ve been thinking of restarting by cutting off one of its limbs and planting it. I’m glad you’re getting the word out there, cuttings work very well for me. I’ll try seeds though for new plants.
Cassava recipe. Peel a pound or two of cassave. Open a can of coconut cream milk pour it into a large pot with trimmed cassava root, a little salt, and boil or steam it off until the coco milk has largely evaporated leaving behind a sweet condensed milk cream on the root.
Look up for a “Yuca al mojo” recipe, you won’t regret it. This is how we eat it all over the Caribbean. Also you can make cassava bread and use it as a gluten free bread or tortilla alternative.
Hi, everyone! I have a lot of yuca, I do make pasteles with them, you can even freeze them raw and cook them whenever you want. Now, that anyone can tell me how I do flour from the yuca. I make a lot homemade bread!!! 😊 please.
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we add moringa leaves whenever we cook shrimp, crab, or lobster in Sri Lankan cuisine. Also, moringa leaves are fried with grated coconut as a side dish to eat with rice. make coconut milk curry using the big seed pods. "murunga curry"
Youngest leaves of cassava boiled for 5 minutes as per chaya are fine to consume. I like the idea of making a quick growing attractive temporary fence by planting branches in a cross cross pattern.
OUTSTANDING VIDEO!!! You have a new Native Floridian Fan here!! I actually already have 3 Moringa trees in pots that I need to transplant soon! I will be looking for the other 2 plants to start growing as well! Again, great video and THANK YOU!!
Another great video! I've been gardening for a few years and even though you don't know it, you've been there every step of the way! My best to you and your growing family.
Moringa, I have 2 big trees of it and it’s kind of giants now so I keep pruning it so my other tropical fruit trees won’t be competing in productions. I just cut so many cuttings and gave them away in a 1 gallon pots, neighbors and friends! ❤️🤗
@@apteryx7080 I never did, I still do old ways our grandfather teach us. Any banana peels soak in a bucket for a day is what I used as fertilizer and it works!❤️🤗
Yuca is a staple crop in the Caribbean including other staple crops of the Caribbean such as Breadfruit, Plantains, Bananas, Malanga and Yautía roots. I live in Lakeland 9b/10a and all of these roots and tropical food staples from my island are growing really well. I also have two coconuts growing in my yard since we consume LOTS of coconut in Puerto Rican cuisine. One was brought from Puerto Rico and the other one was bought at Home Depot in Mulberry, FL. This past winter the coconut brought from Puerto Rico managed to survive really well. The other one was bought later but also managed to survive nights of 50*f degrees. Surprisingly, the weather here in Lakeland is similar to the weather in the mountainous regions of Puerto Rico (which probably explains why it survived cold nights since I got it from the mountain in PR). I also have pidgeon peas which is another staple in Puerto Rico. I have a tree but it hasn’t produced yet. Hopefully I will have some beans 🫘 this year.
what is yautia root?! i havent heard of that one yet. thats great about the coconuts. my father in law keeps trying, they grow for a few years then we get a colder than normal winter and it dies. hope yours make it!
@@TheUrbanHarvest Yautía is a root that you can eat. The plant grows like an elephant ear and once it’s huge enough it’s ready for reaping. It’s a Caribbean staple also since it comes from our indigenous peoples.
@@TheUrbanHarvest I have found another name for this root which I didn’t know. It’s called Taro root, but in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 we know it by Yautía (Native Taíno word)
I am in Port St John, no far from you! I have almost everything of those. Where you found plantain around here? I have a lots of plants to make teas. Mint, marjoram, cilantro, onions grow fantastic here, from seeds, parsley, thyme, ginger and turmeric. Good to hear there are other people growing stuff. So Healthy!!
I have moringa growing in my SoFla 10a garden. I live at the southern tip of Lake Okeechobee in Belle Glade. Our soil is known as “the muck” and is very fertile and rich. I’m hoping to find Cassava and Chaya. This year I’m growing sweet potatoes all year. The leaves and tubers are edible raw and cooked.
Sweet potatoes are a great one, got several videos on them. I have the cuttings for them available for mail from my site if need be but search for local permaculture nurseries. They usually have them.
That was a great video Elise! I have all three plants growing here. But I learned a little bit more about what to do with them! Thank you! I have four Moringas which is probably a little more than I need but gosh it's such an amazing plant. And I use all of my trimmings in my dry compost tea..Feel secure to have it! I made flower essence out of my Moringa last month. One of my trees was in abundant full full bloom. I picked the flowers I let them bathe in sunlight and purified water and I actually went through the evening with a full moon. Strained it and then did a 50-50 brandy tincture, in a spray bottle. It just sends a great vibe and feels wonderful to spray on the body. So grateful for all of your knowledge!
Port st Lucie here. I have Chaya and Moringa trees. No cassava. Will try it. I'd add longevity spinach to the list (perennial). Grows like a weed anywhere, propagated with cuttings just stuck in the sand. Super nutritious. Nice video. Thank you
@@Anne--Marie Longevity spinach (Gynura procumbens) is a popular vegetable grown in the tropics. While regular spinach is best grown in colder climates and has a tendency to bolt in the heat, longevity spinach is perennial in warmer climates. It is a common cooking and medicinal ingredient throughout Southeastern Asia.
