Australia Day 2025 Garden Tour ft. Fruiting Mangos, Jackfruit, Papaya, Mamey Sapote, Cempedak!

[@HFTLMate]

So excited every time you post brother, brings joy to my life sharing your garden, thank u

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Glad to hear it brings joy, I get the same from seeing the results!

[@0anant0]

Happy Australia Day! I am surprised and happy that the jackfruits and wax jambu made it thru winter. The bungee cords fray and disintegrate in strong sunlight after an year or so.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Both trees were snuggly wrapped from May to October with thick frost cloth. I'm happy to get two years from used bungee cords. They're just over a buck each in a 20-pack.

[@56Humpers56]

Looking great George, I particularly love the jungle feeling you get in your backyard, every trip into the yards an adventure! The Tassie pepper will probably need a friend as you need male and female varieties

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Thanks for watching! I’m thinking about adding the opposite variety if I see it.

[@nielsjanss]

Interesting approach to keep the mango tree in shape with the bungee cords. I was told not to do this because it would disrupt normal nutrient flow to the mangoes and the tree is used to bending down and going out of shape...In fact I saw someone purposely bending branches to induce fruiting... It will be interesting to see what happens in your case 🙂 Keep up to good work!

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

The bungee cords are in use until the fruit is picked, then will be removed. Bungee cords and rope/twine are commonly used for tying tree branches.

[@lyonheart84]

Wow 42c, thats pretty hot and way over anything we'd ever see here. I know you've made the follow up post heatwave video so I'll be watching that next 😁

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Even though it's sizzling hot and dry, I'm savouring every moment hand-watering each individual plant. I'm making the most of the hotter than usual summer as I can't even think of how horrible it'll feel as soon as the colder weather returns for half the year!!

[@Zr55165]

Luckily I am a long time viewer. When you said you dont pamper the jakfruit I can remember that you wrapped it in a blanket for several months last year which is an important tip to pass on

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

I don't pamper it with fertilizers, foliage sprays and other chemicals. If I don't wrap it in winter, it will die back.

[@Mumin.Gardens]

Looking great! The Glenn has put on a good crop this year and good size as well.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

I'm so happy to finally have a decent crop of mangoes this year, it's been a while coming. Over 10 years!

[@RussellBooth1977]

We got the 40°C day 2 days after Australia Day here at Seaham in NSW which is up near Newcastle then a bit of a thunderstorm to follow tonight as well as a few days of rain again. I am growing the RB4 red papaya which I grew from the seeds of a store bought papaya, I think that yours is doing better near the driveway because the heat is reflected off the concrete then onto the papaya plant. You're not stupid for leaving your young jackfruit seedling uncovered on a 37°C day because about 10 years ago I lost a whole lot of them at the same sort of mid summer temperature, I grew them all from seed then the hot 37°C sun killed the whole lot of them so we all make mistakes & we also live & learn. I have mentioned before that I was afraid of losing my largest potted jackfruit seedling plant which has just recovered during the middle of summer & it will keep pushing on through autumn when we still get 27°C in my part of Australia during the day. Root growth stops at 35°C so during autumn which has been particularly the case with my Cempedak seedling tree it started to grow like mad during April & even May inside of my greenhouse. I bought it at about the same height as your Cempedak plant & when I planted it into a 300 millimetre diameter plant pot when it was about 40 centimetres tall I put it in my greenhouse in February 2923 it shot up to a bit over 1 metre in height, by mid winter it went into a state of semi dormancy when it didn't do much. I mentioned that it was root bound & I repotted it into a 400 millimetre diameter plant pot during December, well, it's pushing new growth out now which is good news. When we had a few self sown Kent pumpkin vines we got about 30 pumpkins which actually grew their best during autumn & early winter when the weather cooled down, it was still trying to push out new pumpkins during July. The problem is that we got a lot of rain & which the vines grew like mad & produced 30 or so pumpkins, a lot of them rotted out so we had to cut the good pumpkins up & cut what's good out of the half rotted out pumpkins then chuck them in the freezer so that they wouldn't go rotten. They should normally store on the roof of a shed to cure then to store them during winter time but the wet weather caused them to go moldy & the rats tried to eat a few of them as well. We can pretty much grow them as a perennial plant in my area !

