I live in north Florida and grow papayas with ease. I just threw the seeds from store bought papayas in my garden and got 65 fruits the first year.

Cherry, mango, pineapple, avocado are my go to growing fruit here in south Florida, I also have a small apple tree growing.

I have Mulberry trees growing and producing a lot of berries. They grow year round and require less care. I make jams with them.

Strawberries. You can grow tons of strawberries in Florida. In fact we have the strawberry festival every year here in Florida. I literally have red, ripe strawberries in my greenhouse right now. I also noticed you didn't mention pineapples. They are super easy to grow in Florida. I picked a super ripe pineapple just a few days before Christmas this year and ate it on Christmas day. It was so ripe it turned orange and smelled like candy.

We also have a loquat tree that is super delicious and yielded fruit the first year we planted the tree (it was within that 2-4 ft range). It is flowering and covered in bees right now in December :)

Your daughter is rediculously adorable. Put a huge smile on my face 😄

I'm going to add mango 🥭 😋 to the list for when I move to Florida.

I grew up in Orlando and we have a Suriname cherry hedge that we’ve get cherries from every year

I've noticed that Florida farmers have almost the same growing season (and monsoon rains) as we do in India. These are the only videos I can truly relate with, the other zones not being helpful for us. I've been wanting to grow mulberry and strawberry but not sure about the PH requirement and if it would differ from the rest of my garden and therefore the varying care needed by Alkaline vs Acidic soil in my growing space. Thanks for this video, Lajo

I have all but 2 of these. My Barbados at 2.5 years old, after much pruning, is still at least 8-ft tall and just as big around, shaped into a bushy tree. It is also super prolific, so many cherries we can't keep up with eating them fast enough - and that includes my neighbors that I tell to help themselves. Mine is planted facing the hot western afternoon sun and it definitely grows thicker on that side ... I also have a ton of mulch around it. She is happy. Def one of my favorites. Zone 9b.

There are exceptions to every rule. I have a navel orange that has to be over 30 years old. Elderberry, super easy but will spread and take up alot of room. Papaya, thornless blackberries, nectarine, meyer lemon, moringa, turkey fig. I'm only mentioning these cause if I can grow these then anyone can.

I recently moved to central Florida and found a few banana trees and sugar cane on our soon to be constructed home! I’m planning to grow many other fruits and vegetables since I’m originally from the Island☺️I’m grateful for this blessings.

I have lived in Sarasota Florida for over 30 years. I absolutely would suggest mulberry, Barbados cherry, plums, bananas and papaya for fast growing fruits. I would not suggest blueberries simply because I have attempted to grow them on three different occasions over the years and wasted my money. They truly need a lot of preparing the soil in my experience. The birds also will strip your blueberry bushes so you have to protect them. Thank you for the suggestion of the jujubee plant. I will definitely try it.

As we no longer have children at home, our back yard has become an unused space. I have been thinking a lot about growing some of our groceries and looking for good suggestions. I am thrilled to find another St. Petersburg KZfaq gardener to learn from ( I also recently discovered Wild Floridian). I suspect I will be learning a lot from you.

Citrus is best planted under the drip on the south side of an oak tree. The mechanism is still unknown, but citrus growing under oaks is less affected by HLB.

I planted the Jamaican Strawberry/cherry great for kids but tiny fruit for adults. Still fun if you have space. Mine tastes like cotton candy, never make it inside just pop the centers out into one’s mouth while working or playing in the yard.

In S. FL, my favorite is the Logan. Of course, mangos, mulberries, and guava are great, too. So many to choose from. Do nor forget Avocado.👍❤️

This is so inspiring 🙌. I want to plant so many. I grew up eating fruit off the trees. For now I have a townhome, I'll have to sneak in a tree. But I've always wanted a bit of land to grow and roam. ❤

jamaican cherry is called aratilis in my country of the philippines. they grow natively here.

I would add papaya (we call it mamon here in Paraguay)

Ginger is another easy to grow plant in FL and is beautiful.

Hi, new to your channel here. I live in Ocala Fl and I started my garden Journey when I lived in North Carolina. I just recently moved back to Florida in 2019 and starting my garden journey down here which is totally different from the north. I’m glad I came across your channel it’s nice to learn all these new things and what kind of fruit trees to grow. I will be watching all of your videos to catch up and learn how to grow in Florida. Have a nice day.

