You actually have a local Tropical Fruit Tree grower in Tallahassee, in Zone 8b who had great success with growing various tropicals. Check out his channel at BlakesNaturelife. Unfortunately some of my tips do not work for your region due to the differences in our humidity, soil type, soil/water pH and water salinity.
Yup already following! I grew up there and moved to Jacksonville half way through my childhood. One guy in Jacksonville is growing Sapodilla, Guava, cherimoya, Atemoya, I am trying Canistel. He lost all his sugar apples this winter but all the Cherimoya and Atemoya, Black Sapote, and Sapodilla made it.
Good video update. Your plants actually look pretty good! II had a low of 32f and a Had some minor bronzing of bananas. Can you imagine how hard a temp of 25f is on tropicals? I had almost everything die in 1989 when our low in the valley was 18f!
I can’t imagine many tropical trees surviving to the high 10°, even with lots of microclimate. Your plants too looked very good. Keep up the nice videos.
Thanks for sharing - we’re in Madera - it got so cold today! I’m watching cause I want a mango tree one day lol 😂 I like how yours adapted to the frost that’s really cool. Hope you’ll keep sharing it’s interesting 🤔
I bought it on Etsy. I never had access to the fruit. So I couldn’t even try to grow it. Very healthy seedlings I did pay $53 it’s about 8” tall. I’m hopping I can protect it. Till this cold goes away
Tropical Central Valley yes I’m hoping they do. I’m planning on grafting my avocados and mangos coming spring. I actually just crafted 2 rootstocks together to see if they heal. They say 2 rootstocks will are better. Have you heard of that?
I’m not aware of the benefits of having 2 rootstocks grafting to a single scion. I suppose it makes sense, however, I think people find it easier to simply have 2 sets of grafted plants from 2 rootstocks and 2 scions.
Grafting multiple varieties of scions onto a single rootstock is a common practice, particularly for deciduous trees. I had a 3 in 1 cherry tree at one point. The issue with the setup is, almost always, one scion will dominate the rest, which may be okay. Also, if their exists a problem with the rootstock, all scions are affected. Another method is to simply plant multiple trees into a single hole. Due to space and other environmental competition, the trees shouldn’t grow as large.
Amazing video. Really gives me a boost of confidence since your so confident they'll survive maybe not very well but once the weather warms up everything will be better. My jackfruit seedlings are the ones struggling the most but if they make it I hit the jackpot since they'll likely regrow much bigger than before and I'll have a greater understanding on how to care for them.
Hi I just got a lychee tree bareroot with a little soil and planted it in a container and its leaves are drying out turning brown it that normal i have it indoors by my sliding door were it gets indirect sunlight
It’s generally never a good idea to bare root any tropical fruit trees, as they are evergreen. Upon the root systems encountering large surface of air, they dry out and the entire tree eventually dies. For this reason, many tropical fruit trees prefer their soil to be on the moist side. Specific to your situation, I would ensure the soil in the container is moist (not wet). Try not to give it too much direct sun, as the tree has no foliage to protect itself from sun burns (even winter sun can burn). If possible, keep the plant in a warm environment and hopefully it makes a recovery. Good luck.
@@TropicalCentralValley thanks I asked for it to be shipped in a container but they sent me it like this they refunded me half my money I got a different lychee tree air layered in a pot that one seems to be doing good its in My greenhouse but I want to transfer it to a bigger container how do I do that without killing my 2nd lychee tree
I made a repotting video on 5/17/2020 that covers this topic. Although it was a mango tree that I repotted, the information is applicable to your lychee tree as well. Keep in mind, lychee trees require certain level of humidity during its flowering stages, otherwise, the flowers may not fruit.
That was really helpful information 🙏🏼 Would you say that throwing a bed sheet over a smaller tropical before a frost would be enough to protect it from damage?
Thank you. Frost blankets do help a little in preventing frost from forming. This may be enough for some tropicals, however, for extreme tropical such as soursops, those need to be sheltered or protected in a heated greenhouse.
I have a few question about the guamuchil tree. How long before it produces? How bad are the roots? My guamuchil is in my back yard. I want to plant in my front yard. What do you recommend? It two and a half years old but but has been on the ground for a year.
