Best Tropical Fruits Trees You Can Grow in Southwest Florida
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- John from www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you FruitScapes Fruit Tree Nursery and the Pine Island Tropical Fruit Market in Southwest Florida.
In this episode, John will give you a tour of the Pine Island Tropical Fruit Market as well as the FruitScapes fruit tree nursery that sells fruit trees that will grow well in Ft Myers, Sarasota, Naples and surrounding areas.
You will discover how this fruit tree nursery propagates some of its trees to "grow money" and some of the best varieties of tropical fruit trees you can grow in this area.
You will also get a quick tour of the Tropical Fruit Market and some of their offerings in the winter.
After watching this episode, you will learn how air layering is used to propagate trees as well as the best more cold tolerant fruit trees you can grow in this area.
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When I first started watching your videos John I thought you were a little nutty and excessive. Five years later I am the same. I have purchased about 30 trees from Pine Island nursery on the East Coast in the Redlands Miami Dade County. I'm convinced they're the best place to buy fruit trees. While some people may say the prices are a little high, what's an extra $10 to get a lifetime of the best fruit variety... I Purchased all these trees and planted them on my .2 acre property. I'll make a video soon of the progress but I have absolutely fallen in love with growing fruit trees. I credit my grandmother, the fruit and spice park in Miami Dade County and you John for the inspiration. Keep up the good work man
Rudy, can you please list all 30 trees you purchased, i am in WA state and would like to buy from them as much i can tropical trees for my green house
Thank you sir
I am a native local, and it’s so fascinating seeing these videos in my area. I love it!
As someone who lives in central Florida, I'm loving these episodes
I live in South West Florida and have Banana trees. They are so easy to grow. I actually got mine from alongside the road. Someone pulled all the trees in their yard and put them out for the trash. I scooped about 6 of them up and planted them. They are without question the best tasting bananas I've ever eaten.
aries37 i have also seen banana trees just pulled up by the side of the road like that in Miami...i got a free hand that way
I just did that at my homestead in Buckingham (pulled out my extra pups) and they all got scooped up at the roadside. So glad folks do this.
I have never seen a banana grow in Florida- EXCEPT in junkyards. I have tried.
What are you feeding them? The only thing I feed mine is BANANA PEELS and their own leaves and stalks chopped up. And there are nearby bees to pollinate.
I do chop-n-drop and don't discriminate with what I throw under what, there was just a thick layer of a few years worth of dead plant refuse- but they were in full sun which might have been an issue. They never grew over 4 feet tall ether so my father got upset after a while and tore it out of the ground.
I have bought around 15 different fruit trees for my school from Steve Cucura (one of the two owners of FruitScapes) over the past 5 years. The trees are all healthy and productive. When they have gotten sick he has talked with me over the phone and stopped by our school a few times to look at the pest and help us get rid of the problem. Very nice of him!
Amazing video can't believe you where less than a mile from my house!
it's awesome how you don't try to suck up to whichever establishment you are filming at. you just speak the truth however you see it
John. You should start to go around the world and learn and make videos about the unique plant life native to certain places. And while doing that you can understand where you want your farm yo be. Btw, a great place to start a farm is in Queensland Australia because it has a tropical climate, we rarely get frost, and there is so much unique plant life
Awesome video. I'm thinking of moving to southwest Florida, so great to know about these resources.
Fantastic program ...
Man this good info thank you very much I just bought a 5 acres in Howey in the hills and I can't wait to start planting great videos
Hey John, thanks for the great video. It's a short drive away. I'll stop by there soon to buy plenty of trees for my backyard. Can't wait to be able to float in my pool and watch the beautiful fruit ripen.
Thanks John for the foot work!
John do not miss the opportunity to visit Pine Island Botanicals and The Sprout Queen in BOKEELIA. A must see organic farm. Happy visit!
Great Video!
Pine Island looks like an amazing place to visit!