I grow most of these but this is more of a south Florida video. I live in North Florida and can say don’t expect to harvest bananas. You can grow them in North Florida ( I have 2 varieties) but getting any fruit from them is extremely rare. The Barbados Cherry is definitely a zone 10 tree. If you try to grow it in zone 9 which is the majority of florida especially North Florida, you will be disappointed, it may survive for a few years and give you some fruit, but unless you plan on growing it in a pot that can be brought inside or growing it in a greenhouse house, you will eventually lose it to the cold or at minimum have it severely killed back if you are lucky during colder winters.

You're awesome!! Thank you for helping the world 💚!

Never heard of a Jamaican cherry, but having a year round cherry tree sounds too good to miss! Growing in Charleston, SC and imagine these would all grow well here too

Eating green bananas is great for your heart 💜 accordingly to Dr. Gaudry. A very recognized Cardiologist.

This was a great video I want to plant them all! Thank you Elise!

Thank you for sharing this information!

Wow .thanks for this video . I have mulberry in my yard and i love watching it grow it make me happy so much🙂

I have the banana, Jamaican cherry, and Meyer lemon. Barbados cherries are so yummy. Hopefully I can fit that and some blueberries into the yard here.

Came across your channel, what a treat !!! Very informative !!! I love gardening and enjoy listening and reading from those who are knowledgeable within gardening.

Great vids, thanks for sharing your tips and expertise in growing fruit trees in Florida. 🌱🌿💕

Moving to north Florida soon, love this video. Your daughter is so cute. Thanks so much for the info. I will be trying most of these.

Great video. Moving to Freeport soon, need to school up on what i can do with our 1 acre. The landscaping will definitely need to be redone so also definitely interested in how I can replace some of the ornamental/basic landscaping plants and shrubs with some plants that will produce.

I don't know if you can grow them as far north as you are, but Sapodilla and Jackfruit are fantastic varieties here in SW Florida. I have several hundred different varieties of tropical fruits in my yard. Florida is great. There are a lot of possibilities for the zones. Microclimates make a big difference.

Jamaican Cherry (Muntingia) can be invasive, birds eat the berries and spread the seeds, so that's one thing you might have to consider.

I’m love growing in the summer,now since I will be moving to Fl next month. I’m excited to grow year round.

I am known the weather of Florida similar my hometown. Many kind of fruits are grown very well. So I like this place too. Thanks for your sharing

Nice pine needle mulch on the blueberries . Boost that acid, awwww yaaaaaa 😊

Figs!! I have a little baby fig tree that is producing fruit it's first year. Granted, it's very little, but I've had others that fruited their first year, too. And they grow crazy fast!

Great video! Thanks! 😄

New follower here! I’m a young gardener that is also a gardening Educator in Florida too!! Love your video I’m looking into fruit tree also!!✨🌿

Mulberries can be terribly messy. The birds eat them and poop red everywhere, the fruit will fall on the driveway and your car and stain them red. They can also be invasive!

I noticed that your trees are all in dapple light…that is great to know since my yard is mostly dapple light minus a small section on the east side of my house. Thanks

I have mulberry, papaya, and fig.thanks for ideas of more to plant.

For Florida it may be worth a try to plant Siriguela - Spondias purpura. StPetersburg might get too cold but it is a fast tree.

Mount Shasta,,,,, that's a far cry from FL! interesting variety of food bearing plants, gets a person thinking, thumbs up

Great video! Thanks. I have five out of seven!

Loquat and papaya, June Plum, Fig, blackberry

WOW im in the Burg too! looking for a reliable great producers! glad i found this channel

My Barbados Cherry is an 8' tall, 12' around martini glass shape tree. It's awesome!

Bravo 😊 from Sète France 🇨🇵 🇨🇵

Very good to share, I only have 2 kinds of trees out of those 7 plants, but have you ever cooked banana flower petals? It's so good to eat😋

Thank you for sharing. NW Florida girl here. 🍊

Good one! LOL the crows and nearby builders, along with others were challenging you.

have you tried jocotes? ( spondia purpurea) You can grow them from cuttings even full branches can be planted. Thay are call many different names like Spanish plumbs, the trees are medium size , but you you can also plant them in a large pot. For me this fruit is in taste much like a mango and you can eat them at any time, greens are very sour and when ripe they're sweet, you can get the baby fruit that still has no bone and use them in salads or pickle onions and carrots for your carne asada.

Enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing.

I didn't know mulberries could grow down here! I'm so excited!

thank you ....you are great

here in Illinois......dreaming of warm Florida!

Great video ❤❤😊

Great video glad to have found you !

