In my tropical warm house I'm expecting a sizable banana harvest again by around June, there will probably be around 100 bananas. Dwarf cavendish, the Central American fruit banana, these are the ones you can buy in stores everywhere, but of course they taste even better when harvested when fully ripe. Greetings from Germany
All papaya trees that fruit are worth it if you make Dulce de papaya verde. Green papaya desert. It is amazing and has gotten expensive and so easy to make. You can also make wonderful papaya marmalade that you can can and it is the best baby food ever and saves you so much money. Also, papaya trees will produce within a year and are healthier if you plant them each year from seed or cut down the thinning tree trunks every two years for those you want to keep. If you put seedlings inside concrete blocks they will be supper healthy trees too. They, like gardenias, like to be near concrete
Put star fruit in salt water when you cut it and it tastes better. Also, grow anona trees, the best ever ice cream taste and super good for your health. Also, the great think about passion fruit is that the whole plant is edible so if the kids get to it, they will be perfectly ok. Safe around kids fruit producers are amazing to have. Another great grower in mid Florida is the blueberry and the cherry, a barbado es cherry is also a beautiful plant and can be decoration Al in a front yard so the hola people won’t complaint
I live in soCal, and the loquats here, in this arid climate, are *_quite_* disease prone. Several have a leaf-curling issue and have dropped all their fruit this year. I can only imagine how much worse it is in Florida with the humid climate. But I did bring a small one there, and it's already in very poor condition. Your criteria nearly mirror mine, with a couple additions: nematode and varmint resistance. Incidentally, her papaya tree also died after producing several dozen fruit. My bet is nematodes. Also, regarding the figs: try LSU Purples. I've just planted 2 of those because of that very problem with nematodes, plus they are billed as being extremely split resistant. My question is this: should the loquat not survive until I return in November, what other fruiting plants/tree(s) can be grown in her area that require minimal care, have high disease/insect/varmint resistance, and don't grow to be huge behemoths? I know cactus are "idiot proof" with figs being a close second. I really like California Date Palms, but don't think they will grow there, with the damp climate and 2-3' water table. She is a senior, and I want to make this easy for her. She's never grown any food/fruit bearing plants, but we gotta take advantage of the real estate and the weather down there! Thanks Kindly and Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author of Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System
Put some salt on the star fruit! It takes them from okay to pretty good. I would love to get one of those banana pups if you still have some, where are you located?
Great video, Idk how you don't have more views. Randomly stumbled across this as a RUclips recommendation. Would you change any of your recommendations or add recommendations for central Florida?
Thanks for the nice comment! Central Florida usually gets a freeze or two over the winter which we do not here down south so you'll need trees that can survive a freeze (unless you protect them somehow). From my list, the only one that's an easy recommendation is the fig which easily handles the cold. You can also grow some other fruits that I can't which require colder weather like peaches and pomegranates.
I am growing jackfruit (check out my previous full garden tour video) but it's about 10 feet tall, been in my yard for over 3 years, and still hasn't flowered which is why I didn't include it here. I've looked into persimmons but read that they don't produce reliably big crops here. Never even heard of kaki, I'll look it up. Thanks for the comment!
I've never had loquat or Jamaican cherries, even though I'm from Jamaica. The Barbados cherry os is what most Jamaicans, including myself called Jamaican cherry. It is the only edible cherry that i know of on the island. This new cherry, I've only started to see on RUclips about a year ago. All the other fruits are regular fruits to me, except the fig, that I only come into contact with since i came to New York. There is a wide range of fruits that i haven't tried, and i want to grow them all when I go back home.
To get reliable fruit, trees should usually be obtained grafted, not by seed. There are a handful of websites that sell grafted trees. Look into everglades.farm or Lara Farms.
Hey Ben, I live in west Miramar… love all the information you’re providing through your videos! Do you have any social media accounts where we can connect?
Mangos are nothing new to South Florida. They have been grown and hybridized in Florida for more than 100 years. In fact, Florida mango varieties are grown in many parts of the world, particularly Africa and Latin America, and make up the majority of the mangos consumed in Europe and North America.
Definitely a good grower but I've never had a guava that I enjoyed eating (albeit I've only had boring store bought guavas). Any varieties that you recommend?
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Hey I’ll take one of those banana pups please:) great vid
Same how do I buy like 6
Try a arkin star fruit. They are orange and taste amazing. Sorry this is late but i dug up kari and replaced with a arkin.
Yumm. Ty!
Thanks for the comment. My next tree will ne an Arkin carambole.
Awesome vid!
Ive got all those same fruits growing in Puerto Rico and just recently potted peanut butter fruit trees.
What a great professional video. Lots of great info! Thanks!
Wow! What a beautiful and informative video!
In my tropical warm house I'm expecting a sizable banana harvest again by around June, there will probably be around 100 bananas. Dwarf cavendish, the Central American fruit banana, these are the ones you can buy in stores everywhere, but of course they taste even better when harvested when fully ripe. Greetings from Germany
All papaya trees that fruit are worth it if you make Dulce de papaya verde. Green papaya desert. It is amazing and has gotten expensive and so easy to make. You can also make wonderful papaya marmalade that you can can and it is the best baby food ever and saves you so much money. Also, papaya trees will produce within a year and are healthier if you plant them each year from seed or cut down the thinning tree trunks every two years for those you want to keep. If you put seedlings inside concrete blocks they will be supper healthy trees too. They, like gardenias, like to be near concrete
Put star fruit in salt water when you cut it and it tastes better. Also, grow anona trees, the best ever ice cream taste and super good for your health. Also, the great think about passion fruit is that the whole plant is edible so if the kids get to it, they will be perfectly ok. Safe around kids fruit producers are amazing to have. Another great grower in mid Florida is the blueberry and the cherry, a barbado es cherry is also a beautiful plant and can be decoration Al in a front yard so the hola people won’t complaint
Nice video i try to grow mango and pineapple in my house in Poland 😂 weather is too cold to plant it in backyard as in Florida
Oh wow, good luck!
