These 3 RARE Fruit Trees Are Perfect For BEGINNER Gardeners!

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These 3 RARE Fruit Trees Are Perfect For BEGINNER Gardeners!

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In this video, I share 3 rare fruit trees that are perfect for beginner gardeners to grow. These easy to grow fruit trees can bear fruit in as little as 1 year, are pest and disease resistant and are low maintenance and easy to care for, but the best part is these fruits are nearly impossible to get in grocery stores! The only way to eat these delicious fruits is to grow them yourself!
In addition, these trees are excellent for gardeners with small yards. Most trees can be sourced as self-fertile, meaning growers only need one tree to bear fruit. Most varieties are naturally dwarfing, respond well to pruning and can easily be maintained as a small fruit tree with basic annual pruning. Growing fruit trees like these are ideal for new gardeners looking to build confidence and learn how to grow fruit trees in a backyard garden setting.
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0:00 Fruit Trees Ideal For New Gardeners
0:50 Fruit Tree #1: Fig Trees
4:54 Fruit Tree #2: Persimmon Trees
9:13 Fruit Tree #3: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)
11:54 Why I Recommend These Fruit Trees
13:57 Adventures With Dale
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@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Fruit Trees Ideal For New Gardeners 0:50 Fruit Tree #1: Fig Trees 4:54 Fruit Tree #2: Persimmon Trees 9:13 Fruit Tree #3: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava) 11:54 Why I Recommend These Fruit Trees 13:57 Adventures With Dale

@ChristinesBackyardGarden 10 ай бұрын

I have a pineapple quava I bought from Stan Mckenzie back in June. It didn't produce any fruit this year. Hopefully, next year, it will. I purchased an Olympan and Brown Turkey fig from Lowes.All I need now is a prissimon tree. 😊 What was the name of the red prissimon you cut open and ate on camera? It looked delicious.

@blessisrael6455 10 ай бұрын

New gardener here…… I LOVE fruit trees; I have mangoes, pineapple heads and even baby suckers I propagated off my fig tree that are growing beautifully, but I want to make sure they survive the frost, is there any info or a video on what to do with baby fruits …. ??

@DarrylLaughinghouse 9 ай бұрын

Have you grown the Crabapple Trees with the small fruit?

@CraftEccentricity 10 ай бұрын

I purchased a pink guava from Lowes this spring. I paid $15 for the 12 inch plant, and its now 5ft tall, and has given 4 very large fruits. Not only is it flowering again, but the seeds I took from just one fruit has now produced 14 baby plants! The fruit is delicious!

@mariap.894 10 ай бұрын

Don't eat too many, you'll regret!! It will constipate you bad😮😮😮😬

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Just for clarity's sake, a Pineapple Guava is not a guava at all. It's a misnomer. It doesn't look or taste anything at all like guava. It's very different. I try to call it Feijoa and not call it Pineapple Guava much, because it's so confusing.

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardenerit’s in the same family just in different genus but fruits are very similar

@williamravisburn2651 10 ай бұрын

That’s a really good observation and really considerate of you,@@TheMillennialGardener. Nice call. 👌

@douellette7960 10 ай бұрын

@@Youdontknowmeson1324lots of variation within plant families. Apples, peach, cherry, strawberry for ex are all in rose family. Fruits very different just like feijoas and guavas are

@cathihaug5807 10 ай бұрын

I had no idea fig trees were hard pruning friendly, and also thrived in containers. Can't wait to grow them. Thank you for another round of great information!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Figs respond well to pruning. Since they fruit on the new season's wood and they're extremely vigorous, cutting them back produces more fruiting wood for the new season. Don't cut them down to the base or anything, but pruning them back significantly does help. I have a lot of videos on pruning figs on my channel.

@pattiethompson9154 10 ай бұрын

I have had my pineapple guava for close to 20 years. I tried cutting them back cause when they drop fruit in Sept and October I pick up grocery bags full for days. My grand daughter thinks it is like an Easter egg hunt. Delicious fruit. I cut in half and take a small teaspoon and scoop out the fruit. Southern cal. Zone 10.

@misfitwookiee3177 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree on the taste of the feijoa!!! I had a neighbor as an 8-year-old (I'll be 50 next week) that had a fejoia tree. I discovered the fruits were edible just months before we moved away, forever breaking my heart because the internet wasn't a thing and I had no idea WTF that delectable fruit was called! Last year, I did my research and found the name - but no real source for known cultivars in the California high desert. But I am armed with the knowledge of what it's finally called, and I thank you for preaching the feijoa gospel to everyone who hasn't tried it!

@blessisrael6455 10 ай бұрын

I LOVE pineapples, and have been trying to grow pineapple heads for a while (and now unfortunately it’s getting cold); I’m curious about this tree, if it’s worth investing into more then pineapple tops ……

@misfitwookiee3177 10 ай бұрын

@@blessisrael6455 I believe that these would be easier to grow than the pineapple tops (we've tried those to no success), and the leaves have a two-sided quality to them, dark green on one side and a sage-like color on the other, and the flowers are quite gorgeous as well... so there's some advantages to feijoa trees!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Check out One Green World and Restoring Eden. They have a number of cultivars.

