How I Feed My Tropical Fruit Trees

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How I Feed My Tropical Fruit Trees

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5/3/2021 - My feeding regimen for tropical fruit trees.
Granular Feeding - Spring, Summer & Fall
Monthly Liquid Feeding - For containers, except during winter months
Bi-Monthly Foliar Feed
Mexican sunflower in question is the Tithonia Diversifolia variety.

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@chivachava3899 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched many KZfaq gardening videos including yours and all will tell you how to grow a garden in their area. What works for you in the central valley is different than what will work in Phoenix, San Francisco, San Diego, or Portland Oregon. Different climates, soil structure, different seasons, and different temperatures. If I was living in the Central Valley with the extreme temperatures, and poor soil which you needed to add so many amendments to make it a better soil, it would be to my benefit to garden like you and fertilize as often as you do. fertilizing is great, but in my area I have good natural soil and I don't foliar feed at all, don't fertilize 4 times a year, and just compost once in a blue moon and I hand water all my trees once a week. I get much more fruit than I can eat and have some left over for the neighbors. I am sure that if I fertilized often like you I would get much more fruit, but for me what i get is enough. I am lucky to have good soil, and a good climate and i am a strong believer in selection of the right variety of tree for you area. Many people just plant what ever banana they can get without researching, and there are some bananas that take more cold than others and some that are too tropical even for the mildest climates in california. I feel that while KZfaq videos can help with some general gardening concepts, there are specific things you need to do in your climate and that takes research, talking to other gardeners in your area, and keep in mind what a KZfaqr does in his area will be different than in what you do in your specific growing zone.

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

Much of what you stated is common sense. The methods I used will absolutely NOT work for someone in Chicago. I am very lucky to be in the Central Valley. We are in the Goldilocks Zone where many tropicals can be grown next to deciduous fruit trees which requires chill hours. There aren’t many regions in the world that you see soursop trees growing next to its cousin pawpaw trees.

@chivachava3899 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley I agree with you that it is common sense to a experienced gardener, but there are many beginning gardeners that don't know better watching these videos. Rather than them being successful with their garden they fail in their area.

@Marlene5018 3 жыл бұрын

@Chiva Chava I agree with you! That’s so true!

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

Chiva Chava has some valid points, however, I think he missed the point of my videos. All of my videos are about the challenges of growing tropical fruit trees that shouldn’t surviving in my climate. From Chiva Chava’s descriptions, it appears he’s in a tropical region. I would love for someone in the tropical region to attempt to grow stone fruit trees and other fruit trees that require chill hours.

@Marlene5018 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley A challenge, that sounds good! San Francisco Bay Area is kind of “A little bit cold” so growing tropical fruits is a big challenge here. East Palo Alto is the place where you will find lots of tropical fruit specially “Huge Avocado trees with tons of fruits”, also orange, lemons, peaches, nectarines, persimmons, pears and more. Some of those doesn’t suppose to grow here but in some way they are adapted. Sn Jose ca. is 20 minutes far from East Palo Alto and you can grow there dragon fruit but in East Palo Alto they don’t give fruit. Your videos are very interesting and thinking in the way of a challenge is a great idea :)

@annee5582 3 жыл бұрын

The way you present your information is by your personal perspective and experience. A lot of watchers can appreciate your unique style.

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. As with growing anything, particularly with tropical fruit trees that shouldn’t survive in the Central Valley, everyone’s experience will vary.

@TropicalGardenGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats! I can smell it all the way here in Modesto!😝

@11thronnin27 3 жыл бұрын

I have been watching your videos for a week now, I love your garden!! Totally inspiring!! Thanks for all your great advice!! I’m in Sacramento Ca zone 9b✌🏽❤️💯

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I too had lived in Sacramento way back. Our climate are nearly identical. Beyond the local soil pH, all of the tips I mentioned applies to your region as well.

@Danfoodforest 3 жыл бұрын

wow .. Fresh Durian so cool ... I agree with your analogy using organic vs synthetic

@practicalorganicliving 3 жыл бұрын

comfrey is a great chop and drop. I think it's high in potassium, which tropicals seem to love.

@tinyjungle_ 3 жыл бұрын

Another nice detailed video. Ty. I've upped the difficulty level by growing veganically. I have tons of support species to use as chop and drop and I woodchip mulch religiously. I think the process has been a bit slower than traditional processes but has been working like a champ. My system gets better every year. 5 years old now. I describe it as a mix of syntropic and permaculture farming with the only "animal" input coming from worm castings.

