Realistic Expectations of Growing Tropical Fruit Trees in USDA Zone 9b Winters

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Realistic Expectations of Growing Tropical Fruit Trees in USDA Zone 9b Winters

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Tropical Central Valley

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@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome. Spring is just around the corner.

@xeso92 6 ай бұрын

When are you going to trim the guavas?

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

After the threat of frost is gone; likely near the end of March.

@sushidawgz 6 ай бұрын

tysm for consistently putting out such informative vids. its much appreciated from this norcal tropical fruit grower =)

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome. In the grand scheme of things, we really only have 3 “real” winter months where it typically dips below freezing. This leaves 9 months where the trees can grow.

@JamesEndo1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your tropical fruit garden during winter conditions and talking us off the ledge as we see brown and fallen leaves! I'm in San Jose 9B and it has been very mild this year so good time to grow!

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome. With the mild (and wet) winter this year, this gives the tropical fruit trees a break, enabling them to spend less resources on damage repairs and instead, focus more on growth and fruit production.

@bigg368 6 ай бұрын

Gorgeous garden.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@CuocSongQue-BoaoNha-tm5gw 6 ай бұрын

Look awesome 👍! Great channel and I have learnt so much from you! Just bought and started a transformation of my orange orchard into a fruit forest like yours. Luckily I have some shelter from the existing trees where I will plant new trees in between. Can't stop planting because it is so addictive. 😂 I am in similar climate like yours, occasionally frost in the winter. Seeing your canistel in the greenhouse, I will have to plant mine in a very protected area in the spring.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

That’s wonderful. You’ll find that both types of trees (deciduous and tropicals) co-exists and will compliment each other. If you’re able to strategically plant various types of tropical fruit trees that produce fruits in different months, you can have year round harvests.

@joweb1320 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome.

@caligirl5013 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the helpful tips, subscriber here from Delano!

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome. You’ll find that we’re able to grow just about anything, with a high level of success.

@xeso92 6 ай бұрын

Fruitopia just lost his Inga ice cream bean tree to 60mph winds /: love how you pruned yours up

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

That’s a bummer. For several hours, we had gusty wind, but nothing near 60mph.

@alaskanprideseafoods1766 6 ай бұрын

I sadly lost my Kohala Longan a couple weeks ago. 2nd winter, hit 24-25 one night, and poof done. Was covered and shouldn't have been any colder than the previous year, but maybe it came down to just a degree or two difference. A couple experimental seedlings, one in a pot and one in ground, suffered no damage. Might have to try grafting at some point.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

That’s a bummer. I know the feeling of loosing a tree. I agree, grafting a mature scion onto your seedling rootstock would be a great option as growing from seeds may take a decade before the tree produces fruits.

@Prismaguitars 5 ай бұрын

Do you prune out the frost damage on your mangos or leave the branches to potentially bounce back?

@TropicalCentralValley 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. I’m just waiting for spring to do my pruning.

@themangovista 6 ай бұрын

Looking good 👍 We are having a mild winter as well. Are your Mango trees flowering?

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

So far, only the Keo Savoy is flowering. The majority of my mangoes will flower around April, as the temperature warms up.

@reyn66 6 ай бұрын

I threw a translucent trash bag over my soursop and hoping for the best. Mine is smaller that your sousop and still is holding its leaves so far.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

Nice. In the end, as long as the cambium layer of the bark is green when scratched, there’s a very good chance it’ll be fine.

@TacticalMayo 6 ай бұрын

I live in South Florida and the one thing that grows here is all types of tropical fruit.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

Having been to Homestead, I agree. That said, while there, I did not see any deciduous/stone fruit trees. The cool thing about USDA Zone 9b is the fact that we’re able to have the best of both worlds.

@TacticalMayo 6 ай бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley well I live in 11 b and we grow the most exotic stuff here. I got soursop, American mamey sapote, custard apple, wax jambu June plums Barbados cherry star apple carambola fruit I mean pretty much everything in the world here. You know it's crazy in South Florida because since it doesn't snow we end up having mango fights instead of snowball fights LOL!!!🤣

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

That’s amazing. Your climate is very comparable to Southeast Asia where everyone’s yards have some sort of tropical fruit trees growing. While in the region a few years back, the stone fruits and other deciduous fruits (imported) were carefully packed, protected and were three times the price of the exotic locally grown fruits.

@UberGastronomer 6 ай бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValleyIn a sense you guys get to grow citrus (citrus greening ruined it for us) and stone fruit which we don’t get in South Florida. So your zone is probably optimal for people who want to grow a mix of temperate and tropical fruit. Whereas south Florida is strictly tropical fruits and thats it. Also you get to grow better quality avocados. Everything is a tradeoff.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Speaking of trade offs, we’re beginning to get some “hurricane” and tropical rainstorms, causing havoc in our coastal cities. We were okay with the ground shaking, wild forest fire, but we now need to sharpen our driving skills as we’re not accustomed to driving in the rain.

@marytanner6718 6 ай бұрын

I’m in Florida and your papaya look better than mine. They look like hot garbage everywhere I think. 😂

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

That’s interesting. The good news is that spring is just around the corner.

@xeso92 6 ай бұрын

I just noticed there is a bit of sodium in the unsulphured molasses we use for compost tea / foliar spraying, this isnt an issue right? I never noticed any negatives last season.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

I’m curious to see where the sodium is coming from. The molasses should not have any sodium. If you’re mixing in fish emulsion, that explains it, and should be fine.

@xeso92 6 ай бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley Grandmas unsulphured, which you use as well.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

If referring to the 5mg, it’s not perceivable by the trees. Any organic fertilizer, particularly fish, blood meal will contain magnitude more sodium. Keep in mind too, for foliar application, the molasses and fish emulsion is heavily diluted.

@xeso92 6 ай бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley intersting info, makes sense! Thank you

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome.

6 ай бұрын

So atemoya will survive and have fruit in zone 9b. Thank you

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely, at least mine has been.

@chinatownboy7482 6 ай бұрын

It must be cold. This guy usually wears a t-shirt.

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

Excellent observation.

@caleblivaudais7573 6 ай бұрын

What was the coldest it got this winter for your trees?

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t focus on the absolutely “coldest” as there are so many variables to ensuring the survival of tropical fruit trees, as outlined in my previous video. That said, it was about 31°F, an extremely mild winter for us.

@caleblivaudais7573 6 ай бұрын

@@TropicalCentralValley Thank you

@TropicalCentralValley 6 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome.

@susannapetrosyan1369 5 ай бұрын

How's your tamarind

@TropicalCentralValley 5 ай бұрын

It ultimately succumbed to the frost, however, I do have another one growing in a container. The main issue with the growing of tamarind trees in the ground is the fact that they require super hot days to wake up, if still alive from winter. This means waiting until July days, which only gives it 4-5 months before winter hits again.