It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Your back yard is beautiful. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey
Ben... please let us know what region of Florida you are in. As someone who has lived and gardened all over the state of Florida for the past 30 years, I can say with certainty that success for tropical and nontropical plants varies widely depending on the locale. Secondly, I have also discovered the hard way (😊), that a popular brand at the Florida nurseries misleads consumers regarding zone labeling. In other words, often a zone 9 plant should not be sold below the Georgia state line bc it won't survive. LOL. Thanks for your help!❤
@topaz3468 I'm in Boca Raton, which is pretty far south. I've had a weather station in my backyard for the last 4 years and have recorded a few nights a year in the 40s and two times in the last 4 years it hit the 30s. Regarding labeling, I wouldn't trust that at all. You should do your own research before deciding what to plant. I've made plenty of those mistakes before, I have a whole video about the many failures I've had.
What you want to do with the atemoya, is what I do with mine. When pretty much all the leaves are gone sometimes next month, cut those two branches by half...this will push more branches which you want for more fruit production in the future. And it will look better than having it look scrawny. In regards to the White Sapote (typical Lara super small super expensive 😂) I would not have put it the ground yet. Any plant at that size will struggle and take much longer to get to andecent size. You want to keep those in half shade or mostly shade until they are ready to be moved from like a 3-7 gallon. You are going to have more success keeping all small plants in pots for couple of years, mostly shade...
I agree I have my Campbell white sapote in a 7 gal. It’s too small and skinny to go in the ground. I want it to grow more length and width in the pot before I put it in the ground.
@SeraphimCherubim I believe it's a real alphonso as I recall the tag only saying "alphonso" and the fruit have all the characteristics of a real alphonso. Unfortunately when I got it 6.5 years ago right after moving to Florida, I had no idea about all the different varieties so I didn't know to look into the different varieties. All I knew at the time was alphonso was considered the king of mangoes.
@@yoelgonzalez347 lol I'm not really interested in avocados as I actually prefer the store bought Mexican Hass over any Florida varieties. And I have two little kids and want to keep the middle yard for them. If it weren't for the kids I'd have the entire yard filled with trees
Nice to see your sugar belle is growing good. keep it fertilized and it wont disappoint.
Alphonso is one the best tasting variety of mangoes just love it man and tree ripen fruit tastes heavenly 🤤🤤🤩
@@Megatron_20 exactly, and the ones my tree produces live up to that
It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Your back yard is beautiful. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey
Thank you!
I just subscribe to your channel.
Ben... please let us know what region of Florida you are in. As someone who has lived and gardened all over the state of Florida for the past 30 years, I can say with certainty that success for tropical and nontropical plants varies widely depending on the locale. Secondly, I have also discovered the hard way (😊), that a popular brand at the Florida nurseries misleads consumers regarding zone labeling. In other words, often a zone 9 plant should not be sold below the Georgia state line bc it won't survive. LOL. Thanks for your help!❤
@topaz3468 I'm in Boca Raton, which is pretty far south. I've had a weather station in my backyard for the last 4 years and have recorded a few nights a year in the 40s and two times in the last 4 years it hit the 30s. Regarding labeling, I wouldn't trust that at all. You should do your own research before deciding what to plant. I've made plenty of those mistakes before, I have a whole video about the many failures I've had.
What you want to do with the atemoya, is what I do with mine. When pretty much all the leaves are gone sometimes next month, cut those two branches by half...this will push more branches which you want for more fruit production in the future. And it will look better than having it look scrawny. In regards to the White Sapote (typical Lara super small super expensive 😂) I would not have put it the ground yet. Any plant at that size will struggle and take much longer to get to andecent size. You want to keep those in half shade or mostly shade until they are ready to be moved from like a 3-7 gallon. You are going to have more success keeping all small plants in pots for couple of years, mostly shade...
@@AmelFLorida thanks for the tips!
I agree I have my Campbell white sapote in a 7 gal. It’s too small and skinny to go in the ground. I want it to grow more length and width in the pot before I put it in the ground.
I'm getting something like this going down here in Southwest Ranches. Are you in Broward?
I'm in Boca Raton but close enough
Is it the real Alphonso or the zill Alphonso?
@SeraphimCherubim I believe it's a real alphonso as I recall the tag only saying "alphonso" and the fruit have all the characteristics of a real alphonso. Unfortunately when I got it 6.5 years ago right after moving to Florida, I had no idea about all the different varieties so I didn't know to look into the different varieties. All I knew at the time was alphonso was considered the king of mangoes.
Your Younghans Gold white sapote is too small and skinny to hold fruit. My Campbell white sapote is the same size.
Yeah that's pretty obvious. I'm just not sure what to do with all those buds it's producing. Pick them off or just let them be?
In that nice yard I’d have at least 60 trees and 40 of them would be mangos and avocados
@@yoelgonzalez347 lol I'm not really interested in avocados as I actually prefer the store bought Mexican Hass over any Florida varieties. And I have two little kids and want to keep the middle yard for them. If it weren't for the kids I'd have the entire yard filled with trees