5 TROPICAL FRUITS Northern Gardeners Can Actually Grow!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you enjoyed this video, please *LIKE* it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😊TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 Growing Tropical Fruits In Cold Climates 1:10 Tropical Fruit #1 3:46 Tropical Fruit #2 6:57 Tropical Fruit #3 8:53 Tropical Fruit #4 12:27 Tropical Fruit #5 15:05 Where To Buy Fruit Trees 16:59 Adventures With Dale

[@trulylynn9941]

They are pumping p more storms and I hope it doesn't hit you my friend. I am suggesting that you get out of where you are and get your ass to Florida asap. They will not stop until they ruin everything everywhere! Just saying For you to do your research! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmezlGOun8SLg9U

[@MrJimtheRooster]

Hey from KY. I worked at Peaceful Heritage for a couple years. Blake is a great guy and has a crazy amount of insight as well as tons of fruit tree and shrub varieties.

[@ConstantChaos1]

I was gunna grow a persimmon tree... but it turns out I have the mutation that means I can't taste persimmons

[@damintten]

Looks like your having as good a time growing pawpaws as me.

[@paulweiterer6630]

One to add is the fig, there are incredibly cold hardy self pollinating varieties of fig. With a little help they will do fine in winters. Kiwi might be one to look into too!

[@paulweiterer6630]

Maracuja works as well.

[@jonathanhaas9962]

Yup, actually just rooted a cutting from my moms fig tree for when I get my own house some day

[@Shazam999]

Kiwi is good to zone three in Canada at least.

[@krasnyp6176]

@@Shazam999 You probably mean the species Actinidia colomicta? With pink and white spots on the leaves? I have them in my garden (zone 6a) and they have tasty fruit, although they are the size of gooseberries. I have also seen this vine growing in Norway. It surprised me a bit :) I didn't expect it to be grown so far north. There is also another species of kiwi that grows up to USDA zone 6: Actinidia arguta. Its fruit is slightly larger, but also small. In Poland, a hybrid variety called Zakarpacie is also available in nurseries. It looks like a regular kiwi, but supposedly it can grow up to zone 6b. I've read that people grow them successfully, so I guess it's true. I have no idea if it is available in the US.

[@TheJoshuaNorcross]

I love all the NC growers that I have been seeing lately. I am in Hampton Roads and it’s great to see people in my own zone and same climate no shade to the West Coast zone 8. Originally from the North so I need as much help as I can get!

[@jvp714]

Michigan likes to claim to be zone 6 but then we have a -40⁰ week. I've resigned myself to the fact that I can't push the zone. But I have discovered haskaps so I'm excited to start a little grove.

[@rdmtthw]

Check out Saskatoon Serviceberries (Amelanchier alnofolia) which produces large crops of blueberry sized and tasting berries with an almond aftertaste Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) which is a native passionfruit good to zone 4 Cold Hardy Kiwi's and Artic Kiwi's should survive your zone Seaberries or Sea Buckthorn is cold hardy to -40, will fix nitrogen, and its a vitamin c replacement that has more vitamin c then oranges Sichuan Peppercorn and Sansho Peppercorn's are cold hardy to -10 if you want to give them a try for some homemade pepper. Flying Dragon Citrus aka Bitter Orange is a citrus that will survive your zone and can be used to make marmalades and jams. Thats all I got for ya. Good luck on your grove!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

We have had some wicked Arctic outbreaks the last 4 years. That's what's so weird. We've had "warmer than average temperatures" and "colder than average annual minimums." It's sort of the worst of both worlds, when you think about it. It has to play tricks on the plants.

[@Cjinglaterra]

@@TheMillennialGardenereven here in Missouri it’s a bit of a joke. Right where I’m at it is routinely 5-10° cooler than in town year round. Officially I’m in 6b, but I’ve been back here since I got out of the Navy in November’11. I have had two winters in that time where the minimum temperature was no colder than -5°. One winter I recorded -23°, one winter was -15°, and all the rest have been between -8° and -13°.

[@SarahZeeb]

Most of Michigan was actually 5b until this year then they changed it to 6a. The zone line went through my town. I tend to always go with 5a zone plants because I am also one of the lower snow belts and we tend to get colder temps than rest of the counties around us.

[@jeffreyatto2523]

I planted haskaps last year! Fingers crossed they will do well.

[@Gardeningchristine]

I had a Maypop 🍈 volunteer come up right next to my trellis and my seek app called it a passion flower. They looked pretty so I let it grow. I was very pleasantly surprised when I got to eat the fruit. It’s like a Concord grape and pomegranate crossed. I LOVE them!

[@traceyclark7615]

This is one of the most comprehensive videos on the subject I found. I didn't think that I could grow any citrus or tropical fruit where I live. Thank you for the recommendations on very specific varieties for my area!

