Thank you.

That is interesting indeed. The vast majority of starfruits are propagated through air layering. This being the case, I can imagine the success you had with the cutting method.

You’re very welcome.

That’s awesome. I’m lucky to be able to grow both tropical fruit trees and non-tropicals that require thousands of chill hours.

You’re very welcome.

Ouch. I know folks in Arizona too were hit by the frost this week. Looks like it’s moving east towards your region.

🥶 not good, but we are ready 💪

These tropical fruit trees are surprisingly resilient. Unless it’s a once in a lifetime Texas style 17°F freeze, they should be fine.

Not really. I think it took me about 20 minutes to frost protect the newly planted tropical fruit trees. Beyond that, once the trees are established, typically in a few years, they do not require any protection and are practically maintenance free.

Hello. Happy winter!

You’re going to want to create a wind breaker or barrier.

That’s great! The foliage of the guava trees will turn red from the cold. As spring approaches, they’ll shed all the damaged leaves and new ones sprout out to replace them. Mango trees are surprisingly resilient. Although I chose to protect my newly planted mango trees (in the backyard), I’m confident all would be okay without protection, but given the ease at which I erect the frost cloth, the trees will appreciate the added protection.

Nice. The bag style ones I used are medium range, at about 2.5 oz; just enough to not weight down the trees while still providing adequate sun penetration, breathability and frost protection.

@@TropicalCentralValley that’s exactly what I use vs the .95

There are definitely pros and cons to the weight of the frost cloth. For instance, I use some of my super thin ones as shade cloth. The trees appreciate it during my 115°F days.

Yeah, knowing that it snows in Canada, I can’t imagine many tropical fruit trees growing there, but I’m sure it can be done, with heavy cold protection.

Sorry, I just realized there is an Ontario by LA. Given that they grow in my frosty USDA Zone 9b where it went down to 28°F several time last year, I’m confident it’ll do fine in your climate.

@@TropicalCentralValley lol,yes Ontario California!,I think the coldest it got here was 50’s.I think I’ll give it a try in a big pot at first.I saw them grow fruits to full term in a pot. Thank for responding!So you do have custard apples?😬😃

Yes, I have many annonas, including sugar and custard apple trees.

@@TropicalCentralValley oh wow!,any fruits from the custard apple?,I’ll also plan on getting a sugar apple!,which country are you from?,im from Jamaica 🇯🇲 We have many tropical trees!,I think we have the same ones!😃

Planted in the front yard without any frost protection. They do great, even in 28°F temperatures.

I’m not sure. Assuming you have notifications enabled in your KZfaq app, it should have notified you. You’ll see, but I do not believe in promoting my videos by asking viewers to “hit the notification button” as I realize the growing of tropical fruit trees in the Central Valley and other hostile climate comes with lots if failures.

@@TropicalCentralValley I do this just happened recently

On a side note, I release a new video almost every 10 days, or when a new idea comes to me.

I do. I have a green and purple variety. They are a bit cold sensitive. Both of mine are in the ground, protected by a temporary heated greenhouse. Oddly enough, my 6 inch seedling caimito, also in the ground, unprotected is fairing so much better than the two grated ones in the greenhouse. Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. If you’re nearing the Los Angeles area, there are a number of tropical fruit tree nurseries in the region, though, you may want to wait until June or so to ensure they have caimito trees.

​@@TropicalCentralValley do you think a caimito could fruit in a greenhouse?

Nothing wrong with taking a hands off approach. The trees can be surprisingly resilient. I didn’t protect some of my seedlings last year, and all were fine.

Pretty bad, particularly for folks with sensitive lungs. The fog traps pollutants near the ground level.

@@TropicalCentralValley Good you surround yourself with air cleaning trees.

It helps. Besides the cold, the trees love the added humidity from the fog.

I wished; I was excited but still technically USDA Zone 9b.

It depends on the frost cloth used. Many are breathable and allow for sun penetration, but the thicker are not.

I do have the same cloth you have 😊

Awesome. In that case, it’s fine to leave the cloth on until the threat of freeze is over.

@@TropicalCentralValley..Ahh thats a relief.. I am tearing them slowly in the process of opening everyday. Thank you for the wonderfull relavant videos again!!

Although you should be fine, I would keep an eye on the tree to ensure the foliage looks fine, every once in a while (every other day).

Thank you.

Thank you. I’ve been very pleased with my older DJI Mini 2. It seems to do the trick, though, I likely will be upgrading to a newer model in the coming years.

Yeah nice,I'm going to be upgrading to the dji mini 3 RC version with the display on the hand set.

That’s awesome. I’ve been eyeing the Mini 3 models at Costco. Great bundle pricing. I’m waiting for either the Mini Pro 5 or 6. Looking forward to seeing what DJI can add to these small drones.

Sad thing though? The more they add the heavier they get ,the more the price increases. I wanna stay at 250 grams. They have a battery that adds weight and improves flight time to 51 minutes. That extra battery will be my back up. I don't really want to have to register it with the ffa. I would use it back east when visiting relatives. 😅

I totally agree.