5 Year Old Urban Orchard Tour in Arizona 9B (Fall 2021)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- My backyard orchard was started in 2016 in the Phoenix AZ metro. Our temps range from as cold as 25F in winter to as high as 125F in summer with low humidity most of the year. While I do not offer in person tours of my backyard, this video gives you an in depth virtual tour of my entire collection of fruit trees and plants growing. Enjoy and keep growing!
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Thank you so much for sharing an update of your backyard. I have a long way to go but you were a big inspiration on my decision to become more self sufficient and started a food forest in my oddly shaped back yard. The soil in my yard in mostly clay. I have about 14 fig trees, 6 in ground and the rest are in pots. I have 6 mango tree’s in pots. I had 2 mulberry trees but one just randomly died. I have 2 pomegranate trees, three Barbados’ , two in ground. My lemon guava is in ground and it gave me a big harvest which I was very proud of. I enjoy your videos and I’m very happy that you decided to update your gardening RUclips family. I plan to place an order with Harvey and try grafting. Already have a grafting kit I purchased of Amazon. Thank you for taking time out of your day to share, it is really appreciated. I also watched Jake and learned a lot from Shamus. They lead me to your channel.
Thanks so much for the kind words and sharing! With all of those trees, you have a solid home orchard going. I was intimidated to try grafting at first but it's such a great way to go and like anything gets easier with practice. Best!
I am in N. Mesa with one acre and a large food forest (several hundred trees on flood irrigated lot). I admire your work very much.
“Grow your own food and be free.”
Thank you for sharing. I can share scions.
Jealous! I’m in E Mesa on 1/4 acre. I’m trying to place things as tight as I can but struggling on deciding where to place things.
Since Jake left phoenix your garden tours have been my favorite to watch.
I go out to my backyard and relieve stress working on my garden
I love your tropical Oasis in the desert.
Beautiful Garden. Thanks for sharing .
Sent here by the Edge of Nowhere Farm. Wonderful tour.
I appreciate that you took the time to write the names of the plants in the video.
Thanks for stopping by!
thank you for this enjoyable video. i really enjoyed it. i agree 100% that gardening is very therapeutic to the soul and health. a calmness that words just don,t give enough credit. much love and god,s peace be with you
My Husband and I just moved to Waddell to start our journey. I started with Jake Mace videos as well. We had a small yard in Glendale but now we have much more space. I'm super excited. I'll be watching your videos for sure.
Hi neighbor--congratulations on your new place! Thanks for your support.
@@EnlightenmentGarden I was picking through the Plumeria group and saw someone post about your page. We have similar yard goals for sure. I want the Pond Gnome to build something for me as well. The Greenlife one is amazing.
Gardening is the best medicine
Absolutely gorgeous food forest, thank you for the tour and sharing.
Thanks for coming back to keep us updated. I’m in Tucson and my garden is about the same age as yours and it’s nice to see what works in 9b.
I have followed you since day one and you ALWAYS inspire me.
Beautiful garden 🌈
I’m in 9A with more freezes and am challenged for avocados on both the burn and freeze issues. I appreciate your channel. Thank you
Thanks! You may want to check out cold hardy varieties like Aravaipa that can take down to 16ºF
@@EnlightenmentGarden thanks, I could never seem to get on Shamus list. I am so impressed with all your hard work and see the incredible transformation from the long plentiful summer and that golden five year point. Which bamboo varieties do you think is best for leaves down close to ground and western screening for hopefully tall avocados? Thanks. This is your hobby, your kids, your food, your therapy and your exercise. Where can you get that for less than $300 per month? You have your priorities right. 🦋
@@tigrlily Really appreciate the kind comments and support. Seabreeze is the absolute best variety as a screen. It branches all the way down and no variety grows faster. Tropical Bamboo nursery in FL is where I sourced mine
Hello. I traveled to Texas and picked up Fantastic, Lila, and I am allowing Lula (seedling) to grow below the graft of my Lila. Winter Mexican has been a real champ for me but I am zone 13 (sunset-much better for the west) and super cold is not an issue (but Fantastic is one of the best for cold). Good luck!
@@sonotaps Are those mango or guava or ? varieties?