[@phillippinter7518]

I live in zone 10 California, feijoas are not just "shrubs" here, big trees can be around 15-20ft tall and wide with thick trunks yield hundreds of pounds of feijoas a year the size of apple.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They can get large given enough time, but that can be said about any tree. Even a "dwarf" tree will stop being a dwarf if it's un-pruned and not maintained for 50+ years. If you prune it annually like you're supposed to, it will stay small.

[@Darkice77]

I have a forest behind my house and i filled it with PawPaw trees. 6 different kinds. Lots of other trees too but lots of PawPaw specifically. I love them. There is a hiking trail that goes through it that lots of people use. In sight of the trail i planted honeyberry about 50 plants, Seaberry, about 30 bushes, PawPaw 100 trees, Apple/pear 30 trees, Peaches 12 trees, Plums, 20 or 30 cant remember. Black and red raspberries about 20, blueberries 50, American hazelnut trees 20, cherry trees 16, cranberries, goji berries, currents too many to count, and some other stuff i cant think of. I spent 3 years planting. I'm in zone 6 and try to grow as much stuff as i can. I hike the trail all the time and i see people checking everything out and even eating. I had to put signs up identifying everything. Some guy was telling people the seaberries were poisonous.

[@emeraldfox7175]

Could you please tell me where you got your PayPal trees from? Thanks

[@Billy-cs4cc]

Bears must be well fed

[@Darkice77]

@@emeraldfox7175 All over the internet. I wanted a lot of them so i ended up buying them from everyone that was selling. I even bought hundreds of stratified seeds and planted them in understory spots. They take a couple years to pop up.

[@Darkice77]

@@Billy-cs4cc No bears here.

[@sherrywright4557]

Thank you for sharing this, what an amazing human you are to do this where others can enjoy the fruits of your labor! Blessings to you! ❤️

[@ashleys637]

Stan McKenzie is the man! I got a Brown Select satsuma and a meyer lemon from him earlier this year. His wife answered the phone and took the order. Really sweet lady, and the trees were very reasonably priced (particularly considering Stan is basically a specialist in his field selling products not available at many other places). He could be selling them for $50+, but I believe mine were $25+shipping. HIGHLY recommend.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Stan's an old school grower with old school prices. They're a total bargain. Way better than anything you get from commercial nurseries, and for a lower price.

[@emeraldfox7175]

Can you give me their contact Info luv? Would love to order from them,thanks

[@ashleys637]

@@emeraldfox7175 mckenzie-farms.com/interest.htm

[@lukey726]

Hi, I am Japanese living in Japan😊You expressed the asian persimmon's flavor so well! Now there are many types of astringent persimmons, but you can sweeten them by adding fruit to shochu (Japanese shochu liquor)

[@naomiledger1374]

I was wondering do persimmons ripen off the tree? So if you pick a firm fruit, will it ripen further in the kitchen or not? 😊

[@ConstantChaos1]

I can't taste them for some reason

[@kimberlyjohnson7961]

I'm Vietnamese American. We enjoy eating persimmons so much! My Japanese neighbor always shares with us.

[@bluespangle]

@@naomiledger1374 Since there has been no response from the original commentator, I am here to answer your question. YES, persimmons can ripen off the tree! We have many varieties that ripen while ON the tree, a group called 'amagaki' (sweet persimmon), too. We have basically two categories: amagaki and shibugaki (astringent persimmon). If you pick the ripe amagaki, you normally eat it while fresh, but you could leave it in room temperature and the fruit will go soft and runny like the preserved shibugaki. However, amagaki is loved for its sweetness as well as the crunchy texture, so why spoil it by making it go soft. With shibugaki, you can either preserve it in a box of rice husks until it becomes jelly like and sweet, or, peel the fruit and hang it under the roof in cold and dry air until it becomes soft and sweet. If you live in a very cold climate zone, shibugaki is the best choice, since amagaki does not grow well in our Tohoku region or Hokkaido.

[@naomiledger1374]

@@bluespangle Thank you so much for your reply. I live in a warm climate and I'm still deciding what to plant where. Very helpful, thanks again. 🙂

[@rasserfrasser]

One of the most unique and rewarding growing videos I've ever watched. I never considered growing trees in West NC, but now I might think twice if the opportunity arises. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I hope this video inspires you to grow more. Challenge yourself. The reward is absolutely enormous.

[@rasserfrasser]

@@TheMillennialGardener It does. I want a tree some day. Thanks again. :)

[@nebsun]

12:35 Just planted a few American Pawpaw seedlings, shaded them by planting sunflowers around. I don't usually get frost in my area, but amazing that they can survive extreme cold

[@RippleAffect]

You could put a livestock water heater inside the barrels for radiant heat if it gets colder

[@raykinney9907]

Yes, i used aquarium heaters when particularly cold spells approach. they get to 90 degree F. water, and if the power goes out the water slowly releases the heat.