Build a greenhouse !! You can do it !! Build a retractable one if u plant a mango in ground.
I live in soCal, and the loquats here, in this arid climate, are *_quite_* disease prone. Several have a leaf-curling issue and have dropped all their fruit this year. I can only imagine how much worse it is in Florida with the humid climate. But I did bring a small one there, and it's already in very poor condition. Your criteria nearly mirror mine, with a couple additions: nematode and varmint resistance. Incidentally, her papaya tree also died after producing several dozen fruit. My bet is nematodes. Also, regarding the figs: try LSU Purples. I've just planted 2 of those because of that very problem with nematodes, plus they are billed as being extremely split resistant.
My question is this: should the loquat not survive until I return in November, what other fruiting plants/tree(s) can be grown in her area that require minimal care, have high disease/insect/varmint resistance, and don't grow to be huge behemoths? I know cactus are "idiot proof" with figs being a close second. I really like California Date Palms, but don't think they will grow there, with the damp climate and 2-3' water table.
She is a senior, and I want to make this easy for her. She's never grown any food/fruit bearing plants, but we gotta take advantage of the real estate and the weather down there!
Thanks Kindly and Very Best Regards,
Tom Scott
Author of Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System
Put some salt on the star fruit! It takes them from okay to pretty good. I would love to get one of those banana pups if you still have some, where are you located?
Nice video bro
Great video, Idk how you don't have more views. Randomly stumbled across this as a RUclips recommendation. Would you change any of your recommendations or add recommendations for central Florida?
Thanks for the nice comment! Central Florida usually gets a freeze or two over the winter which we do not here down south so you'll need trees that can survive a freeze (unless you protect them somehow). From my list, the only one that's an easy recommendation is the fig which easily handles the cold. You can also grow some other fruits that I can't which require colder weather like peaches and pomegranates.
You can make a drink with the star fruit
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Very useful info ty
Thanks for watching!
Are you growing Jack Fruit tree and Indian Curry leaves(leaf) Plant?. Also you can think of growing Persimmons or Kaki plant
I am growing jackfruit (check out my previous full garden tour video) but it's about 10 feet tall, been in my yard for over 3 years, and still hasn't flowered which is why I didn't include it here. I've looked into persimmons but read that they don't produce reliably big crops here. Never even heard of kaki, I'll look it up. Thanks for the comment!
Great list. Might also consider, monstera and dwarf pomegranate. Im, taking a gamble but potted finger limes to give my papaya a punch.
Thanks. If you're in the right zone pomegranate would be a great choice. I actually tried growing pomegranate here but it's just too hot.
@@BensExoticFloridaI’m in Boca Raton and my Pomegranate does great!
I think the weather in south Florida, the same in my country philippines....
Sugar apple or cherimoya plant is another good fruit to look into. Can be grown from seed and fruit within 2-3 years in good conditions.
I've heard, like the soursop, that these could be not great producers, only producing a small number of fruit per year. Have you had better luck?
@@BensExoticFlorida - I'll be trying this year. They do require hand pollination to increase crop yield.
I've never had loquat or Jamaican cherries, even though I'm from Jamaica.
The Barbados cherry os is what most Jamaicans, including myself called Jamaican cherry. It is the only edible cherry that i know of on the island.
This new cherry, I've only started to see on RUclips about a year ago.
All the other fruits are regular fruits to me, except the fig, that I only come into contact with since i came to New York.
There is a wide range of fruits that i haven't tried, and i want to grow them all when I go back home.
Thanks for that info and for watching!
Just to let you know the star fruit is a good anti-aging fruit🙂
Your trees look super great may I have a banana pup please I leave in naples fl thanks
Ackee breadfruit, avocado, mulberry, Jaboticaba gungo peas
What variety of passion fruit is that?
Listed as purple possum
@@BensExoticFlorida thank you!
Starfruit is defiantly high on the list for productivity. Talk to Julian at Lara Farm look for the Bell. That is by far the best Starfruit.
Check out my video I uploaded after this one. I bought a star fruit tree from Lara Farm
That's what I need to get a banana tree..
Chico/ saba bananas in philippines how is a coconut Tree...
Can you shipped banana tree
Sorry I don't ship trees but there are many websites that do!
Heyyy can I have a pup pls so I can grow it in my yard. 😊😊you said ask. Asking 😅😊😊😊
How can I get seeds
To get reliable fruit, trees should usually be obtained grafted, not by seed. There are a handful of websites that sell grafted trees. Look into everglades.farm or Lara Farms.
Hey Ben, I live in west Miramar… love all the information you’re providing through your videos! Do you have any social media accounts where we can connect?
Thanks for your comment! Yes I have an Instagram page linked in my youtube profile.
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Sugar belle mandarin
Thanks, just looked into it and see it's somewhat resistant to greening disease! I'll try to see if I can get one somewhere.
Brite leaf is the best place you can order to your door. @BensExoticFlorida
Got mine from Brite leaf nursery
@@visaac187 best nursery in fl
Mangos are nothing new to South Florida. They have been grown and hybridized in Florida for more than 100 years. In fact, Florida mango varieties are grown in many parts of the world, particularly Africa and Latin America, and make up the majority of the mangos consumed in Europe and North America.
Guava
Definitely a good grower but I've never had a guava that I enjoyed eating (albeit I've only had boring store bought guavas). Any varieties that you recommend?
Try Strawberry guava-prolific and tasty!