It is. as is Sanabel and Captivia islands, the next two to the south. (1/2 hour drive)
John, you look very good, healthy and vibrant. Awesome informative video content! Also, thank you for the great job with microphone, pleasure to listen.
thanks for the sugarcane juice info...you're a true wealth of knowledge
Fruitscapes woot woot love that place great people and🌲
Thank you so much, i live in mid Fl
I love the elderly Thai couple!!!
in Australia we have some different citrus like native finger limes ( flesh looks like caviar ) & a new hybrid called sunrise lime ( looks a little like a nagami cumquat )which is a cross between a finger lime and a calomondin ( a narrow tree with small leaves )
nice video thanks
YEAH, let's all move to the tropics and plant fruit trees. It's my dream, one day : )
Veganic ♾ it's my dream too! let's keep our dream going soon soon I tell myself that soon I will be there 🌴🌞🏖
:) It's a lot harder than it sounds to change lifestyle/country.
There are 2 things stopping me from doing it:
1) security - how will I sustain myself over there;
2) community - it'd be a lot easier if there were like minded people doing the same.
Veganic ♾ in which country are you? I am in Idaho USA (winter) it's very cold here almost 5 months of the year is cold so it's hard for me I love the sun and summer I would love to move to Florida what's stopping me? money! that's sad I can't just move I have children but it's in my plans I want to find a good safe town where I can buy a home with good size land to grow my own organic food a homestead! Dreams come true when we put all our effort to it. I wish for you to make your dream into a reality soon. Blessings 💖
I live in the UK. So the winter is not snowy but cold, dark, wet and way too long. It is sad that money limits our dreams but I do what I can with what I have. By that I mean I have a tiny garden here which I have posted videos of. But when I see videos of tropical plants/garden my mouth waters. Thank you and good luck to you too.
I would love to see videos of your garden! I love gardening & animals and walking in nature it's like a medicine to my soul 💗🌴🌱😄
Where I live in Australia. Across from my house are mango trees that are more that 100 years old, so not only fig trees can live that long
Mango trees can live for 300 years.
would love to grow some of these here up north !!
You should do a cold weather permaculture farm tour! And I meen, cold cold, not wanna be cold.
"I want to encourage you guys to start your own nursery like this."
Wish I lived in a warm climate. But I do love looking at my lanky avocado plant in my living room.
Plants and Games You could build a greenhouse/atrium with old windows and glass doors.
Thank you! I am wishing I was on the west coast because I am finding it difficult to find a good grower on the east coast
Tampa and Clearwater Costco sell Pine Island fruit trees in March.
I wish they did that in miami
You should do a video on what fruit trees to have in southern Louisiana :)
Thanks for the great video! Do you have any suggestions specifically for renters?
you made me laugh John! I am one of those people you are talking about it experimenting with tropical plants in a winter weather of course is better to buy a land in Florida and move to the beautiful tropical place but money is tight and having 4 kids it's not the easy to move from Idaho to Florida but it's funny when you was talking about that because I love the sun so much & gardening the it's in my plans to move asap that will be something that you can help us with, I would love if you can advise us where we can move in florida where's good price for a home or good price for land where we can build a home for cheap and what's very important where it can be safe, John that's my dream and I been saving already for few years to be able to buy a home with good land there but again money is tight. I enjoy your videos, thank you for your time and for been honest when you are talking about a place or a product. blessings John and I really hope your dream place to live come soon for you too. 💖
please check out Pells Nursery in Volusia county Florida!!!! They have amazing stuff too!
can you do a video on coconut tree? thank you
I've been there.
You grow them John for when there are no grocery stores.
Have you given up on Vegas yet? At least they still have water, contaminated water, but still water.
squash hunger, grow winter squash....between your trees, on your lawn and roof. They are beautiful plants , flowers and leaves. You can boil the leaves for 1/2 hour, then cook them like spinach....
Also want to add ---the sugar apple is delicious. I'd loved to grow that here in south florida!!! Where can I find good source for these also. I need your suggestion please. Thanks !!!
nom doc mai is Divine 😇
There Over 400 varieties of mangoes are known, many of which ripen in summer, while some give double crop. The fruit takes three to six months to ripen. The ripe fruit varies in size and color.