[@RippleAffect]

@raykinney9907 great idea thanks

[@originalismisacrock166]

What fun. I am in Zone 9a and enjoy growing things that everyone thinks will fail outside of Zone 8 or lower. I get a kick out of the neighbors' double takes when they see sweet pea flowers, daffodils, lilacs and forsythia blooming in my gardens. The key is microclimates, as you are creating with water storage and light strands. Great job.

[@acd1235]

I have a PawPaw in Switzerland, and I have to pollinate it manually, but in some years I had plenty of fruit. Some friends ask for it already in Summer. I had to start cutting it, and since the fruits at the tips of the branches, I have now a few years with less fruit.

[@kevinfallick7690]

My wife as been wishing to grow some citrus fruits here in SJ. Specially calamansi . This gives us a chance to grow something

[@kimberlyjohnson7961]

We! Asian Love Persimmons. Thank you for sharing your videos.

[@dao8805]

Thank you for not forgetting about us northern gardeners. Greetings to you and Dale from MN zone 4a :)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I try really hard to make videos that are relevant to everyone. I can't always accomplish that, but I do my best to cast a wide net.

[@donaldsanders5124]

I grow Paw Paws and mine got hit with apple borer beatles. They came back from roots and only one has abundant fruit. Mine came from Ty Ty nursery in GA. I've been looking for a new source for named trees. I do grow my own from seed and have given away a ton of fruit and sapplings. I really enjoy your vids. Thanks for your work.

[@MaureenHowry]

I love your videos on cold Hardy foods.. I find you passionate, and knowledgeable.. I'm in Sharp County Arkansa, I am Just starting my journey, and have learned so much from the KZbin community. Thank you much!!

[@blet73]

I was able to get two of my three pawpaws from a local native plant organization!

[@bridgettewade4167]

Living in Colorado this video is something I've been hoping for for a while 😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Persimmons and pawpaw's are definitely doable! I think you can have some good container grown citrus, too, if you're willing to overwinter them indoors.

[@bridgettewade4167]

@TheMillennialGardener thank you for keeping us cooler climate folks in mind!!!

[@Dirt-Fermer]

If you got the space look at earthworks for playing with soil temps

[@patrickr9716]

There's a cool book called The Forest Garden Greenhouse about a guy in colorado who grows tropical fruits in passively heated greenhouses. May interest you if your in a similiar area.

[@bridgettewade4167]

@@patrickr9716 I appreciate the sentiment but my city regularly gets hail large enough to break car and house windows, so idk that a greenhouse is a super viable option

[@Gardeningchristine]

We have a pawpaw festival thrown by a professor of horticulture at the University and they grow them on campus.

[@peterszilagyi9983]

Where?

[@lindag9975]

I'm in USDA Hardiness Zone 9B so our winter growing season is amazing. Arizona Sweet Orange tree is full of fruit right now. Summer is a problem here in the low desert though. Only a few crops will survive, even with shade cloth. But some do great. Cover crops can help keep the summer soil alive too.

[@Sahib-e-Qiran]

Does Sweet Orange robust enough to survive beneath the desert sun?!

[@Karoline_g]

Thanks for this! I have a friend in New Hampshire with a surprising knack for tropical plants considering where she lives so I took notes and sent them and the link to her and she’s very excited about trying them. 😁

[@AmandaRPatterson]

Glad some of your fruit trees are doing ok and you are defending them from the furry thieves! I worry about you this time of year; I know it isn't a good time for you and I hope you are doing as well as possible. Dale, give your dad a hug for me please.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This has been an epically bad year for possums. I am going to have to spend all winter lining my fence with bird spikes. They're so outrageously expensive 😭

[@denisedurham9385]

I live in zone 4b with clay soil so yes some trees are hard to grow. We have been down to -20° in the winter also.

[@joeanderson8839]

Im so glad I saw this. I want to grow some of these.

[@eroggero]

Good info there, I live in south west Florida, have quite a few tropical fruit trees, also have some Property up in Southern Kentucky, might end up there someday and always thought how much I would miss my mango trees but now you shed some light on a few that I didn’t know where that cold tolerant.

[@smas3256]

Great news. Your tropical fruit trees are awesome. The lights with covers looking good. Your videos never a disappointment. Where's Dale. ❤ Such a good boy.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

He's in the video at the end. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@joeanderson8839]

I love persimmons. I forage for native persimmons in the fall.

[@dianerose2998]

You are always a wealth of information! I watch lots of your videos and have used a lot of your methods in my own gardens. Thanks for all the great videos and keep them coming!

[@nadiapoole2401]

I live about 50 minutes from bob wells. It's a great nursery!