@misfitwookiee3177 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks! We'll check them out!

@lisakruger5289 10 ай бұрын

I got my first fig tree this year and thanks for the tip on how to overwinter a fig tree. I'm hoping for figs next year! :)

@user-fy7cp9yw7y 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoy my fruit trees. I have 2 persimmon trees and a few small fig plants. Again thanks.

@laddieokelley6095 10 ай бұрын

I might be as much a "fig nut" are you are! I should be able to grow some varieties here in zone 7B, but growing in an open rural area is quite different than growing in the same zone in a city. My 86-year old uncle, a Texas Master Gardener, has not managed to keep a fig going, but you inspire me to plant a fig at the back of my house which faces south and would have some protection. If it dies, that's on you, Anthony.

@mattdailey7151 10 ай бұрын

I’m 7a over in Arkansas and our brown turkey fig died back to the ground this last winter (unsurprising because we got something near -10). It’s got figs on it and is twice as tall as it was last year. These things are plucky plants. They want to live, for sure.

@AussieWinter 10 ай бұрын

I have always dismissed figs. I've only ever had them dried on a cheese platter, or as fig jam. You have now piqued my interest and I'll have to find someone that grows them in my area so I can try them. I have 4x feijoa trees. I grew up in New Zealand, where they are a normal part of life. You can get feijoa candy, cereal, wine, etc. But over the ditch in Australia (where I now live), no one had even heard of them until recently. Supermarkets do sell the fruit for a few weeks, but they are $2 (or more) each for tiny ones. They are DEFINITELY my favourite fruit!!

@moonedward63 2 ай бұрын

Another very informative video by Dale's dad.

@valoriegriego5212 10 ай бұрын

Another great one, MG! 👍I'm not a beginner; however, I will attentively watch the videos you put out this winter. I always learn some new from you!👍 I got 2 varieties of figs this year, and I plan on getting Pineapple Guava and persimmon trees. I grew up with fig bushes in our yard...such sweet memories! 😃 A neighbor had a persimmon tree, which gave me more sweet memories! It's great to know I can have a manageable persimmon tree! Cool knowledge on nose juices, Dale.🐕👍

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad to hear about the figs. Was your neighbor's tree an American or Asian persimmon? I think the American persimmons are okay, but the Asian types are incredible. I have a Giombo that's almost ripe and I can't wait.

@valoriegriego5212 10 ай бұрын

@TheMillennialGardener The fruit wasn't small. So delicious when they fell off the tree ripe!😋

@MM-d289 3 ай бұрын

I had fresh figs one year from a friend’s yard. They were amazing!

@darlenepreston525 10 ай бұрын

New ideas- thanks. Once again I have learnt something new- more like this kind of awesome video. 🙏👍🌻

@Gkrissy 10 ай бұрын

I have one feijoa tree. Last year , some Of the leaves got frost damage but it’s resilient and started to regrow the leaves in late summer. I plan to pull out my shrubs and put in 2 feijoas instead for an edible landscape.

@sylvia10101 10 ай бұрын

Cool fruit trees!Thank you for sharing! 👍👍👍

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!

@JoJo-JoJo-JoJo 10 ай бұрын

Feijoa flower petals are delicious too. I saw a mockingbird eat the petals when I was a kid & I tried it 😋 I've been wanting to get a pineapple guava, but now I will definitely be getting one soon thanks to this video. I have a dwarf fig tree, violette de bordeaux. We're in zone 9b. I really enjoy your videos, very informative. Thank you

@foragingandurbanfarmingatt4745 10 ай бұрын

Here in Oklahoma, there are SO many native persimmons! I'd have to really have a chunk of land to dedicate planting them. I have two pieces of property I have access to that have them. Honestly, we can also drive up and down the backroads and load up. As usual, you make great videos!

@laddieokelley6095 10 ай бұрын

I think you meant "load up," but I have eaten a delicious persimmon bread. Here in Texas I can always tell when the natives are ripe: the feral pigs "load up" and leave persimmon seed scat on the highway when they cross.

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

You should get Nikita’s gift persimmon it’s hybrid between Asian and American persimmon.

@foragingandurbanfarmingatt4745 10 ай бұрын

@@laddieokelley6095 I have chubby little fingers

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I've had wild American persimmons and they're a nice fall treat, but the Asian varieties are incredible. If you can grow an Asian type, they're really something special. They're like candy.

@user-ii7yc9mv5h 10 ай бұрын

As a long time listener and first time subscriber (you hit this adventure with Dale out of the park- like the Mike Trout of gardeners. Thank you for the education and keep on growin and going!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos, and thank you for subscribing!

@DelusionalMoron 10 ай бұрын

I found feijoa fruit being sold at a Sprout's in spring, and got some seeds to germinate! Biggest plant is above 8 inches tall. Hope I can keep it alive during winter and get fruit in a year or two.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

That's very interesting. Be aware feijoa seedlings are going to be entirely random, so the fruit quality and self-fertility will be unknown. It's possible they'll need cross-pollination to fruit, so please keep that in mind.

