John, this is the first video of yours that I watched a year ago. I am amazed, rewatching this, how now, I am growing everything in this video! I was brand new last year and have come incredibly far. I now have 5 greenhouses, an indoor/outdoor greenhouse upstairs - with a deck - its patio door is always open - greenhouse framed - my tropicals are there. Hottub heats one, and Ipool heats the other - rest are cold crops and 1 covered outdoor grow area. Whew! WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN! Thank you
Thank John I really enjoy watching ur videos they always help me... I have been growing my garden since September 2012. & i have learned so many of ur videos. Thank u so much for taking the time to teach some of us average growers to be better growers...
looks so warm there.. I will grow a pineapple indoors one of these days.. I know purslane is good to eat but we treat it as a weed here, it grows wild..may be a different type..sweet potato slips can be grown indoors ..this gal has lots of fresh food, very good to see..she is probably one of the healthiest gals on earth..
I hope you don't plan on moving to Florida because that place looks awesome and much better place to grow food, I would miss all the advice for growing here in nor-cal. I'm feel so lucky to have one of the most popular and talented organic gardeners living in my area. Thanks for all you do john!
Thanks you Rene and John! I am turning my mom lot into edible jungle here in S FL. I visted ECHO (as seen in a previous video) today and picked up a Katuk plant. Ran into a guy who lived in Hawaii and said it is widely grown there. also picked up moringa tree seeds and red malabar spinach which grows weell here! Echo has seminole pumpkin seeds also.
Hello John, thanks for all your support on everything you post. I am now starting my garden and would love to put as much fruits and vegetables in it as I could possibly get. I have Moringa Oleifera so far. I heard you mentioned Kutuk? I'm not sure how it's spelled but I would love to know more about it. I am in The Bahamas which has a climate like Florida. Where can I find it and how do you spell it?
Now that's some good info John! Thank you Rene for the tour. I enjoyed looking at your garden. John if you ever get a chance maybe you could visit a worm farm. It would be nice to compare different compost.
Thanks John, I am familiar with Frankie's and have bought plants from him before. I'll give him a call! When you come to Hawaii do you give talks or demonstrations? Because of you my lawn is slowly transforming into a produce aisle! Great information....keep on educating us!
I collected a bunch of pinnaple seeds from a store bought one here in Fl. I'm going try to plant them out and use them in landscaping. Planted the top too. I have loads of cranberry hibiscus that I already have, those are great for landscaping and salads/smoothies.
John,when will you be doing a lecture or something like that in Southern Calif.? I know Florida is warmer but it's not too bad here in south callie either.
Some varieties of passion flower grow as far north as Virginia, Kentucky, etc, and produce edible fruit. They grow wild there, and are sometimes known as 'maypop'.
caimito is a big tree like nance and avocado ,and bears a very delicious fruit.Nances can de eaten ripe or candied.Mamon or Mamoncillo.The varietes of Zapotes/NIsperos or Spodillas,Anon/Anona,Guanabana and a shrub she can grow even in her fron yard is Guava or Guayaba,which comes in many varieties some are green and some you eat ripe.A kind of green called Chipilin,this is sold ornamental in South Florida and also can be grown in a front yard among the other greens .The leaves can be put in soup
@nephildevil hi there, im not sure if your question has been answered. Anyway, sweet potato and potato are two different species of plants altogether. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) belongs to the morning glory family whereas potato (Solanum tuberosum) belongs to the nighshade family (eg tomato, chillis, eggplant, tomatillo). The green parts of the nightshade plants contain the alkaloid solanine which should not be eaten. Hope this helps.
Hi John. I live in Fort Myers Fl, I have experimented with growing things here which people say cannot grow here in the summer. I am kinda a newbe at gardening but I do my homework and then experiment and dial in on making it work. I got two aquaponics systems (45 and 60 plants) a Kratkey system 32 plants and one 36 x 4 and two 2 x 12 raised beds. I got one 36 x4 and a 12 x6 raised bed in the works and also a huge expansion to the aquaponics system. I live in a tiny douplex so space is at a premium- I am also limited to what and where I can grow stuff because of the drain field in the front yard and limitation by my landlord.
Hi john in the caribbean , we mostly use the cerasee leaves as a cold remedy and a blood purifer to aidvthe flushing of free radicals in the blood stream. Some people boil the leaves or you can dry the leaves and them steep them. It has been been said thst any medicinal herb is most beneficial when dried. The liquid is quite bitter much like its bigger cousin bitter squash aka corilla. Some recent research suggests it might be good for cancer as well.