They generally produce fruits within 2-3 years when grown from seed. I’m not certain about the vastness of the root system. Being that it’s a fairly fast grower, I would imagine the roots to be very spread out. If possible, I would leave it in your backyard and simply grow a new one from seed in your front yard. They germination very easily.
Nice video. I think we have some similarities in climate, although I’m on the other side of the side of the world. Just subbed and will watch a few more videos. Do you grow Rollinia? Mind dies back very heavily here each winter.
Thank you. I do have Rollinia seedlings growing in the ground, however, they are in a section of my yard where I will be erecting a heated greenhouse once winter hits.
We get fog up north of Sacramento as well zone 9b. Do you get a lot of wind? We have the “delta breeze” that comes up out of the south, and sometimes east winds that can be really harsh. I want to plant some avocado but not sure how they’d do up here.
Fortunately, we do not get much wind in the Central Valley. On occasions, we have some wind storms pass through, but those are rare. Many tropical fruit trees do not like wind (e.g. starfruit trees, etc). I’m pretty sure an avocado tree would do really well in your region. Assuming the tree is grafted, be sure to give it plenty of shade protection during the summer. Grafted avocado trees get burned easily by the sun.
There are a number of tropical fruit trees in the Los Angeles region. From experience, you have a better chance of ensuring your mango seedling staying alive and eventually fruiting in 5-6 years than if you were to plant a matured grafted mango tree. Specific to mango trees, your soil has to be perfect.
Love the content. I live in Clovis I have in a small greenhouse mango seeking, jabudicaba seedlings, mangosteen seedlings, mamey sapte seedlings, avocado Seedlings, Just order Woodstock from a Mexican Ciruelo(Mexican Plum) And growning a few more. My strawberry guava, Barbados cherry stayed outside no frost damage but I do have some shelter from my apartment. Keep putting out that good educational content
I do not. The video quality is lacking a bit on Facebook. On RUclips, I’m able to post 4K quality videos without issues. Feel free to share my RUclips videos on Facebook.
I thought I want to share a video to you if you have fb messenger about a tropical fruit that I haven’t seen it on your videos. Wondering if you can grow it with the rest of your plants. It’s rare back in Laos. It only grows certain part of area.
Yes I know here too it's freezing ! At least the papaya is alive and you don't sound too worried. The biggest difference is that your weather will warm up FAST and we'll still be cool for months and then fog in the summer.
Man I cannot believe you can grow this much in the Central Valley! How come you don’t choose to grow in Florida or at least Long Beach where you can grow all these easily? Impressive that your growing coffee outdoors without a greenhouse tho
@@Toomuchbullshitt your right but I mean he’s invested so much into these trees considering how far he has to drive to buy them it would honestly be cheaper to grow here
I prefer earthquakes and wildfires to hurricanes. Also, Florida is slowly sinking. 8-D Every time I go to the beach, it’s always cloudy and sad looking. Due to the wind, I’m not sure how the starfruit trees will do. Also, I agree with Spooder Man 3D, cost of living is a bit much.
@@mulcher4permaculture720 Hopefully yours are coming back! mine still aren't looking so hot, but I'm seeing some new growth on the mexican cream, at least.
Thanks for all of these videos from a Floridian in Zone 9. Helping me learn what I can push.
You actually have a local Tropical Fruit Tree grower in Tallahassee, in Zone 8b who had great success with growing various tropicals.
Check out his channel at BlakesNaturelife.
Unfortunately some of my tips do not work for your region due to the differences in our humidity, soil type, soil/water pH and water salinity.
Yup already following! I grew up there and moved to Jacksonville half way through my childhood. One guy in Jacksonville is growing Sapodilla, Guava, cherimoya, Atemoya, I am trying Canistel. He lost all his sugar apples this winter but all the Cherimoya and Atemoya, Black Sapote, and Sapodilla made it.
Great videos thank you
Thank you.
Good video update. Your plants actually look pretty good! II had a low of 32f and a
Had some minor bronzing of bananas. Can you imagine how hard a temp of 25f is on tropicals? I had almost everything die in 1989 when our low in the valley was 18f!
