Thank you. In previous years I tried a number of gimbal stabilizers with varying levels of success, but it really does boil down to the person holding the camera.
your channel is the best in TH-cam. So happy to find you. I watched a lot of your videos and want to thank you for the info that guava leaves turning red is a normal process and it is not that my tree is dying.
I was just in Visalia for the night driving back from Sacramento. It was soooo cold and foggy. I'm amazed how your plants are holding up. Here in Long Beach it's been consistently in the mid 40"s at night for weeks now. I don't ever remember it getting that cold for days on end. I hope my tropicals survive. Have a good week.
Like the opening overview, gives context. My shack doesn't measure up but buildings leave me 1/3 acre for growing or whatever, likewise for neighbors. You do a LOT on a small lot! This is crucial *cold info* for our types of climate, my loquat has been blooming for *months,* hope to get fruit for 1st time. Always been strong tree 3 yrs in the ground from big pot, now with 3" plus trunk. You encourage me to try more names I'm remotely familiar with, lychee, longan, siranam(sp?) cheery, starfruit.....
It will be 20F here in North Florida on Friday night. 😭 I'm busy protecting my trees as much as possible. It's going to be a sleepless night for me lol
had 24 degrees for a few hours in Jacksonville FL and my starfruit looks cooked, holding out hope it will come back in the spring. any experience with 24 degrees? It was a young tree, maybe 3-3.5 feet tall
Ouch. That’s low. No experience with 24°F, but 26°F, yes. Between the two, I doubt the trees can tell the difference. In early years, some of my starfruit trees died down to the ground, but all have made a very good comeback. I’d wait until the threat of frost is gone to evaluate your damage and start cutting off dead branches.
Winter officially starts tomorrow December 21st 2022 and we have had weeks of cold in the 40s . In a week they have a week of 78/80° planned . When I had stone fruit Satsuma plums and Elberta peaches and that happened in the middle of winter , they bloomed and in January/February it got cold again , killing the blooms . In spring the trees had nothing left for the year to make new blossoms . Someone said to remove the blossoms in winter , which i now do if they bloom in winter . I wish it would just stay cold all winter with no hot days☀️
@@TropicalCentralValley for us all we have to do is check our monthly graph of last years gas bill . Its nice to use less than last year's bill , but i have no control . I did put new weatherstriping on our doors and really notice a difference . That should bring the bill down . Same peak month patterns for summer when we use the ac . Learning tropical fruit trees patterns now . The Loquat still baffles me with fall/winter blooming , thats crazy mon ?
The unfortunate thing with most tropical fruit trees is that they prefer to bloom and fruit during our winter. Once the trees are matured, the flowers/fruits can stay without sacrificing the health of the trees.
I have seen a number of Indian gooseberry trees in Southeast Asia, that being the case, to err on the side of caution, I would recommend possibly sheltering it somehow.
That’s great to know. I’ve seen them at some of the nearby tropical fruit tree nurseries. May pick one up, though, the fruits that I’ve tasted were super sour.
I’m actually not sure. Also, I don’t know if export laws allow the shipping of live seeds outside of the US. In your region, it may be best to simply obtain the fresh fruit then propagate their seeds afterwards.
I would at least get some seedlings/trees started. That way, down the road, you can always work on obtain the scions from other varieties to graft onto your existing trees.
I live up in Redding, CA. And my tropicals are struggling way worse than yours. It's weird because I see the climates are almost identical. I have plenty of mulch and the soil is top notch plenty of mycorrhizal fungi etc. I am located close to the Sacramento River though, so may be a bit colder right where I live.
Many of my tropical fruit trees too struggled as yours are doing now when mine were young. With each passing winter (and summer), your trees should be able to take more and more of your climate.
@@KennethStevenson3 plus he has a lot of trees close together it makes a big difference. My home trees do good but the ones on my farm with open land they struggled. My home papayas survived last winter on my farm ones all died. So in 2023 I plan to do high density planting of my trees.
The trees themselves do not produce any measurable heat. It’s really the mycorrhizal network and the wood wide web that allows trees to share resources, particularly in hard times such as winter. The larger trees certainly will help to shelter the understory, younger trees during the frost.
@@TropicalCentralValley thats pretty cold - have you actually measured at various depths as is summer starting here actually from yesterday and my soil temp at 6in has got back to 18c finally for 2nd time after a heatwave few days 3 weeks ago then 18 days of Winter again setting everything back again and 14.5c soil 😭
I really don’t pay too much attention to my soil temperature as there’s really not much I can do to increase/decrease the temperature. Instead, I rely on the mulch and wood chip to provide insulation to the roots as well as providing a ecosystem for the insects and microorganisms. However, soil pH is something that I pay close attention to as my clay soil is a bit too high for some tropical fruit trees. Over the years, I’ve been able to decrease it from 8.0 to 7.0, barely tolerable but my trees seem to be fine at this level.