When I lived in Tampa I grew all three and they thrived. I moved sixty miles north and all three die back in the winter and are much smaller in the colder environment.
find a microclimate and they will probably do better for you. south side of your house closer to the house for warmth, under the canopy of a large tree, etc.
@@TheUrbanHarvest great video - i live about 60 miles north of tampa too and could plant them next to house (we do get a slight freeze on avg once a year) but worried that these would attract rats. We have a small yard.
Just found you as a suggested video. Gonna plant these even though i only have less than half an acre 😕. But I figure, its better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them. Just subscribed. Have a great day! Zone 9b here. Central Florida.
🤗 I'm doing good I already have them all! I love this video, very informative! Definitely on my referral list! Florida is my home too! Plant, grow, eat, share, be merry & grateful 🌻
Thank you for the very informative video. As a newer Florida resident, I've seen these plants mentioned in other places but nobody says anything about HOW to use them. Now how about a few cooking videos? 😉😁
I grew up in the Philippines and these plants are good food! I'm in FL now will check out these plants in the nurseries hope they have them. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome, I have all three! And, now that you mention it, they are the most productive plants in my garden! Thanks for the info on cooking the cassava, sounds delicious!
We like to joke in the event of the zombie apocalypse when people raid others for food, we will invite the marauders over for chaya salad... and be rid of them. lol
There are two kinds of cassava, what we call white doesn’t have the red part in the leaves and it’s softer to cook than the one with red stems in the leaves. We uses this last ones to make pasteles, similar to tamales, we use green bananas and squash for the dough.
Great tips for growing the correct plant for the climate conditions in Florida. Would like to grow Cassava. It is also a staple in central America. Can I grow from roots bought at the market? Not sure where to get cuttings. Thank you for timely info. Dean, Central Florida East coast
Great vid! I am in 10a sw florida--tried yuca over the summer with no luck but will try again in Spring. Regularly use chaya in crock pot soups--they cook on low heat overnight and this removes the cyanide. Have moringa seeds I haven't planted yet! I would add a 4th crop--sweet potatoes--easy and perennial!
@@cliveburgess4128 I put most of mine in containers and let the vines go up a fence--and for pests I used some neem oil here and there--I had lots of basil nearby too which might have helped.
Hi, thank you for the videos. Just moved to Naples, the soil here is only sand. I love gardening. I started with Avocados but they are dying due to the flood we had. Do you know how can I save them? Thanks
Thank you for the info. I am growing Yuca for the first time, but I haven't been able to grow Moringa yet. The seeds won't germinate. Any suggestions or recommendations? I'm in FL zone 9b.
I highly recommend okinawa Spinach AKA the tomorrow leaves because tomorrow it will Have a new leaf. Little to no pests,Grows so easy and fast don't need to water once it gets established. It also propagates extremely fast from cuttings so you can give them to all your friends and family. It has a broad leaf that is juicy taste good and fills you up and has a nice crunch to it.
Yes you are right. It’s a great vegetable. One that thrives on neglect and is so bountiful and healthy. Where I live it does back somewhat in winter. There is a relative we call Sambung which is a similar vegetable but powers on through the winter. It actually grows better for me than Okinawa Spinach. It doesn’t have purple underneath the leaf. Lots of health benefits - good for controlling blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and cancer.
After the skins of cassava are peeled off, the root should be soaked in water for several hours, the it can be steamed (longer time) or boiled. Eat the cooked cassava with little bit salt + chopped peanut. It is delicious.
Hi Elise I just found you and subbed! I'm in Pasco County 9B. Just started planting and I have all of these in pots. Some of the tropicals I collected I'm putting in bigger pots for the winter (mangoes, plinias, etc) but I'm about to plant the moringa, chaya and yuca. How about the planting with and without tree canopy, do you address that in your work? I have a lot of open space but I'm concerned about the cold snaps, not worried about the chaya but more the moringa and yuca. BTW for other viewers, the yuca makes a great potato substitute for soup, if you're avoiding nightshades. Thanks!
Yuca really prefers sun but can take some partial shade. The chaya is completely flexible and will take a considerable amount of shade though it will be a bit slower growing in shade. The moringa will grow just about anywhere but I find its a lot more spindly looking in the shade.
I'm also in Pasco County (East side) and would love to get some cuttings from you to start my crop, if possible? I am a Retired Police Officer from this side of the County!
Chaya in scrambled eggs or in an omelet is excellent. Also good in stir frys and fried rice. Been told to boil it for no less than 20min tho. Has more protien than spinach and no watery taste like spinach can have. Started w one plant, now I have forty !
I have Moringa and beetles are eating the leaves. 😮💨 it grows fast but at the same time leaves get yellow and they all drop. So I have a 8 ft skinny truck with a bush at the top
cut it and plant the cuttings. they will grow, even the really thick ones. plant them several nodes deep. then you'll have several trees, cutting them will force sideways growth so you'll get more branches, even from the parent tree. yellow leaves usually means it needs a little nitrogen. give it a little patience and you'll have several beautiful trees.
