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Welcome to the channel and thank you for subscribing! I’m happy to share my gardening journey. Best of luck with your gardening.

The paint product is called Tree Trunk White (found mine at Walmart). I’ve also used a thick mixture of Hydrated Horticultural Lime mixed with water. It works ok but does not last. There are other products you can find online, but for me the Walmart product is the most cost efficient. Thank you for watching!

@@Zone10aBackyardOrchard I appreciate the reply, I’m all the way in Perth, Western Australia so Walmart is no option but I do have horticulture lime. Cheers

Hopefully it will. Harvest’s off some of my fruit trees seem to improve over time. Also, with my jujube, I find that if I pick them late in the season they do become slightly spongy. I notice that picking them a little early is a good method for the varieties I’m growing. They have a good shelf life so picking them a little early has worked out well. Thank you for visiting!

Yes, the muscadine varieties I am growing have tough skin. I was not aware of the skins nutritional value. Great info and thank you for visiting!

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Greetings! Thank you for visiting. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video.

Hope you had a great 4th of July celebration. Yes, that is late. Mine seems to be off as well. It started to push out new leaves in late April. It had a very small amount of blooms back then. Now, there are a few peaches about the size of a small radish and several flower buds that have not bloomed. It doesn’t look like it will be a good season for mine.

My Mexicola is about ready to be transplanted. I was going to up-pot, but I’ve decided to put it in the ground. I’m sure it will put on much more growth after another season or two. Best of luck with yours and thank you for visiting!

Unfortunately, after transplanting it slowly began to decline. A couple of years later, during winter, it died. There is conflicting research online that shows untangling roots is better vs cutting off circling roots. Coincidentally, I’ve since purchased another Barbados Acerola and it was also root bound when I transplanted it. I tried a different method on this one. If you take a look at my recent video upload “Corrected Version - Walk around tour, repotting a root bound tree & Jackfruit scaffold training” you can see how the replacement tree was repotted.

@@Zone10aBackyardOrchard ok thank you. I bought one recently and it came staked. I planted it in a large container. Now it’s growing like mad about two feet taller and it’s just bending over, so I need to get a longer stake. I want to plant it in the ground, but our soil is always wet, so I might keep it in the container until winter passes.

We don’t get freezing temps in my area. Last winter we hit temps slightly lower than 40, but only for a few nights. My tree is much smaller and it struggled. I moved it close to the house (slightly warmer temp) and shielded it from winds. It has since recovered. I’m going to keep mine in a pot for another season or two. I’ll move it to various locations in my yard to see where it does best. If I find it does well in a particular area, without significant winter damage, I’ll put it in the ground, otherwise; I’ll keep it in a pot. Best of luck with yours!

I'm in the Northern region of San Diego county.

That’s great info, thank you! I’ve seen some of her videos, lots of really good info. I must have missed the one with the info you referenced. I’ll try doing that rather than cutting off the entire panicle all at once. Thanks again.

Persimmon trees are susceptible to root rot mainly cause by poor draining soil and or over watering. On a container grown tree I find its best to stick your finger in the soil (inch or two). If your finger is dry, then water. After doing this several time you will come up with a watering schedule that is best for your tree.

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Congrats! I hope it winds up setting a big crop. Mine is running late. It is just starting to push out flower buds. Hopefully, they will bloom within another week or two.

@Zone10aBackyardOrchard It bloomed the past couple years but I got my first 2 little fruits a few weeks back Now there are way more blooms so Im hoping that means its old enough to start producing. The mother plant I got it from produced a lot all the time apparently.

@@FAD4LIFE94 About the same for mine. The last harvest was pretty small. This season it looks like it is going to do much better. It’s at the early stages of flower bud development, but already there are more than previous seasons. I hope a get a good fruit set.

@@Zone10aBackyardOrchard I wish you luck and a good harvest

They have done well since planting them nearly 4 ½ years ago. They produced a very good harvest last season, but this year was nowhere near as good (poor cross pollination). Thanks for visiting!

I still do. During winter a couple of years ago it almost died. I cut off about half of the leader branch and most of the side branches. This season it’s doing much better and is pushing out healthy leaves. It’s even trying to set a very small amount of fruit. I will likely thin them out so that it can focus on it’s recovery.

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for visiting!

