I did not even know this place existed and I live only about 15 miles from it. on one of your recent videos a viewer commented that he went to Exotica in Vista to buy a moringa. so I went to google maps and found it's located near me. I'm going to go soon to get moringa and other rare trees! Thank you John, you are an inspiration to new gardeners like myself!
We need more inspiring videos to get people passionate about growing fruit and this is one of them. I started collecting fruit trees a couple of years ago and it's the most rewarding passion ever. Nothing compares to tasting the fruit of a tree you planted. Love nature.
Exotica located in Vista, California is an awesome place to visit. I'm lucky enough to live just 20 minutes away. It's literally a jungle style nursery. If you're thinking of a rare fruit not available at the grocery store, they will almost always sell the plant here. Many thanks to John for doing a follow up video to this hidden gem.
Can’t wait John. My wife and I are going to exotica tomorrow. Traveled from Phoenix. Want ice cream bean and look for some more, thank you for the vide John.
Great video man. Here in Puerto Rico we can grow many fruits and veggies. Our climate is great. Keep making these great videos. Thanks for keeping us informed and motivated.
This nursery reminds me of the videos and inventory of the Ty Ty Nursery in Georgia, a place that ships rare fruits, berries, nuts and bulbs all over the world.
and I thought I was the " only " fruit crazy person. Love your work John, thank you for sharing. OMG a whole new world to explore and fruits I l didn't even know existed. People like yourself make for easy appreciation of the wonders of the world. greetings from Australia
Really cool nursery. Really like how they grow the tree stock before they sell the trees to their customers. Also the trees that come from their stock ends up being really good for the climate.
So nice to see all beautiful fruit trees, the nursery looks like the paradise i always imagined when i'm daydreaming😍. I originally come from Surinam, we had several Surinam cherry trees in the garden. They taste very much like strawberries, fragrant, sweet with a little sourness, and packed with vitamines.
I got some of his seeds at the Heirloom Expo, moringa, dragon fruit cutting, plus a bunch of other seeds. I'll buy more next year at the Expo. Thanks for sharing this video with us, I'd love to visit there.
Thanks so much for this information! I have a large backyard full of grass that I plan to replace with food crops. Can't wait to visit Exotica, an hour and a half drive but seems well worth the trip. Love your enthusiasm!
South California is my favorite place to move for only and only one reason that is sub tropical weather. Majority of the trees and fruits shown here are among my top list to be included in a home garden. Thank you for sharing. I am looking for about 10 acres of land for house and garden with easy access to universities for growing up kids.
If you're thinking of buying a guava tree buy more than one. We have a Mexican one that was planted 10 years ago. Its maybe 23 ft tall and 8 wide. I say buy more than one because we only get like 50 guavas a year. Yes they're big pear shaped, and taste AMAZING, but I feel like there's never enough and If I could go back in time I would have planted like 4 guavas trees. You can plant them close together because they grow more straight up than out sideways. Just my 2 cents. I bought 5 more but it'll be years before I see any fruit :'(
Although I'm not in the subtropical zone, it has definitely caught my interest. Assuming their website isn't under maintenance, it's static, only showing the home page and no menu or headers.
Mmm. Love those nopales. Taste like super crunchy green beans. HATE guavas. Been wondering about those Surinam Cherries though. But I read they're kind of a hassle to eat. Nice vid John: thanks!
Also the pink Guavas is a little more cold hardy and can grow in a warm temperate climate, just put it up against a warm wall and get a cutting grown tree
Nice. ...What was that 'Brazilian Cherry' at 3:25? It was no cherry, but maybe a _'grumichama'_ or _'pitanga preta'._ And what he called a 'Suriname cherry' (AKA _pitanga_) looked more like a _'cereja do mato'._ Hard to tell in the vid.
