SF Bay Area Tropical Fruit Tree Experiment

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This year I've planted dozens of tropical fruit trees in an effort to document how they adapt to the climate here in the San Francisco Bay Area (specifically Los Gatos, which is USDA zone 9b or Sunset zone 16). I'm hoping to find a few that do surprising well so we can expand the palette of fruit trees for Bay Area gardeners to grow. This series will continue throughout the coming year as I follow the progress of the trees.
Trees I have planted include:
Mango (Mangifera indica) - Antonio, Tequila Sunrise, Cliff, Psu, Sunset, SoCal Pineapple
Starfruit (Averrhoa carambola) - Dwarf Hart
Longan (Dimocarpus longan) - Kohala, Biew Kiew
Lychee (Litchi chinensis) - Mauritius
Black Sapote (Diospyros nigra) - Ink
White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis)
Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa)
Cherimoya (Annona cherimola) - Booth, Pierce, El Bumpo
Wax Jambu (Syzygium samarangense)
Cherry of the Rio Grande (Eugenia involucrata)
Grumichama (Eugenia brasiliensis)
Pitomba (Eugenia luschnathiana)
Pitanga / Suriname Cherry (Eugenia uniflora)
Cedar Bay Cherry (Eugenia reinwardtiana)
Jaboticaba (Plinia jaboticaba)
Crowned Jaboticaba (Plinia coronata)
Cafe Jaboticaba (Plinia trunciflora)
Grimal Jaboticaba (Plinia sp.)
Red Jaboticaba (Plinia aureana x cauliflora)
Yellow Jaboticaba (Myrciaria glazioviana)
Imbe (Garcinia livingstoneii)
Achachairu (Garcinia humilis)
Luc's Mexican Garcinia (Garcinia sp)
Lucuma (Pouteria lucuma)
Green Sapote (Pouteria viridis)
Cinnamon Apple (Pouteria hypoglauca)
Peanut Butter Fruit (Bunchosia armeniaca)
Sunsapote (Licania platypus)
Allspice (Pimenta dioica)
Bay Rum (Pimenta racemosa)
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
Papayas (Carica papaya)
Bananas (Musa sp) - California Gold, Dwarf Namwah

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@clydejohnson8789 5 лет назад

I have also fallen down the fruit tree rabbit hole. It's a rewarding hobby.

@subtropicalfruitgrower6335 8 лет назад

i am really glad that you made a video on tropical fruit trees in the bay area. Nursery and big box stores are carrying a lot of exotic trees now. I live in Oakley Ca zone 9B and it get really hot in this area. This year I try growing Angie mango, Manila mango, white guava, pink guava, strawberry guava, emperor lychee, Kohala longan, sapote, ice cream banana, solo papaya, etc. I am looking forward to your updated video. Next year, I am considering making my own bay area youtube channel once my fruit trees are fully establish.

@Jess_Tropical_jungle 3 года назад

Love your videos, I myself have been gardening for many years and had a similar start into fruit trees. My husband and I started with an avocado and a cherimoya/ grafted with atemoya. Eventually we got a few more but didn’t have a lot of space at our home so K began growing in containers. Long story short, by the time we got to our new home in San Diego with a much larger backyard I was finally able to plant over 50 trees I had been growing in container haha. We had a hillside slope for most of our backyard, i thought the fruit trees would die from the clay, but they have done fantastically here :). My neighbors and husband likely think I’m insane because I would plant a tree a day when we first moved here, digging massive holes in the hillside to try and ensure the best amount of space and good soil for my trees. Between your videos and Growing your greens, I’ve been inspired “to push the envelope” and it has been a success.

@FlyingFoxFruits 8 лет назад

superb video and collection, looking forward to the next one!

@dianeduplessis4629 8 лет назад

Nice job. I'm heading down that rabbit hole myself. Good to have someone guide the way

@kuhpkeyk 4 года назад

glad you found your way to Hawaii to pursue your love for tropical fruits! so handsome too!

@amhallor 7 лет назад

Joe, I love your videos. I am also a fruit tree enthusiast down in Socal. I just bought a Grumichama a few days ago. I'm pretty new, 3-4 years. Keep up the great work. Your narration, video quality and content are superb.

@jons_tropical_garden1329 7 лет назад

I'm right there with you in an experiment of my own that's equivalent to yours. I'm living in south Florida trying to grow mangosteen outside in a shady spot right next to my house. I'm guessing I'll have to protect it on really cold winter days but I'm confident it can thrive here with the rising temps.

@MsFishingdog 3 года назад

Great video. Enjoyed watching.