@mariapina1973 10 ай бұрын

love your channel great information looking forward to those videos this is my first year growing fruit trees and barriers but I have already lost 2 trees a sugar maple and a pear along with a blueberry plant don't know what happened I was really keeping an eye on them thanks 🙂🌻

@Shroomunati 10 ай бұрын

My aunts neighbor has a fig tree that’s probably at least 30 years old and as big as a house, I definitely eat as many figs as possible as the tree hangs over the fence. good to know I’m getting the ripe ones

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Figs can get quite large if you let them. They love pruning, though. You can be aggressive with annual winter pruning to keep them small.

@Shroomunati 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener yeah this thing may have never been pruned I’d say like 30 ft tall as well, unlimited fruit too

@susancooper145 13 күн бұрын

Because of your enthusiasm for growing freight trees, I have planted a grapefruit, an Ouria Satsuma and a Meyer Lemon. I am in Central Texas. All of my trees were planted this year. I need to know how to feed them properly. What do you feed yours and how frequently. I am so happy to have you as my gardening guru!

@TheMillennialGardener 9 күн бұрын

YES!! Awesome! I'm happy to have a citrus friend out west! I have a video on how I fertilize my fruit trees here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5OIg86D06-RnKc.htmlsi=sdJxo9QnEvihFScL

@kmoore5150 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Always looking for something to grow that we can't buy in stores. We already have a hachiya persimmon, 3 figs and 4 pawpaws. Will look into the feijoa.

@janegardener1662 10 ай бұрын

I have feijoa and it never produces fruit because the deer eat all the flowers.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Nice! I'm looking forward to my pawpaws fruiting. I hope next year it'll happen. They're finally 6 feet tall.

@kmoore5150 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Which varieties of feijjoa do you recommend, especially if I want a self pollinating version. I am in Zone 7B in the Piedmont. And, who do you recommends as a vendor? Thanks in advance.

@Ricosyard 10 ай бұрын

Excellent information thank you

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

My lsu purple fig survived in zone 6 and it growing a tiny fruit it is suppose to be 7b/8 fig variety. I also a Celeste fig baby plant that survived in zone 6 and I have brown turkey and Chicago hardy.

@TamaraLMJ62 10 ай бұрын

I love your videos and watch them all. I learn so much. Alabama zone 7B, I plan to grow figs next year. You sparked my interest. Thank you!!!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I hope you do get into figs. They're just awesome.

@angelarae 10 ай бұрын

I am alredy scoping out locations for all three trees! Great content, thank you. PS We have three Italian Plum trees that were here when we bought the home. They are absolutely prolific and delicious,

@Tristessa20 10 ай бұрын

Great info! I’m very curious to try growing feijoas now

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Feijoa are pretty special. Really interesting, unique and easy to grow. If you're in Zone 7, you'll need a protected location that's sheltered from the north wind. Zone 8 or warmer, they're pretty much bulletproof.

@myurbangarden7695 10 ай бұрын

I just got some Celeste and Brown Turkey figs. Thank you for all of the information and encouragement.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I'm thrilled to hear you're planting some figs!

@williamravisburn2651 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this awesome video! 🙏 I’d never even heard of a Feijoa tree before today. Now I’m super excited to try growing one. Wish me luck ~ ✌️

@Gardeningchristine 10 ай бұрын

My persimmon trees have been dropping fruit for a couple weeks,weird because we haven’t had a frost, and they usually don’t drop till around Halloween. They are ripe and delicious but it’s very strange that they’re this early.

@Sanchez96d 10 ай бұрын

Nice video! Love the persimmons. I have a fuyu, I got it small at Lowe’s and broken. And now it’s huge, one of the bigger trees, maybe 15-20 ft + in height.

@derpty420lerp3 10 ай бұрын

loved the science fact at the end

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Dale's nose knows 🐶

@milohobo9186 10 ай бұрын

I live in Southwest Louisiana and I have be careful about heat tolerance, flood tolerance, and we don't tend to get a frost. It seems like some plants need a frost in order to turn sweet. I'd love to know what I can grow easily here, it's been a hassle with pests, heat waves, and floods. This is before you count in hurricanes too!

@mariap.894 10 ай бұрын

You have almost the same climate as Florida, where I live. Plant coconut trees, Guavas, Figs, Black berries, papayas, do some research and experiment like I do😊❤

@HappilyAfterEver 10 ай бұрын

If you haven’t already, I would recommend checking out the extensive growing guides from the University of Florida IFAS. We have a lot in common with Louisiana between the heat, rain, humidity, and lack of chill hours. I believe the LSU Purple fig would do well for you, as it was developed right there in Louisiana and is recommended for Floridians as well thanks to its humidity tolerance.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Any of these will do fine in Zone 9. American persimmons may be reaching their limit, but Asian persimmons, feijoa and figs thrive in Zone 9. They don't need much cold.

@joolsmonash9855 10 ай бұрын

You are uplifting! Thank you!🌿🐕 from Australia

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm happy to hear you're inspired by the videos.