I'm curious who was crying or squealing near the end of the video ? LoL &thanks for sharing your Florida gardening wisdoms. I am ok with gardening and growing a decent amount of food in the north but in Florida I had no luck. Almost everything I tried to grow either drowned or got eaten by wildlife/buglife. So many different kinds of fruit trees I grew from seed and beautiful melons. Bugs and wildlife always beat me too it. I'm not giving up yet. Also what is your best solutions for not getting eaten also. I have got some pretty nasty wounds from what I'm pretty sure was a spider. It was real bad. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom.
Yuca ? you have no idea how good yuca is, but not to worry, I'll give you the name of some dishes that include yuca or make yuca the primary ingredient an if you are in Miami you could probably find them in latin restaurants. 1 Moho con yuca y chicharrones 2 Vigorón: yuca, chicharrones and cabbage,tomato and bitter orange juice salad. 3 Baho or tapado: meat yuca green plantains, ripe plantains and the salad of vigorón cook with spices and other vegetables. 4 Chancho con yuca: pork meat cooked, yuca and cabbage salad. 5 Yuca frita: boiled yuca that is later deep fried. Enjoy. Yuca is very productive, in my experience I have used every part of the plant for cuttings, and you can cut them very small like 2 or 3 inches and you will get a new plant, but first leave them in a shaded area until you see the sprouts coming out, then loosen the ground and place them. Keep the soil moist and you will have good size roots that are contained around the bush attached to it. Star checking root size when the plant is about 5 feet high, but depends on how loose and wet the soil was When cooking remove not only the brown outer skin, but also the thicker white layer under it or it'll taste bitter when cooked.
Love your videos. I am attempting to grow asparagus in grow bags. They have been growing about a year. They have ferns and seeds? My question is when or if I trim them back here in South Florida.
They wont form the traditional stalks here, we are too warm especially in south Florida. Very north Florida has a shot. You will likely only get the ferns without stems.
It tastes like a simple nuertal flavored cooking green. Maybe like spinach or collard greens though slightly less bitter/tough. I toss the water on plants afterwards (theres some nutrients in it). I will use it as side greens, soups, drinks, etc. I have a decent handful of recipes in my Florida Heirloom Cookbook. theurbanharvest.com/search?type=product&q=cookbook
Hi. Is it possible to get yuca from the actual yuca? By, planting the yuca in the ground or is it only by the cuttings? Thank you for your amazing videos?
The stuff you get at a store is already coated in wax. I'm not aware of being able to but could be wrong. Its a pretty resilient plant and will grow if you give it the slightest opportunity.
I heard it's possible and that sometimes the roots bought from markets would sprout while on the kitchen counter, just like sweet potatoes. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try, you might actually get lucky with it.
What part of Florida are you in? I'm in zone 8b in north Florida (Gilchrist County) and my Morninga tree froze back and never came back out afterwards. Interesting video. Thanks.
Are they shade tolerant? Can you put the sticks and seeds in a pot and transplant later or should they go straight into the ground? Is zone 9b Dixie county ok for them? Thanks!
I'm also in Dixie County which is , I believe , Zone 8b and in a previous inquiry she recommended growing them in pots and bringing them inside in the winter . I know it gets much colder here at times than I thought it would and some of my outside plants really suffer ; banana plant etc. I really want to grow Moringa here so I might try growing it on the south side of my property , give it lots of mulch , possibly planting where it will be partially shaded from a big Oak tree , covering it while it's still small during a cold snap and pray.
@@pamelab4419 Ops! That was a typo on my part: Dixie is 8b as you posted! Since my previous post I started moringa seeds in pots and transplanted to the west side of my property: that side has a warmer microclimate than the east side… I’ll post an update next spring… I did find a channel that is about 30 miles north from us that stated her moringas die down in the winter but come back strong in the spring… had some leaves in a salad and they tasted good so it’s worth the effort! Good Luck!
Chaya, a.k.a. Mexican Tree Spinach is delicious in scrambled eggs. I boil it first in a glass pan, then add it to the eggs. Aluminum pans are no good to use with this plant for some reason.
I just watched your April video on the Greenstalk. I have two of the original. When I water from the top without covering the hole there the watch rushed through fast so I hold one finger over the hole. Is that what you do or cover it with something. I live in a northern region so they are just sitting for the winter.
the greenstalks have little "catch trays" for each tier which fill up then slowly trickle the water into the soil. If you fill it up to the line your plants should be getting all the water they need even if some comes out the bottom. That being said if you think there is something else going on you can reach out to their support, they have always been super helpful if I had questions.
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Colour me shocked when you had moringa first! It's one of the first trees I planted now that I started my backyard food forest. Super easy to grow!