@subtropicalfruitgrower6335 7 лет назад

good luck with the tropical fruit trees tonight....first night of frost...I already cover most of my tree that are on the ground and brought in all the ones in the pot inside...this is the first true test for our area.

@GreenGardenGuy1 8 лет назад

Good work Joe. The books are written by the people that do the planting not by the people who plant by the book. Bill

@GerardGibney3 5 лет назад

Well said, Bill

@Jess_Tropical_jungle 3 года назад

Amen 😊

@GreenGardenGuy1 3 года назад

@@Jess_Tropical_jungle Joe has moved every thing to Hilo Hawaii these days. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yV7Rjoje9Vo.html&ab_channel=GreenGardenGuy1

@Jess_Tropical_jungle 3 года назад

Oh nice! He’ll be growing all the things now 😊

@farisasmith7109 3 года назад

I'm in the tropics, Antigua. And our weather is more Mediterranean. Our winter months are wet and late spring and summer are dry( sometimes drought conditions). Global warming harming started to change weather patterns in the tropics decades ago. At times there is no clear rainy season. So the trees you have will probably be fine.

@etransform 3 года назад

Thought provoking! I garden an acre in Silvercreek, East of San Jose Climate 9B like you. I have stayed with the safe trees Plums, Peaches (9 types), Almonds, Apricots, Citrus of every type, Avocados, Pomegranate, Persimmons, Pineapples, Cherries(5 types). But I have toyed with the idea of growing Mangoes, Kiwi. Your video has inspired me to be more adventurous. Thanks.

@GerardGibney3 7 лет назад

love that you doubled up on the acha chiuru...what a gorgeous tree. that tree is set in nature on the border of tropical-subtropical and in some cases, borderline cold climes (central bolivia is a major melting pot for weather variations). the reason your cherimoya did great is it prefers cooler andean climes compared to more tropical annonas like soursop and of course squamosa. great idea w the jaboticabas; many in brasil say it is the best fruit there. you are a visionary my friend; love your project and would say it is one of best line ups I have ever seen: true permaculture excellence!!!!!!

@reyn66 6 лет назад

I like you "programmer" approach to gardening. I will be following your page.

@stuartdaly9815 8 лет назад

Really cool. Love the perspective the drone flyover gives!

@CJ-fx8dn 7 лет назад

Good luck with the winter! My Guava, white sapote, avocados are doing great in Castro valley, bay area (9B, SS 16), but my bananas, cinnamon, and ylang ylang died back alot last year. Keep at it, it looks like that extra bit of surrounding forests might give you that 10a edge

@siduong6630 8 лет назад

I live in Hayward and I also have a few tropical fruit trees and they are doing great. I have a Kohola Longan in ground and it survived last winter. I also have 2 Sapodilla (Makok and Prolific Variety). They also survived but few young tips died back. This year my Makok Sapodilla has lot of flowers and I hand pollinated them. I hope I will get some fruits. I've been spending lot of money for those plants. Joe, I am so happy to find someone have the same hobby. Congratulation with all your plants. They look so healthy. Keep up your good work.

@siduong6630 8 лет назад

I planted my Kohola between the fence and the house so no sign of damaged at all. This year I planted another Kohola and Biewkiew in the open and let see how well they will take the cold this winter. They grow very well. My Kohola flower once but no fruit yet.

@edc95035 8 лет назад

Hello Si, Where do you buy the logan plant? I'm thinking of getting one.

@siduong6630 8 лет назад

I bought most of my tropical plants from Florida.

@siduong6630 8 лет назад

They don't ship to us.

@siduong6630 8 лет назад

What is the name of the Nursery?

@kyledavis6084 8 лет назад

Good stuff Joe!! I look forward to watching your progress.

@runipg 2 года назад

Good luck Joe! Thanks for that super informative video and encouragement. Maybe I’ll try the red jaboticaba!

@Nipu212 4 года назад

Joe how did your sugar apple tree do? Im in sunnyvale and just bought a $100 plant of sugar apple and am really nervous, yet excited to see how it does. I plan to plant it in a wine barrel since I don't have any space in the yard. Your video definitely has given me hope. Thank you!

@francok38 5 лет назад

That’s awesome !! I’m also growing 4 different types of mangos . Here in San Pablo .

@milkplant1 4 года назад

how big?

@francok38 3 года назад

@@milkplant1 they still young about 3 feet right now but they doing great . They look healthy .

@duongdo1 5 лет назад

I loves growing tropical fruits, and very interesting to see how it’s go, thanks you so much for making videos on experiences and will following your next videos.