[@paul.1337]

There's actually parthenocarpic American persimmon cultivars that produce decent sized fruit. The trees will try to get gigantic though. I'm growing an IKKJ too. And some pawpaws. They were seedlings from the Pawpaw Fest in PA, so I've no idea about fruit quality, but they're covered in fruit buds, so I'll find out next year hopefully.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I like American persimmons OK, but to me they're more of a novelty fruit. The flesh to seed ratio is very low, they rot quickly, and even when they're total mush, they often have astringency. If I lived in a cold zone and it was my only option, I'd grow them, but if you can grow either American or Asian persimmons, the Asian persimmons are just on another level. It's like comparing a pork chop to filet mignon. Asian persimmons are almost otherworldly, at least the Giombo is.

[@onlyintime9914]

Yes good info on persimmon varieties

[@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn]

Your garden and information, both priceless!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it! Thank you.

[@marthadoelle7585]

Zone 4 fruit grower in NH and will not be growing any of those. Impossible to get those to grow and produce fruit without heated greenhouse.

[@susanchristensen1500]

I was so excited I grew abundant of key limes, 8 lemons, and 1 pomegranate this year. It'll be first year I'll leave outside all winter. Looking for battery operated lights to help keep warm. Have frost tents. The leaves turning yellow however said cold hardy to 20 for zone 8b PNW washington state. I'm wanting a blood orange so thank you for name.

[@gwendolynneuhauser9070]

I'm in WA state, too! I'd like to add a lime and lemon to my garden. Where did you get your plants from?

[@csmitty3517]

Planted an ichi persimmon this year because of your videos. I am crossing my fingers it survives the winter. Im in 6a but we've seen temps as low as -25f the last two years.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That sounds much lower than Zone 6, by a lot. I would get a plant jacket and some incandescent lights to protect it. Another strategy is to bury the trunk in mulch at least a foot above the graft in cold spells. That way, if it dies back, it’ll die above the graft and re-grow. You’ll have to pull the mulch back when it warms up so it doesn’t rot the trunk.

[@csmitty3517]

@TheMillennialGardener usually pur lowest temp might hit around -5 once in the dead of winter but usually stay between 8-40F. The last few years the polar vortex through the Plains have been brutal. I plan on using chicken wire, mulch and leaf litter to insulate up about 2 ft above the graft. Then light tarp overthe rest if we're expecting sub zeros.

[@vamp357]

I have learned a great deal from watching your channel. Prairieville, Louisiana

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@n.q163]

Avocado actually can grow as far north as London, UK. I've seen it with my own eyes and was stunned.

[@asseyez-vous6492]

London lives at a higher temp than the rest of the UK, so it's not surprising. I live in south Wales and there is most definitely a temp and weather difference.

[@n.q163]

@asseyez-vous6492 Absolutely true. It's called the urban heat island effect. But it's still mind boggling to see an mature avocado tree there.

[@noeditbookreviews]

I live in a polar climate, high atop the mountain. Can I grow oranges outdoors?

[@jonbloodworth474]

ive missed your content, had to take a break for a while. Your videos about growing citrus in zone 7b - 8a inspired me to get a an owari satsuma and another owari I cant recall the name of, 3 lemons, 3 limes, an ichi ki kei jiro, multiple figs, and because I had seen your video on pineapple guava, I saw one in clearance at a nursery and snagged it up as well! Thats just a fraction of the trees you've had a part in inspiring me to grow, apples, plums, peaches, etc. Not to mention the veggies! Thanks!

[@gannas42]

Minni-soda is probably the best way I can describe how we pronounce it in writing. At least in the twin cities area. Get further north toward Canada or west toward the Dakotas and the accent changes quite a bit. Where I am we are now zone 5a. Thanks for covering this topic! I appreciate it. Stay frosty. 😅

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm surprised no one has trademarked the drink yet.

[@gannas42]

@TheMillennialGardener Do you think a Paw Paw-flavored soft drink could sell? 😅😉

[@dao8805]

Fellow Minnesotan from central state/ zone 4a and you nailed the pronunciation for our area :)

[@wendyleslie6461]

I'm from SW Michigan and Pawpaws grow wild in my area, we even have a city nearby named Pawpaw, lol. I'm betting if left to it's own devices, the root stock pawpaw will grow and produce fruit. It just might take longer than the cultivars. Here it's 5-8 years for wild Pawpaw fruit.

[@drrhiannon]

Thanks so much for this awesome video! I'm up in the mountains of socal and will implement these warming techniques!

[@beverlyboyce1041]

I live south of Dallas and have thought of putting a Myers lemon in ground. I have several in pots. I have a 8x16 greenhouse that I keep my citrus in during winter

[@marjorielove3660]

Thanks for the tip for McKenzie Farms. I'm your neighbor to the south near Augusta GA. I've been looking for a good source for Meyer lemon!