@feralkevin 10 ай бұрын

My farm before I moved was called Feijoa Farms because I loved those fruit so much. What side of your house is that one planted on? Folks should know that the plant is much more cold hardy than the fruit. Even in Zone 9 California, I lost a huge portion of the crop a couple of times because of an early-ish frost. One year I covered but all the fruit on top still got zapped by the cold. For colder climates than where they like it (California for instance), you really want to select for early ripening varieties.

@garyallman3039 10 ай бұрын

I can't believe you are eating the whole feijoa! The skin is bitter (not too bad), so we just usually slice in half and scoop out the inside. The inside is sorta like eating perfume. Eat fresh, make jams, make fruit leather. You can also use just the skins to make a jelly (remove skins after simmering for a while, final product looks like apple jelly with a nice tart hint). Freeze and blender for a daiquiri. Freeze up all the pulp you can't eat fresh, and add to smoothies for the next few months or make sorbet.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

The skin is awesome. That's what gives it the dichotomy of flavor. The skin is the tartness. The inside is the sweetness. It's the two things combined that makes it so complex and interesting.

@PepperplacewithShawna 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@phillippinter7518 10 ай бұрын

I live where Feijoas are native to. They are trees, they grow around 15 feet tall and have woody trunks, your shrub feijoa tree looks different than the ones near my house.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Feijoa can be pruned into a tree. They can also be shaped into a hedge. They can get large (large-ish) given enough time, but they're very easily managed with pruning. After I harvest mine, I'll be cutting it back some. It's taken almost 5 years to get to that size.

@chazp3496 10 ай бұрын

Wow, you came up with a fruit to grow I wasn't familiar with, Feijoa. I may have to try that one. My figs aren't doing so well, I think they need more sun and a couple did get killed back by that same late cold spell. I may try replanting one in a container. A couple of them came from cuttings from a large ancient fig tree in the field in front of my house. I would love to know when it was planted. It's got a hole through the trunk and looks pretty decrepit but produces a bunch of figs. If my two plums don't produce next year, I might pull them out and replace them with a persimmon and one of my figs. The plums tend to get zapped by a late frost every year.

@JoJo-JoJo-JoJo 10 ай бұрын

The fruit is very perfumy and it does taste a bit like pineapples & oranges. I do find them in the farmers markets, that's probably why I haven't tried to grow one. But I will now the home improvement stores usually have them in stock. But I'm going to try the local nursery 1st.

@1psyurmind200 10 ай бұрын

I love your videos. Where do you buy your trees

@patkrueger7353 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this very informative video on fruit trees. I really thinking about trying a couple of these out a fig tree and maybe a persimmon since I'm in zone 6 in Pennsylvania. Unless you have a recommendation. Will try a fig in a container. I guess they need a really big container. Would you be able to let me know about what to do with it in the winter since sometimes we get some some pretty bad winters. I didn't know that about the dogs noses and I have always had a dog. ❤❤❤❤ to Dale .

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

If you live in a very cold climate and you want to grow something in ground like figs like zone 5,4,3,2. I recommend growing mulberries there very cold hardy and related to figs the most hardy mulberry is hardy zone 3 but might survive in zone 2 like north top mulberry. Also Gerardi dwarf mulberry is very easy to grow and can grown dwarf there extremely cold hardy heat tolerant some make so long fruit like Pakistan mulberry and Australian mulberry.

@rosemaryus-ct6151 10 ай бұрын

are u still 13?

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

@@rosemaryus-ct6151 ?

@kathysmeyhl1821 10 ай бұрын

I love your videos...always informative and to the point... CUCUMBERS...I got "mini me"..parthenocarpic..wonderful and VERY prolific...

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear it! Parthenocarpic cucumbers are AWESOME! They're so good, I don't see a reason to buy cucumbers requiring cross pollination anymore.

@Earthy-Artist 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! Until now I hadn't been sure which type of persimmon to grow, thanks to you now I know it's the Asian variety. Do you know if there is any way for preserving Feijoa fruit long term? I'm intrigued to grow the Feijoa now that I've learned of it. I'm already growing Chicago Extra Hardy fig in northern NJ. , two years old & no fruit yet, fingers crossed for season.

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

Grow Nikita’s gift or hybrid Japanese American persimmon in New Jersey they grow very good there. Feijoa might not fruit in ground in New Jersey. For figs you can mulch them and cover them with tiny greenhouse to protect them long enough to make fruit.

@Earthy-Artist 10 ай бұрын

@@Youdontknowmeson1324 Thank you for those tips! 😊

@benjaminhartman4488 10 ай бұрын

Dude I love your videos.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate that.

@spanky7277 9 ай бұрын

It's growing on ..

@RainbowWarriorChris 10 ай бұрын

Off the topic question. Do you know of any type of tray or saucer i can find to put under my potted fig trees to catch some of the water runoff? They drain so well i have to water so much because it just goes right threw?