Thanks Rene and John really enjoyed this video since I live in Hawaii and lots of the plants look like the would do well here. Hoping I can find a source for the katook plant. Is there another name for it and is seed available?
One of your absolute best vids ever!!! I'm inspired to start growing papaya, avocados etc from seed, also the pineapples from the tops. Amazing to see how you can grow what would be the most expensive tropical fruits yourself. Do you know what number grow zone Renee is in? Many thanks!
some other trees you can grow in South Florida or Hawaii:Cashew ,not only can you eat the nut ,but also the fruit ,you can put it in a blender and make juice,freze the juice to make popsicles and even try putting the fruit in the freezer and just eating it like that.Jocote ,Spanish plum or Spondias purpurea also you can eat the fruit green ,ripe,make juice ,freeze the jucie and make popsicles and teh leaves are rich in iron and jocote like figs will grow from cuttings.
Love this video John! My favs on here are the passion fruit, & the cerasse fruit! I haven't had any in a long time. I'm not sure how they'll fare in the cold weather.
I think in South Florida you can grow just about anything wit the exeption of certain berries like bleubaerries and cranberrie that like cooler climates and apples,pears,cheeries
apart from fruit try the papaya green or ripe and mangoes green(depends on the variety of mango) or ripe in salads with dressings.Carambola can also be eaten green or ripe and so can suriname cherries
Hey John quick question. I saw your vid when you bought lots of stuff in the San Francisco wholesale place. Well I'm moving to San Jose and wanted to know if you knew of anywhere similar to that in SJ? Any help you can give would be great. I love SF but the drive/gas would completely negate the savings buying wholesale, ya know
Hi John, I live on Oahu...I did since watch your video on you growing it hydroponically from a cutting from Hawaii. Would appreciate if you know where I can get it! Btw, I subscribe to all 3 of your channels and especially like your excursions! Hope you'll come to Hawaii and do some videos here!
I've never tried the jamaican passiflora, but I am growing passiflora edulis. What are the differences in taste between the jamaican passionflower versus passiflora edulis?
I am a very first time vegetable gardender. I have heard of all the stories about the bugs, the heat, ect. I live near in Clewiston, Florida. Can somebody please help me with growing besides tomatoes and pepper? I love them both but I need more helpl
Moringa ISNT bitter if u harvest and saute when young. They taste like spinach, and are one of THE best things u can eat. After moringa leaves, you can thorw ALL ur spinach in the garbage.
I usuallly get to Hawaii once a year. My mom was born there, and I have family there. This place on Oahu should have Katook. It also goes by the name Pak Wan in Hawaii - Frankie's Nursery 41-999 Mahiku Place, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795 (808)259-8737
Lol you guys look so sneaky, doing people good by putting greens in their food! Lol, it's a nice change from banks and corporations constantly being sneaky in the bad sense and taking people for granted!
I wouldn't want to grow any food next to a driveway.. especially with heavy Florida rains that would flush all the crap from your cars into the plant's soil.. Yuck
John, this is the first video of yours that I watched a year ago. I am amazed, rewatching this, how now, I am growing everything in this video! I was brand new last year and have come incredibly far. I now have 5 greenhouses, an indoor/outdoor greenhouse upstairs - with a deck - its patio door is always open - greenhouse framed - my tropicals are there. Hottub heats one, and Ipool heats the other - rest are cold crops and 1 covered outdoor grow area. Whew! WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN! Thank you
Thank John I really enjoy watching ur videos they always help me... I have been growing my garden since September 2012. & i have learned so many of ur videos. Thank u so much for taking the time to teach some of us average growers to be better growers...
John makes us smile..
looks so warm there.. I will grow a pineapple indoors one of these days.. I know purslane is good to eat but we treat it as a weed here, it grows wild..may be a different type..sweet potato slips can be grown indoors ..this gal has lots of fresh food, very good to see..she is probably one of the healthiest gals on earth..
Great vid John & Renee thanks
Thanks for the video John love that tropical weather in FL.
As usually John, I love your videos. They are great.
I hope you don't plan on moving to Florida because that place looks awesome and much better place to grow food, I would miss all the advice for growing here in nor-cal. I'm feel so lucky to have one of the most popular and talented organic gardeners living in my area. Thanks for all you do john!
Thanks you Rene and John! I am turning my mom lot into edible jungle here in S FL. I visted ECHO (as seen in a previous video) today and picked up a Katuk plant. Ran into a guy who lived in Hawaii and said it is widely grown there. also picked up moringa tree seeds and red malabar spinach which grows weell here! Echo has seminole pumpkin seeds also.