@sumathivenkateswaran537 3 года назад

Great to know...sapotte cherimoya come in bay area.

@0anant0 2 года назад

I have a cherimoya that has survived 7 winters in SJC. Sadly, sapote died, but then now I have 3 of them in containers and in greenhouse during winter

@GerardGibney3 7 лет назад

updates? your experiment is too good to esconse!

@GerardGibney3 7 лет назад

cool cannot wait. really really interesting stuff here.

@2Birds1Stone_ 3 года назад

This is awesome! I am trying to push the limit in my cool summer 8b!

@BenBSeattle 7 лет назад

sweet video great production

@GardenofEdibles 8 лет назад

nice video !! really enjoy it ! keep us update in the forum

@itaygazit2174 8 лет назад

Hey Joe, Looks great! I live 10min away (Cambrian San-Jose). I am doing experiment as well: Emperor lychee, Keitt Mango, Pitangatuba(thanks to Adam), Acerola, Dwarf Acerola, Moringa, Katuk, Dwarf Namwah Banana. I will protect some of them for one winter in a greenhouse. Crossing fingers

@0anant0 2 года назад

How did the lychee & mango trees do?

@Ankorthmey 7 лет назад

WOW! I did not know that these tropical fruit trees can survive in northern California. I am in SOCAL and still have problem growing some of those trees since my location is on higher altitude. And you know about tropical fruit trees than me that came from southeast Asia.

@Jahmastasunherbalist 5 лет назад

Awesome video

@MarissaBjobs 7 лет назад

I am so impressed with your garden. How many acres the ideal space for all of this fruit trees you have been planted? Give us some tips on how you treated or fertilize all of this trees. I really wanted to follow your garden project. Share more of your knowledge about gardening. Thank you.

@ErosAnteros 7 лет назад

Your mangoes are so close together! Holy mackerel!

@ErosAnteros 7 лет назад

Joe Hewitt You may be surprised. Mangoes are stubborn little fellows. We've grown several varieties in the equivalent of your zone 9a to the full 15m height. The main problem was the dreadful fruit quality of the frost affected plants. Good luck with them!

@itsmapleman 7 лет назад

Can't wait to see the update.

@marcosmusixpcmusicam 8 лет назад

Hi, great video making, I enjoyed it a lot, and the ones about pitomba and grumixama. I live in a 9b climate zone too, but at Argentina, and I am experimenting almost the same species as you but, as I live in the city, the frosts are not really hard here, -3º C in some winters. All in all, I planted some frost tender species as grumixama, cerdar bay cherry, jaboticaba coronata, paulista and sabará, tropical guava (proven tu survive very well), pacurí (garcinia brasilensis), macadamia, longan (not a single problem during the last winter), uvaia, chamba (campomanesia lineatifolia), inga marginata, guabiroba (c. xanthocarpa), psidium guyanense, psidium guineense, psidium australe, biribá, myrciaria spp, chachafruto (erithryna edulis), black sapote, eugenia lutescens, e. involucrata and some others that proved to survive very well as for instance sete capotes, pitanga, guaviyú, feijoa, eugenia repanda. I hope you keep coming with new videos, and maybe we can trade seeds. By the way, we are doing a Food Forest at a true 9b climate (temps can be as lower as -6º C in winter) in the open fields, and avocadoes survived fine near big trees in an humid spot, also tropical guavas, myrciaria spp., and chamba.

@Will_Grow_Plants 6 лет назад

2:34 in and I am already loving this.

@tiki_t 7 лет назад

God's Little Acre Nursery in the Almaden Valley gets some of them in (including plants from your mentioned source nurseries in SoCal). I had a lot of success doing two things growing them in ground in South San Jose. 1. Set it up like a food forest. Most trees grow under a parent tree. So I grew my peanut butter bush under my tall, 30 year old birch tree and it gave it a level of protection. 2. Buy larger trees with bigger root systems and mulch, mulch, mulch! Keep giving it frost protection until it is at least 5 feet tall. You might even go past that to not risk it. Also know what it likes and doesn't like in the soil to give it the best chance of being a healthy system before winter hits. I had a Mango, Cherimoya, Cherry of the Rio Grande, Surinam Cherries, Atemoya, Sapote trees, passion fruit vines, etc all growing in my yard successfully until I sold my house and moved out of the bay area. It can be done. Also look into the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) of the Silicon Valley. Next step of this fun adventure is attending their meetings to learn what other people do and maybe even start grafting from scion exchange events. :)

@hamidtabrizi917 4 месяца назад

Hi Joe, I also live in Los Gatos. I would love to get an update on your experiment. Please list the trees you planted and where you got them from in your foot notes and let us know which ones survived after so many years. Thanks

@joehewitt7596 4 месяца назад

I moved to Hawaii 5 years ago, concluding the experiment.

