Bay Area, California Backyard Orchard | We have big plans for 2025 including growing Mangos!

[@myhomeandgardenchanneldwel7777]

It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.😊

[@Thesecretgardenhomestead]

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[@monkeyloven]

Awesome, I think your Orchard is great!! Good job and I hope all goes well with the plan. I would take a look at paw paw trees as well. I am so excited I bought 3 of them and have never even tasted the fruit. But it sounds so delicious. They have a short shelf life and only harvest for 2 months, so only way to get them is to grow. Good luck!!

[@Thesecretgardenhomestead]

Oh, thank you for the idea! I will for sure look into them!

[@revominds]

You may struggle with those mangoes based on the rootstock they are grafted onto. Don't take this as gospel but I would assume they are on turpentine rootstock which does not do well here (im in the bay as well). Mangoes can absolutely be done though. Ive got mangoes, longons, guavas, white sapotes, all sorts of tropicals and subtropicals unprotected in the east bay hills doing great.

[@SVmathfarmer]

Nice homestead! What avocados varieties and where did you procure them ? I have a large grove in hills above San Jose. I am in sunset zone 16 - NorCal coastal thermal belt. The trees thrive here. Your location is VERY important for avocados as they are VERY finicky trees. Totally worth growing just be ready for a lot of work taking care of them - after 2-3 years they really toughen up if they can handle your microclimate and soil

[@Thesecretgardenhomestead]

We bought ours at our local nursery! They are Fuerta, Hass and Lamb Hass varieties. We are over in the Clayton area.

[@SVmathfarmer]

@ thanks for update those are great varieties. My 2 cents if you want year round supply Is to also plant Reed and Carmen. Carmen has 2 distinct blooms and is known as the “everbearing” Hass bc it looks and tastes like Hass. Reed is a large green cannonball that is a summer variety like Lamb that complements Lamb in the summer. I have excellent results with all the varieties. Good luck farming !

[@Thesecretgardenhomestead]

Thank you so much! I was wondering about what varities i would need to have year-round avacados!

[@R1M1r1m1]

You can grow mangos in 9b. I have mangos and I live in zone 9b.

[@Thesecretgardenhomestead]

Do you have any tips to help them get through the winter, or have yours just bounced back?

[@siddhu38]

Always happy to watch homestead orchard tour Here are some tips for growing mangoes 1. Get a seedling variety, they get acclimated for our dry weather, turpentine root stock grafts don’t do well in California, that’s for Florida. 2. Make sure it’s well drained soil 3. Put a shade cloth/tarp to avoid frost in winter 4. Make sure it gets plenty of sun, may be a south wall spot. 5. Give minimal amount of fertilizer in spring. I am in zone 9b, I have 15 mango trees near Santa Barbara.

[@Thesecretgardenhomestead]

Thank you for all these tips!

[@asyed1995]

Hope guests will welcome if have paying guests facilities.

[@Thesecretgardenhomestead]

I would love to have a csa and/or a farmstand in the next few years as the trees start really producing!