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

It seems the whole country bakes at this same time each summer. I have until March 20 to get the tropicals pushing new growth, and then they pause until November. It's not great for papaya.

[@adamarifoski7363]

Looks greats George😮. The only thing missing now is rain which we don’t get in Melbourne during summer . I had a question in regards to bananas . I have a 2 year old duccas banana plant that has grown a 2 pups bit one decided not to grow this season . Still has its winter leaves so I decided to cut it half an still hasn’t grown. Would you know why ?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Bananas are heavy feeders and love water in summer, so they may need either or both. I would add half a bag of organic compost around them and water away. Water again each day for a week and check for growth. First, be sure the soil beneath is free draining as bananas are prone to root rot.

[@alinasimon6399]

Love the beautiful plants. Amazing garden. Labour of love. It's satisfying to eat the fruits. Watching from Malaysia. My garden is small. I just planted on the roadside around my corner lot house with papaya, pomegranate,markisa or passionfruit. mulberry, Cashew, noni, moringai- these young leaves are delicious when eaten fresh with sambal or boiled, or stir-fried. 3 variety of limes calamansi or kasturi, kaffir lime and limau nipis. Pandan, serai, serai wangi or fragrant serai , kesum or Vietnammese coriander, and lots of local vegetable plants.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

It's great you're adding so much variety to your garden! My wife and I love visiting Malaysia for its durian and unlimited cempedak during peak season. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eauTpYyQpcuofck Last year, we feasted on durian in Petaling Jaya. Thanks for sharing!

[@jenniferjones3004]

After watching your video with the ornamental ginger, I ended up buying an orange one on eBay. I'll try and manage it in a pot even if it drives me crazy with regularly repotting it. Congratulations on your Glenn Mango, I can almost taste them. Just a question, I am pretty certain I saw a video where you pointed out a Malabar Chestnut, if so, can you say where you have it? Sorry that I can't remember, it's just that I have one in a pot, I got it at around 300-400 mm about 18 months ago and it's almost 1500mm (in the pot) and actively growing. It's undercover, but I'm not sure if I should try and plant it out next Spring before it becomes ridiculously large, or I should just enjoy a jungle under the pergola? 😆

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

The Malabar Chestnut is in the ground under the pink Guava in the backyard. Up to you but I would plant it inground if it's thriving. Plant in a shady spot.

[@jenniferjones3004]

@ thank you, I shall make plans. 😊

[@sabreehendricks1363]

Must the custard apple be in full sunlight or 50/50?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

They do well in both, prefer full sun.

[@Randomguyonyoutube89]

Any reason why you’re focused on jackfruit height instead thick branches and trunk? I also have a black gold btw…..

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

The higher the tree the less it’s exposed to cold. Temperatures are measured at 4 foot high but it can be 2C colder at ground level so a 2C recorded minimum may actually have a ground frost.

[@Randomguyonyoutube89]

@ got it. How come you never show your loquat trees? Also, any fruiting Mamey sapotes in Melbourne that you know of?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

@@Randomguyonyoutube89 I have many loquat videos. I saved you the trouble this time, but you can use the search function to locate specific videos. www.youtube.com/@RealLifeFruitopia/search?query=loquat

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

@@Randomguyonyoutube89 I'm the only grower in Melbourne growing Mamey Sapote. Fruiting trees are a decade away.

[@BrendanFindlay-q3r]

That mango tree is going to destroy your neighbours house

[@HFTLMate]

It's unlikely to get very tall in Melbourne. Probably in 3 decades it will get to be 6 meters tall maximum.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Five meters tops in 30 years. A milestone for my 90th birthday.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

The tree won't even come within a meter of their house eaves after 300 years.