Hello John, thanks for all your support on everything you post. I am now starting my garden and would love to put as much fruits and vegetables in it as I could possibly get. I have Moringa Oleifera so far. I heard you mentioned Kutuk? I'm not sure how it's spelled but I would love to know more about it. I am in The Bahamas which has a climate like Florida. Where can I find it and how do you spell it?
Great video John. Really enjoyed watching it.
I love it because trees produce oxygen and also are habitat for wildlife such as birds and then they are actually edible.
Stopping by 10 years later. I hope the mullberry trees are doing great.
Now that's some good info John! Thank you Rene for the tour. I enjoyed looking at your garden. John if you ever get a chance maybe you could visit a worm farm. It would be nice to compare different compost.
Thanks John, I am familiar with Frankie's and have bought plants from him before. I'll give him a call! When you come to Hawaii do you give talks or demonstrations? Because of you my lawn is slowly transforming into a produce aisle! Great information....keep on educating us!
I collected a bunch of pinnaple seeds from a store bought one here in Fl. I'm going try to plant them out and use them in landscaping. Planted the top too. I have loads of cranberry hibiscus that I already have, those are great for landscaping and salads/smoothies.
John,when will you be doing a lecture or something like that in Southern Calif.?
I know Florida is warmer but it's not too bad here in south callie either.
Awesome growing Rene!
Some varieties of passion flower grow as far north as Virginia, Kentucky, etc, and produce edible fruit. They grow wild there, and are sometimes known as 'maypop'.
caimito is a big tree like nance and avocado ,and bears a very delicious fruit.Nances can de eaten ripe or candied.Mamon or Mamoncillo.The varietes of Zapotes/NIsperos or Spodillas,Anon/Anona,Guanabana and a shrub she can grow even in her fron yard is Guava or Guayaba,which comes in many varieties some are green and some you eat ripe.A kind of green called Chipilin,this is sold ornamental in South Florida and also can be grown in a front yard among the other greens .The leaves can be put in soup
I first learned of katook in Hawaii. I know it is being grown on Big Island and On Maui. What island are you on?
thank you rene and john
John, you have such a great speaking voice.
Another great video!
@nephildevil hi there, im not sure if your question has been answered. Anyway, sweet potato and potato are two different species of plants altogether. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) belongs to the morning glory family whereas potato (Solanum tuberosum) belongs to the nighshade family (eg tomato, chillis, eggplant, tomatillo). The green parts of the nightshade plants contain the alkaloid solanine which should not be eaten. Hope this helps.
Hi John. I live in Fort Myers Fl, I have experimented with growing things here which people say cannot grow here in the summer. I am kinda a newbe at gardening but I do my homework and then experiment and dial in on making it work. I got two aquaponics systems (45 and 60 plants) a Kratkey system 32 plants and one 36 x 4 and two 2 x 12 raised beds. I got one 36 x4 and a 12 x6 raised bed in the works and also a huge expansion to the aquaponics system. I live in a tiny douplex so space is at a premium- I am also limited to what and where I can grow stuff because of the drain field in the front yard and limitation by my landlord.
Hi john in the caribbean , we mostly use the cerasee leaves as a cold remedy and a blood purifer to aidvthe flushing of free radicals in the blood stream. Some people boil the leaves or you can dry the leaves and them steep them. It has been been said thst any medicinal herb is most beneficial when dried. The liquid is quite bitter much like its bigger cousin bitter squash aka corilla. Some recent research suggests it might be good for cancer as well.
Thanks Rene and John really enjoyed this video since I live in Hawaii and lots of the plants look like the would do well here. Hoping I can find a source for the katook plant. Is there another name for it and is seed available?
One of your absolute best vids ever!!! I'm inspired to start growing papaya, avocados etc from seed, also the pineapples from the tops. Amazing to see how you can grow what would be the most expensive tropical fruits yourself. Do you know what number grow zone Renee is in? Many thanks!
That sweet potato leaf is good for anemic it's a nutritious veggie.
Which she looks like she is
some other trees you can grow in South Florida or Hawaii:Cashew ,not only can you eat the nut ,but also the fruit ,you can put it in a blender and make juice,freze the juice to make popsicles and even try putting the fruit in the freezer and just eating it like that.Jocote ,Spanish plum or Spondias purpurea also you can eat the fruit green ,ripe,make juice ,freeze the jucie and make popsicles and teh leaves are rich in iron and jocote like figs will grow from cuttings.
Love this video John! My favs on here are the passion fruit, & the cerasse fruit! I haven't had any in a long time. I'm not sure how they'll fare in the cold weather.
