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That's awesome! Happy to help, good luck with your new investment 😎

That's hilarious, probably because it's true! I'm okay with cheap as long as it works LOL

I've been using it for years and it consistently works, we check all of our pots around our property as well as our Vineyard.

Obviously it's not 100% accurate as to a soil test from a lab but it gives us a great idea and is probably really close.

I have another digital meter, they both give about the same reading.

I hope you are able to fix your soil issues! It will make a big difference in your summer garden.

Wonderful! Keep us updated on your trees and plants! I do have a question, when did you plant your Bonanza peach?

I'll prune just about every winter during January or early February. It needs to be cold so the sap won't flow after pruning.

I did not prune this last season, I wanted size on all of my trees which rewarded us with bigger harvests and bigger fruit!

We mainly prune our moringa tree just before Bud break in March, depending on the weather and how warm it gets.

The large canopy during the winter time will protect the tree from freezing temperatures, it is a radiant barrier that keeps the warmth in the core of the tree.

Thank you, I've noticed our fruit has cracked where the sun has been shining on it throughout the year. This may have weakened the skin to the point it may have made access for the disease. I'll watch for it next year and protect them. I'm outside every day and watch for leaf footed bugs and fortunately I have not seen any this year on any of our plants.

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@@WaldoG-b9j Great Choice! Those will all do very in Yuma, AZ 💚

That is a great deal in my opinion. Fortunately I haven't had to use it many times 😎

So awesome, thank you Natasha 😎

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard You are welcome! It's always a huge bummer when you don't get to enjoy the harvest. I was almost about to give up but found the fungicide saved them this year and added 5 more pomegranate bushes in the ground. If you are concerned about sunburn, you could try paper bags around the fruit or spraying with a crop protectant called Surround WP (it's organic). I did the latter this year mostly for pest protection but orchards apply it for sun protection of fruit also, Out of curiosity, was the fruit you opened an Azadi? The skin looked like that versus the Wonderful. Azadi arils are pinkish to peach-colored when ripe versus red like the Wonderful.

@@EnlightenmentGarden Thank you for sharing this! So helpful!

Yes this was the Azadi. Both it, and our wonderful pomegranates are starting to ripen, I was not aware of the peach color for the arols, but I will look for them! I'm curious to how they taste and how the seeds are supposed to be smaller and edible!

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard Excellent! I find Azadi to be very good. Very soft and sweet arils compared to "Wonderful" with no acidity.

You're welcome, if there's anything I missed, let me know!

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard I seemed to have missed the part on why they look rotten? Mine consistently have the brownish arils (white aril variety) and I am perplexed. Thanks!

@@chawn521he said it was sunburnt

We had an abundance of pomegranates this year. So I bought a juice press. Just cut the fruit in half and squeeze the juice out. No more pain in the butt trying to peel those things anymore. Instant juice.

It could be a couple of things, but I fairly assumed it was sunburn because it was physically sunburned on the outside and was rotten underneath the skin, kind of similar how citrus Burns during the summertime.

We are hoping for more this season!

You are most welcome, my friend! I hope you are getting some great winter fruit!

We can absolutely get you an update this week, stay tuned 😎

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Try this video, I hope it helps 😎

That's amazing! Let us know how it does 😎

Will that tree need cold protection during the winter in New zealand?

Our very first papaya off this tree, this past early spring was rubbery and bland. Now the tree has matured a little it's putting on the flavor and juice. I'll let you know how the others do, especially the counter ripened ones..

I’m baffled you can grow papaya in Phoenix. Expect that in FL, not AZ. Where did you get the tree from?

@@justintime4466 I bought it at Richards garden center in North Phoenix less than 2 years ago. Just this past week I was at Lowe's in Glendale and surprise and found a few at each store!

@ I think I’ve seen Mexican papaya at Home Depot, but maybe I got them confused

@justintime4466 I believe I've seen them there as well. I know for a fact last week there was at least 10 at the Lowe's at 59th avenue and Northern

Congrats on your retirement! Mulberry trees as you know are very Hardy and very forgiving, they are one of those trees where you can ALMOST hack it down to the ground and it will shoot off from the root!

We have two possibly male volunteer trees that I am keeping alive in pots. We have one white mulberry tree in our front yard that was planted by a bird, and ended up being a female and fruited on the fourth years growth. The other two males are on their second Summers growth, I'm hoping they are females as well but they have a different leaf pattern, but definitely a mulberry nonetheless.