Blueberrues are a specialty in ph. such as: azaleas, rhodendrums. If you have great azaleas, hydrangeas, your blueberries will thrive nearby. But if your primary sunny ir partial shade planting area us euther ludh goilage, tropical, most vegetables...they will limp along or die because those gardens are alkaline. TIP: Use dufferent fertilizers fir tge two bed areas, just custom8ze the geberous fertilizers fir bkueberrues, AND choose tge Univ. If Florida developed drought-resistant variety patented and niw sold ti burserues abd even Mexico (worried at first of competing with our market so many were stolen and propogated, they decided to capitaluze them too). Hearty, fantastic variety.

This is going to be very useful when I get to Florida. Haha. Definitely want to set up some productive plants.

Very good information

Amazing video thank you! Cant wait to get more of these! Also- how is no one mentioning mangoes in the comments?!? They are everywhere and produce so much so quickly. By far our easiest & most productive tree! (Speaking for East central FL)

Thanks for sharing

I noticed alot more fruit production from my barbado cherry plant after I fertilized a little heavier than I used to.

Awesome video I love it ❤❤

Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the video. I’ve been planning on getting some fruit trees in my south Tampa yard.

Starfruit OMG my best producer

Matured jujube is very crunchy, yummy.

Thank you for this interesting video

Thank you for the information, yes! I will be looking for those trees and i will try them out in me area. 😊

Awesome suggestions!

I notice in Jacksonville Florida oranges were breaking the lambs off the tree my son lives in Florida.

Nice fruit selections

Do you know if Paw paw trees are able to survive here? They are native to Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan etc... but are very perishable. I miss going on strolls with my father and picking them either in our local park or my great grandparents homestead. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge! It helps so so much!

Thanks for sharing 😎🏖🏝

Very informative, subscribed!

My 6 year old grand niece has decided to become a farmer when she grows up, instead of a mermaid. Thanks for the birthday present ideas!

Nice video! Thank you!

NIce video, learned some good stuff, but I am surprised the Paypya was not included.

Mulberry is considered weeds in Chicago area where I was from. Most mulberry doesn't produce fruit, less than maybe 1% would produce fruit.

Good video. Mulberries do well for me reliably. Looks like the Jamaican cherry is not cold hardy enough for me in zone 9a but I am going to try the jujube from seed.

Blessed morning here in Barbados we call jujube, *dunks*

. 👍 Fruit plants.

I have seen a Barbados Tree at least 20 foot tall. But the man sell plants and trees for years. I think he said he planted it in the 70's.

good 👍👍👍

After you harvest the bananas from the tree, do you have to cut it down, so it will regrow?

Nice vid!! Im up north here in upstate new york hope to get some place soon sown in florida just trying to find my spot!!! Good stuff!!

Greetings Great vid. Do not blueberries need cold for a short while?

you are amazing

What does cabiotte mean? Tried to find the definition but couldn't..... love your videos

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Hi - So, my mom is in Punta Gorda. I've planted a couple varieties of prickly pear (that I smuggled there from CA in a pizza box) that are doing phenomenal. I planted the pads in March, and they've already tripled in number now in May. I also started 2 LSU Purple figs, and those are thriving too. The RubyCrisp muscadine is beginning to work its way up the trellis I built. It is not of major concern and should also be OK since it is native to that area. I planted a 6" loquat in a pot (for now--and that I also smuggled from CA) that is in very poor condition. I'm not there and can only guide her from the pictures she sends. It was in a black pot, so I think the roots got cooked and now have root rot. My question is this: should the loquat not survive until I return in November, what other fruiting plants/tree(s) can be grown in her area that require minimal care and that have high disease/insect/varmint resistance, and don't grow to be huge behemoths (15'+)? I know cactus are "idiot proof" with figs being a close second. I really like California Date Palms, but don't think they will grow there, with the damp climate and 2-3' water table, plus they are too big. I'm eyeballing a dwarf black mulberry right now. The species seems to check all the boxes. I'm sure the birds will try their best, but we have a special recipe for "fried chicken".... 🤣 What do you think about this tree/plant as a viable selection? She is a senior, and I want to make this easy for her. She's never grown any food/fruit bearing plants, but we gotta take advantage of the real estate and the weather down there! Regarding the Barbados Cherry, lots of people on the forums have complained of aphids and some kind of larvae that infects every single fruit. She said she's never been able to eat a single one and is chopping it down. Thanks Kindly and Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System

It would have been helpful if you had told us what the scientific--or latin name is for all these plants, the common names can be ambiguous.

Florida is the best place to grow by far so don't let it become a concrete Jungle!!!

I live in Missouri. Can I grow bananas, citrus, papaya here if I grow them in containers and bring them in before cold weather, and bring them back outside when it gets arm again?