This is an epic garden. I loved the video and hope to have a garden this awesome myself someday. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for actually showing the names of the trees and plants 😁👍
This really helps a lot, wish other RUclips videos took this approach when talking about trees and plants.
Great!! You are back. I thought you had quit your channel. I am happy about that!
I remember when you started your journey transforming your yard. It's amazing, you inspire me to do some work on my back yard.
Lovely garden 😊 your hard work paid off
I love that you're making videos again. I to found Jake Mace's videos and started growing where I live in Gilbert Az. Seeing as how you've planted a number of mangos I would love to see a video on how you feed, prune, and address the Ph issues. Thanks
Thanks for the support and video idea. I just posted a new video on caring for tropicals in high ph.
Wow
I’m in victorville ca. and would love to have this in my yard a lot smaller of course but this is awesome …
Welcome back! Glad to see you doing videos again and to see your yard’s progress. Thanks for taking time to give me some tips on FB earlier in the year. As a fellow west valley resident, your yard shows me what is possible for mine, and that’s exciting.
Wonderful walk thru, Natasha. Thanks for the up-date. I am envious. See you have Mark from “Selfsufficientme” raised beds…
If you ever get a chance to do a guava only video that will be awesome, thanks
Such a great update! I feel the attention to detail and all the hard work you put into your passion and 'mental therapy'! 💞
I am always inspired by your videos and this one especially so. I just had to move from a house with a beautiful garden I created 20 years ago, to a smaller place where I have to start all over again with improving the soil and creating a microclimate. Seeing your forest and how much you have after 5 years is the boost I needed. Thank you so much.
So glad to hear that! I'm sure new garden will be even better than your prior one. Happy gardening!
Здравствуйте я живу в РОССИИ, и я то же выращиваю инжиры.У меня их 35 шт.,разных сортов. У Вас то же отличные инжиры и отличный сад.По больше снимайте Вашь сад и инжиры.Спасибо.Вячеслав.город Волгоград.РОССИЯ.
@@user-pu7fq9bd5i Привет и спасибо. Отлично! Инжир - полезное фруктовое дерево для роста.
I enjoyed this so much!!! What an incredible space you have cultivated.
Hello from my one year old teeny tiny garden just south of Anthem 👋🏼 💜 🌱
You inspire me. Thank you!
Great content and information. Thank you for all that content. Have been binging on your posts. Impressed by the amount of knowledge you have accumulated. Inspiring. Keep it up.
Another great video. If that sapodilla ever produces please do a tasting video!
What a well planned layout of abundance! Looking forward to future updates!
Thanks!
Beautiful garden thank you🙏
Beautiful great job
Awesome garden! Wish I had such space. That kind of lot goes for 500k + now in West Valley, even without all pool or greenery
Amazing interesting garden. Thank you for sharing
Love your guava it remind me of Home ( Philippines ). Mango seedlings if isn’t grafted maybe it will fruit for about 15 years (. That’s minimum ) if granted it might be 8 to 10 years it’s depend.
Hi, thank you for sharing and congratulations on such a wonderful collection of plants, they all look beautiful! I am also in zone 9B in central florida, how do you protect your mangos during winter? What about your guavas, do they take the cold? We normally get down to 25 down here a few days for just a couple of hours. Thank you for your time!
Hi and thanks for the support! We do at times get down to 25 here. In fact in 2019, the lows stayed like that for a week straight. Pink guavas can handle it but Malaysian red and white can suffer unless they have biomass over them. The use of clumping bamboo is my strategy for protecting the sensitive plants. They take the frost and wind. The jury is still out on whether that will be enough to keep my mangos safe. We have had mild winters the past 2 years but I'm hoping the microclimate I have built to keep them more insulated is successful when we get another cold one
you are so inspiring, you are amazing..
really enjoy your videos,I'm also in Arizona and looking for a nice piece of land to have my own.
Thanks so much for sharing.
by the way the Royal Ponciana flowers are edible.
Great vid love to see all that success, being from Las Vegas i like to know what might make it in my hostil land.
I'm a big fan of your videos, I also have a backyard food forrest, I'm in central CA, I'm just wondering where did you purchased your Varigated Honey moon guava?