I can’t imagine many tropical trees surviving to the high 10°, even with lots of microclimate.
Your plants too looked very good. Keep up the nice videos.
Thanks for sharing - we’re in Madera - it got so cold today! I’m watching cause I want a mango tree one day lol 😂 I like how yours adapted to the frost that’s really cool. Hope you’ll keep sharing it’s interesting 🤔
For starters, I recommend the Manila mango. They are somewhat rare and does really well in our climate.
@@TropicalCentralValley thanks for the recommendation 😁 appreciate it!!
I bought it on Etsy. I never had access to the fruit. So I couldn’t even try to grow it. Very healthy seedlings I did pay $53 it’s about 8” tall. I’m hopping I can protect it. Till this cold goes away
If my durian seedling can do it, I think your mangosteen can too.
Tropical Central Valley yes I’m hoping they do. I’m planning on grafting my avocados and mangos coming spring. I actually just crafted 2 rootstocks together to see if they heal. They say 2 rootstocks will are better. Have you heard of that?
I’m not aware of the benefits of having 2 rootstocks grafting to a single scion. I suppose it makes sense, however, I think people find it easier to simply have 2 sets of grafted plants from 2 rootstocks and 2 scions.
Yes that’s true too. Those are my furniture plans grafting 2 scions onto one rootstock. I’m just waiting to see if I did it right
Grafting multiple varieties of scions onto a single rootstock is a common practice, particularly for deciduous trees. I had a 3 in 1 cherry tree at one point.
The issue with the setup is, almost always, one scion will dominate the rest, which may be okay. Also, if their exists a problem with the rootstock, all scions are affected.
Another method is to simply plant multiple trees into a single hole. Due to space and other environmental competition, the trees shouldn’t grow as large.
cool
Amazing video. Really gives me a boost of confidence since your so confident they'll survive maybe not very well but once the weather warms up everything will be better. My jackfruit seedlings are the ones struggling the most but if they make it I hit the jackpot since they'll likely regrow much bigger than before and I'll have a greater understanding on how to care for them.
Jackfruits have very deep tap roots and will likely survive. Some of my jackfruit seedlings are struggling but are surviving.
absolutely wonderful upload
have a nice day
oh hows the Moringa ?
Mostly defoliated. It does it every year.
Hi I just got a lychee tree bareroot with a little soil and planted it in a container and its leaves are drying out turning brown it that normal i have it indoors by my sliding door were it gets indirect sunlight
It’s generally never a good idea to bare root any tropical fruit trees, as they are evergreen. Upon the root systems encountering large surface of air, they dry out and the entire tree eventually dies.
For this reason, many tropical fruit trees prefer their soil to be on the moist side.
Specific to your situation, I would ensure the soil in the container is moist (not wet). Try not to give it too much direct sun, as the tree has no foliage to protect itself from sun burns (even winter sun can burn). If possible, keep the plant in a warm environment and hopefully it makes a recovery.
Good luck.
@@TropicalCentralValley thanks I asked for it to be shipped in a container but they sent me it like this they refunded me half my money I got a different lychee tree air layered in a pot that one seems to be doing good its in My greenhouse but I want to transfer it to a bigger container how do I do that without killing my 2nd lychee tree
I made a repotting video on 5/17/2020 that covers this topic. Although it was a mango tree that I repotted, the information is applicable to your lychee tree as well.
Keep in mind, lychee trees require certain level of humidity during its flowering stages, otherwise, the flowers may not fruit.
That was really helpful information 🙏🏼 Would you say that throwing a bed sheet over a smaller tropical before a frost would be enough to protect it from damage?
Thank you. Frost blankets do help a little in preventing frost from forming. This may be enough for some tropicals, however, for extreme tropical such as soursops, those need to be sheltered or protected in a heated greenhouse.
I have a few question about the guamuchil tree. How long before it produces? How bad are the roots? My guamuchil is in my back yard. I want to plant in my front yard. What do you recommend? It two and a half years old but but has been on the ground for a year.
They generally produce fruits within 2-3 years when grown from seed. I’m not certain about the vastness of the root system. Being that it’s a fairly fast grower, I would imagine the roots to be very spread out.