It grows like weed. The one beside my cousin's house is at least 2 storey high already. 😅
Thank you for your vidio. I survive in South Africa on a 1100 m2 sub tropical coastal propperty with a beach cottage on it. 10 rabbits, 10 chickens, 7 bee hives, 100 banana trees, 1 peach tree, 1 orange tree, 30 casava trees, 2 cherry guava trees, 3 katobwa grape vines, 2 passion frute vines, 5 pawpaw trees, 3 rows of 20 metre shugarcane, 100 strawberry plants in boxes, sweet potatoes as a ground cover and a small kitchen garden. Rain water 30,000 litres storage and 5 kw 48 volt solar with a 5 kw L-iorn battery and 2kw solar pannels. We get summer rain of +- 1000 mm and winter rain of 100 mm. p/ year. My sweet potato leaves and roots must be used for rabbits and for my self. I also use panana leaves and saplings for my rabbits. I have my rabbits in a rabbitary. My chickens is limited to their chicken run and a grass drive way of +- 30 x 4 meters. We all eat bananas including my dog. I do make shugar from the s/cane and wine and vinigar from the extra banana's and grapes. I hope this informaton can help someone to survive off grid.
Chez ns 🇨🇩 on mange les feulles de manioc,les feulles de patate douce est le patate 🥰
I admires you and your family. I have a garden in Florida we eat a lot of things from it. Have a lot herbs for teas, bananas, cassava, mangoes, sugar cane, avocados, moringa, papayas, Gandules, but also peppers, brassicas, turmeric and ginger. I know is a quite of work you have there. I use to tell my husband that I felt I was a soul from 1800th. Until I started listing others doing more that me. 😂
You are awesome. We have a lot of land. But bananas are the backbone of our system. Interesting you actually get more rain than us, which surprises me. Keep going strong.
I’m in Florida and have had a Moringa tree wherever I’ve lived here for the past 10 years but this year maybe because of the drought we’re in, my tree is dormant. I’m soooo sad!! I’ve been thinking of restarting by cutting off one of its limbs and planting it. I’m glad you’re getting the word out there, cuttings work very well for me. I’ll try seeds though for new plants.
Pasco Florida. Port Richey here.
I am trying to learn to be more self sufficient and love content like this. Thank you so much.
Moringa, yes, my kind of plant, which I planted one (WH, Fl), and it grew by itself: a very good multi verse plant, so yeah goes with it😊
Just found your channel. You have been wealth of information for this frustrated gardener! Thank you
Cassava recipe. Peel a pound or two of cassave. Open a can of coconut cream milk pour it into a large pot with trimmed cassava root, a little salt, and boil or steam it off until the coco milk has largely evaporated leaving behind a sweet condensed milk cream on the root.
Look up for a “Yuca al mojo” recipe, you won’t regret it. This is how we eat it all over the Caribbean. Also you can make cassava bread and use it as a gluten free bread or tortilla alternative.
I use cassava flour but haven't taken up the task of processing it myself yet. I need to try though! I will 100% look up that recipe thank you : )
Cassava bread comes from our Taínos
Hi, everyone! I have a lot of yuca, I do make pasteles with them, you can even freeze them raw and cook them whenever you want. Now, that anyone can tell me how I do flour from the yuca. I make a lot homemade bread!!! 😊 please.
@@CH-hm8ud I personally have not made flour with yuca but I have seen recipes in instagram using a food processor to process it.
I absolutely love how eloquently you explain in such detail all the information and facts. Love your content. So much respect for you.
She's super organized and easy to understand.
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I’ve been eating cassava leaves multiple times a week my whole life. It’s delicious.
we add moringa leaves whenever we cook shrimp, crab, or lobster in Sri Lankan cuisine. Also, moringa leaves are fried with grated coconut as a side dish to eat with rice. make coconut milk curry using the big seed pods. "murunga curry"
ooo im looking it up. i absolutely love curries! thanks!
Youngest leaves of cassava boiled for 5 minutes as per chaya are fine to consume.
I like the idea of making a quick growing attractive temporary fence by planting branches in a cross cross pattern.
Yes my neighbor has a chaya hedge that looks great!
OUTSTANDING VIDEO!!! You have a new Native Floridian Fan here!! I actually already have 3 Moringa trees in pots that I need to transplant soon! I will be looking for the other 2 plants to start growing as well! Again, great video and THANK YOU!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hope you got those moringa into the ground. Let those roots grow deep like they want to do
Another great video! I've been gardening for a few years and even though you don't know it, you've been there every step of the way! My best to you and your growing family.
Awww that means a lot. Thank you for letting me grow with you!
This year as part of my chicken feed plan I am planting corn moringa sweet potatoes for the greens sorghum and Mammoth sunflowers
Moringa, I have 2 big trees of it and it’s kind of giants now so I keep pruning it so my other tropical fruit trees won’t be competing in productions. I just cut so many cuttings and gave them away in a 1 gallon pots, neighbors and friends! ❤️🤗
hi, that's awesome ! spread the love !
have you tried using Moringa on your garden as a fertiliser ?
@@apteryx7080 I never did, I still do old ways our grandfather teach us. Any banana peels soak in a bucket for a day is what I used as fertilizer and it works!❤️🤗
@@tessaambler8715 that's a great tip ! thank you, I'll try that too !
@@apteryx7080chop and drop or make a tea out of leaves?