Thanks so much! The honeymoon guava is a hard one to find and expensive. I got mine from Top Tropicals in FL online. I was on a waitlist for about a year until a 1 gallon became available. It's a very sensitive variety that does not do well with frost or full AZ sun and needs some protection
Great video thank you.
What a great backyard food forest you have! What are your favorite fruits to eat?
Thanks! That's a hard question. Peaches, guavas, mulberries and apricots are delicious out of the yard but are very seasonal. Figs are my favorite fresh out of hand with the diverse flavor profiles and I enjoy a long season with them.
@@EnlightenmentGarden Awesome! I just started my fruit orchard and can't wait to taste the deliciousness!
Thank you for sharing!
I saw what looks like a strip of a metal sheet that you surrounded a tree with as edging. What was this? All the edging I tend to find is expensive!
Amazing!!! How often do you water your Royal Poinciana in the spring when it's waking up and in the summer? I've looked everywhere and can't find that information. I'm also in 9b. Thank you!
Thanks! Once a week both in Spring and Summer at different volumes. I'll put down about 25 gallons in Spring and more like 50 in Summer. Though watering is dependent on so many things like amount of direct sun, air temps, humidity, mulch, and soil composition/drainage
You are a real inspiration. I am just starting out and planted so many fruit trees this year. What temps did you get last winter? Did you have any die back? I'm trying White Sapote and Longan here in 9a. I have a sheltered location so I thought I might give them a try. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much for the positive feedback! We did not even get to freezing in my area last year. The last two winters were mild but in 2019, we saw a week of mid 20s that caused a lot of damage. I have a video on the channel on the damage if you are curious on what they looked like and casualties. White sapote and longan are prefect choices. They should handle your winters well in 9a.
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So beautiful! I'm amazed since those royal poncianas you have, if I'm not wrong and they're same as Flamboyant (delonix regia), I always thought they die near freeze temps and you're in zone 9b, let alone blooming like a fire blaze. Do yours bloom like that?? I live in zone 10a (east of Spain, close to the Med sea) and I always thought those trees couldn't survive in Spain, not counting the Canary Islands.
Thanks! Yes; delonix regia! The flowering is not profuse in my location like you see in the tropics. Few blooms but I love the foliage nonetheless. I was fortunate to have mild winters with only a couple of freezing nights the first 2 years of growth in ground. They grew very strong and big. I lost the canopy to frost damage in 2019 when the lows went to the mid 20sF but it grew back after pruning hard.
@@EnlightenmentGarden Yes, their foliage alone is beautiful too. I will tell my parents, who have enopugh space for a tree in their garden, and they were planning on planting (yet another) jacaranda tree. Just curious, since you love (sub)tropical fruit trees: Have you tried loquat trees or papayas? I'm sure loquat trees would grow pretty well in your garden, and maybe also papayas with the protection of those bamboo and ficus hedges.
@@lmarts Hi. I did grow loquat for 5 years up until this past Summer. I dug out the declining tree (mulberry roots infiltrated loquat rootball) and replaced with another bamboo. I also grew papaya early on with great success but found I dislike the taste of the Mexican varieties. I planted out a dozen Hawaiian papayas this Spring but my chickens destroyed them all. I may try again now that they are contained :)
That's a great Indian Laurel hedge. Can you tell me how long it's been in the ground and what spacing you use?
Thanks! They are aggressive growers but handle the heat and cold in the West Valley near Phoenix. I planted them at least 12' away from the house. These were planted in 2012 (15 gallon size). I sourced them from Moon Valley and planted them about 5 ' from the block wall and about 10' apart. I keep them topped at about 12' and they are maybe 3' deep.
Thanks so much for your reply. When I look up information on ficus Nitida I see a lot of comments about planting them anywhere from two and a half feet to 4 ft on center. Since you planted yours at 10 ft, how long did it take to fill in? You having any problems with invasive roots?
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From where you got your Che? Do you know it's variety? Also, can they handle our summer heat like mullberris?
