What Fruit Tree Is Best for Your Backyard?

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Жыл бұрын

Today I visited Julian Lara of Lara Farms. He takes us though everything a person should consider before planting a fruit tree. Our climate supports tropical fruit but most of what we discussed applies to any kind of fruit bearing tree.
Julian sells his trees and fruit at: larafarmsmiami.com
I also sell avocados and mangos at: www.guacfarm.com

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@LuisHernandez-fn5sq Жыл бұрын

Nice video, if anyone hasn't ordered from Julian before let me tell you that he does a great job packing your trees, shipping them fast, communicating with you the tracking info. Would recommend to everyone! 👍

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Luis, I agree.

@vita3044 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome 😎. Two of my favorite people I like to follow on KZfaq ❤. Love how these fruit growers make a video together!

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Thanks Vita, I'm very flattered by your compliment

@SueLall1008 3 ай бұрын

Julian sells the best trees!! I bought a few and wasn’t disappointed!

@SleepyLizard 3 ай бұрын

what did you get?

@steveandjenny149 Жыл бұрын

A great pair of growers, classic 👍🏻

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

thank you

@heerasingh7844 Жыл бұрын

Great information great job well done Tom 👍👌✌️💪👏

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

thanks Heera, Julian knows his stuff

@LetsGrowOurOwnFood Жыл бұрын

Great video!! I bought most of my fruit trees from Lara farms from his dad and some from Julian as well. Julian is great and his nursery is first class. Love your channel !!!

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Hi Let's Grow, I agree with everything you just said.

@regentsaquariums5692 Жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite people. Thanks for making the dream come true!

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

It was a great day and I left with my belly full

@carson911 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see lighthearted conversation.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Yes, I try to avoid serious conversation when I can🤣

@gavinmurray7768 7 ай бұрын

Bravo! Loved the joint video. Very fun!

@SleepyLizard 7 ай бұрын

Gavin, I love your enthusiasm

@PostAlone Жыл бұрын

Past two weeks ive order mangoes from these two farms. Lara farms has the best mangoes on the planet. The terp profiles make the mangoes aphrodisiacs. I was amazed how the francis hargrave mango leaves us smelling like perfume. Gauc farm has decent mangoes for the price. Highly recommend sampling their mangoes, my family loves them.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

thanks Post, I appreciate the review.

@SueLall1008 Жыл бұрын

God, I wanna be like you guys when I grow up!

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

You ain't so bad yourself Sue 😉

@OrlandoBackyardGardening Жыл бұрын

Love the videos.. the editing.. the changing of backdrops.. your sharp wittiness probably drove Julian crazy.. 😂

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Backyard, I gotta admit there were a few things that got past my internal filter that I had to edit out later. 😝

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

by the way, this morning I ate a few Zills from that batch I sent you and man they are just like candy. Have yours softened up yet? I'm glad I send them with the VP because where the Zill is sweet like candy the VP has that tangy citrus so you get a range of flavor.

@OrlandoBackyardGardening Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard mine still feel a bit firm…I might try one to see

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

@@OrlandoBackyardGardening not trying to rush you. I had a few soften up today but the rest are still hard. and the VP and Kent will probably soften slower. it's later in the season for the Zills

@OrlandoBackyardGardening Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard tried one but it was still like a store bought mango 🥭… they need a few more days

@billb744 6 ай бұрын

As always super informative Tom thank you. Bill😊

@SleepyLizard 6 ай бұрын

Yep, Julian is the best in the business.

@jkbc Жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning hardiness zone, never thought about that important aspect

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

yeah you want to work with nature not against it.

@PSwayBeats Жыл бұрын

Great info ..keep teaching

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Thanks Beats, I got a lot of wisdom from Juilan yesterday, probably two more vids worth once I chop it all up.

@sokete7 9 ай бұрын

Great video Tom.

@SleepyLizard 9 ай бұрын

Thx

@aregli 11 ай бұрын

That was super helpful to go over the pot size.

@SleepyLizard 11 ай бұрын

thank you. I just put in 18 trees from his nursery. 9 mango and 9 avocado

@jessiesmith613 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, that’s so true, he does

@SleepyLizard 8 ай бұрын

I know

@gmemoosorto7614 11 ай бұрын

I just have to say wow Awesome show Love the contact. Keep up the great work.

@SleepyLizard 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate your comment, thank you

@Yellowsunorganics 8 ай бұрын

Awesome set up! I have berries, figs and other cold hardy trees. Sending love out from Va!

