To keep the nematodes at bay, keep a weed free circle around the tree. The nematodes breed in the roots of weeds. Keep a layer of much over the surface of the soil, nematodes hate that. You can buy the trees from my website. Here's a link buyraretropicalplants.com/product/barbados-cherry/
I have had this tree for about a year now and it is giving me a fair amount of fruit already. I am in San Diego, CA, and the tree really seems to like the climate. This is one of my favorite fruit trees of all the ones that I have. Thanks for the great video.
Randy's Tropical Plants since you appear to be pretty knowledgeable about tropical fruit trees, I have a question about another tropical tree, the rambutan. I have been told by all the nurseries in the San Diego area that they will not grow here. I have never been one who likes to be told I can’t do something. So I ordered one on line and it just arrived. It is only about two foot tall but looks very healthy. Do you know what it is about my area that will present a challenge to this tree? I never get frost where I live but it does get cool in the winter. Do I need to take steps to keep it warmer in the winter? I planted it on a south facing wall in a pretty protected area. Can you give me any other suggestions to help this little tree thrive, or are all of the naysayers correct in telling me it will not grow here? Thanks!
everyone seems to have a different description of the taste of acerola cherries and i myself feel they taste EXACTLY like ripe cherries.SO GOOD! we watched the one cherry the new little bush had until it got dark and fell off in her hand.we shared that one cherry, fell completely in love with it and have since bought a second little bush, both planted in the last two months.im so thrilled with them that i want more with the space to grow them (in the ground, of course)!
This tree's know name is Barbados Cherry, native from Virgin Island, spreading to the Caribbean countries, until it reach to Cuba and was brought to Florida, In Cuba we call it Cereza, I love the fruit, I found it a few days ago, Im so glad to have it now, Its reach in vitamin C even more than oranges. Thanks for your video.
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I live in the Florida Keys and they they grow easily by seed here. I had 10 seeds and seven are growing. But I will say that they took a long time to grow. I have them in full sun in pots. They are about 4-5” tall after a year and I am ready to put them in the ground. Interesting about the Nematodes. Where I work, they have turned it into a long hedge and the only care they give it is keeping it trimmed into a hedge. I can’t wait for the birds to come back to my yard after Irma.
How do you keep all the bugs and animals away? I remeber these type of trees always had inscects like spiders, worms, sugar ants and bees from what I remember as a child.
I have the "Florida Sweet" cultivar. If you grow out those seeds, the viability is low with a sprouting ration in the single digit percentages. Plus, the fruits from the resulting seedlings are too sour to eat. Cuttings are the way to go for sure.
Are you still selling these, I was checking out your website but didn't see them? Btw, I totally agree with you. Orchids are cool and I like cheese a lot too. Thanks for the vid, I will check some more out soon.
Yes, I've had a run on everything this year, with people stuck at home since the covid thing. So I'm out of most of my most popular plants. I've got clones of this tree just now coming out of the mist, and hardening off.
Hi I've been watching your video clips on RUclips and one of those clips that you were talking about your Barbados cherry trees and I like to know how much do you sell them and if so how much do you charge for shipping do you do that or not
Use hardened off greenwood cuttings, (aproximately 6-8 inches back from the tip), and remove most of the lower leaves, leaving several at the tip (3-6 ish). Make sure there are no tender new leaves at the tip. If so, cut them off first. Then remove the lower leaves. The tender growth will just die and rot. I use intermittant overhead mist with the cuttings in perlite, but before I started doing it that way, I used to use seed trays with tall domes, and struck roots in seed starter soil. Both ways work. Not all cuttings will root, so take many more cuttings than what you need. It takes about a month before they will be ready to transplant and harden off. I do not use rooting hormones. Good luck.
do you also sell air layers/rooted cuttings? shipping on a potted plant would cost too much. Also I am looking for a strawberry tree Muntingia Calabura to replace the one I killed by over fertilizing it last summer , I already have a barbados cherry . How can I hand polinate the barbados cherry? I have buds and flowers on it now but no fruit. Thanks man.
Plants are shipped bare root. Shipping is a flat 12.99, no matter how many plants or where you are. For orders over 100 the shipping is free. I've got a couple of muntingias. I'm not really a fan of the fruit, to be honest, but they are very productive. Barbados cherries produce way more flowers than fruit. As they get older, and larger, they produce more and more. The amount of sun they receive makes a big difference. This tree really needs full sun or near to it to bear heavily.