Great... nice video
Great video! I'm in SW Florida and plan to put in Moringa and Cassava
Yuca is a staple crop in the Caribbean including other staple crops of the Caribbean such as Breadfruit, Plantains, Bananas, Malanga and Yautía roots. I live in Lakeland 9b/10a and all of these roots and tropical food staples from my island are growing really well. I also have two coconuts growing in my yard since we consume LOTS of coconut in Puerto Rican cuisine. One was brought from Puerto Rico and the other one was bought at Home Depot in Mulberry, FL. This past winter the coconut brought from Puerto Rico managed to survive really well. The other one was bought later but also managed to survive nights of 50*f degrees. Surprisingly, the weather here in Lakeland is similar to the weather in the mountainous regions of Puerto Rico (which probably explains why it survived cold nights since I got it from the mountain in PR). I also have pidgeon peas which is another staple in Puerto Rico. I have a tree but it hasn’t produced yet. Hopefully I will have some beans 🫘 this year.
what is yautia root?! i havent heard of that one yet. thats great about the coconuts. my father in law keeps trying, they grow for a few years then we get a colder than normal winter and it dies. hope yours make it!
@@TheUrbanHarvest Yautía is a root that you can eat. The plant grows like an elephant ear and once it’s huge enough it’s ready for reaping. It’s a Caribbean staple also since it comes from our indigenous peoples.
@@ejproficial wonderful thanks! im going to find some to try. have a bountiful day!
@@TheUrbanHarvest I have found another name for this root which I didn’t know. It’s called Taro root, but in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 we know it by Yautía (Native Taíno word)
I am in Port St John, no far from you! I have almost everything of those. Where you found plantain around here? I have a lots of plants to make teas. Mint, marjoram, cilantro, onions grow fantastic here, from seeds, parsley, thyme, ginger and turmeric. Good to hear there are other people growing stuff. So Healthy!!
I have moringa growing in my SoFla 10a garden. I live at the southern tip of Lake Okeechobee in Belle Glade. Our soil is known as “the muck” and is very fertile and rich. I’m hoping to find Cassava and Chaya. This year I’m growing sweet potatoes all year. The leaves and tubers are edible raw and cooked.
Sweet potatoes are a great one, got several videos on them. I have the cuttings for them available for mail from my site if need be but search for local permaculture nurseries. They usually have them.
That was a great video Elise! I have all three plants growing here. But I learned a little bit more about what to do with them! Thank you! I have four Moringas which is probably a little more than I need but gosh it's such an amazing plant. And I use all of my trimmings in my dry compost tea..Feel secure to have it! I made flower essence out of my Moringa last month. One of my trees was in abundant full full bloom. I picked the flowers I let them bathe in sunlight and purified water and I actually went through the evening with a full moon. Strained it and then did a 50-50 brandy tincture, in a spray bottle. It just sends a great vibe and feels wonderful to spray on the body. So grateful for all of your knowledge!
wow what a great use. never heard of that, thanks for sharing!
Such a grear vidio thanks i will be planting them this year
Port st Lucie here. I have Chaya and Moringa trees. No cassava. Will try it. I'd add longevity spinach to the list (perennial). Grows like a weed anywhere, propagated with cuttings just stuck in the sand. Super nutritious.
Nice video. Thank you
I grow that too and do enjoy it. I find some folks struggle with the texture. There are so many wonderful perennial veggies!
Is longevity spinach the same thing as Egyptian spinach?
@@Anne--Marie Longevity spinach (Gynura procumbens) is a popular vegetable grown in the tropics. While regular spinach is best grown in colder climates and has a tendency to bolt in the heat, longevity spinach is perennial in warmer climates. It is a common cooking and medicinal ingredient throughout Southeastern Asia.
If you are interesting in cassava cuttings I live in Port St John, probably an hour from you. Anyway, I can provide some cuts for you 😂!
Hello coming to Port St Lucie in 2 weeks . Would it be possible to get a cutting from you. Thank you
Wow very impormative video . I have plants too .maybe I can apply this on my garden🙂
When I lived in Tampa I grew all three and they thrived. I moved sixty miles north and all three die back in the winter and are much smaller in the colder environment.
find a microclimate and they will probably do better for you. south side of your house closer to the house for warmth, under the canopy of a large tree, etc.
@@TheUrbanHarvest great video - i live about 60 miles north of tampa too and could plant them next to house (we do get a slight freeze on avg once a year) but worried that these would attract rats. We have a small yard.
@@ronw3639 none of the trio would be likely to attract rodents. Fruit trees yes, but not these!
I can’t find a yuca cutting anywhere. I’m in Land O Lakes area. My Wife is Puerto Rican and we eat it it quite a bit.
Thanks for all your info… new gardener’s here so can use all the help we can get! Shalom from Plant City 🍓
My pleasure!
Just found you as a suggested video. Gonna plant these even though i only have less than half an acre 😕. But I figure, its better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them. Just subscribed. Have a great day! Zone 9b here. Central Florida.
Love the selections, great choices!
🤗 I'm doing good I already have them all! I love this video, very informative! Definitely on my referral list! Florida is my home too! Plant, grow, eat, share, be merry & grateful 🌻
You got this!
The baby crying at the end hated this video 👶 thanks for the great and tinely info.
working mom : )
Thank you for the very informative video. As a newer Florida resident, I've seen these plants mentioned in other places but nobody says anything about HOW to use them. Now how about a few cooking videos? 😉😁
Someone else asked for that. I havent done any cooking videos as of yet but sounds like I need to soon. Happy gardening!