@SleepyLizard 8 ай бұрын

Mu friend just brought us some fig blueberry jam from Massachusetts. So delicious

@charleshenderson1174 Жыл бұрын

Thanks guys

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

you got it Charles.

@moneybitches4796 Жыл бұрын

I see an arm wrestler’s handshake right there 🤔

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

I would lose to him for sure

@NimSonam Жыл бұрын

Just love it… new way to eat mango…🙏🏻🙏🏻

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

the banana cut

@traxx4x4 7 ай бұрын

Thanks

@SleepyLizard 7 ай бұрын

You are welcome

@bjl1226 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info SL. Just bought 4 mango trees from Dr J. 2 Edward x Kent's, 1 ice cream and 1 VP

@SleepyLizard 5 ай бұрын

excellent choices. wait till you see (or maybe you already know) how fast the VP grows. I LOVE them!

@OliviaLovesPugs Жыл бұрын

We use hardiness zones up here in Canada too! Loved the video; I just got my first tropical fruit tree, a 3 gal Persian/Bearss lime! It will stay in a container and live outside all summer, and overwinter indoors.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

So cool. will you be able to make it fruit up there?

@OliviaLovesPugs Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard As long as I can get it to survive indoors over the winter, I think it should be smooth sailing. The summers where I live are very good conditions for citrus, very hot and sunny, and it’s grafted onto dwarf rootstock so it’s meant for container growing. Here’s hoping it survives the winter and I get some fruit next year!

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

@@OliviaLovesPugs please keep us posted

@OliviaLovesPugs Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard Will do! If it survives I’m going to be adding to my little container citrus orchard, with at least lemons and oranges.

@JamesNot007 Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard Greetings from Europe, Estonia. By USDA zones standards Estonia is in zone 6 to 5. So No year long growing tropical trees here. However, just recently I acquired a Satsuma mandarin, Sanguinelly blood orange and Osteen mango. Doing the same thing, @OliviaLovesPugs does. The trees stay outside from June to September. The Saunguinelly has been blooming for a month now and hopefully we get a first test of home grown blood orange in the beginning of winter. Btw, the smell of that blood orange blooming is probably the most intense smelling flower I have ever experienced. It smells like a perfume shop.

@devbachu7072 Жыл бұрын

Hi can I plant 4 grafted avocados in a half of barrel limited backyard coconut trees took the whole back yard has to cut 2 down still

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Hey Dev!

@jeffery8928 2 ай бұрын

Jackfruit can easily be maintained at about 10-12 ft tall by 4-6 ft soread and still be productive

@SleepyLizard 2 ай бұрын

I'm not really a fan of the flavor of jackfruit

@porterhouse7260 Жыл бұрын

Carambola aka Star Fruit! have a tree and give bags of it away at harvest time, saw 44 Grateful Dead Shows always bring a lighter!

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Hi Porter, my carambola fruits pretty much year round. My dad gets amused when he sees them for $4 a piece where he lives in PA and he knows I have a hundred of them rotting in the grass down here. Lara farms has their own variety carambola and it tastes amazing.

@porterhouse7260 Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard Nice to know, I'm not too far away in Ft. Lauderdale, will have to check them out!

@jonathanlee97 Жыл бұрын

I only grow fruit trees in pots because my garden got covered in cement to build a rain proof house for hydroponics. So i can only grow in pots now. I have about 40 trees currently but used to have over 100 trees in pots 2 years ago. I live in malaysia so theres many fruits we cant grow like you can in North America cause its hot the whole year with zero chill hours but I don’t follow the rules and grow blueberries, raspberry, blackberries, oranges, grapes, and alot of local tropical fruit. Somehow my blueberries bushes are fruiting with zero chill hours and the berries taste better than store bought ones. Want to get a russel avocado soon!

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

wow, you must put a lot of effort

@zerxe_ 8 ай бұрын

people shouldnt really be decieved that they cant grow their favorite fruit in their hardiness zone. Hardiness zones were created for commercial farms and not for backyard growers. Ive seen people having date palms, avocados and bananas here in zone 6 and they produced good tasting fruit. They were usually covered in polystyrene boxes during winter because sometimes it can get really cold during the winter months. I myself might try putting citrus and banana into the ground here, altough i still have a lot of planning to do.

@SleepyLizard 8 ай бұрын

Why would the USDA say acodaos don’t grow in zone 6 if they do? 🤣

@williampatrickfurey Жыл бұрын

Consider if ever spraying your fruit with something you don't want near you, that slightly modifying a full body umbrella might be a better option... Of course I'm trying to find more natural solutions than sprays.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

I'm not worried about the sprays. We use approved products and PPE.