@@TropicalCentralValley my ph is basically 7 but fir Avos been getting it closer to 6 or less but have always wanted ti run heat wires below a grafted Sapodilla about 6 to 8in deep but at present lie a Home Brew heat cable on top of soil that warms down low and radiates heat up - better than Xmas lights - i think marginal trees will do better in ground than above ground in a pot so Soil Temp i feel us the most important variable in winter - keeps that sap flowing?
Compliments to the cam person, nice steady slow panning, etc. :D
Many views of paradise, well done.
Thank you. In previous years I tried a number of gimbal stabilizers with varying levels of success, but it really does boil down to the person holding the camera.
your channel is the best in TH-cam. So happy to find you. I watched a lot of your videos and want to thank you for the info that guava leaves turning red is a normal process and it is not that my tree is dying.
Thank you.
Your food forest is beautiful!
Thank you.
I was just in Visalia for the night driving back from Sacramento. It was soooo cold and foggy. I'm amazed how your plants are holding up. Here in Long Beach it's been consistently in the mid 40"s at night for weeks now. I don't ever remember it getting that cold for days on end. I hope my tropicals survive.
Have a good week.
Thank you. In my earlier years, I had an hour commute to Fresno daily, in the fog. It was quite scary.
40's! Hahaha. Even tropicals can mostly survive that, or maybe I'm thinking subtropicals as true tropicals are bit iffy in my climate.
Wonderful video
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome.
Thank you for sharing 🌲
You’re very welcome.
Like the opening overview, gives context. My shack doesn't measure up but buildings leave me 1/3 acre for growing or whatever, likewise for neighbors.
You do a LOT on a small lot!
This is crucial *cold info* for our types of climate, my loquat has been blooming for *months,* hope to get fruit for 1st time. Always been strong tree 3 yrs in the ground from big pot, now with 3" plus trunk. You encourage me to try more names I'm remotely familiar with, lychee, longan, siranam(sp?) cheery, starfruit.....
Thank you.
Concerning some of the trees on your list to attempt, I suspect you’ll find that they grow quite easily, particularly in the winter.
Looking good 👍
Thank you.
It will be 20F here in North Florida on Friday night. 😭 I'm busy protecting my trees as much as possible. It's going to be a sleepless night for me lol
I understand the feeling. When the heater in my greenhouse failed while I was away in Southeast Asia, it was the worse feeling in the world.
had 24 degrees for a few hours in Jacksonville FL and my starfruit looks cooked, holding out hope it will come back in the spring. any experience with 24 degrees? It was a young tree, maybe 3-3.5 feet tall
Ouch. That’s low.
No experience with 24°F, but 26°F, yes. Between the two, I doubt the trees can tell the difference.
In early years, some of my starfruit trees died down to the ground, but all have made a very good comeback.
I’d wait until the threat of frost is gone to evaluate your damage and start cutting off dead branches.
What starfruit variety do you grow and why do you think you get so much fruit!? Thanks!
The varieties I have are Kari. Not sure why, but I suspect the trees are happy and therefore, are productive.
Winter officially starts tomorrow December 21st 2022 and we have had weeks of cold in the 40s . In a week they have a week of 78/80° planned . When I had stone fruit Satsuma plums and Elberta peaches and that happened in the middle of winter , they bloomed and in January/February it got cold again , killing the blooms . In spring the trees had nothing left for the year to make new blossoms . Someone said to remove the blossoms in winter , which i now do if they bloom in winter . I wish it would just stay cold all winter with no hot days☀️
Unfortunately, from the perspective of cold, winter started for us in the beginning of November, when the first week of frost hits.
@@TropicalCentralValley for us all we have to do is check our monthly graph of last years gas bill . Its nice to use less than last year's bill , but i have no control . I did put new weatherstriping on our doors and really notice a difference . That should bring the bill down . Same peak month patterns for summer when we use the ac . Learning tropical fruit trees patterns now . The Loquat still baffles me with fall/winter blooming , thats crazy mon ?
The unfortunate thing with most tropical fruit trees is that they prefer to bloom and fruit during our winter. Once the trees are matured, the flowers/fruits can stay without sacrificing the health of the trees.