[@hardstylzz5024]

Love my Meyer lemons 3 trees produce alot of lemons, the Kishu mandarin is nice to put in large pot and its seedless. Silverhill Satsumas Brown select LA early, Frost owari, cara cara red navel, hamlin juicing orange. Got these at Georgia grown citrus only 20 mins from where i live.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You have 3 Meyer lemon trees? Are they in ground? Meyer lemon trees produce so much, I couldn't' imagine wanting more than one if it's in ground 😂 My satsumas used to be seedless, but now that everything cross-pollinates, everything has seeds. It's not a big deal, it's usually only 3-4 per fruit.

[@hardstylzz5024]

@TheMillennialGardener yes all the Meyer lemons in ground since 2017 and all the years haven't seen any cold hardy rootstock that never had to trim back, so it's just going from scion wood only here in 9a Thomasville GA, it even survived the 17 degrees from Christmas of 2022 lost all leaves but it gain all leaves but few fruit that spring all that energy it need for leaf development. Now it has loads of fruit just like your neighbor has. Been a great year for citrus.

[@ChefCrys01]

I absolutely love your videos, the info you share, and the progress you have made! I bought my first fig due to your encouragement. Love the idea of having an avocado… I finally found an Owari Satsuma in TX. I have to really hunt for good citrus trees here. Purchased a Violette de Bordeaux in LA on a trip, same as my pomegranates and strawberry guava from CA. We, too have just been upgraded to a zone 8b but we have had some wicked winters and my Meyer lemon has survived them all with the methods demonstrated here. I love the idea of putting all of my citrus (Mei Wa, Page, Clementine, Lisbon WA Navel - all in giant pots, all fruit except navel, it is new) in the ground but we have solid clay here. Dug a heck of a hole (with amendments) for the Meyer 4 years ago and it’s a happy camper. I have a Tanenashi persimmon in ground and it doesn’t look super happy. Suggestions?

[@ramonpadilla2607]

Where in Texas if don.t mind sharing.

[@ChefCrys01]

@ Hill country

[@PeterManus]

This is an awesome video, as I am looking for something tropical that grows in Minnesota. I will try the pawpaw tree. Thanks.

[@amessnger]

Make certain to choose two Early ripening cultivars. That's going to be super important or else they may not have enough time to ripen in your area. Best of luck to you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Be sure to get yourself 2 trees, and make sure they are both early ripeners. They will grow in your zone, but if you pick late varieties, they won't ripen in time. Keep that in mind. The earlier, the better.

[@JohnSmith-fj3uf]

When the Feijoa flower petals are mature they fill with liquid and taste sweet. The petals are commonly nibbled by people birds. You are lucky to have few citrus near you. There is a citrus leaf miner that causes considerable damage in summer. Feijoa come from areas where J is produced like H so people often pronounce it like feihoa long O like Oat. short A like at silent i and long E like seek. Great looking trees. in your yard.

[@PeterEntwistle]

Great tips and advice! I'm also trying to grow all of these trees here in the UK. I love experimenting with citrus and avocados so your videos covering them have been incredibly helpful. Persimmons are some of my newest additions, I managed to get a couple of varieties this year. I'm probably going to plant them this Autumn 🙌

[@TheMillennialGardener]

All of these should do well in the UK as long as it doesn't get too cold. There are actually avocados growing London. Plenty of avocado varieties are hardy to -5C or so: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2aXpmqBd51kg5osi=BsNCFVCV8vT_91ct I don't know what the tree is. Looking at it, it's probably a Bacon or Zutano, which are cold hardy to around -5C and have larger fruits. Stewart would probably be the best choice since it's cold hardy to -6/-7C and has the most Hass-like fruit.

[@PeterEntwistle]

@@TheMillennialGardener oh yes, I’ve actually seen this tree in person. I was lucky enough to get some scions from it and have managed to graft them onto some seedlings. I suspect it’s a Hass seedling as that area of London has a really good microclimate (probably equivalent to a zone 9b or 10a). The fruits turn purple like Hass when they are ripe, but then again some Mexican types also change colour. Frost is extremely rare there. I’m much further north (near Manchester). In my area we usually get down to around -5°C but occasionally a bit lower.

[@tidalcreekfarm]

Even here in Charleston I won't put my citrus in the ground. I get used 20 and 25 gallon trade pots for free from the landscapers. This allows me to move them with a hand cart or drag them around to chase the sun. I am going to take my dwarf namwa bananas and lay them down under frost cloth this winter on the few cold nights (low 20's) we get. I bought a pineapple guava from Stan this spring and its 5 feet tall. My Limequat produced big time. I think I bought that from the Georgia citrus lady.