I can't find the video but there was another video about a FL tropical fruit tree seller that was small scale. Can you please link video or tell me who that was so that I can check it out. I've been searching, you just have so many wonderful videos it's hard to find. Thanks in advance.
Star Fruit: you only need one tree, they are very productive, one mature tree is a enough for a family , and you may still need to give some away, I personally prefer it juiced. it is important to get a good cultivar that is known to be sweet, as by seed, you run the risk of them being sour.
Mangoes of course are very popular, simply because most everything in supermarkets is imported, picked green, and you have limited selection of varieties. many superior none commercial varieties are available, hundreds ! so try a few our when in season from your nursery, or fruit festivals, maybe buy from back yard growers that sometimes sell to public.
I would recommend 3-15 gallon size, these will establish faster when you plant them in the ground, and of course more bang for your buck, why buy 1 45 gallon when you can get various varieties and other trees in 15 gallon for the same amount. 45 gallon would be for someone that does not want to wait for fruit. but you pay 500 for that privilege.
Regarding citrus, I agree with John, they are such a hassle to grow, a magnet for pests, and disease. I can understand that many people grow fruits to guarantee its grown in a healthy fashion, and some citrus varieties are not that common or cheap. but would not recommend unless you are willing to put in effort, and have plenty of other trees and just want to be complete. personally if I could only have one citrus tree, it would be a lemon of some kind.
agriperma who would want to grow star fruit? They're so tasteless and gross. Why not grow something like bananas or oranges or papayas? They're such a waste of space, they're like dragon fruit
+Will G not sure you've had a good one- they taste like a grape/orange. hand picked off 25ft tree on Okeechobee lake bed soil, so yes the grow conditions need to be above average for quality
I would plant all of the above, actually star fruit are very tasty, you just need to get a good one. as for Dragon fruit, I also have, they take up little space since I allow them to grow up on my wall, and fence. again there are many varieties, some are better than others. store bought are not very good generally, they do not ripen off the plant. you need to pick them after they ripen, and that happens when the scally leaf things on the fruit have brown tips. have three varieties, un unknown white, a Zamorano, and Purple haze.
bananas are ok, but they are dirt cheap in the stores both in the US and Tropics where I am. I just planted some manzano type (thin skin variety ) . but if you do have the space, Bananas , plantains etc are great, when I visit my Mother in the US, I find that the Bananas from publix are basically tasteless compared to those grown over here, I suspect they are just picked too green for export. one good thing about bananas is they can take a bit of chill in the US, and the trees are ornamental for many.
Many people hate papayas, I love them, here in the tropics they are cheap, so I do not grow them in my limited space. for those that do not like the musky smell of the big Maradol types from Mexico, buy the Hawaiian Solo type, or new hybrids, like the Red Lady. or similar. I have a papaya almond milk smoothie few times a week, little vanilla, coconut oil, and MACA powder,.
agriperma here in Australia I can only buy one variety of star fruit at the supermarket so that's good that there are some varieties that actually taste good. And everyone I've met likes papaya so I am surprised that where you live, many people don't like them. I actually have 5 paw paw trees and eat them regularly, it tastes much much better with orange juice squeezed on it.
I currently live in the Caribbean, almost everyone likes Papaya here, but I have met and heard complaints by some Americans, they comment that papaya taste like nothing and smells of vomit. so I usually advice then to make sure they are ripe, and to get the smaller varieties that are usually sweeter, and less aromatic. you mention paw paw with orange juice. some do put lemon/lime on papaya here. you Aussies, also have the Babaco, I have not tried this Papaya cousin. but hear about in in fruit forums.
Unfortunately I bought a caju tree that die and a jaboticaba a feel years ago not luck with the Pine Island nursery 😢
barely subtropical ey 26f and only mangoes in summer we have mangos that produce for 6 months alone in north australia
I think sugar apples are called custard apples here in Australia? or is it a different thing?
Does anyone know if Kiwi is hard to grow in Southeast Florida?
Can I grow Durian, rambutan and mangosteen in southwest Florida or zone 10A?
