Summer Begins - Practising Patience With Tropicals In Melbourne 🤓 

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Lucky you! We look forward to visiting Daleys some day. We made it as far as Nimbin last year whilst staying at Byron.

Where are you based?

@@marisaphoenix1893 Central California

Central California gets sizzling hot, if you mean central valley. Avocado prefers moist mild heat, whilst starfruit likes it extra hot and shaded. I'm not giving up on starfruit, even if it takes another 10 years!

It's interesting how gardening success can vary so much with different plants and locations! Starfruit trees thriving in zone 9A makes sense, as they prefer warmer climates. Avocado trees can be a bit more challenging, often needing specific care and conditions. Don't get discouraged with the avocados; sometimes it takes a bit of experimentation to find what works best in your specific environment. Keep trying, and you might find the right method that works for you. Best of luck with both your starfruit and avocado endeavors! 🌟🥑🌱

It's true Brett, poms are like figs and cactus here, plant and forget.

The Kwai muk needs shade when young, so I'll have to figure something out. The Lamb Hass would've recovered too, but too many other things going on to give it the attention needed. Recently, I've been planting in ground when receiving new trees. That way they are less dependent on me.

The trick is getting them advanced, otherwise it can take upto 10 years for a starter plant to reach fruiting stage.

Melbourne minimums are lower and last longer.

My favourite are Goldfinger, Rajapuri and Ducasse. I'm yet to taste Pisang Ceylon, which hasn't fruited yet.

I understand completely, but there are workarounds, like shade cloth. My grumble is with our rollercoaster springs that cause delays, wasting 3 critical months for heat loving plants with no simple solution.

True guava needs extra attention for the first 2 years to get established, give it lots of water when it's dry and hot. Thanks for watching to the end!

Just know I'm the local guinea pig for cold sensitive plants 🪴 😅

@@RealLifeFruitopia yes thank you. I owe you a couple of thousand dollars. Let me know if you were successful with Ambarella please. Saw yours died. Mine died the same way this year.

It's going well. Mine is in full shade, as I didn't have a choice, but place yours in full sun if possible.

@@RealLifeFruitopia yeah mine is in full sun and it’s had a lot of new growth since I planted it a couple of months ago. Did you say you got some fruit on yours in the first year?

Welcome

I'm a big fan of lemon verbana, I have one that takes the winter here and peaks at 4 meters. I also have the Davidson Plum, the fruit is attractive but too sour for me. I wish I had more space for myrtle, but any free space isn't negotiable for non fruiting trees.

Prickly pear shapes are sexy as.

Thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate your kind words. I was hoping one pitangatuba alone worked, I can always add another.

Growing bananas isn't an issue here, I get around 20 bunches a year. I've also had them fruiting in pots many times, but fruit size is small, I do potted bananas as ornamentals. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

My partner was freezing too, she had the heater running whilst I was filiming! Tomorrow we hit the beach for some suntan :)

@@RealLifeFruitopia yeah back into the 30s! Confused plants everywhere 🤣

Melbourne has high humidity over its wet and cold long winters, summer is swift and short, mostly dry and semi hot. Not good for mango, as the fruits don't ripen till winter. This years mango came in July when the lows hover around 6C.

Awesome video ❤❤❤ thank you for sharing 👍

Yes, every tree sets fruit. My oldest chico has hundreds of fruit every year.

I wish panama berry grew like a weed here, I'd be happy to see it sprouting everywhere. It will never survive here no matter what.

@@RealLifeFruitopia True. I think it's more of a soil issue than the climate. Let's see. I ve got three living ATM.

@@danuskanamal If any of your 3 survive Melbourne's winter inground, please let us know!