If you are referring to the concrete blocks that join the wood pieces together, you can get them at the big box stores (Home Depot/Lowe’s). They call them Oldcastle Planter Wall Blocks. I hope this helps and thank you for watching.

I’ve seen youtube videos of people growing them in Phoenix, AZ. Pretty hot there as well. I would check with a local nursery. There are several varieties and they might have one that is better suited for your climate. Thank you for visiting!

I grow two trees in Texas and they grow well here. With our heat and lack of rain, I water regularly. They had fruit last year for the first time.

They were well fertilized (only use organic fertilizers). Unfortunately, both the Coffeecake and Chocolate persimmons died last winter. Only the Fuyu survived. I replanted with another Fuyu variety. It seems to do better in my area.

I bought mine from a local nursery (California Tropical Fruit Tree). They are in Vista, CA. You might also try an online nursery if that is not an option for you. Everglades.farm, fastgrowingtrees.com are just a few that should have them. Thank you for visiting!

I'm sure you will enjoy the fruit, good flavor. Mine is currently in its flowering cycle so I'm hoping it will set a good amount of fruit. Thanks for visiting!

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Couldn't find what I wanted so I built the wooden containers myself. Thank you for visiting!

I only use organic fertilizers. On the 1st seasons application, I use - Dr. Earth Flower Girl Premium Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4. After that, at 2/3 week intervals, I use - Lilly Miller All Purpose 10-10-10. I only fertilize during the growing season (spring thru late Sept early Oct). Also, if the banana flowers during this time, I stop fertilizing. Both of the above fertilizers can be found online via Walmart or Amazon. Banana plants have a fast growth rate so they are heavy feeders. I’ve recently started using a stronger first season fertilizer - Grow More SEA Grow Flower & Bloom 4-26-26. I’ll post banana plant updates on future backyard orchard video tours. Thank you for visiting!

I’ve struggle a little getting this tree to set a big harvest. It’s flowered consistently since it was purchased in 2017, but setting fruit has been somewhat problematic. A few seasons ago it produced hundreds of flowers and started to produce fruit, but most dropped once they were the size of a pea. When I shot this video I had just transplanted it to a larger pot while it was in bloom so it only set about 10 or so. In subsequent years the largest fruit set has been about 25 or so. It’s now in a much larger container so hopefully future fruits sets will be bigger. I post updates on my backyard orchard tours and I’ll be sure to include it, if and when it fruits again. Thanks for visiting.

I made the large wooden containers. The large plastic containers were purchased from big box store. Thank you for watching!

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That is a difficult question to answer. The leaves, flowers are similar. The growth habit of the Lang is more spreading/wide than the Li. If you only have one tree and you are not sure if it is a Li or Lang, you will know after the flowering cycle. The Lang requires a pollinator so if it doesn’t set any fruit or only a very small amount set, then it is likely a Lang. Also, if your tree does set fruit, google Jujube Varieties. You might be able to ascertain the variety by comparing fruit size, shape and color. I hope this helps.

@@Zone10aBackyardOrchard thank you it does help. Im afraid it might take a while before it fruits since its a young tree. Time will tell.

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Thank you! Sorry to hear you are having trouble with your Lychee. After 2 near death rescues, sounds like you are doing the best you can. Sometimes mother nature makes things a little difficult. Hopefully, you will be able to nurse it back to health. Best of luck and thank you for visiting.

I had searched for a raspberry variety for our zone a couple of years ago and couldn’t find any. I hope the ones you found do well. Best of luck with them!

Thank you! I’m glad to see that you enjoyed the video. Blessings to you and your family as well.

I have not pruned any that are in the large wooden containers or the grow bags. Some of my trees that were transplanted from traditional round plastic pots did require root pruning. I have a fig tree growing in a large round plastic pot. It’s been in that pot for about 7 years. After this seasons harvest I plan on transplanting. It will be interesting to see if it will require root pruning. I’ll likely show the results in one of my future videos. Thanks for visiting!

You are correct. I've heard many good things about the Moringa tree.

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I’m glad to hear you have enjoyed the videos. Yes, I do spray my trees for peach leaf curl with liquid copper fungicide. I did have one season where I did not spray and all my peach trees got peach leaf curl. Now, I spray them every season. I usually spray them a couple of times during winter while they are dormant. I work around rainy days making sure the spray stays on the tree for at least a week or two before any rains come in.