@@TheUrbanHarvest Add a third person to the list! I want to see some cooking videos too!
@@Brigsam1970 I, too, would like some recipes and cooking videos.
I grew up in the Philippines and these plants are good food! I'm in FL now will check out these plants in the nurseries hope they have them. Thanks for sharing.
Have you seen chaya when you were in the Philippines?
Awesome, I have all three! And, now that you mention it, they are the most productive plants in my garden!
Thanks for the info on cooking the cassava, sounds delicious!
Thats great! You are so welcome!
We like to joke in the event of the zombie apocalypse when people raid others for food, we will invite the marauders over for chaya salad... and be rid of them. lol
Great information! I'm just starting to grow cassava in my central Florida dust bowl. Wish me luck! P.s. love the baby sounds in the background ❤
There are two kinds of cassava, what we call white doesn’t have the red part in the leaves and it’s softer to cook than the one with red stems in the leaves. We uses this last ones to make pasteles, similar to tamales, we use green bananas and squash for the dough.
Great information. Thank you
Mine have been grown from seed.
I'm an American that has retired to Colombia. Here they use yucca flour frequently. tapioca as in tapioca pudding is another use.
We traveled for a month and half in Columbia, beautiful country! There are so many uses!
Brown thumbdable. I love it.
Great tips for growing the correct plant for the climate conditions in Florida.
Would like to grow Cassava. It is also a staple in central America.
Can I grow from roots bought at the market?
Not sure where to get cuttings.
Thank you for timely info.
Dean, Central Florida East coast
Thank you for being so informative! Loved all the baby noises 🙂
Glad it was helpful!
Great vid! I am in 10a sw florida--tried yuca over the summer with no luck but will try again in Spring. Regularly use chaya in crock pot soups--they cook on low heat overnight and this removes the cyanide. Have moringa seeds I haven't planted yet! I would add a 4th crop--sweet potatoes--easy and perennial!
Sweet potatoes are a great one! I have several videos on them. Give the yucca another try it’s a great crop!
I did sweet potatoes this year, but they became a white fly magnet, absolutely covered in them, still trying to get rid of them, reluctant to replant!
@@cliveburgess4128 I put most of mine in containers and let the vines go up a fence--and for pests I used some neem oil here and there--I had lots of basil nearby too which might have helped.
@@TheUrbanHarvest I will in spring, hope it works this time
@@cliveburgess4128 mine always are too but luckily doesn't effect production. I use them as a trap plant!
Hi, thank you for the videos. Just moved to Naples, the soil here is only sand. I love gardening. I started with Avocados but they are dying due to the flood we had.
Do you know how can I save them? Thanks
just shared on FB again glad to have found this channel
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for the info. I am growing Yuca for the first time, but I haven't been able to grow Moringa yet. The seeds won't germinate. Any suggestions or recommendations? I'm in FL zone 9b.
You can hull them for faster germination. Also make sure you have fresh seed.
I can only grow in pots here in Fort Myers because I’m on the golf course. Can you make some recommendations? Thanks for sharing I’m new to Florida.
I highly recommend okinawa Spinach AKA the tomorrow leaves because tomorrow it will Have a new leaf. Little to no pests,Grows so easy and fast don't need to water once it gets established. It also propagates extremely fast from cuttings so you can give them to all your friends and family. It has a broad leaf that is juicy taste good and fills you up and has a nice crunch to it.
I started growing okinawa spinach because I heard it was easy and had few pests, but it got bombarded by mealybugs.
Yes you are right. It’s a great vegetable. One that thrives on neglect and is so bountiful and healthy. Where I live it does back somewhat in winter. There is a relative we call Sambung which is a similar vegetable but powers on through the winter. It actually grows better for me than Okinawa Spinach. It doesn’t have purple underneath the leaf. Lots of health benefits - good for controlling blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and cancer.
Will it grow well in Northern Florida
Oh no
After the skins of cassava are peeled off, the root should be soaked in water for several hours, the it can be steamed (longer time) or boiled.
Eat the cooked cassava with little bit salt + chopped peanut. It is delicious.
peanuts, thats a fun addition!
I would add cajanus cajan (or guandul), easy to grow and it is nitrogen fixer.
Ah yes agree - we call it pigeon pea is another good choice -low maintenance, useful and productive
@@kathynix6552apparently also great for keeping slopes intact. I'd definitely plant it if I have land, can't grow it in a pot.
I wish that Florida parks and municipalities would plant these, and pull of the Brazilian peppers
No kidding! Brazilian pepper is no joke though. Super hard to eradicate.
Looking to add quality greens to my salads from my garden so thank you!!
so many options, chaya isnt great for salads but lots of these are: ruclips.net/video/AcYJSbx7hA4/видео.html
Good also plant bauhinia tree 🌳
I had no idea that the yucca plant looked so nice. I love yucca, for me its just boiling the heck out of it then adding some garlic and olive oil.
I love it!
I'm in kentucky. Here in zone 7 we have tons of yucca here
my moringa . Blew down . In a storm . 3 or 4 weeks later i replanted it . It grew again !