@tiptopgirl4124 10 ай бұрын

Ok. Loved this! PLEASE tell me the variety of persimmon that you were eating. I’m. Zone 7. Must have !!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

The overlay was the Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro persimmon. Honestly, that very well could have been the best piece of fruit I've ever had in my life. It knocked my socks off.

@sc73 10 ай бұрын

interesting video

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@annphilbeck5174 10 ай бұрын

thanks I'm in Virginia

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@oldman1111 10 ай бұрын

Same!

@pottersdaughter 10 ай бұрын

You mentioned all the different "flavors" of figs...I sure would like to know the names of the ones that taste like brown sugar and caramel! Also, where can I buy them. Please and thank you :)

@user-xt9jb3jp8s 10 ай бұрын

Best places to get these kinds of fruit trees? Any recommendations?

@omerkhan7664 10 ай бұрын

What is the difference between the Rigato Del Salento fig vs the I-258 fig ?

@rsollecito5947 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, that's great

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! You're welcome!

@melindaroth5796 10 ай бұрын

ANTHONY YOU ARE SO BLESSED BY FATHER GOD TO BE ABLE TO GROW ALL THAT. I WANT A SATSUMA TREE SO BAD. SHOULD WE GET ONE NOW AND PLANT IT NOW. WE HAVE NOTHING BUT A FEW VEGETABLES. HI DALE DALE. YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD BOY. TELL MOMMY HI FOR ME. LOVE YALL ❤❤❤😊

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure where you're located. I would not plant a satsuma now unless I lived in Zone 9b or warmer. If you're colder than Zone 9b, I would recommend you wait and plant in spring. Young trees are sensitive to frost, so if you live in a frosty place, you should plant at your last chance of frost in spring to give the trees as much time to establish as possible before they face their first winter.

@melindaroth5796 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener OH ANTHONY, I'M SORRY I'M IN 9B TEXAS

@AJKammerer 10 ай бұрын

Hey, great video! What about the paw paw? Any experience growing a pawpaw tree? I've heard they're native to SE NC and the fruit is really good, but similarly can't be shipped or found in stores.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I have 2 pawpaw trees. I wouldn't classify them as "beginner" trees. They need shade protection when young, almost all require cross-pollination, and even when grafted, they have an exceptionally long establishment period. Mine have been establishing for 3 full seasons and still they haven't flowered enough to have flower overlap for cross-pollination. Pawpaw's require a lot of knowledge and up-front work. Once they're established, they're zero maintenance, but it's a long road to get there.

@susannahlewis8464 6 ай бұрын

I have had the worst freaking luck with figs. I have them in a big field with all my other fruit tress, but I'm thinking they hate the winters out there. I'm gonna start moving them to a more sheltered spot with some more shade this year, and see if I can get them to grow properly.

@WillWilsonII 10 ай бұрын

I trimmed a fig tree for a lady in Wrightsville Beach and it's growing back like it's mocking me or something

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Figs respond very well to pruning. A fig tree can grow 8-10 feet in a single season if you give it enough warmth and fertilizer. Fig trees that are pruned tend to fruit more, too.

@IntegrityandKarma 9 ай бұрын

I recall youve mentioned you'll be selling cuttings at the start of teh new year. How do you go about doing that, and is it possible to pre-order fig cuttings ? Im going off your list of must haves because : Im a starting small homesteader in zone 7b, and I never realized they actually came in FLAVORS! Omigosh... yes please.

@CIB8282 10 ай бұрын

I want to grow that Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro, the fruit looks delicious. I wonder if it will survive in zone 6 New Jersey. I may have to try and find out.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

That variety is listed as Zone 6 hardy. It is the most cold hardy of the Asian persimmons sold widely at online nurseries. My brother lives in Zone 6b NJ, and I planted a Nikita's Gift persimmon in his yard, which is a hybrid between Asian and American types. However, that's because I wanted to give him an astringent persimmon. None of the hybrids are non-astringent. If you want a non-astringent persimmon, this variety is your best chance. It should survive, but I do recommend you plant it in spring, not fall, to give it more time to establish if you feel you're in a borderline zone. If you don't want to wait and you're willing to take the risk now, PlantMeGreen has them in stock for a good price. I've ordered 2 persimmon trees from them (one for my brother, one for my nextdoor neighbor) and their trees were nice.

@CIB8282 10 ай бұрын

Ok, I will try planting it in spring next year. Thanks

@51rwyatt 10 ай бұрын

I'm zone 4, and we get a couple -20F nights a year. I wonder if it is worth trying to do a Chicago Hardy fig here or whether even with protection I'm probably going to lose the fig.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You'd have to grow a container. It's too cold for a fig in-ground there. But there are fig growers in Zone 4 that overwinter their figs in a basement or garage that stays above freezing.