[@Darkice77]

Very few people know that most fruit producing trees/bushes, the leaves are edible and nutritious. I have a forest behind my house that already had mature mulberry trees, hundreds of them. When younger trees start showing I'll grab leaves for salads. The older the tree the less tasty they become.

[@SylwerDragon]

Nice video. - I have one suggestion toward Persimmon fruit. I did try few methods how to remove that unpleasant taste and all works but to be sure you need to do two things. 1. use your persimmon dried 2. mix it or make jam or what ever but then you need to bring to about 70 Degree C and keep it there for at least 5 minutes..this will remove that unpleasant taste .. One more thing to get them to have fruits i suggest to wait 3 years ..and mean time take down all fruits..(tree would like to make fruits ..but don't let it ..so it can put all nutrients towards wood) - I also have not so good experience with Feijoa ...i still don't know what i did wrong.. it could be too much water..but i'm not sure(leaves went yellow and then they fall down..but fortunatly then came up as new..but still not sure).. so i'm not big fan of it..but will see how it will be after winter..maybe it will surprise me..but so far i don't recommend it - Paw Paw..so far not so happy..my one tree(from two) all leaf just fall down..and as you said it can take up to 7 years till real fruit is seen..but still i have it and will see after winter..

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

I'm raising a handful of grapefruit trees in my greenhouse... There is a very tough, small, bitter lemon colored tree around here, but its only an ornamental. I've been struggling with avocados because the ones from the store are not winter hardy. I'll definitely be looking into those cold hardy varieties!

[@rezkerry8809]

My parents in Ohio have Amish neighbors that are growing date trees. Date trees! Every winter they package them up in what look like mini Dutch windmills without the sails.

[@a.mirmousavizadegan7962]

Thanks, I do not know how I missed that.

[@etm567]

I'm in northern NJ, where we used to be 6B, but now we are 7b. We've lived here for 25 years, and I do not think it has ever gone below 15 degrees. If so, I was oblivious to it, and I used to commute to New York and was exposed to early morning cold weather, and I mean very early.

[@libbyjensen1858]

As a born and raised native Minnesotan, let me correct you slightly We call our state, "Minny-sooooo-tah,. Ya, sure, dontcha know! And please, do NOT confuse our accent with North Dakota or Canadians. We are much different! (lol!)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It must be like the difference between South Jersey where I'm from, which is a Philadelphia accent, to North Jersey, which is a NY accent. I spent 31 years in NJ, talked to thousands of people, and nobody calls it "New Joy-zee."

[@GrandmaforGrownups]

NoDak Here. All I have to say is "OOf duh"

[@calvingruel8139]

As a Minnesotan myself we do not say the minny part although we do stretch the o and a vowels the minny should be minna

[@calvingruel8139]

As a Minnesotan myself we do not say the minny part although we do stretch the o and a vowels the minny should be minna

[@laurieide4303]

Ya, no "minny" here either..Minnesota born and raised

[@honeybadgers1996]

I had no idea you guys had gators😮 Mr Dale doesn’t seem to phase from it. I remember my grandma used to string giombo persimmons to dry them out. The final products were so sweet. I can see myself planting Fejosa and pawpaw in the future. Thank you for the detailed descriptions of these fabulous trees and the list of nurseries.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Gators are native to the NC outer banks and points south. We have loads of gators here in Wilmington. They're not as common as they are in Florida, but there is usually 1-2 swimming in our neighborhood retention pond during the 8 warm months. Winter is hit or miss, I think they go into partial hibernation since our winters are pretty cold for them. Giombo is an absolute freak of nature. The fruits are so big and so delicious that it feels wrong that something like it can be harvested off a tree.

[@baddogcustoms7496]

@@TheMillennialGardener gators are pretty common in the creeks and Pocosins also I live on a creek right off the White Oak river near the Bogue inlet

[@FR-tb7xh]

Great video! You’ve got beautiful trees! Zone 6a/6b here. I’d never grown citrus until this year. I bought a little 3’-tall Meyer Lemon, but know it will always have to be a container plant that I’ll have to keep indoors for the winter. Already, it would have died had I not. At first, it had too many flowers to count, and then more than 11 tiny lemons appeared. Then all but 3 of them dropped off! I panicked, then learned young Meyer lemon trees will at first put out as many as it can, then self-sacrifice all but the ones it knows it can support to fully grow.

[@danbev8542]

I had a Myer Lemon for many years here in zone 7. In the winter, it would get pretty bad scale insects, & disliked the dry house. I finally learned to put it in the shower for about 20 minutes once a week. It was a much happier plant. I lost it to a cold fall night - didn’t watch the forecast!

[@FR-tb7xh]

@@danbev8542 Interesting! Thank you for your shower tip - I’m going to try it!