If possible, I would leave it in your backyard and simply grow a new one from seed in your front yard. They germination very easily.
Nice video. I think we have some similarities in climate, although I’m on the other side of the side of the world. Just subbed and will watch a few more videos. Do you grow Rollinia? Mind dies back very heavily here each winter.
Thank you. I do have Rollinia seedlings growing in the ground, however, they are in a section of my yard where I will be erecting a heated greenhouse once winter hits.
We get fog up north of Sacramento as well zone 9b. Do you get a lot of wind? We have the “delta breeze” that comes up out of the south, and sometimes east winds that can be really harsh. I want to plant some avocado but not sure how they’d do up here.
Fortunately, we do not get much wind in the Central Valley. On occasions, we have some wind storms pass through, but those are rare. Many tropical fruit trees do not like wind (e.g. starfruit trees, etc).
I’m pretty sure an avocado tree would do really well in your region. Assuming the tree is grafted, be sure to give it plenty of shade protection during the summer. Grafted avocado trees get burned easily by the sun.
Where can I buy grafted mango trees? I live in Clovis. I planted a mango from seed but they say it will take forever to fruit if it survives.
There are a number of tropical fruit trees in the Los Angeles region.
From experience, you have a better chance of ensuring your mango seedling staying alive and eventually fruiting in 5-6 years than if you were to plant a matured grafted mango tree.
Specific to mango trees, your soil has to be perfect.
Love the content. I live in Clovis I have in a small greenhouse mango seeking, jabudicaba seedlings, mangosteen seedlings, mamey sapte seedlings, avocado Seedlings, Just order Woodstock from a Mexican Ciruelo(Mexican Plum) And growning a few more. My strawberry guava, Barbados cherry stayed outside no frost damage but I do have some shelter from my apartment. Keep putting out that good educational content
Very nice collection. What was your secret to germinating a purple mangosteen? I tried all sorts of methods without success.
Do you have videos like this on Facebook
I do not. The video quality is lacking a bit on Facebook. On RUclips, I’m able to post 4K quality videos without issues.
Feel free to share my RUclips videos on Facebook.
I thought I want to share a video to you if you have fb messenger about a tropical fruit that I haven’t seen it on your videos. Wondering if you can grow it with the rest of your plants. It’s rare back in Laos. It only grows certain part of area.
I’m on Instagram at TropicalCentralValley. Feel free to share with me there.
Too bad we couldn’t see more of your Soursops.
It’s going to be a a few years before my in ground soursops produce fruits.
Yes I know here too it's freezing !
At least the papaya is alive and you don't sound too worried. The biggest difference is that your weather will warm up FAST and we'll still be cool for months and then fog in the summer.
My papaya trees have seen worst. As they mature, they are able to take more frost.
Many of my tropicals don’t really wake up until May.
Man I cannot believe you can grow this much in the Central Valley! How come you don’t choose to grow in Florida or at least Long Beach where you can grow all these easily? Impressive that your growing coffee outdoors without a greenhouse tho
Long Beach is too expensive
@@Toomuchbullshitt your right but I mean he’s invested so much into these trees considering how far he has to drive to buy them it would honestly be cheaper to grow here
I prefer earthquakes and wildfires to hurricanes. Also, Florida is slowly sinking. 8-D
Every time I go to the beach, it’s always cloudy and sad looking. Due to the wind, I’m not sure how the starfruit trees will do. Also, I agree with Spooder Man 3D, cost of living is a bit much.
All my Guavas look like swiss cheese after that hail too :'(
My red ruby supreme guavas got decapitated but I see new growth! I'm in lake county, CA
@@mulcher4permaculture720 Hopefully yours are coming back! mine still aren't looking so hot, but I'm seeing some new growth on the mexican cream, at least.
Same here. Many of my guavas are pushing out new leaves to replace the damaged ones.
@@TropicalCentralValley Do you tend remove leaves that have completely dried up and begun to crack and break away or leave them on?
I still leave them on, unless there is signs of infection. The damaged leaves provides minor cold and sun protection to the tree.
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