Hey, when are you selling these? I checked on your website and I couldn't find them anywhere! Maybe I just didn't look well enough, but I can't seem to find any cherry trees for sale D:
Thank you for the great info! Can you plant this tree right up in front of the house, as long as you prune it away from the wall a bit, and as long as it gets good sun? I live in Palm Bay.
They're kind of large and awkwardly shaped. I wouldn't want to swallow one just based on their size and shape. Whether or not they contain cyanogenic glycosides like cherries do, or some other toxins, I really don't know. They aren't actually closely related to cherries at all.
Yes. No longer have a tree & now trying to reintroduce it to my garden, but from my experience the sweeter bearing plants/ varieties tend to get little white worms inside the ripe & overripe fruit.
There is a link to the tree in my store in the description above. You could set up an appointment to come here and pick it up or I would send it to you.
Great video- .. im spitting distance from florida state line/ Lillian alabama … we 5 yrs no frost then 3 yrs frost a lot! im thinking bury it in winter 2 weeks cold usually.. hay- and maybe cover top plastic. my soulmate probly luv the fruit.. im like sweet fruit! As u stated.. year round almost fruit- I luv dat! I make figs from 6 inch cuttings -old gal mayo bottle- 2 inch water and skin back 1 inch the 6 inch stick... (10) days its got a lot roots. Do u sale 2 then 6 inch cutting? or trade for 2 .-brown turkey figs ? :>)
There are many sweet cherry-like tropical fruits, but no, true, low chill cherries that I'm aware of. I generally find that low chill versions of any fruit, are usually not very good, anyway. Try Cherry of the Rio grande. That's probably the most cherry like fruit that will grow in Florida. The next most Cherry like in flavor, (but not in texture at all), is grumichama, which is delicious, and very easy to grow.
Dude, I apologize for slacking. It's truly shameful how long it's been since I've posted. I've been going through a lot of personal stuff in the last year, but that's not a good excuse for blowing off my channel. I actually started making a video talking about Ice Cream bananas, today. It's my goal to post weekly. Let's see how I do.. .
@@Sheikyerbouti8 Awesome , I'm from Jamaica and we have one in the back yard right now , we have been having a lot of heavy rainfall for the past 2 3 weeks and trust me the tree is over burdened with fruit , it bares so much it's not even funny ....I'll send you a picture
Where can we buy your cherry trees ? How do we prevent the nematodes?😊
To keep the nematodes at bay, keep a weed free circle around the tree. The nematodes breed in the roots of weeds. Keep a layer of much over the surface of the soil, nematodes hate that. You can buy the trees from my website. Here's a link buyraretropicalplants.com/product/barbados-cherry/
I have had this tree for about a year now and it is giving me a fair amount of fruit already. I am in San Diego, CA, and the tree really seems to like the climate. This is one of my favorite fruit trees of all the ones that I have. Thanks for the great video.
I figured they would do well there. keep me popsted on how it grows there.
Randy's Tropical Plants since you appear to be pretty knowledgeable about tropical fruit trees, I have a question about another tropical tree, the rambutan. I have been told by all the nurseries in the San Diego area that they will not grow here. I have never been one who likes to be told I can’t do something. So I ordered one on line and it just arrived. It is only about two foot tall but looks very healthy. Do you know what it is about my area that will present a challenge to this tree? I never get frost where I live but it does get cool in the winter. Do I need to take steps to keep it warmer in the winter? I planted it on a south facing wall in a pretty protected area. Can you give me any other suggestions to help this little tree thrive, or are all of the naysayers correct in telling me it will not grow here? Thanks!
Thanks for the video Randy. Lots of good info.
Thanks for that. Cheers!
I had one of my neighbors and it tasted like a nectarine! I have two that haven’t started producing yet
everyone seems to have a different description of the taste of acerola cherries and i myself feel they taste EXACTLY like ripe cherries.SO GOOD! we watched the one cherry the new little bush had until it got dark and fell off in her hand.we shared that one cherry, fell completely in love with it and have since bought a second little bush, both planted in the last two months.im so thrilled with them that i want more with the space to grow them (in the ground, of course)!
I love em too. When you geta perfect one, it is really sweet and tasty. Try a grumichama. They're even better, and even easier to grow.
@@Sheikyerbouti8 i have never seen that grumichama before and now id love to find one.how have i never heard of this plant?? thank you so much OP!