I think in South Florida you can grow just about anything wit the exeption of certain berries like bleubaerries and cranberrie that like cooler climates and apples,pears,cheeries
How do you know when to harvest? Thanks! Also would you recommend using a potato bag and mounding up with soil as it gets taller?
Great video,I live in Miami and grow everything,...
Great informative video one of my favorites
Hey jon!! Do you know where I can get a Katuk plant living in South Florida?
apart from fruit try the papaya green or ripe and mangoes green(depends on the variety of mango) or ripe in salads with dressings.Carambola can also be eaten green or ripe and so can suriname cherries
Hay John
Great video. Your sure that wasn't a Cleo root stock that you said was original tangerine tree in the back yard?
Hey John quick question. I saw your vid when you bought lots of stuff in the San Francisco wholesale place. Well I'm moving to San Jose and wanted to know if you knew of anywhere similar to that in SJ? Any help you can give would be great. I love SF but the drive/gas would completely negate the savings buying wholesale, ya know
The "serasee" looks like a plant that grows here in FL called the wild balsam apple which has been said to be poisonous.
Hi John, I live on Oahu...I did since watch your video on you growing it hydroponically from a cutting from Hawaii. Would appreciate if you know where I can get it! Btw, I subscribe to all 3 of your channels and especially like your excursions! Hope you'll come to Hawaii and do some videos here!
I've never tried the jamaican passiflora, but I am growing passiflora edulis. What are the differences in taste between the jamaican passionflower versus passiflora edulis?
Is this Zone 10? Where in "south Florida" is this? Miami? West Palm - Ft Meyers? Can we get a closer locator?
How are they doing? And where did you ge them?
what was the ‘’new plant ‘’ ,orange pedals and red seeds, called?
@nephildevil hmm....i wonder which greens do have any forms of alkaloids at all?
Lived in florida all my live and always wondered if those weeds were edible!!
lol... John is like YUM Im going to eat all this stuff...
can you put some information about grafting?
I would love in give Rene some plants and get some plants from her I am in south Florida also. I did not see a soup sap tree
I live in Boynton Beach, and would love to pick her brain about the jungle peanuts! Is there any way to get contact info for her? She's delightful!
go go FLA! man do we have tons of bugs I saw them crawling on you guys lol
Jungle peanuts/groundnuts can be intercropped with mullberry trees.
Thxs so much for the vid, John! Can't wait to have my own yard.. EatWell, Be Well !! :-)
edible hibiscus? is it a certain variety?
I am a very first time vegetable gardender. I have heard of all the stories about the bugs, the heat, ect. I live near in Clewiston, Florida. Can somebody please help me with growing besides tomatoes and pepper? I love them both but I need more helpl
Luke, I live in Ft. Myers, too.. how are your trees doing?
Wanna trade seeds and cuttings?
don't sweet potato greens contain the poisonous alkaloid solanine then?
@pestanah ah thx didn't know that :) now i wonder why it doesnt have LSA and etc, the alkaloids morning glories have :D
youd be surprised, low chill heirlooms can and are cultivated here, look up the ein shemer apple
Where are you? I'm in Ft. Myers! I'd long to trade seeds and cuttings!
Laurel Purdy ill trade but I'm in duval
how do you spell sarasee?
What other channels?
What are alkaloids ?
Be sure to link your friends in the description in the future vids :D
Moringa ISNT bitter if u harvest and saute when young. They taste like spinach, and are one of THE best things u can eat. After moringa leaves, you can thorw ALL ur spinach in the garbage.
I didn't see any mangos! My favorite friut! Waaaah, where's the mangos???
many hibiscus' are edible, some are cultivated specifically for their taste
I usuallly get to Hawaii once a year. My mom was born there, and I have family there. This place on Oahu should have Katook. It also goes by the name Pak Wan in Hawaii - Frankie's Nursery 41-999 Mahiku Place, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795 (808)259-8737
Cerasee.. I was wondering that, myself..
the last fruit growing on the fence we called cun-de-amor
where is jackson the chicken
I think if you dropped a pencil on the ground in Florida and left it alone it old tu
#randomComedicRelif... She smacked him in the head with the mulberry branch 18:45 - 18:49
I just bought some jungle peanuts on ebay
I have mangos
they are? :o maybe they got lsa then :p
It would turn into a tree
While the moringa seed can be eaten, please do an in-depth research before consuming it.The seed is medicinal but should never be used as food.
Lol you guys look so sneaky, doing people good by putting greens in their food! Lol, it's a nice change from banks and corporations constantly being sneaky in the bad sense and taking people for granted!
I wouldn't want to grow any food next to a driveway.. especially with heavy Florida rains that would flush all the crap from your cars into the plant's soil.. Yuck