Aloha! This is my experimental channel about growing tropical fruit trees and plants. I hope you enjoy the lack of quality content and decide to stay anyway. And if we are lucky one of us might just learn something through this process of experimentation.
I tend to focus on Myrciaria and Plinia trees, mostly jaboticaba. There is so much variety with this genus and I hope to be able to share something with you.
Check out The Reid farm's RU-vid channel. They've come up wirh a concept of using acid like squeezing lime juice on the wound you're creating in tge airlayering process they do that a help change tge alkalinity of the fluid which oozes outta the wound.
Amazing work man! jabos with exposed roots will typically push suckers from the roots. late to the party on this vid but would be interesting to hear if those rooting leaves (like wtf man, rooting leaves, your good) did eventually push a growing plant. got a thumbs up subscribe here, very nice
BTW, music is too loud, and your voice is too low. I personally prefer videos without music in the background bc it's hard to separate information from music
Very cool concept! First I'm learning of it. Fascinating all the ways you can speed up growth of plants/trees. How old were these plants you were working with?
Wow all your jaboticabas collection are really green and healthy what kind of soil or compost or medium you use on your mature jaboticabas and what kind of fertilizer I have a year growing jaboticabas and there so much to learn . I use holly tone and peat moss and compost and perlite I also use mulch on top gromulch .do u know any recommendations on mulch too there's so many different kinds of mulch out there .
I have a 9 year old tree that is 3m high, densely foliaged canopy and was loaded with fruit for the first time this year when i accidentally left sprinkler on for 2 hours. ( oops). We live in dry tropics region, so they definately love good water. It also has partial shade from hot afternoon sun and is in protected courtyard.
Unfortunately air layering jaboticaba is very difficult and takes a very long time because of the very hard wood doesn't like to root. I haven't been successful in air layering them yet, but rooting smaller cuttings is easier and faster. Also grafting fruiting scions onto Sabara rootstocks is another great way to clone them. I do sell seeds and sometimes I sell seedlings and grafted trees.
It depends on the species/variety and it also depends on the climate and how much it rains. Red hybrid and Scarlet fruit nearly year round. Sabara seems to fruit 3-5 times a year. Aureana is another one that can fruit many times a year and can be everbearing.
@@GrowTropicalFruits I bought a sabara that was flowering and fruiting in Feb- March. Now I'm just waiting to see when it will do it's magic again. I live in South Florida so it's pretty warm here. It gets a good watering every day. Added some coffee ground and nothing yet. I might try some Miracle grow flower blooming liquid fertilizer
I was given a yellow Jabo a couple years back. Not sure the scientific name but they said that it was yellow, hairy round fruit. They also said it’s kinda rare to get. Especially in Hawaii. Also I am in Keaau, big island. Where are you at?
Nice, you probably got a Myrciaria glazioviana. Also known as Cabelluda, it's very cool you got one. I hope it sets lots of fruit for you. My Cabelluda is still young so it only sets a dozen fruits or so. I am on Oahu.
I'm 23 years old and I too have a space full of plants, I'm still studying so it's at my parents place but I really look forward to doing the same things you present us. It's sincerely amazing I was fascinated by citruses but now that I found your channel my interest with regards to Jabos has grown tremendously! In France, it's quite hard to get jaboticaba seeds but I'll find a way. I'm just wondering, what do they taste like (jabos in general)?
That is amazing you are getting into this at a young age. I am sure you will find a way to get some fresh jaboticaba seeds. I would suggest joining some facebook groups related to plinia/myrciaria in Europe. They often have people willing to sell there. Also you can check out TropicalFruitForum and see if there are people in Europe who have posted seeds for sale. Taste wise, I think ripe jaboticaba is delicious and there are different varieties that taste a little bit different. It is like a mix of grape, and then some other berries. Sabara, the most common variety is very good with a grape, blueberry flavor and has smaller seeds than most varieties. It almost tastes like grape soda pop. Red hybrid has more of a multi-berry flavor than the Sabara. The standard Aureana (branca, white) is mostly sweet sugar without much berry or grape flavor. Escarlate (Scarlet) also has a bit more of a berry flavor than Sabara, but maybe not as much as Red hybrid. I need to taste more Scarlets to get a better idea where it ranks.
@@GrowTropicalFruits Thanks a lot I took notes from your comment and I will try to find seeds that are already in Europe! In terms of taste it sounds really nice I think I'm going to start with the red hybrid or the escarlate as it seems that they bear fruits early compared to others crosses or species. So that I can later on graft onto a mature rootstock other varieties and make a cocktail jaboticaba tree!
I am not sure. I initially was certain the person who sold me it was wrong when he told me that. But based on the condition of the tree and the location it was on the island (very dry, no rain, low humidity) it is certainly possible; especially if it was in the same pot for 10 years and was only watered once a week or something. I have 3 year old seedlings that are just 3 inches tall and thin as a toothpick and I have 3 year old seedlings that are 6 foot tall and thick as a baseball bat. Difference between them is the conditions and care they were given. The tiny 3 year old seedlings were never given more root space to grow, barely given any water and often had to grow new leaves after drying out too much. The pot this tree is in requires it being watered at least once a day and often needs some additional watering(s). I will shoot an update video on how much better it is doing since I pruned it and have been giving it plenty of water and fertilizer. Thanks for watching!