@krishnaksingh2928 2 года назад

Nice

@HarveyCorreia 8 лет назад

Very well done, Joe, good luck! Almost thought I would get the chance to pick some Sweetheart lychee this year but they dropped off again like in years past. :(

@MultiSrao 8 лет назад

I live in San Ramon, I am trying the experiment with the same plants in my backyard. I have a couple of jackfruit's and lychee plants too. My Banana plant is 3 years old now. It goes dormant in winter but comes back in spring. It doesn't need protection or mulching. Looking forward to your update video. Please let us know how you plan to prepare for winter. Additional plants I am trying are Cashew nut, mornings, tropical guava, Couple of tropical herbs.

@uttarareddy7477 3 года назад

Hi Suma I was curious to find out about your fruit trees how are they doing ? I live in Saratoga and growing a few tropicals my self. Just trying to connect with people who are interested in growing tropical fruit trees. 🙏

@subtotechnoblade2692 4 года назад

wow i live on the border with los gatos in saratoga, ca. los gatos is a 5-10 minute drive from here

@rebeccamorgan5188 3 года назад

Love your videos! Really appreciate you sharing. I wonder what happened to your bay area trees when you move to Hawaii?

@Pepesplants 5 лет назад

Dude you are absolutely out of your mind and I like that! LOl. "-)

@GerardGibney3 7 лет назад

I see you are a fellow plant-a-gram addict! I am psyched about my Imbe, acha chiuru, and many others, personally. I bought a pitomba after seeing your other video, among various others. Great taste in trees. Is that a sweet potato patch in between the papaya and mango at the end?

@jcm5343 7 лет назад

Wow! This is amazing! How is your Lychee tree doing this year? I read Lychee tree doesn't like wet winter. I start a macadamia nut tree from seed earlier this year in a pot. Hope I could follow your foot step and try more tropical fruit tree.

@Vhs-fuq 5 лет назад

The land of fruits and nuts. 👍

@MrmanishTV 7 лет назад

this is amazing i thank you for this my brother

@mangostreetproject 4 года назад

I thought I saw some white sapote off by the entrance to Sierra Azul trail! I don’t suppose that was you?

@travelbrosde254 6 лет назад

Joe, awesome Video and beatiful plants :) Where you buy you're trees??

@janetlovesu 5 лет назад

Wow you're incredibly cute and I see no ring. Bay area native here. :)

@ccc-pk4hm 6 лет назад

Hi Joe, thank you for sharing this amazing video. I live in Antioch, CA. It is hotter than Los Gatos - and some time a bit windy, do you (and Bay Area garderners) think I can grow longan? Thank you. Kevin

@David-zv2em 7 лет назад

That's impressive. I live in San Jose and want to do the same thing with some of those tropical plants. Do you think SJ is much different from Los Gatos in term of weather for these tropical plants?

@Bazandanlan 4 года назад

Awesome 👏 can I be your friend? Lucuma! That’s crazy! Trying papaya and mango from seeds soon. I tried both last year but died on me. South SJ here. Thanks

@bruhmiroruelas5324 6 месяцев назад

Im trying abiu, cocoa, rambutan, cherimoya, mango, lychee, longan, rainbow euc., and a few more in east bay

@bruhmiroruelas5324 6 месяцев назад

Cocoa last year and rambutan were first to go to geat actually not cold. But my trees were much much smaller than his. I planted as seedlings ~5-8inches tall. It took a single day over 110 degrees to scorch em and drop leaves toasted. I didnt plant all so i still have a 2 year old mango, a 1 year old pitangtuba, a 2 yr malay apple, 3 lychees very small 1 year same with longan but even smaller. Cherimoya did fine but my neighbors tree dropped a branch right on it and snapped it in half so unlucky but oh well still looks to be putting out shoots for spring. Nice warm day today but cloudy. Probably going to plant a few this year and keep the mango lychees longan inside

@GerardGibney3 5 лет назад

I can't believe lucuma bit the dust at 27 F or slightly above. trade winds says 25 or lower...

@MrVPNG 8 лет назад

I'm a few years behind you all as I just started 10-15 tropicals in Livermore. What is the best nursery locally in the Bay Area to obtain these trees? Any insight into your favorite nurseries is greatly appreciated! Good luck I look fw to seeing more of your videos!

