Fruit & Spice Park - Homestead, FL. Part 3 of 5

[@anshbhatnagar251]

At 4:00 I think you mentioned the bael fruit. The tree is quite common in India and does well in the Bay Area, I’ve got 3 trees. Insanely slow growing, but it is often grown for its leaves which are used for religious reasons in Hinduism. I’ve never had the fruits but they do have a hard shell and a very seedy pulp inside that is edible but supposedly more medicinal than tasty. Pulp is also dried and used in teas as I’ve heard. Very interesting tree, related to citrus like white Sapote and curry leaf.

[@TropicalCentralValley]

It was a bael fruit tree. After the video, I liked it up. Indeed, it is a very interesting tree.

[@rockers7889]

They have vast open areas for expansion if in their future plans !! Thanks for sharing your adventure

[@TropicalCentralValley]

No problem. In some ways, I fortunate for the frost as it keeps the trees nice and compact in my region.

[@rockers7889]

@@TropicalCentralValley Yes , I think of your yard , like 2 colonies of penguins. Your front and back each being a different colony or rookery 🐧🐧

[@Orchidairbnb]

People eat the fruit and throw it down on the ground everywhere there. Plenty of seedlings growing below most trees. 😊

[@TropicalCentralValley]

True. I had originally suspected it may have been birds or iguanas that spread the seeds.

[@BlissfulGardening15]

I feel like you would be happy if you live in Florida and can grow almost anything.

[@TropicalCentralValley]

Yeah, Florida was quite different than California. Folks in the Los Angeles/San Diego region too can grow just about anything. Comparing the various tropical fruit trees grown the Fruit & Spice Park, I too have the majority of the trees growing in my yard, from wax jambu to canistel.