This tree's know name is Barbados Cherry, native from Virgin Island, spreading to the Caribbean countries, until it reach to Cuba and was brought to Florida, In Cuba we call it Cereza, I love the fruit, I found it a few days ago, Im so glad to have it now, Its reach in vitamin C even more than oranges. Thanks for your video.
Love Barbados cherries! 🍒
Me too!
Thank you for sharing with the birds...I find it mean for people to want to keep all the fruits to themselves.
Bees pollinate the flowers to make fruit, and birds definitely come and eat them, but I don't mind sharing with the birds.
Just got more yhe a cup from my small tree. Love them.
Hi !
I've got two things to discuss with you.
1) I just noticed that there's a mild lump on your left bicep, just carefully check it out and see if it's a cyst or just a lump due to some tissue rapture / or blood coagulation at that part.
2) Pls, instead of using the old camera for the videos, why don't you try shooting the videos with an iPhone 7 or above ? They have amazing lens with AI camera and auto focus. Plus, the sound that it would capture would be stereophonic , while the one in the video was mono when I plugged my earphone in ,plus it doesn't set bright saturation of colour schemes.
Thanks for your videos, cheers from India ! 🇮🇳
It's not a toomah.
Omg I remember eating these as a child from the neighbors yard. They always caught me 🤣🤣🤣
I don't mind when the neighbor kids pick at them, or the cardinals for that matter.
I live in the Florida Keys and they they grow easily by seed here. I had 10 seeds and seven are growing. But I will say that they took a long time to grow. I have them in full sun in pots. They are about 4-5” tall after a year and I am ready to put them in the ground. Interesting about the Nematodes. Where I work, they have turned it into a long hedge and the only care they give it is keeping it trimmed into a hedge. I can’t wait for the birds to come back to my yard after Irma.
How do you keep all the bugs and animals away? I remeber these type of trees always had inscects like spiders, worms, sugar ants and bees from what I remember as a child.
Love your banana vids. Learned a lot and reference them. Anymore in the works?
Yes, my next video will be a technique I use to propagate more bananas plants from pups. I'm already getting the footage together.
A son in law has one about 30 ft. Tall. Can be started from cuttings. Seeds slow.
I have the "Florida Sweet" cultivar. If you grow out those seeds, the viability is low with a sprouting ration in the single digit percentages. Plus, the fruits from the resulting seedlings are too sour to eat. Cuttings are the way to go for sure.
Are you still selling these, I was checking out your website but didn't see them? Btw, I totally agree with you. Orchids are cool and I like cheese a lot too. Thanks for the vid, I will check some more out soon.
Yes, I've had a run on everything this year, with people stuck at home since the covid thing. So I'm out of most of my most popular plants. I've got clones of this tree just now coming out of the mist, and hardening off.
@@Sheikyerbouti8 Thank you very much. I will keep in touch.
Hi I've been watching your video clips on RUclips and one of those clips that you were talking about your Barbados cherry trees and I like to know how much do you sell them and if so how much do you charge for shipping do you do that or not
There is a link in the description below the video
Great info. Just planted one in Fort Myers. To propagate from cuttings, do you need to pull off all the leaves except those at the tip?
Use hardened off greenwood cuttings, (aproximately 6-8 inches back from the tip), and remove most of the lower leaves, leaving several at the tip (3-6 ish). Make sure there are no tender new leaves at the tip. If so, cut them off first. Then remove the lower leaves. The tender growth will just die and rot. I use intermittant overhead mist with the cuttings in perlite, but before I started doing it that way, I used to use seed trays with tall domes, and struck roots in seed starter soil. Both ways work. Not all cuttings will root, so take many more cuttings than what you need. It takes about a month before they will be ready to transplant and harden off. I do not use rooting hormones. Good luck.
Randy's Tropical Plants awesome thanks a lot!
do you also sell air layers/rooted cuttings? shipping on a potted plant would cost too much. Also I am looking for a strawberry tree Muntingia Calabura to replace the one I killed by over fertilizing it last summer , I already have a barbados cherry . How can I hand polinate the barbados cherry? I have buds and flowers on it now but no fruit. Thanks man.
Plants are shipped bare root. Shipping is a flat 12.99, no matter how many plants or where you are. For orders over 100 the shipping is free.
I've got a couple of muntingias. I'm not really a fan of the fruit, to be honest, but they are very productive.
Barbados cherries produce way more flowers than fruit. As they get older, and larger, they produce more and more. The amount of sun they receive makes a big difference. This tree really needs full sun or near to it to bear heavily.