@subtropicalfruitgrower6335 8 лет назад

god little acres in san jose is a really god nursey that have a lot of tropical fruit trees. Lowes and Home depot are starting to carry exotic fruit trees.

@philoscifer 5 лет назад

I live in San Jose and have been trying to grow tropical fruit trees but worried they might not make it through some of the minor frosts. Saw that you're moving out of the area in one of your other videos with Bill. I was thinking about moving to Hawaii or Southern California where I would have more luck. Which 2 or 3 trees would you recommend growing that taste great?

@nitamukherjee8462 3 года назад

Loved your video ! Did you manage to grow any cherimoyas ?

@LucasHenrique-wc3st 3 года назад

Hi, how is your suggar apple ? they told me that I need to grow them in a Green house, I live in Sunnyvale.

@flawns 7 лет назад

if I only had the backyard to grow all that stuff

@sassian6el182 7 лет назад

Hi! How did your trees do over winter? I'm also in the Bay Area, from San Leandro, same zone of 9b and interesting in adding some trees to my yard too, but it's not as warm here as it is in Los Gatos.

@jons_tropical_garden1329 7 лет назад

I'm guessing your sabara jaboticaba did really well compared to most. They're really cold hardy compared to some of the others you have

@janainafonseca6728 5 лет назад

Hi joe how did you get your jaboticaba tree. I really want one but I want the híbrida and crafted because it produce fruit faster. I leave in Tracy California I have been looking for it but most of the ones I found it is from seed and I don’t want from seed. The ones I found crafted it is in Florida and they don send to California. I’m so hoping you can help me get one. I from Brasil and I grow up having many of does tree on my parents house backyard. Can wait to introduce this plant to my children here in the USA

@annabenedian1625 3 месяца назад

Do you protect them in the winter

@dreambigchildrenscenter7135 2 года назад

Do how to grow hala fruit

@hybrid2003 6 лет назад

Hey, wonder if you can help me pick? I got room for one plant. I'm looking at the cherry of the Rio Grande and the Black star Pitanga. If you had room for only one which one would you pick? Thanks

@BundaAira 7 лет назад

hello joe hewit, i have a lot of tropical fruit

@sandihunt 5 лет назад

OK...this video was posted in 2016.....How are your trees doing now?...November 2018?....I am in Danville and My one year old potted , indoor cinnamon tree is loosing all it's leaves...(3 Green leaves left)...I think I didn't give it enough water, as per instructions not to over water...so I recently gave it a good watering with food....Now I am waiting to see what happens....I am sad....How is your cinnamon?....will you share your notes?

@archanaranju 4 года назад

Thanks Joe. Did you plant a mango tree, or grow it from a seed? Also if you did buy the tree, where did you buy it? I think it may grow in Fremont as well as its similar to Los Gatos. Please respond.

@0anant0 2 года назад

Many parts of Fremont are Zone 10A, so are actually hotter then Zone 9B Los Gatos and conducive for growing a mango tree. I have seen a 10-12 ft mango tree in Milpitas and the owner was kind enough to give me a full-grown mango from it.

@jwberrocal 7 лет назад

Hey Joe, The lucuma plant has been grafted? Where you found this tropical fluit?

@bobdude9208 2 года назад

How are they doing now?

@mykvass 6 лет назад

WOW what variety is your mango , banana and papaya ? I'm curious if they will survive in Berkeley ?

@milkplant1 4 года назад

they can grow in Berkeley

@mykvass 4 года назад

@@milkplant1 Really ? what variety of mango and papaya would survive this fog ? thanks

@milkplant1 4 года назад

@@mykvass www.goldengatepalms.com/copy-of-avocados

@sandihunt 7 лет назад

I would love to grow a cinnamon tree like you!...How do I begin? I am in Danville

@susanphilip6686 6 лет назад

Hi, Where can I buy Black Sapote/Mango/ wax jambu?

@jadepika9717 3 года назад

Can you grow soursop or cherimoya in sf bay area?

@jadepika9717 3 года назад

@Tropical Bay Area what about soursop in a container inside a greenhouse in sf bay area

@ingarrajoey 5 лет назад

How are the Garcinia doing for you?

@11219tt 6 лет назад

Is that sweet potato on the ground behind you?

@XoroksComment 5 лет назад

You got any Citrus trees as well?

@michelestracagnolo8207 8 лет назад

no avocados? no guavas? tamarind?

@michelestracagnolo8207 8 лет назад

Yea I Thot it was interesting you didn't have the proven ones. I appreciate you bringing attention to producing your own food and especially interesting varieties of things. 😁