I hope I could grow some of those in my area of Texas. It does get kinda cold here but rarely. Today is a good example of a cold day - it will warm up again after - but today is 39 right now and very wet. I do have a few mulberry trees and a friend sent me a bunch of carob pods so I am going to try to sprout them to plant in my yard. I would love to grow Dragon fruit more than anything. I love how they taste. I know peaches can grow well here and that is good because I love peaches. - Heidi
We live in the Bay Area. Would like to know if they have tree cucumber plant & if this will thrive in our area. Is there a website we can visit to. Check on plants list? Thanks 👍
Is it possible to protect the ice cream bean to enjoy it here in nj?? I'm in the process of tearing out all the useless bushes and planting fruiting bushes and trees.
I have a question for you Mr. John. Why each type of fruit has so many varieties, and where they are come from........for example, if I grow one fruit tree variety from the seed and when it grow into fruit I use that fruit seed to grow another fruit tree. If so, will it become a different variety again from the seed that I have grow or it's still the same variety from the fruit tree that I have grow the seed??? Does it automatically create its own variety by itself or what............... It's quite confuse when come to variety.
Are there any cool nursery’s like this for fruit trees in northern CA near Sacramento area? I wanted to try out planting a Muntingia calabura, also known as Strawberry Tree, Barbados Cherry, pawpaw tree and a few other rare trees..
It's not exactly close to Sacramento but Menlo Growers has a lot of varieties on site. They lean heavily towards citrus, but they have other things like pomegranates and strawberry guava.
Hi John, I wish you have English subtitle because most of the time I don't know how those tropical fruit trees name are spelled. It would be easier to search for more information. Maybe you can mention the names in the info? Thank you :)
I've been to this nursery many times. I can give you a list of the plants they sell. It's not a complete list, but it's what I remember. Guava, Cherimoya, Surinam Cherry, Mulberry, Sapote, Loquat, Lychee, Mango, Banana, Feijoa(pineapple guava), Dragonfruit, Pomegranate, Tamarind, Chestnut, Walnut, Moringa, Tea, Icecream Bean, Fig, Date Palms, Natal Plums, and many more...
Hi Kuromatsu619! Thank you very much for this :) It helps a lot. I am building my own collection here in Thailand and wish to have as much variety as possible :) Things that I haven't seen here are Cherimoya, Sapote, Feijoa, Moringa and Icecream Bean. I think most of the thing they plant there are also suitable for the climate here. Have a good day!
Hi You were talking growing fruit trees in Southern California, would Savannah Georgia be of the same zone. After watching a lot of you videos, I want to more and become sustainable.. Love all your RUclips videos..!
Hey John is there any Exotic Nursery that you recommend to buy online from I live in Texas but I am looking for like Spanish limes , Guava , Sea Grapes ???
It's my theory that everything can grow indoors if you have a proper setup. If you have a room specifically built to mimic the natural environment I bet you can grow any plant! It would cost a lot of money but do able.
I would really enjoy it if you could help my pursuit on finding interest plant that would thrive in the North Carolina mnt. Area. I'm looking for fruiting plants that will thrive in the wet winters and clay filled soil?
This place is amazing if you haven't been go the video does no justice to the nursery half of the nursery is like being in a rainforest.your first time there might be a little overwhelming so go when you have tons of time to waste
I did not even know this place existed and I live only about 15 miles from it. on one of your recent videos a viewer commented that he went to Exotica in Vista to buy a moringa. so I went to google maps and found it's located near me. I'm going to go soon to get moringa and other rare trees! Thank you John, you are an inspiration to new gardeners like myself!
Thanks John for all of your time and efforts.
Wow, that nursery greenhouse is like paradise! Fantastic place.
We need more inspiring videos to get people passionate about growing fruit and this is one of them. I started collecting fruit trees a couple of years ago and it's the most rewarding passion ever. Nothing compares to tasting the fruit of a tree you planted. Love nature.