Sounds about right. They are crazy resilient!
I love the info and the music in the background!! 🥰🥰
Glad you liked it!!
Great video but I'm very curious to what is making the noise in the background? Lol
What plant zoom are you at?
Hi Elise I just found you and subbed! I'm in Pasco County 9B. Just started planting and I have all of these in pots. Some of the tropicals I collected I'm putting in bigger pots for the winter (mangoes, plinias, etc) but I'm about to plant the moringa, chaya and yuca. How about the planting with and without tree canopy, do you address that in your work? I have a lot of open space but I'm concerned about the cold snaps, not worried about the chaya but more the moringa and yuca. BTW for other viewers, the yuca makes a great potato substitute for soup, if you're avoiding nightshades. Thanks!
Yuca really prefers sun but can take some partial shade. The chaya is completely flexible and will take a considerable amount of shade though it will be a bit slower growing in shade. The moringa will grow just about anywhere but I find its a lot more spindly looking in the shade.
I'm also in Pasco County (East side) and would love to get some cuttings from you to start my crop, if possible? I am a Retired Police Officer from this side of the County!
Love the video! Thank you for sharing. By the way , im new to food gardening. Where do you guys buy these plants? Local nursery?
I've never heard of yucca being used to make tequila, have only heard of agave being used.
Very nice planting tip my friend. What you said about those plants are exactly right. New friend joined you.
Happy to hear it was helpful!
thank you, very ifnormative
Glad you enjoyed it!
Chaya in scrambled eggs or in an omelet is excellent. Also good in stir frys and fried rice. Been told to boil it for no less than 20min tho. Has more protien than spinach and no watery taste like spinach can have. Started w one plant, now I have forty !
Wow you really love chaya lol yes always boil!
Good day, what are those little white dots on the chaya? I have a small one and notice the same on some of my leaves.
I have Moringa and beetles are eating the leaves. 😮💨 it grows fast but at the same time leaves get yellow and they all drop. So I have a 8 ft skinny truck with a bush at the top
cut it and plant the cuttings. they will grow, even the really thick ones. plant them several nodes deep. then you'll have several trees, cutting them will force sideways growth so you'll get more branches, even from the parent tree. yellow leaves usually means it needs a little nitrogen. give it a little patience and you'll have several beautiful trees.
Love the video!:) good-luck with the baby
Glad you liked it!
Thanks
I'm curious who was crying or squealing near the end of the video ? LoL &thanks for sharing your Florida gardening wisdoms. I am ok with gardening and growing a decent amount of food in the north but in Florida I had no luck. Almost everything I tried to grow either drowned or got eaten by wildlife/buglife. So many different kinds of fruit trees I grew from seed and beautiful melons. Bugs and wildlife always beat me too it. I'm not giving up yet. Also what is your best solutions for not getting eaten also. I have got some pretty nasty wounds from what I'm pretty sure was a spider. It was real bad. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom.
Could you make a video on how you make french fries with the cassava?
I’m planning a cassava video here shortly.
Does Chaya have to be boiled? or can it be sautéed etc. mine is still small, so will be a while, thanks!!
In theory no, it doesn't have the same effect of releasing the toxins. In practice... People do prepare it that way in other countries.
Where can I get Moringa and Chaya seeds? Just new at this - never mind the question I just need to go to your link above 😀
We sell a perennial vegetable trio on our website! Chaya and moringa are both included in that trio :)
Jakfruit For the win!
solid choice! For sure fruit quickly and abundantly as far as fruit trees go.
Moringa; you will use 1 cup 1 time. Chaya; you will use 1 cup 1 time (Caviat: the best pollinator plant ever) Cassava; perfect.
Great..enjoy watching
Glad you enjoyed it
I wonder if the raw cassava leaves and Chaya is ok for chickens?
Recently acquired all three and look forward to growing and utilizing them fully! 👍👍
Fantastic! Enjoy!
I would like to add one to that list!!
T R E E COLLARD
Not all inclusive by any means. Those do excellent as well! As do sweets, longevity, ethiopian kale, etc. So many wonderful varities!
In south Florida everyone with a yard needs at least one mango tree.
Love the visual effects when you mentioned 'cyanide'! LOL. Great info! It's appreciated.
Ha just for some fun : ) Happy to help!
Yuca ?
you have no idea how good yuca is, but not to worry, I'll give you the name of some dishes that include yuca or make yuca the primary ingredient an if you are in Miami you could probably find them in latin restaurants.
1 Moho con yuca y chicharrones
2 Vigorón: yuca, chicharrones and cabbage,tomato and bitter orange juice salad.
3 Baho or tapado: meat yuca green plantains, ripe plantains and the salad of vigorón cook with spices and other vegetables.
4 Chancho con yuca: pork meat cooked, yuca and cabbage salad.
5 Yuca frita: boiled yuca that is later deep fried.
Enjoy.
Yuca is very productive, in my experience I have used every part of the plant for cuttings, and you can cut them very small like 2 or 3 inches and you will get a new plant, but first leave them in a shaded area until you see the sprouts coming out, then loosen the ground and place them.
