Hello, My name is Jeff and I’m a Backyard grower of Banana, Mango, Avocado ,growing in a marginal climate of Northern California . Help this channel grow by subscribing or by sharing the s channel videos with friends. If you have questions feel free to ask . I do my best to answer questions asap. Have a wonderful Day! #TropicalFruittree, #TropicalGardenguy
Wow so hot over there, hope those wildfires are far from where you are. Great tip about whitewashing the branches to prevent sunburn, although here in the UK we rarely get those kind of temperatures. 🔥
You all try to stay cool so you don't have a heat stroke, I had one years ago and they are very unpleasant, all my muscles were spazzing out even my eyelids, a person can even die from a heat stroke. Thanks
I think Amazon is going to run out of shade cloth if this keeps up. I’m in a 9b zone south of Redlands California at 3000 ft elevation. I have a few 15 gallon avocados in pots so I’m able to move them. I think I’ll put them in the ground in the spring so I can baby sit them thru the winter.
Phoenix grower here after multiple grafted trees failed I went with my own seedlings they are working well. Don't give a shit if it fruits cause I'll be grafting the types I like on the cool side
Hey Central Valley neighbor. I’m in Patterson and man its scorching here with no end in sight. My Fuerte avocado was planted spring 2023 and it’s doing fine so far. I built a shade structure over it and there’s also a big bushy sunflower creating extra dappled shade on the west side of the tree. It’s whitewashed with IV organics and heavily mulched. It’s hooked up to drip irrigation and I do go out and mist it every day during triple digit temps. Personally I feel that the misting has helped but I don’t have a control tree so I can’t say for sure. Your videos give me hope that my tree can survive our crazy summers here in the Central Valley!
I used to live in a community in Granite Bay overseen by two HOAs. I hated it because the HOAs couldn't agree on what could or couldn't be done. I'm glad I'm no longer in an HOA. I just found three 'Legacy' watermelons about the size of my hand hiding in the garden - they have a BRIX of12 and will put me to sleep from OD'ing on the sugar content.
We're also used to live in Los Lago Granite Bay Ca. and Hamilton Montana in an exclusive STOCK FARM COUNTRY CLUB with HOA 💩 & dealing with famous executive wives and husband behaving like a bunch of high school kids. I forewarned my husband Not To Buy Into HOA. But he did not listen. It was a nightmare dealing with HOA. Long story. Thank God we're no longer in HOA💩. Love where I'am living in PASO ROBLES Ca. NO HOA BULLSHIT! 😆🍸
@@Betty599 Total Socialism to be in a HOA. "The Law" by Frédéric Bastiat (~1850 - 170 years ago) Socialism Is Legal Plunder Socialists Wish to Play God Socialists Despise Mankind Socialists Ignore Reason and Facts Socialists Want to Regiment People Socialists Want Equality of Wealth Socialists Want Dictatorship Socialists Fear All Liberties Socialists Reject Free Choice
I'm on the southwest side of San Antonio, with my first tree that I'm happy with. This video is on point and in time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Found that my attic fan had failed. My son just replaced it this morning at 6am. I can already tell that the house is staying cooler. I'm expecting 113F today. It was 80F at 2am last night.
I was thinking just this morning about finding out if my yard might have some bay leaf trees I know that I have four avocado trees in back two different varieties what a trip that I come across your video 🤙
Currently growing mine !!! I’m in the germination process now . I am doing a white coconut and the other one that is wrapped up in plastic when you but it
Looks like a La Verne Manila mango.. they are not true Manila they have very fibrous flesh and not the best eating.. but they make good trees, very hardy.
Wow! So the cold doesn’t ruin your plumerias? I live in Stockton. A lot of my cuttings I lost during winter. They did fine all summer winter comes and they get root rot ☹️
I love watching people that grow bananas but they always seem to die off on me as very young plants lol. I don't really try too hard as they are just too big for me to overwinter indoors 😂.
very nice size fruit , the ones i have are lady fingers , it has sentimental value when they ripen our friend used to make rum banana and ice cream and it just stuck plus they are sweet and like the cold but love what you,ve done with your garden , got new flower on the tree now my they have big flowers . terry
I am from Nagaland India,what time will be the best for drafting of avocado fruits,since your place and India is quite different in weather so am confused about it
Hello, I live about two miles from you. I have a Blue Java that's about a year old and maybe 7 ft tall and had 3 big pups and one tiny already. Potted up one of the big ones and leaving two to keep growing.
I grow in a similar climate , now in winter temps have dropped to 35 f and yet my bananas are still ripening on the stems without protection ( a small starchy Asian variety) my cavendish are taking a bit of a beating but will bounce back
25 ft tall? Yup, got those too. They are regular Cavendish and hoping they will flower this year. My dwarf ones are hanging with clusters this year... yea!
I got dwarf Cavendish from Stark Brothers online. 2 years later, both plants have bananas in my 9B area. You have to let them ripen on the plant. I tried forcing a few to ripen, but that did not work. They are seedless like the grocery store but half the length in size..
Your bananas look great, Jeff! I love banana plants, I just wished we had warmer temperatures for them in the summer months. So far, only my ornamental Musa basjoo has done well here, but I’ll keep trying with the edible types 🤞
@@TropicalGardenGuy the main difference I’ve noticed in my climate is that basjoo will grow at lower temperatures than the edible types. I think that is one of the main issues as the other types don’t size up enough to be able to survive the winter. I’ve had multiple varieties in the ground the last few years and they maybe grow 1 foot a year whereas the basjoo can grow 4 or 5 feet in our cooler summers. So I end up having to dig them up and bring them back inside. I did leave one Dwarf Orinoco in the ground one year and wrapped it like I do with the basjoo and it ended up completely freezing and nothing came back in the spring. I will definitely keep trying though. I think once I get them to 5 feet tall I might be able to wrap and insulate them more over winter in the ground.
I keep hearing bananas are easy but I've got a dwarf Orinoco and Namwah that have been stuck in first gear for a couple years. The get regular water and moderate fertilizer. They're heavily mulched and protected on one side by a fence. Mostly full sun in hot S. Arizona. Not sure what more they need at this point. Any thoughts?