@51rwyatt 10 ай бұрын

Great idea. I'll try that. Plenty of room in basement. I need to get my fig game on somehow.@@TheMillennialGardener

@lindalyc 10 ай бұрын

would you please list the type of Fig trees for beginners? and what's the best-tasting one? thanks

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

All figs are the same in terms of ease of growing. There's not much difference tree to tree. What does matter is earliness. If you live in a place with a short growing season, you need a fig that can ripen its fruit very quickly like Chicago Hardy, Celeste, Improved Celeste, Florea, Ronde de Bordeaux, Olympian or something else known to ripen fast. If you have a longer growing season that's at least 220 days, you can grow pretty much any fig. As for taste, I cannot tell you what tastes best. That's entirely based on personal preference. My favorite figs are probably I-258, Col de Dame Blanc, Del Sen Jaume Gran and White Madeira #1, but they need very long growing seasons. They're very late figs that need a lot of hot weather to ripen. My favorite super early fig is Ronde de Bordeaux.

@lindalyc 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks. I'm in zone 7a, elevation 1250. is it a good strategy to grow figs in 15 gallon containers for a couple years before placing in ground? or just direct in ground and protect them with blankets in winter if Temp. below ??? F degree? First time want to try Fig trees trying to learn as much as possible. thanks again

@pinnaclefamilychiropractic5918 10 ай бұрын

Do you sell your trees? I would love to get another fig tree and would rather get one from you vs Lowe's or Home Depot. Also, anywhere local you recommend to get plants?

@Channel-tl3xz 10 ай бұрын

Good point on the self fertile implications. Are Strawberry Guava usually self-fertile?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

By that, do you mean Cattley Guava? I've never grown them, but Pete from GreenDreams plants them all the time as small "dooryard" trees, so I believe so.

@Channel-tl3xz 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Yes, Cattley Guava! What are "dooryard" trees? Oh, and good to know about the self-fertilization. Just need to figure out who Pete from GreenDreams is!

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

@@Channel-tl3xzgreen dreams on KZfaq he makes videos about exotic fruits and stuff.

@butterflyj685 10 ай бұрын

@@Channel-tl3xz Pete Kanaris is a professional landscaper, Permaculturist and educator with a KZfaq channel, an onlin and local plant nursey. Pete recommends guavas as a good ornamental shurbs to plant in the front yard or near the front door if you live in a neighborhood that has HOA restrictions because it never looks unsightly.

@Channel-tl3xz 10 ай бұрын

@@butterflyj685 Thank you! Has he done a video on them? I can't seem to find one.

@jamesbarron1202 10 ай бұрын

How would you rank them from your favorite to least favorite for taste if it was your favorite variety in each species? I have all 3 myself.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

That's too subjective. My favorite fruit is the fruit that's ripening in time. If it's August, I'll tell you figs, because that's what's in season. In October/November when the figs are done and I'm tired of them, I'll tell you persimmons. Maybe I'll tell you feijoa if I'm in the mood, because they're so rare and the season is so short and precious. You only have a few weeks and they're done, and then it'll be a whole year until the next taste. I don't think I can decide.

@jamesbarron1202 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardenerFor me so far #1 persimmons #2 figs #3 feijoa? Because my feijoa are still young and haven’t produced yet. That’s why I ask. I wanted to see how they compared. Everyone has different taste though. Climate makes a huge difference also. Cali figs are the best because of the fig wasp and the dry climate. Our dry weather Texas figs are probably better than your rain soaked figs. Texas peaches are fantastic because they aren’t watered down. We don’t get near enough rain in summer and have to supplement water. I hand watered and sprayed grasshoppers from daylight to dark yesterday. I have too many trees and I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m planting over 100 more this winter. All pollinator trees for my honeybees. Moles and grasshoppers killed half of my new 70 trees I planted last winter. When I water the moles are attracted to the wet soil and destroy roots by digging and also drying the soil with tunnels. Gophers get some also. Gophers are easy to trap. Moles very hard to trap in this loose beach type sand I have. Their shallow tunnels collapse when trying to set traps, plus they rarely use older tunnels. They make poison gummy worms for moles but they’re too expensive for my acreage.

@muhammadahmed9402 10 ай бұрын

love the vids

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it!

@mariap.894 10 ай бұрын

Hi Anthony! Just wanted to share with you to be careful where Dale sticks his nose in, please make sure you watch. I just heard about Cane toads and being very invasive! They could kill a dog within 20-30 minutes! Please be careful❤😬🐕🤗♥️

@mitchdebenedetto7442 10 ай бұрын

You should talk about Fuyu Persimmons. They are even better than the asian variety.

@laddieokelley6095 10 ай бұрын

I had Fuyu in Dallas. I thought they were an Asian variety. My only complaint: the raccoons loved them!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Fuyu are Asian persimmons. Fuyu is a common non-astringent persimmon. I grow Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro instead. I believe the Jiro's are superior to the Fuyu's in taste, but that's just my personal opinion. However, the astringent varieties are even better. My Giombo tree will have ripe fruit in a few weeks, and I have a feeling it's going to be even better!

@mitchdebenedetto7442 10 ай бұрын

Good to know and thank you! I really enjoy your videos. You have a plant passion! May I ask what your first name is?@@TheMillennialGardener

@jennifernorrell193 9 ай бұрын

Living just outside of Charlotte NC (7b) - when should I plant a Feijoa bush?

