I want to encourage and inspire you to grow subtropical & tropical fruit in a temperate climate. With 20 years hands on experience, I demonstrate in simple terms what many believe to be impossible. Growing zone 9b. Melbourne Australia. Subscribe to this channel for the latest videos and follow my Instagram link below for regular updates.
Lime isnt from Tahiti, They originated from Iran and they renamed them Tahitian lime. Fantastic backyard. Who started this stupid practice of growing grass at home I dont know.
Toka plum is really juicy and sweet too also called bubble gum plum...polinated by the superior plum which is good too hundreds of fruit on both..nice plum I have 2.tokas and a new green gage just planted this yr too..and a mirabelle famous for the queen...france but that one didnt take. Minnesota here, we have had -50 below weather for 2 days in the winters too..
put the folig one in a Drum for fermenting and mix them and than gife inside thechist to fermenting to Liquore ! I dont know if this work but if this work than you can tray to drink os you can make a vinigar from !
One year later and mine now has a single fruit. About the size of a golf ball and green. I am waiting to see how it ripens. The plant is lush, about a metre high and wide with a pink flush of growth. Near the beach, planted in pure sand (as is the whole orchard and yard) and in the sub tropics of QLD. At least I know it is self fertile. Eugenia stipitata.
I recently bought my first house with my wife in brisbane. I have planted 36 or so fruit bearing trees and bushes in the last 2 months. This is an inspiration and exactly what i want. Though much of my property is on a hill which may make things a bit harder.
Just watched your video I am in the UK and growing my custard apple tree in a pot. The tree is about 6 ft tall and is 4 years old. I followed your instructions of removing the old leaves but cannot bring myself to prune the branches to the degree you have shown. It is extremely painful. So how can I get my plant to flower without giving it the extreme hair cut.
I couldn’t eat any delicious oranges in Australia until I had them by chance in the backyard of a friend’s house. They were delicious. Your description was very interesting and professional👍
I bought mine inside just in case. It was starting to get some cold damage outside, and yes the scale seem to love them! That frost cloth seems really good, I was expecting a lot worse underneath!
@@RealLifeFruitopia I don't have ultra tropicals like you do. The most tropical would be Rollinia and Papayas. Rollinia is in a protected spot so *should* be fine. Papayas are all seedlings from food scraps so I can ignore them 😄
My abiu is looking a little sad, dropped lots of leaves but the new shoots still look good. I only drop to 7°c in winter with no frost so I don't need to wrap it. Good luck with your tree 😁
Looking good George! Mine is holding in there but it has some cold damage. It’s the first winter I haven’t put it under the pergola. I hope both yours and mine make it through winter.
I know, back in 2005 I hopped onto a plane after work on a Friday afternoon which was bound for Melbourne at the Newcastle airport in New South Wales & it was a nice & sunny 26°C day in October there. But as soon as I hopped off the aeroplane & went to catch the shuttle bus to Melbourne at the Tullamarine airport I shivered because it was only 13°C at about 5pm in the afternoon & it was overcast. I noticed that you have been having a few days under 10°C at your location in Scoresby whereas we've been having 14-18°C days & there's a few days which are forecasted to have a top of 20°C so I am looking forward to those nice days during the middle of winter,yes it's sunny a lot of the time up my way except for the last day or so because it has been raining. The nights have been getting down to 3-4°C so I have been starting to chuck a few of my Cassava plants under the house to give them both frost protection & to keep the rain off them to prevent root rot then I will drag them back out in September after the last of the winter frosts, they will just grow back. I also want to prove to people that I can grow Abiu at anywhere south of Port Macquarie in New South Wales because they're trying to tell me that Abiu will grow up in the Tweed/Byron areas on the far north coast of New South Wales & it will just die during winter time anywhere south of Port Macquarie when we basically have a similar climate to theirs,my area has a similar to Lismore so I want to prove that. What they're trying to tell me is my climate is a warm temperate one which is a Koppen Geiger Cwa classification which means that they have a dry winter but we've been having rain all year round which is typically of a Cfa climate. It's not until you get to Singleton & Muswellbrook where they have nights which have got down to -4°C overnight recently that you really need to worry about some serious frost & cold protection for your plants !
Being so much closer to the subtropics than I am, you seem to be the lone ranger for tropical fruit growers up there. Keep up the good work! I love Melbourne's big city vibe, but without the ugliness of other large cities around the world.
Yes, possums are a bit of a nuisance for us up near Newcastle in New South Wales,at one stage my dad had one of them entering the roof cavity of his house because it had a gap in it & they sleep in his shed then they urinate & crap everywhere. Citrus is probably better grown when there's a winter chill because they taste sweeter then apparently. My dad has a 22 year old seed grown macadamia nut tree which seed came from my grandfathers old tree up near Mullumbimby in New South Wales & I have a few of them growing in pots as well. I will plant them on my new property next year & keep the tradition alive although that tree was likely growing where my grandfather lived before their house was even built in 1950. It's getting down to about 4°C overnight now & I think that we have just got our first light frost of the year,I knew that would happen closer to July !
Hi George! Great video! I love the way your orange persimmons are hanging on the bare tree without leaves. That is very ornamental. Today I collected 5 bags of autumn leaves for my compost/mulch near my house. A lot of people who live on that street want me to come and take the leaves away from their yard. I grow organic fruits and vegetables from the leaves. They don’t know what they are throwing away. They throw away the leaves and must be buying expensive fruits and vegetables from the shop which are full of chemicals. I also collect a lot of seaweeds whenever we go to the beach to mix with my compost/mulch. As you always say it’s hard work but it’s worth it. 😊
👍 I find pest eating through nets the worst part of Gardening am looking at better nets, love the challenge of growing Tropicals 🌱 can grow heaps of cool 😎 Fruit that not many know you can grow it’s the pests that are the problem trying to get to the fruit. But that problem is everywhere. Shop fruit is crap 💩 nothing tastes better than home grown fruit and vegetables that are much healthier knowing what’s done growing it. 👍
Thanks for the video. I have some questions. The first is: Is simultaneous cross-pollination more efficient between two different verieties of avocado trees in the same field? Or can it also be done efficiently between trees of the same verieties? Which one is better? . Second: If it were better for simultaneous cross-pollination between two different verieties of avocado trees, which veriety would you prefer as the veriety that blooms simultaneously as a male and the Haas veriety as a female? Third: If we have a field with 100 trees totally, what is the appropriate number of male trees that correspond to the appropriate number of female trees or rather what is the ratio between them? What is the optimal distribution map for the distribution of those 100 trees in the field? Thank you very much in advance.
I'm no expert nor experienced with commercial farming. My best advice is to search out government agricultural websites for avocado planting and care. I'm only a hobby gardener with no intention of cashing in.