Cay sung Viet Nam vnplum
Exotica located in Vista, California is an awesome place to visit. I'm lucky enough to live just 20 minutes away. It's literally a jungle style nursery. If you're thinking of a rare fruit not available at the grocery store, they will almost always sell the plant here. Many thanks to John for doing a follow up video to this hidden gem.
Me too. I'm lucky to live 30 mins away from it.
@@MagicGate814 I'm not as lucky as you guys. I live in China. 😭
It’s a dump
We just did a field trip there and purchased dragoon fruit.
this guy needs his own show if he doesn't already. very entertaining, educating, informative, and just plain cool! love these videos!!
+James Moyer Thanks gee My Own Show! Sound like fun wish I had more time.
Can’t wait John. My wife and I are going to exotica tomorrow. Traveled from Phoenix. Want ice cream bean and look for some more, thank you for the vide John.
Great video man. Here in Puerto Rico we can grow many fruits and veggies. Our climate is great. Keep making these great videos. Thanks for keeping us informed and motivated.
This nursery reminds me of the videos and inventory of the Ty Ty Nursery in Georgia, a place that ships rare fruits, berries, nuts and bulbs all over the world.
and I thought I was the " only " fruit crazy person. Love your work John, thank you for sharing. OMG a whole new world to explore and fruits I l didn't even know existed. People like yourself make for easy appreciation of the wonders of the world. greetings from Australia
Really cool nursery. Really like how they grow the tree stock before they sell the trees to their customers. Also the trees that come from their stock ends up being really good for the climate.
Just discovered your channel. You are so natural on camera. Love the information and thoroughly enjoying your videos 🌴🌳♥️
So nice to see all beautiful fruit trees, the nursery looks like the paradise i always imagined when i'm daydreaming😍. I originally come from Surinam, we had several Surinam cherry trees in the garden. They taste very much like strawberries, fragrant, sweet with a little sourness, and packed with vitamines.
That was a great, fun, informative video on growing exotic fruits , John. Great job!
I got some of his seeds at the Heirloom Expo, moringa, dragon fruit cutting, plus a bunch of other seeds. I'll buy more next year at the Expo. Thanks for sharing this video with us, I'd love to visit there.
Really glad you mentioned Las Vegas. Really hard to grow the things I want here.
Wow to have that kind of variety would be fantastic ! I have been building up my orchard with cold Hardy varieties :)
Sheesh
As soon as I move to a place with a yard I'll definitely be growing some of these!!
Another cool video of this nursery. I've been there many times. Met Steve at well.
Thanks so much for this information! I have a large backyard full of grass that I plan to replace with food crops. Can't wait to visit Exotica, an hour and a half drive but seems well worth the trip. Love your enthusiasm!
pretty cool place, i just picked up a Tiger Fig and ill say that place is like a huge unending maze of lush fruit trees and edibles
South California is my favorite place to move for only and only one reason that is sub tropical weather. Majority of the trees and fruits shown here are among my top list to be included in a home garden.
Thank you for sharing. I am looking for about 10 acres of land for house and garden with easy access to universities for growing up kids.
You are a real plants enthusiast
Such amazing content you have been producing.
You blew up their server! Thanks, I'll try again another day :)
always enjoy your show
If you're thinking of buying a guava tree buy more than one. We have a Mexican one that was planted 10 years ago. Its maybe 23 ft tall and 8 wide. I say buy more than one because we only get like 50 guavas a year. Yes they're big pear shaped, and taste AMAZING, but I feel like there's never enough and If I could go back in time I would have planted like 4 guavas trees. You can plant them close together because they grow more straight up than out sideways. Just my 2 cents. I bought 5 more but it'll be years before I see any fruit :'(
+Gopher Cheese Thanks for stopping by and yes more Guava please. Happy growing sorry to respond so late.
Gopher Cheese if you trim the tree u will get like 3000
We have black Mullberries (Morus Nigra) growing here in southern Sweden.