If our other two mulberry trees end up being males I will graft on several different varieties onto the root stock, including pakistan, and dwarf everbearing and a white mulberry, frankenstein! LOL

@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard Funny you mention Frankenstein! My male tree was confirmed by its flowers last spring. So I plan to graft on several different varieties as they come available. I just received a Pakistani and the two trees I found this past week have two very different leaf patterns. Both trees are tall enough to need trimming by the power company but one tree has many 3 lobe leaves. Those leaves are also "hairy" on the back side. They will cling to your clothes. I hope it's a female native Red Mulberry! But I told a friend I was going to make a Frankenstein Mulberry tree out of my male tree! It's in my chicken's yard area so they will get to eat the ones that fall on the ground. I'm so excited for spring to get here. So I can graft a bunch of buds to my tree! Some of my cuttings had berrys when they leafed out so I know some of my cuttings are female. That's part of the mystery of getting cutting from wild trees. The area we live in is a large area of mature forest, 50 to 60 square miles. Because my property is shaped like the Nike logo, I have three neighboring properies. I found three trees on one fence and a single large tree on my other neighbors property and one neighbor has a monsterous male tree in his front yard. The three that are together, at least one should be female! During my search for these tree, I get pretty excited if I find a bunch of babies around the base of a bigger tree!

Are you considering getting a mulberry tree?

@ I might. It would be a tasty treat to have except I would think the birds might pick them off before I get to. If mine survive in the first place lol

@ I also was appreciating the amendments option you shared. I’m getting ready to plant a nectarine tree and was trying to find what might work best.

Mulberry trees can handle heat and cold, they grow fast and produce a lot of fruit, the older it gets the more fruit it produces, enough for the birds and you LOL

We have always had good luck with any kind of soil mix with mycorrhiza already added, like the mix 4 mix bags at Lowe's or home depot. And then blood and bone meal to top it off, this is a perfect time of the year to get all of that in the ground ASAP.

Absolutely my friend, I'm happy you enjoyed it!

Great question, we can rely on at least 200 to 250 up to 300. The last couple of years we have had 500 or more. Some of the local growers say that they can produce pluots on 100 chill hours. May not be a great crop but at least a small number of flower buds will form to will have enough vernalization to fruit.

Our Santa Rosa broke dormancy about the same week, so it's definitely a great pollinator, that's one reason why I grabbed it on a Santa Rosa onto the multi-grafted pluot tree. We had pluots everywhere and they were delicious on the multi-grafted pluot tree. The dappled dandy also produced about 20 pluots, I'm not going to prune it this year and let all of this year's growth produce for next year.

As for the bacteria and fungal and viruses. If you're not afraid of using copper sulfate to spray early then you should be good. It saved our Red Baron tree this year from the sun damage.

As for pollination for the Santa rosa, it is a great pollinator for all. Our particular Santa Rosa tree stands about 8 ft tall and blooms for about 2 weeks, as long as you can attract the bees in your area you should be fine. They are all self fruitful, but pollination definitely helps. On a side note for our peaches I noticed on our nectarine tree, we had huge pits this year!

This was the first year I had a commercial grown pluot. I'm not too sure what the variety of it was but it was very mild with a tangy skin. Growing plots is definitely the new age fruit that will be commercially grown, so get on it! 😎

That's great to hear! What was your project? How many pieces? How deep?!

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard removed an old green house in favor of a garden. 4 foot rebar buried 3 feet. 16 of them. Spent 35 minutes digging out 1 to no avail. Watched your video and had all 16 out in 5 minutes at most.

@keithwood1466 WOW 16! Great job 😎

Thank you, I appreciate it 😎

We absolutely love this tree

It's good to be back, thank you for the support 🔥😎

That's definitely true for the inner city.

Oh man that is tough.. sorry to hear that! We are not immune to loosing a few plants as well. These past 3 years have been especially brutal..

That's awesome! Thanks for getting back to us and letting us know!

I never touch the flowers. I start when they are nickel size. Then I thin the double Siamese twins and then the smaller peaches. Until they are about 4 inches apart.

Nooooo?! How deep was your rebar? What kind of soil?

May I recommend some Imodium each bout!

You are silly, I hope it doesn't give you a rash

You are probably correct, it's all a relative thing for everybody.

Wonderful! Drip line is the way to go especially on a schedule! 😎

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Yes, a few on each branch. They ripened at different times which was nice. I can get you an update video.

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard awesome! i just got a 3 in 1 excited to try it

Yeah let's see brother​@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard

I appreciate you bringing that up. I'll remember that for future videos.

Odds are it's probably mulberry. We have several growing on our property, we've dug them up and will transplant them somewhere else! I have a feeling they may be a male..

Wow that sounds like a lot of work. I can hardly believe the rebar was still intact after 40 years! If I run into a difficult piece of rebar in the future I'll remember to add a bit of water to soak it overnight first!

We use a 2gph on each side of every bush and shrub. At least three 10gph for our young trees and deep flood 1x a week when needed

Awesome story, thank you for sharing 😎

Very nice! Where was that at?

We use a variety of sizes of organza bags early before they start to ripen.

And thank you!

Have you tried Moringa? 😎🌳

Thanks! What part did you like the most?

A lot of the time I keep it in bags because I don't have the time to spread it out around our trees just yet.

When I'm ready, with in a week I'll just put it on top of what I already have under the dress and vines and pots.

I like to keep it as fresh as possible, that way the critters that break it down can enjoy it sooner than later.