I purchased the self-fertile seedless che from edible landscaping (online). The tree grows well here but drops it's fruit (due to the heat) so you'd be better off with a mulberry if you want fruit production
How's that Barbados cherry doing? Can it take full AZ sun? I'm thinking about putting mine against southern wall. Bad idea? Canna lily didn't mind this location.
My Barbados cherry are all doing great! We have had a mild winter so far but they can take down to mid 20s. I've never seen decline from them regardless of weather patterns here in the past 5 years growing them. They absolutely take full sun in the hottest location like a champ.
Hello, thank you for sharing, your videos are an inspiration. How far from the fence is the ficus nítida? Also, how far apart was each plant? I’m starting small 5 gallon. Thank you!!
Thanks so much! The ficus were planted out at a 15 gallon size about 10' away from the block wall. I maintain it as a tight hedge so I easily have 6' of clear space to walk behind it. You will want a good amount of clear space to get a ladder around it to keep it trimmed. Some people make the mistake of planting these right off the wall and then it's impossible to keep it trimmed up and it will inevitable grow all over the place into your neighbor's yard and could eventually put pressure on the wall or even lift the wall up.
Great video! Do you stop watering your plumerias around this time for winter dormancy?
Thanks! I stop watering once they drop all their leaves which usually happens when the lows drop into the 40s.
Other then your initial mixing in compost or manure with your bamboo, what do you feed them to get them growing so fast and thickly? Thanks!
Hi! I buy this on amazon and apply this once a year: Nutricote 18-6-8 (1 Pound) Slow Time Release Fertilizer (180 Day Formula)
@@EnlightenmentGarden great thanks! I think i saw that previously possibly on one of your videos because i just so happen to have that :)
Здравствуйте,чем Вы удобряете свои инжирчики.Потому как они хорошо растут и такие крупные.Спасибо.Вячеслав.РОССИЯ.
@@user-pu7fq9bd5i Да; чтобы посадить деревья в первый год, я использовал удобрения для рыб каждые 2 недели. В настоящее время я использую куриный помет от кур несколько раз в год вокруг основания деревьев. ruclips.net/video/udqOYRUh_uA/видео.html
What kind of raised border is that you use to circle around the trees?
Around the bamboo? I use galvalume corrugated metal edger from Dakota Tin. www.dakotatin.com/products/garden-edging?variant=39547561312342 While clumping does not spread far, it can draw water from nearby plants so I use the edger to keep them from drying out other plants
How wide do you think the top of the Seabreeze bamboo is, will get? Thanks!
The clumps vary in size but the biggest one arches at least 12' wide after less than 3 years. If the canes continue to grow taller each year like they have then I expect it could arch as wide as 18' or 20'. In contrast the oldhamii grows very straight so you don't get the canopy effect like you do with seabreeze. Seabreeze is an excellent hedge choice!
@@EnlightenmentGarden Thank you for the response. I am looking plant about two feet from a block wall to create a privacy hedge and provide a canopy of shade for some tropicals. I am torn between Oldhamii and Seabreeze. My main concern is keeping them somewhat tame on the neighbors side of the block wall. Do you have any thoughts on one or the other as far as trimming for height (maybe cut at 15-20 ft?) and trimming branching that may head over to neighbor's side? Any other ideas or concerns you could share would really help. Thank you so much!
@@EnlightenmentGarden As an addition to my last reply, O'leary Tropicals also has Chinese Dwarf. Don't know much about that one though. Thanks again.
How many feet is the spacing of your fruit trees thank you
It varies--some are 2-3' apart and others are up to 12' apart. On average I would say 5' apart
Loquat?
I was growing a Champagne but the IL mulberry infiltrated the roots and I dug it out after seeing a steady decline. I may try again with a more vigorous variety- ruclips.net/video/5vbcJ9Zr5Yk/видео.html
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I saw what looks like a strip of a metal sheet that you surrounded a tree with as edging. What was this? All the edging I tend to find is expensive!
Yes! The corrugated metal edger is not cheap especially these days. Bamboo can steel water from other plants so I sunk the edger about halfway below grade to help prevent that - www.dakotatin.com/products/garden-edging?variant=39547561312342
@@EnlightenmentGarden I figured it would be cheaper to buy lumbar and make a 3x3 ft square around the trees. What are your thoughts there?