Keep the soil moist and you will have good size roots that are contained around the bush attached to it. Star checking root size when the plant is about 5 feet high, but depends on how loose and wet the soil was
When cooking remove not only the brown outer skin, but also the thicker white layer under it or it'll taste bitter when cooked.
its delicious!
Not sure how to grow cassava yet. I saw a bit about a cutting...
Filipinos diet is rich in moringga or maronggay
yes we have lots of Moringga here in our country. lovely sharing
You bet
Love your videos. I am attempting to grow asparagus in grow bags. They have been growing about a year. They have ferns and seeds? My question is when or if I trim them back here in South Florida.
They wont form the traditional stalks here, we are too warm especially in south Florida. Very north Florida has a shot. You will likely only get the ferns without stems.
How does chaya taste? Do we throw out the water that chaya is boiled in? What do we do with boiled chaya? Can we cook it in recipes?
It tastes like a simple nuertal flavored cooking green. Maybe like spinach or collard greens though slightly less bitter/tough. I toss the water on plants afterwards (theres some nutrients in it). I will use it as side greens, soups, drinks, etc. I have a decent handful of recipes in my Florida Heirloom Cookbook. theurbanharvest.com/search?type=product&q=cookbook
Great video. But how about sweet potato? :)
Not all inclusive by any means. That’s a great one to 😄
Do you provide a piece of cutting of yuca plants? May I have a piece?
im in st pete, you can check the site if your local. if not search for permaculture nursery near me and they should have some.
Hi. Is it possible to get yuca from the actual yuca? By, planting the yuca in the ground or is it only by the cuttings? Thank you for your amazing videos?
The stuff you get at a store is already coated in wax. I'm not aware of being able to but could be wrong. Its a pretty resilient plant and will grow if you give it the slightest opportunity.
I heard it's possible and that sometimes the roots bought from markets would sprout while on the kitchen counter, just like sweet potatoes.
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try, you might actually get lucky with it.
I heard the Chaya leaves have to be cooked...does the Moringa leaves hafta be cooked?
Nope they can be eaten fresh, dried, or cooked!
@@TheUrbanHarvest ok thank you!
Sarasota representing.
hey there!
I live in central florida and looking to plant all three plants. Do you sell all three? I was looking at your site, I only saw moringa.
yes i have it as a trio of cuttings/seed: theurbanharvest.com/collections/root-veggies/products/perennial-vegetable-trio?_pos=1&_sid=223d1bacd&_ss=r
I have 2 that I had in containers and recently we had a freeze and they appear to have died. Will they grow back?
Which plant?
What part of Florida are you in?
I'm in zone 8b in north Florida (Gilchrist County) and my Morninga tree froze back and never came back out afterwards. Interesting video. Thanks.
9b. st pete. they can be frown n pots so you can bring in for the cold.
Would these plants survive in Mobile Alabama? Thank You
The Moringa can if potted and offered a little protection over winter. Hardy to 4. The other two prefer the warmth.
Are they shade tolerant? Can you put the sticks and seeds in a pot and transplant later or should they go straight into the ground? Is zone 9b Dixie county ok for them? Thanks!
They will take part not total shade. Mine grow in part shade and I’m 9b. You can go either way with it.
I'm also in Dixie County which is , I believe , Zone 8b and in a previous inquiry she recommended growing them in pots and bringing them inside in the winter . I know it gets much colder here at times than I thought it would and some of my outside plants really suffer ; banana plant etc. I really want to grow Moringa here so I might try growing it on the south side of my property , give it lots of mulch , possibly planting where it will be partially shaded from a big Oak tree , covering it while it's still small during a cold snap and pray.
@@pamelab4419 Ops! That was a typo on my part: Dixie is 8b as you posted! Since my previous post I started moringa seeds in pots and transplanted to the west side of my property: that side has a warmer microclimate than the east side… I’ll post an update next spring… I did find a channel that is about 30 miles north from us that stated her moringas die down in the winter but come back strong in the spring… had some leaves in a salad and they tasted good so it’s worth the effort! Good Luck!
@@pamelab4419 I do have some leftover seeds if you want to try them…
The chia seed packets say to grow it in the fall. Is that true? Again, how to grow chia wouñd be more useful than the health
Chaya, a.k.a. Mexican Tree Spinach is delicious in scrambled eggs. I boil it first in a glass pan, then add it to the eggs. Aluminum pans are no good to use with this plant for some reason.
Never heard of that bit. Interesting!
What do you mean "no good"? Do they stain or leave a residue in the pot, like when cooking banana hearts or jackfruit?
I like the cassava fry idea. Will frying the cassava remove the cyanide?
Still boil first, removes the cyanide and also softens them. That way just the outside gets crispy!
I just watched your April video on the Greenstalk. I have two of the original. When I water from the top without covering the hole there the watch rushed through fast so I hold one finger over the hole. Is that what you do or cover it with something. I live in a northern region so they are just sitting for the winter.
the greenstalks have little "catch trays" for each tier which fill up then slowly trickle the water into the soil. If you fill it up to the line your plants should be getting all the water they need even if some comes out the bottom. That being said if you think there is something else going on you can reach out to their support, they have always been super helpful if I had questions.