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice. As my yard becomes more livelier each year, I plan on reducing the need to bring in outside fertilizer. My goal is eventually to have a (mostly) self-sustaining food forest.

@tinyjungle_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley very nice. The ideal scenario for me would be a completely closed system. Not sure if I'll ever get there but it'll be fun to try and extremely satisfying.

@Sinalove1 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you. Great information!

@Coolclimatetropicalfruits 3 жыл бұрын

Nice informative vid mate and very nice looking durian. I’m as organic as I can be 👍🏻

@MsLinjohn 2 жыл бұрын

I buy Durian but I really can't eat it ... so YUK .. but I so love the smell ... I'm the reverse I buy it for it smell I think it's fragrant

@ronaldramos4149 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info.

@xesoteryc Жыл бұрын

Trying to find the video where you mention how you use molasses, can you help direct me? Thank you

@TropicalCentralValley Жыл бұрын

This was my last video on the topic of foliar feeding: Foliar Feeding (Revisited) & Summer Tour of 172 Tropical Fruit Trees in the Fresno/Visalia Area kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpOWoJtm3ZOshYU.html

@xesoteryc Жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley Appreciate you!

@TropicalCentralValley Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome.

@wo0saa 3 жыл бұрын

Fresh durian... in Fresno? :O I wonder if they have any left

@mykvass 2 жыл бұрын

do your big plastic pots have any special drainage ? I lost 3 trees and I had a lot drilled holes on the bottom ?

@TropicalCentralValley 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of sand. My mixture contains 40% sand.

@mykvass 2 жыл бұрын

and just lots of drainage holes on the bottom ? some people cut out the bottom entirely ?@@TropicalCentralValley

@Alex-th1qn 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I've seen that you have registered the temperatures of your zone, is it in your garden or town? If it's in your garden can you give me a link or reccomendation, the temps here are quite inaccurate and i would like to measure them myself and register them too, thanks in advance and sorry for the many questions

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

I have about a dozen sensors strategically placed throughout my yard. This allows me to keep an eye on the zone difference and take the necessary steps to rectify the issue. I use a combination of RF, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi temperature sensors. The RF sensors aren’t very accurate as they take into account the temperature of the sun hitting the device. For accuracy, I recommend the Bluetooth units. These units only measure the air temperature, including humidity, giving you better results. The units I used are the Govee H5072 devices.

@Alex-th1qn 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley Thank you very much!

@shannatran7586 3 жыл бұрын

Do you grow the durian tree in Fresno?

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

Not Fresno, but Visalia. Being that Visalia is only 45 miles south of Fresno, our climates are nearly identical.

@Le_Kabe 3 жыл бұрын

What fertilizer is best for the Jumbu wax apple?

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

I generally use an all purpose organic fertilizer. Something like a 8-6-6 on the wax jambu trees grown in ground.

@johnjacobsson3141 3 жыл бұрын

whats the best fertilizer for a young mango?

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

I’d go low on the nitrogen. Something like a 5-6-3, then as the tree grows, increase its nitrogen.

@mykvass 3 жыл бұрын

i just got a manila mango , what size pot would be good ? will they fruit in a pot ?

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the size of the mango. Ideally you want to upsize the tree as it outgrows its container. All of my tropical fruit trees fruit in container. In fact, some do better in containers than in the ground, due to their strict soil requirement.

@mykvass 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley whats the best soil for mango ? much appreciated

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

You’ll want to incorporate a lot of sand. Mango trees do not tolerate wet feet. I generally use a 40% peat moss, 40% sand and 20% potting soil.

@mykvass 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley thanks

@ronaldramos4149 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of mulch your putting in your backyard?

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

Mostly wood chips from local tree cutting companies. Due to the breakdown, I reapply fresh layers annually.

@ronaldramos4149 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley I can’t find any cheaper here in Fresno , any recommendation in your area. Tree cutting company?

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

So, you actually don’t pay for wood chip. Tree cutting companies are more than happy to drop off trunk loads to your property. Otherwise, they have to pay to dump it off at dump sites. Keep in mind, when they drop off a trunk load, it’s a lot of wood chip. At any given time, my yard has about 1 foot of wood chip covering the yard. A quick Google of tree cutting companies in Fresno showed more than 30 companies. Try giving one of them a call and see if they have any load to drop off.

@ronaldramos4149 3 жыл бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley I got the wood chip. One of the local tree companies here in Clovis sends me a full load of wood chips that’s a lot. Thanks for your help.

@TropicalCentralValley 3 жыл бұрын

You’ll want to keep reapply it every year. The wood chips break down really quick. Mine breaks down 6” every year.