@TheMillennialGardener 9 ай бұрын

I think you can, yes. Particularly in a sheltered location. I'm guessing your location has also been "upgraded" to 8a in the new hardiness zone maps released this week. I'm now in Zone 8b.

@jennifernorrell193 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@TheMillennialGardener 9 ай бұрын

@@jennifernorrell193 you're welcome!

@rayachan1794 10 ай бұрын

I love persimmons I can’t plant on the ground cuz I’m a renter

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You can probably grow an Asian persimmon in a container since they're pretty small trees. Something like the Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro is probably a good choice in a 15 gallon container since it's a natural dwarf.

@rayachan1794 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your suggestion I’ll try next spring I think I don’t know when is best time to plant it 🙏👍❣️

@lisagilmore4519 10 ай бұрын

Hello, you had me at a caramel flavored fig..I Need that tree, can you give me a link to that with a name of the tree. I have the brown turkey and mission fig trees. My grandson and I cannot wait for the first figs because you don’t get these in the grocery store. We are in northern Tennessee. Have a good evening.

@GreenJustin8 10 ай бұрын

In Phoenix Az, by the time my figs are fully ripe, its super dry inside. Its a Peter's honey fig. Thoughts?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Figs need irrigation. It's a misconception that they're drought tolerant. In their native climate, they grow on limestone pockets, so even if the weather is dry, they live on top of moisture pockets. Growing in Phoenix, figs need regular irrigation and a lot of mulch. You'll need to run drip irrigation. The fig trees are probably too dry. Giving them shade cloth is also helpful. I recommend hanging 40% shade cloth over them.

@arlosmith2784 8 ай бұрын

Feijoa is very commonly planted in California as an ornamental. Most people don't know that the fruit is edible.

@TheMillennialGardener 8 ай бұрын

That's a shame. They're missing out! They're so unique and delicious.

@arlosmith2784 8 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener They also miss out on the loquat. There are thousands of loquat trees planted in California for their foliage, but no one except Asian immigrants uses the fruit.

@joistannertasidrealtor9334 10 ай бұрын

When do you suggest is the best way and time to prune a fig tree?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

There is no best way. Pruning a tree is always situational. Fig trees are pruned to both manage size and encourage fruiting, because fig trees that are cut back produce more new wood the next spring, which is where the figs form. Unpruned fig trees are less productive, but you also can't cut them back so much that it takes forever for the new wood to grow. Establishing a strong base to cut back to each season is what you want to do. You prune figs during dormancy after they're hit by a few frosts.

@vonries 10 ай бұрын

I love loquats, but you can't find them in the store. I ended up getting a named variety and seedlings.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

They’re tough to grow, though. You need 2 trees, and the flowers/fruits are badly damaged in temps below 27F. They’re all over my neighborhood, but they never hold fruit. They’re basically just ornamentals here. I’ve never had a loquat. I think I would have to move south to grow them 😞

@endnami 10 ай бұрын

Where is the link for that persimmon care?! Got it!

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

There is a link in the video description.

@endnami 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener thank you I got it :)

@zaubab4023 10 ай бұрын

Where can I can buy the pineapple guava?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

They are easy to find online through a Google search. Lots of online nurseries sell them. I recommend you research the varieties that sound most attractive to you and your situation, then search for those exact varieties. Who you buy them from will depend on the varieties you want.

@jayricks8938 10 ай бұрын

Whats the link to the guava you bought? Thats one thing i dont have yet lol 😅

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

There are countless places online to buy them. I wouldn't want to promote one nursery over another. I recommend researching the varieties that sound most attractive to you, then searching for them. They've become pretty common and easy to order online.

@jayricks8938 10 ай бұрын

@TheMillennialGardener gotcha I was looking online and saw a few but I wanted to see which you had that was self fertile

@pamelafailen189 10 ай бұрын

Where can I get a variety of fig trees? I'm in Fayetteville, NC zone 8a

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

It will soon be cutting season. I have a video on where you can buy them here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNaKpJh10Ji7h4E.htmlsi=fbhnmx3MY8N3GqU-

@dee3dee333 9 ай бұрын

Do you sell the trees?

@nan-bu1pv 10 ай бұрын

What about strawberry guava?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Do you mean Cattley Guava? I can’t grow that here since it is a bit too cold sensitive. I’ve never had it.

@BossPonce 10 ай бұрын

Do u think if I get a fig tree now it would be ok to plant here in nc?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Probably not. By the time it arrives and you get it in ground, we're only about 4 weeks away from frost. It won't establish by then. You can buy the tree now, but I'd overwinter it indoors at this point in the year.

@BossPonce 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener thank you I will do tht

@janegardener1662 10 ай бұрын

You can ripen persimmons by putting them in the freezer.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I believe that will remove the astringency and soften them, but the ripening process is created by the natural release of ethylene gas. It won't ripen the fruit, but it will break it down and remove the tannins, if that makes sense.

@KikaWaiAlae 10 ай бұрын

So where do I buy these plants you speak of?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

That's going to depend on the varieties you want. All of these trees are easy to find online through a Google search. Lots of online nurseries sell them. I recommend you research the varieties that sound most attractive to you and your situation, then search for those exact varieties. Who you buy them from will depend on the varieties you want.