Hey, when are you selling these? I checked on your website and I couldn't find them anywhere! Maybe I just didn't look well enough, but I can't seem to find any cherry trees for sale D:
Thank you for the great info! Can you plant this tree right up in front of the house, as long as you prune it away from the wall a bit, and as long as it gets good sun? I live in Palm Bay.
This tree can be kept quite small.
@@Sheikyerbouti8 So the roots won’t damage anything?
@@Autumn_Forest_ roots are shallow
Can you eat the seeds inside the fruit or like regular cherries, the seeds are not good to swallow.
They're kind of large and awkwardly shaped. I wouldn't want to swallow one just based on their size and shape. Whether or not they contain cyanogenic glycosides like cherries do, or some other toxins, I really don't know. They aren't actually closely related to cherries at all.
These can be easily transplanted and growing fast, and nurseries sell them at $40, which is very expensive.
How many months to bear fruit barbados cherry from cuttings sr?
It's Ella yay!
This is my favorite tree of yours Ella
Hi Ella! Yay! Good to hear from you!
Do these Barbados cherry tree get worms in them or is this a different type....?
I've never had that issue with this tree. My surinam cherries occasionally get fruit flies, but not these.
Yes.
No longer have a tree & now trying to reintroduce it to my garden, but from my experience the sweeter bearing plants/ varieties tend to get little white worms inside the ripe & overripe fruit.
Interesting tree. Thanks. What is you nursery name. I’m from central Florida, Winter Haven.
Randy's Tropical Plants.
Where are you located in Tampa? I would like to get a couple of these.
Nursery, OfferUp
lowes sells the trees in the fall with the berry selection
@@lisaschreiber2893
Thank you
How much are you selling this tree for? How can I get one I live in Mulberry Florida?
There is a link to the tree in my store in the description above. You could set up an appointment to come here and pick it up or I would send it to you.
Awesome!!!
Great video- .. im spitting distance from florida state line/ Lillian alabama … we 5 yrs no frost then 3 yrs frost a lot! im thinking bury it in winter 2 weeks cold usually.. hay- and maybe cover top plastic. my soulmate probly luv the fruit.. im like sweet fruit! As u stated.. year round almost fruit- I luv dat! I make figs from 6 inch cuttings -old gal mayo bottle- 2 inch water and skin back 1 inch the 6 inch stick... (10) days its got a lot roots. Do u sale 2 then 6 inch cutting? or trade for 2 .-brown turkey figs ? :>)
Are there any sweet cherries that produce in florida
There are many sweet cherry-like tropical fruits, but no, true, low chill cherries that I'm aware of. I generally find that low chill versions of any fruit, are usually not very good, anyway. Try Cherry of the Rio grande. That's probably the most cherry like fruit that will grow in Florida. The next most Cherry like in flavor, (but not in texture at all), is grumichama, which is delicious, and very easy to grow.
It's Ella you should do a miracle fruit video
You're right. I do need to make that video.
Florida is a long state. where in Florida are you exactly?
Tampa 9b
Randy， 这个🍒🌳能在佛罗里达奥兰度生长吗？我喜欢你的🌳！你在哪里？谢谢！
I live in florida where can I pick up one?
I've got some really nice specimens right now.
@Sheikyerbouti8 Nice how far are you from Deltona.
@@wilfredorivera8154 I'm in Tampa, near the I-4\ I-275 interchange
oh, this fruit, you can make candy out of these. you can pick them early and let them ripe inside.
make more videos
Dude, I apologize for slacking. It's truly shameful how long it's been since I've posted. I've been going through a lot of personal stuff in the last year, but that's not a good excuse for blowing off my channel.
I actually started making a video talking about Ice Cream bananas, today. It's my goal to post weekly. Let's see how I do.. .
wow
ok
Hope you’re alright bud
THESE TREES NEED LOOOOOTS OF WATER , GIVE IT LOTS OF WATER AND YOU WILL SEE SURE RESULTS LOTS OF FRUITS CONSTANTLY
Yeah, I have to water it a lot. Especially at this time of year. It's nothing compared to the water needs of a sabara jaboticaba, though.
Cheers
@@Sheikyerbouti8 Awesome , I'm from Jamaica and we have one in the back yard right now , we have been having a lot of heavy rainfall for the past 2 3 weeks and trust me the tree is over burdened with fruit , it bares so much it's not even funny ....I'll send you a picture
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