[@FR-tb7xh]

@@danbev8542 Well, right after your ‘shower tip,’ I gave my Meyer the ‘treatment’ - first a tepid gentle spray, a day to dry, then my Captain Jack’s fungicide. It’s extraordinary what its response has been! It hasn’t looked this healthy since I bought it - deep green foliage, beautiful flowers, new tiny fruits, and ripening of the 3 big lemons it already had. Thank you, again!

[@jakal20104]

I love Bob Wells Nursery. I’ll actually be heading there tomorrow to attend their fruit tree event.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

By Bonanza peach and one of my grapes is from Bob Wells. Good experience.

[@debbieannlillard2650]

Thank you so much for the information. I'll be looking to growing the fruit trees mentioned. Especially since most are dwarf variety.

[@windmolenfarm8030]

Thanks so much for this video. I live in southern Oklahoma (7B - 8) and look forward to growing some citrus. Thanks again.

[@MomPuff-b9w]

I’m one of your biggest fan!! I have learned so much from you!! Thank you!! 🦋🤗🫶🏻

[@Dimka2]

zone 6 b here, trying to grow some persimons and pomegrates next year

[@jaredharris1940]

There's nothing like a good persimmon!

[@karenzorn773]

Wow it’s just so amazing on the variety you have of fruit tree and your success.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I've spent a long time planning the layout. It has been...fruitful!

[@EducatedSkeptic]

So cool, as always! Thanks so much. And here in Maine, I'd thought the only way to grow tropical fruits (like our dwarf orange and Meyer lemon) was indoors. They do fine inside here, though I do have artificial lights on them right now. Not sure I'm quite ready to try them outdoors, though the pawpaw sounds interesting. Of course, with warming winters, we may soon be transforming from a Zone 3/4 boundary zone (where we used to have winter temps to below -20, when the fuel in my old diesel truck would go to Jello!) to something closer to Zone 5. Have rarely seen subzero winter temperatures in the past 24 years, and we get sleet and freezing rain here in January as often as we get snow.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you're in Zone 3/4, unfortunately citrus is out of the question in-ground and you'd have to continue growing them in containers. However, 2 pawpaw trees is totally in the conversation. You'd have to select 2 very early varieties to get them to ripen in time, but it can be done.

[@EducatedSkeptic]

@@TheMillennialGardener ... Thanks. I was really only being facetious about the citrus. They do fine inside - we have maybe a dozen oranges ripening now, and the Meyer Lemon is starting to bloom to produce next year's crop. The oranges should be ready to eat around Thanksgiving or (more likely) at Christmas. But we may try the pawpaws outside - will see if anyone stocks them locally before going on-line, though.

[@BallroomDancinFools]

Wow, I learned a great deal from you. You've inspired to grow a feijoa next year here in Stony Creek, part of Branford, CT.

[@hvacman2009]

You are awesome….. eastern central Oklahoma here,

[@kirkmays301]

In the midlands of South Carolina. I’m heading to Scranton to see Stan tomorrow to get some trees to add to my garden. 🎉

[@TheTonkabear]

"minnah-SO-tah". But zone 3 aint good for much but blueberries. Having grown up N of Grand Rapids, I left after a particularly cold year, featuring snow in mid-June. Now I dont have any desire to live colder than 7a, haha!

[@jeffsherwood9151]

Thanks for info always watch your videos

[@timfonvielle8693]

As always we appreciate the info

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@gardenofseeden]

I just planted Loquats in South Jersey zone 7a.

[@gardenofseeden]

I live like 1 hour or so from James Prigioni

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Oh that's really cool. I grafted a piece of loquat from my neighborhood onto quince rootstock in the summer, which produces a dwarf loquat tree. I want to plant it in spring when it warms up.

[@PoeticPoppa]

I would love to see how you preserve and save some of this fruit. It seems like a lot would come in at the same time.

[@jaker2542]

bought all my current trees and bushes from willis orchards and they do have a guarantee of one year on trees.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent!

[@emeraldfox7175]

How's their pricing?

[@dongjeong17]

i love this video man.. I really want to have this when I get the space

[@getreadyforthelamb]

I've used persimmons to make pie that tasted like pumpkin pie.

[@mauric.7591]

You always inspire me to plant more trees!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's my goal 🙂

[@Chevymonster203]

If you want to buy a wide selection of citrus including cold hardy varieties then Madison citrus nursery is the way to go. Huge selection, bought about 5 so far from them

[@rockyusa2012]

Your trees are wonderful. Will you move them to the new place when you move?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks! No, I will not. I will take some fig cuttings from my favorite varieties, but that's probably it. One of the things I'm looking forward to is starting with a totally blank canvas. Starting fresh is really exciting to me. It won't be for quite awhile, though, so I have plenty of time to enjoy what I have.