What type of persimmon do they grow in that nursery?
Oranges mandarins lemons!!! Thats it!
i like your points about growing citrus, but why can't people just grow more various varieties of citrus but still grow it?
I think Meyer lemon is a bit easier to take care of, but citrus is a hassle IMO. regarding Nam Doc Mai, if some people only knew how great mangoes can be, when you are eating a tree ripened, top tier variety like Nam Doc Mai, or any of the dozens more varieties available at these types of nurseries in Fla. , instead of an insipid Tommy Atkins from the supermarket.
agriperma amen to that my friend. it boggles my mind when i am in s fl in summertime and people are buying unripe out-of-season Granny Smith apples from publix when they could be eating and/or growing the good stuff as it seems you do! 👍🏼✌🏼😁
risingfromtheashes
If you like sweet and sour, calamondin is easy to grow, grows from seed, and can handle temperatures down to about 25 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hey John, I have a question:
Do you think it is worth it to have a personal greenhouse in Florida to grow tropical fruit trees indefinitely?
I mean, Florida is warm, but some higher zone trees could use a little help.
I wanna build a geodesic greenhouse in Florida someday and have HVAC in it
Trevor Doge waste of electricity. study your strategy more first.
Nong dak mai is so expensive here in the Philippines...
I wonder if it would possible to grow any of these in southern Georgia. It's hardiness zone 8, so probably not.
Brandon DuBose citrus and persimmons, yes. No starfruit or sugar apples. Pawpaws are related to sugar apples and can be grown though..
n embden Thank you.
Hi John. I'm in search of a non gmo jiaogulan-(immortality herb)-- seed or tubular. I need a reliable source. Can you help me ?
louise hi bountifulgarden.org sells the seeds.
I’m buying a farm two blocks away from this!
Easy on the citrus trees.. Lol.
What trees do you think are best for central Florida? I live in Brevard county 30 min away from the beach. I just bought a valencia orange tree from Lowes yesterday and can't wait to get fruit. (We'll see years down the road)
That's a good question because of the yearly frost in this county. I live further south in Palm Bay, wanna grow some fruits produced in the Caribbean but don't know if they'll survive.
spanish Plums, avocados and mangos. Whats more to life than that
Guy from California telling Florida boys not to grow citrus 😂
Their prices are insanely expensive plus the shipping cost makes it very very expensive
Alex Contreras some Florida Costco's sell them in March for $25 each, which is a good price for some, but too expensive for blueberries, or blackberries.
I can't look at avocados, or mangos anymore.
Why don't ppl. Speak of the hard times of tropical tree growers in north eastern USA go through? Always in Warm states?
Because not enough people grow fruit trees here in Florida when they are easy to grow.... that's why! The real question should be: Why do ppl try growing tropical trees in a north eastern climate ? Doesn't make sense. If nature did not mean for it to grow there, then hard times are to be expected
carlos hernandez we don't have frost or freeze here in SW Florida so it matches the same climate fruit trees thrive in
Mangoes are actually a sub-tropical tree, and actually thrive better with that cold snap, which triggers flowering. here in the Tropics, commercial farmers need to stimulate flowering by spraying with potassium nitrate to induce flowers properly.
As for more true tropical fruits, zone pushers will grow them, simply because these fruits are good, usually not available in supermarkets, and can be grown with a little protection. for example, soursop ( aka Guanabana ) I seen some at road side stands selling for 8 dollars a pound, that's 60 dollars for 1 fruit. those close to the coast are better protected.
Tim Huffman many ppl.in colder climates say they've grown citrus in our areas & we see their potted citrus thriving ,growing fruit! I ALWAYS THOUGHT FLORIDA WAS THE CITRUS (SUNSHINE STATE? ) WHY DONT MANY PPL GROW CITRUS IN FL IF ITS SO EASY TO GROW IN THE SUNSHINE STATE???
So,FLORIDA ISNT THE CITRUS STATE(SUNSHINE STATE ) LIKE TV COMMERCIALS MAKE IT OUT TO BE???