Your yard too is looking great.

You’re very welcome.

Thank you. You as well. I have a strong feeling 2024 will be great.

You’re very welcome.

Thank you. In all honesty, I’m able to get away with just a few trees, as the majority of the fruits simply get dropped and recycled back into the ground.

Thank you.

Thank you. She (my teenage daughter) has mastered the art of salary negotiation when it comes to taping these video sessions.

haha I was thinking your wife is very kind to be your video director@@TropicalCentralValley

My wife will have to take over once my daughter goes off to college. It’s either that, or just drone footage.

You’re very welcome.

Yeah, I remember when the city had less than 100,000 people, now it’s at 139,000.

Yeah, more than 40 years of city development, but only 7 years to turn a tiny plot of barren land into a tropical fruit tree paradise.

Do you think white sapote needs a microclimate? I has subelle and Vernon 2 years in ground both already gave fruit and is thriving. The problem is I gave them one of the best spot in the yard that never get frost and now I’m wanting to dig them up and move them to give the spot to something more sensitive like mango.

The white sapote actually need some cold. They are absolutely fine with frost.

All of my trees are going strong. It was 30°F this morning in my yard. With cold and frost damage, you’ll likely not going to see the effects until several weeks later. Great job on the mango. Leaving the fruits on the tree for as long as possible allows the fruit to receive the most amount of sugar from the tree.

I agree, but people are sold on the idea of every home having green, water wasting lawn.

I have not. Regardless of the papaya variety, all seem to do quite well in my yard.

Yes. As soon as the weather warms up, I plan on pruning the Ice Cream Bean tree in my backyard heavily.

All very true. I’m not sure about your climate, but we get our Tule Fog which blocks out the direct sunlight for weeks at a time. During those time, our highs are no more than 50°F.

Bamboo is invasive I don't recommend

This is not accurate. I recommend the use of clumping bamboo such as Oldham's Bamboo.

I do not. Unless growing them in their native climate, I would not recommend feeding them during the colder months. I outlined the reason in this video: Tropical Fruit Trees - Winter Preparations kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbh9d6ia18m8daM.html

Human progress, I suppose. I like the fact that each homeowner can choose their style of yard. I will say though, I’m seeing fewer and fewer lawn each year.

@@TropicalCentralValley gonna have to disagree. That’s definitely not progress by my definition, but I’m glad your yard is so abundant and beautiful. I really enjoy your videos 😊

I agree with your sentiment, but at the same time, imagine if everyone brought the Amazon forest or the jungles of Southeast Asia to the Central Valley. If so, I do not believe Mother Nature will disapprove.

Just about any bamboo variety will work to serve as a windbreaker. Specific to my situation, I’ve been using an Oldham's Bamboo, AKA Giant Timber Bamboo. I recommend the use of clumping bamboo as opposed to runners. There’s no point to using non-evergreen bamboo for protection. The vast majority of bamboo growing in the Central Valley will be evergreen. If referring to the leaves provided by the bamboo for mulch, it’s not enough, maybe barely enough to mulch 1 tree.

Yes, the intention of applying this amount of mulch is to cover and provide protection to the roots, and the trunk of the trees. As shown in the video, the application of mulch is an annual process.

@@TropicalCentralValley Interesting! Is there no issue with rot in the trunks where the mulch piles up? I suppose tropicals have some adaptation to the moisture

No issues in the Central Valley. That said, if your region receives a lot of rain, I would NOT recommend mulching near the trunk. In the Central Valley, we need the added warmth and sun protection against the trunk. I don’t know if you’ve seen my video covering the topic of mulch, but this may help to clarify some of your questions: Want Your Tropical Fruit Trees to Survive Winter - Mulch! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7qodd2Evquxj30.html

That makes sense. I'm in SoCal so pretty dry. I'll take a look at that video. Thanks for the great info @@TropicalCentralValley

You’re very welcome.

Unfortunately, the entire city of Visalia has a mosquito issue. Specific to my situation, scheduled applications of organic mosquito spray seems to keep them at bay.

I do. It’s one of the slowest growing annona.

@@TropicalCentralValley Very cool! Do you need more than one to get fruit?

Yes. Two paw paw trees are needed to successfully set fruits. I initially had two paw paw seedlings for this purpose, but one died during a summer heat wave.

@@TropicalCentralValley Thanks for sharing. I hope you can get another one.

Thank you. I plan on getting another paw paw tree down the line.