[@rockyusa2012]

@TheMillennialGardener Cool. Do you sell some of your cuttings? I never had a fig before this year, and watching your videos inspired me to purchase one, and I was lucky to get a fig to fruit this year. The fig was very good. Now I want to try other varieties. This video will most likely want me to try and buy that pineapple guava so I can try it. 👏👍

[@kevincoulter2247]

Sunflower Pawpaw says it is self fertile- my question is how big does you pawpaws get? And how big was the Giambo persimmon? How do you store all your fruit as they all ripen at the same time.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They say that. I don't know how self-fertile it is; it may only be partially. I've also heard really mixed reviews about the taste. Because my pawpaw graft died 4 years into life, it cannot cross-pollinate, so I get no fruit. Until I replace that tree, there will not be any pollination.

[@RaskusArhaus]

Due to climate change, we have places in the US like they show here that are already practically tropical part of the year. We had native malaria and yellow fever transmitting (tropical) mosquitos during summer of 2023. It's not a stretch anymore. The tropical line was south of Key West in 2012... today it's north of the Miami suburbs.

[@tbhutia2063]

Thank you very much. Could you please tell me what’s the reason for those black water drums behind each tree. 🙏

[@jeffreystewart9809]

Heat retention. Black colored barrels filled with water absorb heat from sunlight during the day. The water in the barrels then dissipates the heat slowly overnight.

[@tbhutia2063]

@ Thank you 🙏

[@radhikamaddela9173]

We just stopped by at Makenzie Farms on our way and got one Owari and Strawberry Guava plants. Stan is awesome and we plant to visit in spring.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Awesome! I think you mean pineapple guava. Strawberry guavas are very different. My pineapple guava is from Stan.

[@artboymoy]

FIgured pawpaw would be the one that I could possibly grow in south WI. I have a friend that has a neighbor that has a pawpaw in IL and was able to try it out. I wouldn't mind trying to grow them. I'll look into it.

[@southsidecarly7427]

Great video! It gets me excited to grow some of them

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent! That was exactly my plan 😊

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer]

I have two pineapple guavas bushes that have survived ice storms. The local deer have not touched them either.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Oh, pineapple guavas are very hardy. An ice storm followed by an 8 degree night did nothing to them. They didn't even flinch. Nothing touches them. No insects, no deer, no anything. Not even birds. Their loss, I say!

[@alvinaliathos6137]

I live in New Zealand and you can plant every tropical fruit here

[@district5inlondon]

@TheMillennialGardener 6:25 your Dwarf Orinoco bananas are amazing, and that has inspired me to try your growing banana tricks in the UK USDA Gardening Zone 9B I am testing the tricks on my two Dwarf Cavendish bananas. Can you give me some tips please? 😊

[@kellyrobin718]

Enjoy your citrus in North Carolina, if you’re moving to Florida, NO More Citrus growing ! I was in the plant business up in Ma. for many yrs. When moving to S FLA, I was so excited for citrus growing , it’s been 8yrs zero luck due to the disease in FL called “greening disease’ it’s pretty impossible, I. Have tried everything and they are no good.☹️

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's not entirely true. SugarBelle, Bearss Lemon and Finger Lime are all HLB-resistant and can still be grown, so there are some options for a small backyard grower. I will also build a lanai where I can have a few trees in pots. Also, there is a lot of documented evidence that the Asian citrus psyllid cannot navigate forests. There is dramatic evidence that feral citrus growing wild in forests are unaffected. I specifically chose this property because of the 1.3 acre uncleared floodplain in the rear, so I'm not entirely convinced that I can't grow a few incognito trees in there. Choose a property with a forest overstory, cut a few footpaths in there and see if you can grow under the canopy.

[@daveblyden1325]

Thanks for sharing I appreciate you and your content.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@susanerinfret2605]

I live in Canada Québec. I grow things that aren't suppose to live here so I think that manny fruit trees you mention could grow here at my house . But do you know where in Canada I could find some ? I want some who taste good 😊 ❤

[@rauljimenez8132]

I am going for the in the ground Brown Satsuma and the Meiwa Kumquat (McKenzie Farms) using your winter protection techniques in NJ.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Give it a shot! I also recommend Yuzu. It is hardier than both of those, and it will give you a lemon-like fruit.

[@mariespencer8668]

I was excited to see that Restoring Eden is in my area. I have not visited yet. I live in Tacoma. My asian persimmon is producing after maybe 7 years. It gets too big to protect the fruit from animals. I did ripen a small fruit in the house so I may do that with the rest. Bright gold and shining on the tree.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They have a lot of things. A few of my trees are from them. Their shipping fees are very, very high, so being able to pick up locally will save you a ton of money.

[@sjoerdmhh]

Thanks for the overview, have added a few to my wishlist! By the way, you say a feijoa is not a guava, but a member of the Myrtaceae. Real guavas are also members of the Myrtacea, so they are quite closely related.