@Zone10aBackyardOrchard Thanks, ill be spraying this winter. I'm in 10b and Florida prince 1st year in ground broke dormancy during all the rains, then I started seeing the few red leaf curl here and there. I've been plucking all leaves that I find, and then it grows new leaves in their place.

Yes, they seem to have adapted well to the climate here. Even growing in a container they have done well. I live in a low chill area and luckily they only require about 100 to 200 chill hours so they produce good crops. They are fast growing so hopefully yours will put on good growth now that it’s going on its 2nd year in the ground. Best of luck!

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I’m glad to hear you have found the videos informative. About every year or two I will add a small amount of topsoil mix (worm castings, organic soil mix and peat moss - all equal parts). I’ll also mix in a small amount of chicken manure and azomite into the top soil mix. I spread that mix on top as needed to maintain the raised bed soil level. Also, not sure if you’ve seen my previous videos on how these trees were planted (Royal Lee and Minnie Royal Cherry Tree High density planting; Peach tree multi grafted, Flordaprince, Desert Gold, Eva’s Pride and Mid Pride tree planting). In these videos I talk about the ground preparation for the planting areas. As for fertilizing, I only use organic fertilizers. I usually fertilize just before spring then again after harvest. I recently started using Dr Earth organic fertilizer with good results. Hope this info helps.

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Yes, I have been using a product called Organic Soil Acidifier to try and maintain a low PH. It hasn’t working out very well. I believe the high PH from the garden hose is contributing to the problem. Thank you for the info.

@@Zone10aBackyardOrchard Unfortunately, that stuff takes at least a couple of months to drop the pH. Sometimes, I'll purchase an acid loving plant before I've had a chance to prep the media with sulfur or soil acidifiers based on sulfur. If my leaves really get dangerously chlorotic and start dropping, I'll resort to applications of ammonium sulfate or potassium sulfate (if I can get it), immediately prior to applying synthetic fertilizer. I've read you can use aluminum sulfate too, but it can burn roots, if used incorrectly. I've also heard that you can even use vinegar. The objective is to lower the pH just long enough with this application to allow the roots to uptake needed nutrients and survive until the sulfur products break down.

@@user-su5du9ln8r Thank you for the info. I’ve heard about the sulfur and vinegar, but haven’t tried either. I didn’t realize the Organic Soil Acidifier takes that long to work. I’ll keep a close eye on it.

Go to laguna hills nursery

I did try Laguna Hills Nursery, but they didn’t have any in stock when I purchased mine. Hopefully, the one I bought is a Carmen.

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Thank you!!! I’m glad to hear you have enjoyed the videos. It was a lot of work in the beginning, but well worth the effort. Thank you for visiting and best of luck with your garden.

Sorry to hear that. Best of luck with your garden. Hopefully, it’s not too bad.

I couldn't find wooden container from garden centers that I liked so I built them myself. Thank you for visiting!

On my Surinam, I have to cut off the lower branches periodically. Also, mine have a habit of producing shoots right at the base/trunk of the tree. I usually cut those off before they get too big. I also prune the side branching to keep it growing upright. Yes, the mangos are planted close together. My plan is to prune them as if they were one tree. In other words, most of the branches growing into the center will be cut off as the trees mature. Also, the growth is not as aggressive since they are all competing against each other for resources. Even so, it will require regular pruning. All of my fruit trees have been planted in this manner (high density planting). So far, all is well, but you are correct some trees might develop issues being planted so close together. I have a relatively small backyard and a lot of fruit trees so I’m hoping for the best… Time will tell. Thank you for watching!

It certainly is torture!!!

I prefer the grow bags over regular plastic pots. They do tend to dry out a little faster, but I still prefer them. I’ve done research on fabric grow bags. Unlike plastic pots, the roots do not circle and become root bound. In a grow bag, once the root hits the fabric it will not curl as they do in plastic pots and eventually become root bound. Instead, they flare out and build a healthier root system. The one downside is that if you place them over dirt the roots on the bottom will penetrate and root into the soil. I usually place some plastic under the grow bag to prevent that from happening.

Thank you! Best of luck with yours. They are fast growing so it shouldn't be too long until it fruits. Thank you for watching!