The Best Variety of Chocolate Pudding Fruit and How To Know When To Pick It.

[@jeffery8928]

I decided to get one from the fridge and eat it along with the video. Glad I did

[@victorv8990]

Robert taught us a good trick to know when perfectly ripe to eat. Put them upside down and when it starts leaking a tiny bit of juice, it's ready.

[@FruitfulTrees]

from my experience once juice comes out of it, it's usually over ripe

[@jeffery8928]

​@@FruitfulTreesI like to wait until the crown lifts and then eat it when soft. Chilled is nice. Great in smoothies.

[@devo3926]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 native from México zapote negro es un gran arbol , toleran bastante calor pero con cierto grado de humedad, y aunque no es lo ideal yo e cultivado algunos y se que toleran frío hasta un máximo de -3°C similar a algunos citricos pero si es mas frio y por muchos dias entonces si se mueren

[@aetreus88]

"might be one of the best varieties of any fruit we've tasted" ??!! ok, I gotta try this before i die 💚

[@FruitfulTrees]

Yes the black sapote fruit in General is not the best but considering not much is available in the winter it's good. However this Rianeke variety was up there with the best of even the summer fruits in my opinion

[@jeffery8928]

Reineke is also called Merida sometimes. I believe it was collected from the Yucatan.

[@Youngstomata]

I loved this fruit so much at Robert Is Here I bought a tree and took it back to Myrtle beach. They make delicious shakes

[@MP-js5ro]

I’m doing a black Sapote Freeform espalier against my fence… should get first fruits this year. I’m thinking I should have done the same thing with my white Sapote because of its wonky growth habit. Can’t wait to taste both!

[@SueLall1008]

I bought some last year from Lara Farm, and got to taste them.

[@robrich8294]

Those are huge fruits Paul!! Damn I love red sapote / mamey fruits. I mix with raw milk 60% blended ripe fruit and 40 % raw milk & raw organic cow milk cream. Red sapote ice cream. You ship them out to Connecticut? I can make any kind of raw fruit jam, syrup and they have raw enzymes in them. The soft jelly fruit leathers weigh almost 12 lbs a gallon. It’s a trade secret . I didn’t realize there are 4 different black sapote varieties. I want to move to either Florida or down to Costa Rica and have my own tropical fruit trees. Reineche Black Sapote. I’ve made 14 different fruit jams and syrups already. I made organic banana .

[@jeffery8928]

I have a Bernecker and a Merida/Reineke planted in the swale with Cas guava, strawberry fruit, seashore.mangosteen and Ice cream bean. Gotta protect the popular stuff.

[@Randomguyonyoutube89]

Did your county require you pull a permit to plant in the swale? I want to plant in swale as well but I’m afraid I’ll need a permit or else they’ll make me pull out the trees

[@TacticalMayo]

Hey Paul, I'm the guy that you met at the Aldi's that day. You might not remember me. I was just wondering can you one day get one of these professional growers to give us a good soil recipe for our trees? It's really Sandy and most mixes I used are for Northern regions. I wanted to see if they could provide a recipe that works for South Floridians in hardiness zone 10b to 11.

[@FruitfulTrees]

sure I'll ask but my trees do great I don't add much just some mulch when I first plant them

[@TacticalMayo]

@FruitfulTrees what I mean is is like I got saplings but if I put them in the dirt from the floor they die because it's pure sand. I was wondering if there's any amendments I could add? Either way, thank you very much for responding. God bless you in jesus's name. Have a good day.

[@mwnemo]

Almost all the growers recommend not adding anything into the hole you dig. Just add compost and leaf mulch/organic matter on top of the soil as mulch.

[@TacticalMayo]

@mwnemo they have like something like a compost at the landfills on Haverhill and 45th. I was wondering is that an actual compost or should I get something from the store? Plus thank you very much. I really did need the advice.

[@SeraphimCherubim]

It's more specific to what plant you are growing. I put my seedlings in cactus mix from lowes. I fertilize with water soluble miracle grow.

[@legalyzeit]

as i have mentioned before, we planted a tree from Lara Farms in 2021 inside a green house here in Alachua. We had our first 6 fruit this season and picked our first 3. I ate one so far, amazing!!! So happy we bought this tree. I want to try and let these other ripen a little more before eating but i hardly can wait! Thanks guys love the content!!!!!

[@FruitfulTrees]

Glad to hear you are enjoying your tree and fruit! what variety did you get?

[@legalyzeit]

@@FruitfulTrees I didnt pay enough attention at the time to write down the variety. mine are similar in shape to yours so i would guess Berneker, baseball shape and size

[@NatureDiets]

Matts giant is a great variety

[@juliegiz8984]

Are you aware of anyone propagating this?

[@byou1987]

black beauty is a great variety

[@FruitfulTrees]

I have to try that one Thanks

[@elsontauro]

Hi, please make more videos of Indian Mangoes

[@jeffery8928]

Paul, is that the townhouse that was on GYG channel back in the day?

[@jeffery8928]

I remember there being a fruit tree planted....maybe ackee

[@FruitfulTrees]

yes

[@FruitfulTrees]

Yes I took down the Akee

[@jeffery8928]

@FruitfulTrees a blast from the past, when I first started planning...before I had property.

[@jeffery8928]

There is one from Oz called Matt's Giant or something similar. Fruits are huge but not sure about the flavor.

[@samuelgregory2701]

Hey Paul, can you do a taste test video on sapodilla varieties???

[@FruitfulTrees]

It's hard to get them all at the same time together but I'll do my best to do it

[@jcamb72]

Is it possible to keep a black sapote tree small/compact?

[@FruitfulTrees]

It's a big grower. I"m not sure if there are dwarf varieties of Black sapote

[@jeffery8928]

Yes. It's possible to keep anything small (that's not a palm). Much easier to train it small than to make a big tree small after the roots are huge. I have two in the swale by the street. One is 9 ft, the other is 7.

[@FruitfulTrees]

@@jeffery8928 how old are they and how well do they fruit?

[@kelele291]

🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@NO-yx6yl]

Can the tree be forced short through trimming like an apple orchard would do with their trees?

[@FruitfulTrees]

Yes

[@Nihlink]

Are you from MA originally?

[@FruitfulTrees]

No, I'm from Brooklyn NY originally

[@Find-Your-Wellness-With-Me]

What one can do with so many fruits?

[@FruitfulTrees]

eat them, share them, sell them

[@Find-Your-Wellness-With-Me]

@@FruitfulTrees no freeze well? how about drying? when u say white sapote freeze well, do u freeze whole food?

[@jamesMartinelli-x2t]

It's related to the persimmon.

[@biswanathbala4809]

What's the best variety of Black Sapota....?

[@FruitfulTrees]

I haven't tasted them all but the Rieneke variety in this video was amazing and the best I've tasted so far.

[@SeraphimCherubim]

"Lemon zest is the best" Paul Neison Just sayin 😅

[@FruitfulTrees]

Best tasting mango! But I'll still take a sunrise as my #1 at this point. They are all 10's

[@greatergood3706]

What about real chocolate? Why not a video on cultivars for South Florida

[@FruitfulTrees]

I don't have any cacao trees but will do videos on them in the future

[@SeraphimCherubim]

Julian and pepe have a hybrid that is promising.

[@greatergood3706]

Didn't Paul tell us to plant Super Hass as the best avocado variety ever?

[@greatergood3706]

Ooooh-la-la

[@FruitfulTrees]

Yes Superhass is an amazing tasting variety. My tree was loaded but sadly for me the fruit didn't ripen evenly but I may have had been picking them too soon. Anyway since that time I found even better varieties to grow that seem to do better for me.