@lukemitch1009 Жыл бұрын

Nice video, the mulberry cuttings you gave me have tiny fruit and leaves.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

wow! they do? that's amazing. you definitely have a green thumb. By the way, Julian was very impressed with your fruit knowledge and passion.

@lukemitch1009 Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard thanks 👍

@nelsonmaodeferro5984 Жыл бұрын

We need a video where you talk best places in the world to grow tropical fruit without being in the tropics and which kind of environment, close to sea, hills, inland, elevation, humidity, sun, heat, etc

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Hi Nelson, great idea. I'd have to bring in some expertise on that for sure

@MasterKenfucius Жыл бұрын

Where's the Maha Chanook review? Did you eat it? I just bought two of those because I heard they are a must have. What was your impression?

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

it was delicious, this vid was more about the growing but I ate that one he cut for me and it was so sweet. you won't regret your purchase

@avomansouthafrica2168 Жыл бұрын

Hi ,some of my Avo trees have root rot. Been raining for weeks...they are in pots...any remedy? Andre.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Hi Avoman, if it's not too late you can try to remove the roots that have disease and leave the healthy roots then repot into a bigger pot with soil that offers better drainage so it doesn't happen again.

@samsien9105 Жыл бұрын

I am in California zone 8B can't plant those plant at all, would you have those plant that fit in zone 8b? CA not like FL state .

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Yeah all the fruit we talked about in this vid is zone 9b or above. You can do avocados in 8b

@chinatownboy7482 Жыл бұрын

@ 1:39 that looked like a Penn & Teller trick.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

yes, the best way to make me shut up is to tie my hands behind my back 🤣. Second best way is to give me a peeled and cut mango.

@KerriEverlasting Жыл бұрын

Its minus 5 degrees.... my one little avocado tree is still going but there has been carnage for the rest. Black, dry and frozen are words that should never be used to describe an avocado fledgling. Tom... can you please re-do that zoning chart? It needs to have elements like humidity etc separate so people in other countries.. Australia perhaps lol can take elements and create a zoning profile for anywhere. Currently is not possible to translate US zones to anywhere else. Yes we have our own but cant compare to yours. If it was made up of pieces to put together it would be universal.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

that is an excellent suggestion. Maybe take the hardiness zones and list their min/max temps and other characteristics and distinguish one from the next. A little tip if you can do it...try running your sprinkler all night if it's dipping below freezing, the relatively warmer water will keep your tree above freezing...unless you have to pay a lot for water that is...around here we all have wells

@KerriEverlasting Жыл бұрын

@SleepyLizard we pay through the proverbial nose for water here but I did take note of that tip from your other videos 💚

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

@@KerriEverlasting maybe string some xmas lights around the tree...not LEDs but regular bulbs that give off heat. it only takes a few degrees

@KerriEverlasting Жыл бұрын

@SleepyLizard you are so beautiful Tom, your will to keep my tree alive is just beyond your duty yet you never give up. Much love to you and your clan 💚

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

@@KerriEverlasting 💪🥑

@Dexplay Жыл бұрын

what did he do with the Gary mango leaf towards the end of the video ???

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

I smelled it. But that leaf was from the coconut cream mango tree behind the Gary.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

across varieties the leaves will often smell different. the Gary leave smells like orange. The coconut cream leaf smells like coconut

@asondareyes5482 Жыл бұрын

Is nam dok mai mango a self pollinate?

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

all mangos self pollinate

@asondareyes5482 Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizard thank you!!

@asondareyes5482 Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyLizardI bought it in a 3gal. Once it’s ready to be up pot, can I plant it in 15 pot gal?

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

@@asondareyes5482 yep

@natoygamingtv6925 Жыл бұрын

Love you channel, new subscriber here but you barely let Julian talk. He looks a little annoyed. 😅 Still entertaining though.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

thanks for the subscription. There are a lot more videos of Julian where he talks a lot more on the Fruitful Trees KZfaq channel.

@timothyshawn99 Жыл бұрын

Can we get a GoFundMe started for Julian to get his ears waxed?

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

that's not a very nice thing to say

@frostylonewolf1700 Жыл бұрын

i been scammed today

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

Oh no, what happened?

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

oh man I just saw your video. what a bummer.

@nateross14 Жыл бұрын

In addition to people rethinking life and growing their own food, it would be nice if they would also rethink their political beliefs and quit voting for the bad politicians who are destroying this country and got us in this predicament.

@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын

have you ever tried the mamey Americana?

@eyehatemyjob 11 ай бұрын

Hard to beat an indoctrinating education system and a media with an agenda.