@KikaWaiAlae 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Ok thx. I'm just new at gardening that when I research online in the blind I don't know who is a legit seller or below par. I have wasted time and money online. Not so many places locally in my small town to find what I'm looking for. Being from Hawaii I tend to have some plants brought in from visitors only to find that the sun in Nevada roasts the plants. I'll figure it out one day or just forget about it. I did order online from Walmart 6 Feijoa plants so we'll see how that works out.

@milagrosmelendez467 10 ай бұрын

Where can you order these fruit trees?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

That is going to depend on the varieties you want. All are easy to find online through a Google search. Lots of online nurseries sell them. I recommend you research the varieties that sound most attractive to you and your situation, then search for those exact varieties. Who you buy them from will depend on the varieties you want.

@dirtsailoroff-road5580 10 ай бұрын

I live in the sand of SC and I can promise, they DO NOT need fertilizer or soil amendments.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Figs definitely do. The more nutrients you give them, the more they react. They are very heavy feeders and they do not perform well in low nutrient soils.

@dirtsailoroff-road5580 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Someone should tell that to my giant fig bush that has figs all over and never been fertilized.

@Batchat2352 10 ай бұрын

Hopes guava is in it

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

It's too cold here for true guavas, but pineapple guava is.

@Batchat2352 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener in containers. In my case i have to bring it in for winter with my citrus (zone 4b)

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardeneryou should watch the forest Gardner he got some videos about hardy guava species and relatives you never heard of.

@JohnnyZBeatZ 10 ай бұрын

👍

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@christineb.5929 10 ай бұрын

Your accent tells me you are from Philly. Is that correct?

@muhammadahmed9402 10 ай бұрын

first one here

@lucianolucivan6600 4 ай бұрын

You’re pronouncing Feijoa like Spanish when it is from Brazil and named in Portuguese. The J is not an H sound in Portuguese.

@locke6531 10 ай бұрын

in new zealand we call them and say it, "fe-joe-a" not, fa-hoe-a 🤣🤣😂😂😆😆

@DelusionalMoron 10 ай бұрын

yeah, I think the word comes from Brazil where j is not an h sound like in Spanish

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

They're technically from South America, so the "j" is pronounced like an "h."

@rosemaryus-ct6151 10 ай бұрын

do u dry ur figs? wow u have a banana tree lol.

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I have a video on drying figs here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8WFdcmTxMvJm30.htmlsi=WtpTGhtyxzBL9n9B

@rosemaryus-ct6151 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener oh ty. i will watch it. i've never had the chance to eat a fresh fig, but i do like dried figs.

@rodneyb7918 10 ай бұрын

So where would a person find these 3 unique trees?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I order trees from a wide range of different places. I order from the sellers that have the varieties I want and the best shipping rates, generally. You can find anything easily with a Google search. I recommend being comprehensive to research the varieties that will work best for you. I have a video on where to buy figs here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNaKpJh10Ji7h4E.htmlsi=apE5FZ79pbmnD4lU For persimmons and feijoa, there are many options. One Green World, Raintree, Edible Landscaping, Just Fruits and Exotics, Peaceful Heritage, Restoring Eden, PlantMeGreen, Burnt Ridge Nursery...I'm sure there are plenty more.

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

Etsy is good to

@FravasTheBard 9 ай бұрын

@kelliwebb2870 10 ай бұрын

What is your favorite persimmon?

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I've only had three persimmons: Fuyu persimmons from grocery stores, wild American persimmons from trees around the area, and my Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro persimmon. The Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro persimmon may have been the best piece of fruit I've ever had in my life. However, that could easily change, because I'll be harvesting ripe Giombo persimmons from my tree for the first time this year. Giombo is said to be one of the best persimmons.

@kelliwebb2870 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener does the combo require another tree or does it fertilizer itself?

@mitchhessman5904 10 ай бұрын

This was no help. Need solutions for zone 3 and 4

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

You can grow American persimmons. I stated they’re hardy to Zone 3/4 in the video.

@Amuserr 10 ай бұрын

Me as an asian: Sir but none of these is rare....😅

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, they are. Drive past 100 yards and how many will have any of these trees growing, let alone all three? Probably 0. The only people that can eat these are those with the knowledge of their existence, which is a tiny, tiny number of people in the grand scheme of things. I hope this video reaches many thousands of people and will give them the knowledge to grow these awesome fruits.

@gabbycarter965 10 ай бұрын

The guavas that I purchased from the store were disgusting!

@mariap.894 10 ай бұрын

You really have to try o home grown😉 but even then, they have a acquired taste . The closest I can describe it is like an unripe banana and a strawberry together😮😊❤

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

Pineapple guava is not a guava. It's a totally different species, and it's really a misnomer. A feijoa tastes nothing at all like a guava. They are a very unique and interesting fruit. It's unlike anything you'll ever taste.

@Youdontknowmeson1324 10 ай бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardenerthere in the same family just a different genus