Awesome video John, thank you
Loved this video John, very informative! I didn't know some of these species existed!
Although I'm not in the subtropical zone, it has definitely caught my interest. Assuming their website isn't under maintenance, it's static, only showing the home page and no menu or headers.
Mmm. Love those nopales. Taste like super crunchy green beans. HATE guavas. Been wondering about those Surinam Cherries though. But I read they're kind of a hassle to eat. Nice vid John: thanks!
have you ever been to Puerto Rico? i just planted 20 fruit trees on my land.
pretty awesome ... even though we can't grow all of these they look great. Thank you. - Ruthie
Also the pink Guavas is a little more cold hardy and can grow in a warm temperate climate, just put it up against a warm wall and get a cutting grown tree
Nice.
...What was that 'Brazilian Cherry' at 3:25? It was no cherry, but maybe a _'grumichama'_ or _'pitanga preta'._
And what he called a 'Suriname cherry' (AKA _pitanga_) looked more like a _'cereja do mato'._ Hard to tell in the vid.
I hope I could grow some of those in my area of Texas. It does get kinda cold here but rarely. Today is a good example of a cold day - it will warm up again after - but today is 39 right now and very wet. I do have a few mulberry trees and a friend sent me a bunch of carob pods so I am going to try to sprout them to plant in my yard.
I would love to grow Dragon fruit more than anything. I love how they taste. I know peaches can grow well here and that is good because I love peaches.
- Heidi
Im liking these shorter videos.
Wow, the paradise.
Thanks for this video! I'm in search of rare dragon fruit varieties. Going to check this place out this week.
Here is what missing in this video:
1. the costs to grow these fruits
2. the prices to buy these fruits
Amazing information as always!!
We live in the Bay Area. Would like to know if they have tree cucumber plant & if this will thrive in our area. Is there a website we can visit to. Check on plants list? Thanks 👍
John, great review! How many acres is the Exotica Rare Tropical Fruit Tree Nursery ?
Fortunate enough to live in vista and I have to say exotica is the best
Is it possible to protect the ice cream bean to enjoy it here in nj?? I'm in the process of tearing out all the useless bushes and planting fruiting bushes and trees.
Alano is the only Sapodilla that might fruit in Zone 10 areas in CA.
I have a question for you Mr. John. Why each type of fruit has so many varieties, and where they are come from........for example, if I grow one fruit tree variety from the seed and when it grow into fruit I use that fruit seed to grow another fruit tree. If so, will it become a different variety again from the seed that I have grow or it's still the same variety from the fruit tree that I have grow the seed??? Does it automatically create its own variety by itself or what............... It's quite confuse when come to variety.
You remind me of Steve Irwin but you are nuts about plants lol
Maria Tortosa Yep...the Steve Irwin of the garden world, but fortunately, the plants aren't trying to kill, like Crocs and sting rays!
Marcy RP some can lol
Very interesting! Thanks
Great video.Thank u...
Nice video!:)
Are there any cool nursery’s like this for fruit trees in northern CA near Sacramento area? I wanted to try out planting a Muntingia calabura, also known as Strawberry Tree, Barbados Cherry, pawpaw tree and a few other rare trees..
It's not exactly close to Sacramento but Menlo Growers has a lot of varieties on site. They lean heavily towards citrus, but they have other things like pomegranates and strawberry guava.
I'm all about spreading the genetic diversity too! ;)
Hello I loved your video, can you please tell me where are you located, interested to go to your nursery and buy fruit trees.
Alma Aguirre don’t bother, it is a overpriced and overrated dump!
Does anyone know the sapote species @10:39?
Hi John, I wish you have English subtitle because most of the time I don't know how those tropical fruit trees name are spelled. It would be easier to search for more information. Maybe you can mention the names in the info? Thank you :)
I've been to this nursery many times. I can give you a list of the plants they sell. It's not a complete list, but it's what I remember. Guava, Cherimoya, Surinam Cherry, Mulberry, Sapote, Loquat, Lychee, Mango, Banana, Feijoa(pineapple guava), Dragonfruit, Pomegranate, Tamarind, Chestnut, Walnut, Moringa, Tea, Icecream Bean, Fig, Date Palms, Natal Plums, and many more...