Just today, it is hard freeze in Houston, Tx. Most of my papaya are not gonna make it. Perhaps it is a permanent greenhouse with a heating system
That’s a bummer. I’ve been reading the news about the deep freeze happening in your area.
Hopefully it’s not a repeat of 2021.
Hope you are ok this season.
We just got wrecked with 16f and 3 days bellow freezing.
Never had this happen before. Really bad.
All of mine are hold up. Luckily, we’ve been blasted by a weeklong rain, keeping the temperature in the 40°‘s for the low.
what happen to your other ice cream bean tree in the front parkway
It’s actually the one in the container, shown in the video. I decided to move it and place a mango tree in its place.
Does a gooseberry tree need to be covered during the winter season
I’m actually not certain as I have not personally grown one. Though, they are purported to grow in USDA Zone 9b.
@@TropicalCentralValley oh I was wonder it seems like most of the leaves on my gooseberry are falling off
I have seen a number of Indian gooseberry trees in Southeast Asia, that being the case, to err on the side of caution, I would recommend possibly sheltering it somehow.
@@TropicalCentralValley mune did well diwn to 25f
That’s great to know. I’ve seen them at some of the nearby tropical fruit tree nurseries. May pick one up, though, the fruits that I’ve tasted were super sour.
Where in the USA would you recommend I buy tropical fruit tree seeds from? I'm from south america
I’m actually not sure. Also, I don’t know if export laws allow the shipping of live seeds outside of the US.
In your region, it may be best to simply obtain the fresh fruit then propagate their seeds afterwards.
Much thanks. I was planning on shipping them to a USA address. Lots of the vatieties are not available .
I would at least get some seedlings/trees started. That way, down the road, you can always work on obtain the scions from other varieties to graft onto your existing trees.
Thanks you very much and I do enjoy your videos. Keep up the hard work .
You’re very welcome.
Can a black sapote or black surnamn cherry handle the cold?
Yes. My Black Sapote and Surinam Cherry trees are going 5 years in the ground and even when young, I did not protect them in the winter times.
I live up in Redding, CA. And my tropicals are struggling way worse than yours. It's weird because I see the climates are almost identical. I have plenty of mulch and the soil is top notch plenty of mycorrhizal fungi etc. I am located close to the Sacramento River though, so may be a bit colder right where I live.
That’s interesting. Bear in mind though, my property is in the city, and with all the houses, concrete and pavement, this certainly adds to the warm.
@@TropicalCentralValley I think you are right! I live in a rural area, so that makes total sense.
Many of my tropical fruit trees too struggled as yours are doing now when mine were young. With each passing winter (and summer), your trees should be able to take more and more of your climate.
@@KennethStevenson3 plus he has a lot of trees close together it makes a big difference. My home trees do good but the ones on my farm with open land they struggled. My home papayas survived last winter on my farm ones all died. So in 2023 I plan to do high density planting of my trees.
The trees themselves do not produce any measurable heat. It’s really the mycorrhizal network and the wood wide web that allows trees to share resources, particularly in hard times such as winter.
The larger trees certainly will help to shelter the understory, younger trees during the frost.
Do some soil temperatures say 6in and 12in deeo?
Soil temperature hovers around 10°C when the air temperature was around 4.44°C.
@@TropicalCentralValley thats pretty cold - have you actually measured at various depths as is summer starting here actually from yesterday and my soil temp at 6in has got back to 18c finally for 2nd time after a heatwave few days 3 weeks ago then 18 days of Winter again setting everything back again and 14.5c soil 😭
I really don’t pay too much attention to my soil temperature as there’s really not much I can do to increase/decrease the temperature. Instead, I rely on the mulch and wood chip to provide insulation to the roots as well as providing a ecosystem for the insects and microorganisms.
However, soil pH is something that I pay close attention to as my clay soil is a bit too high for some tropical fruit trees. Over the years, I’ve been able to decrease it from 8.0 to 7.0, barely tolerable but my trees seem to be fine at this level.
@@TropicalCentralValley my ph is basically 7 but fir Avos been getting it closer to 6 or less but have always wanted ti run heat wires below a grafted Sapodilla about 6 to 8in deep but at present lie a Home Brew heat cable on top of soil that warms down low and radiates heat up - better than Xmas lights - i think marginal trees will do better in ground than above ground in a pot so Soil Temp i feel us the most important variable in winter - keeps that sap flowing?
That’s an awesome setup.
Lost many things, including my Starfruit.
That’s a bummer. Can’t imagine many tropical fruit trees taking temperatures in the teens.