Hi Kuromatsu619! Thank you very much for this :) It helps a lot. I am building my own collection here in Thailand and wish to have as much variety as possible :) Things that I haven't seen here are Cherimoya, Sapote, Feijoa, Moringa and Icecream Bean. I think most of the thing they plant there are also suitable for the climate here. Have a good day!
Hi do you have this is Lansium domesticum Langsat if you do how tall how's old when they're have a fruits thanks so much.
John,
guys you have available cacao tree,is the fruit for making chocolate
zones 5 and 6 are green with envy ...
Hi
You were talking growing fruit trees in Southern California, would Savannah Georgia be of the same zone. After watching a lot of you videos, I want to more and become sustainable..
Love all your RUclips videos..!
John. Where can we buy Mangosteen Plant? Mango Trees and ship to us?
You guys ship trees I live in San Diego I'm looking for a small cherry tree about 4 feet high
do you have bread fruit and madras thorn?
Hey John is there any Exotic Nursery that you recommend to buy online from I live in Texas but I am looking for like Spanish limes , Guava , Sea Grapes ???
+Ginny Ward you think buying the seeds would produce and good as grafted ?
It's my theory that everything can grow indoors if you have a proper setup. If you have a room specifically built to mimic the natural environment I bet you can grow any plant! It would cost a lot of money but do able.
Greenhouse*
Does Exotica sell Ponderosa Lemon?
Could grow Mango's easily in SoCal if you can grow Guavas and Papaya you can grow Mangos
Do you know if they are open on Sunday's?
oh yea, and im about to start some ginger. started a week or so ago some mushrooms. have not edited down the vid yet.
John, I have the omega vrt 350. Can I put cactus fruit through it without the seeds damaging the unit?
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this guy says mmmm before even biting the fruit, looks like he does that all the time
Thank you
cool , great tree s , 20 temp here today . thanks
will they be ok in south west az
im going there this weekend
And how much?
why don't they have a website ?
We have a hedge of surname cherries in Orlando Florida
do you know where i can get noni leaves in CA
I would like to see a video on a American guava.
Rambuton fruit tree available l need one
I would really enjoy it if you could help my pursuit on finding interest plant that would thrive in the North Carolina mnt. Area. I'm looking for fruiting plants that will thrive in the wet winters and clay filled soil?
Do you have dates fruit tree?
This place is amazing if you haven't been go the video does no justice to the nursery half of the nursery is like being in a rainforest.your first time there might be a little overwhelming so go when you have tons of time to waste
Any bug control?
I know you have a pocket full of seeds!!!!
John , where in California is this nursery?
www.yelp.com/biz/exotica-rare-fruit-nursery-vista?
Been there. Those guys are so done to earth.
www.yelp.com/biz/exotica-rare-fruit-nursery-vista?
How about Arizona
O yeah. First!
do you have egg fruit tree?
enjoyed but eager to plant mine in zimbabwe
Great video!!! But you mention SoCal a lot, think you will do something for Bay Area folks? Fruit trees specifically in the east bay 9a 😀
Durian...?
You could grow an ice cream bean in Northern California, as long as you are by the coast
Hello John, I'm looking for some information on edible plants, maybe you can point me in the right direction? I would love it if I email you?
Brazilian Cherry?
Nope, it's Jaboticaba. ;-)
The mango tree must be scarred with some cuts along the trunk, it will let it hold more fruits.
A great resource for checking which tropical varietals might work in your area is this tropical fruit forum: www.cloudforest.com/cafe/.
Looks like they don't ship, so that's a bummer.
Bro mulberries can grow almost anywhere 😐