Growing Tropical Fruit Trees In Central Florida

Cody Cove Fruit Farm and Nursery is a small family farm specializing in unique edible crop genetics. Their goal is to provide nutritious food to the community and promote sustainable agriculture by offering high-quality plants and produce.
They focus on collecting elite edible plant varieties from around the world and making them available to home gardeners, small farms, and beyond.
They are located overlooking beautiful Crooked Lake in subtropical Babson Park, Central Florida.
You can contact Josh at his farm
Here are the contact details:
www.codycovefarm.com
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Cody Cove Farm and Nursery
1105 Cody Villa Loop Rd
Babson Park, FL 33827

[@codycovefarm]

Hey Paul, thanks for coming. After watching through this I would like to add three corrections to things I said, maybe you can pin this comment or something. 1. I make it sound like I do the farm totally myself, and watching I couldn’t help but feel arrogant and unappreciative. Two friends, JC and Mynor have been critical at helping get the farm going strong, including the nursery. Secondly, my wife is the second pillar of the business who did not get adequate credit. Sometimes it’s hard to get everything right on camera and I feel like a goof for this one. 2. This weekend I spoke with Julian Lara and he said Viejo Mamey holds fruit for 2 years like any old variety so my information on this cultivar may be way off base. More time will be the only way for me to personally report on this. 3. The common name of Ficus auriculata is quite well known, it is Roxburgh fig.

[@FruitfulTrees]

I pinned it

[@nerycolon3141]

😊

[@scottburgle4889]

Josh, you stated that you did a trial of about 40 sweet potato varieties and planted the most productive. Which varieties worked best for you? Also, how do they compare taste wise to some lesser productive varieties?

[@davidjslack]

No higher compliment than Josh giving you credit for helping research best mangos for his orchid. Your videos are an amazing chronicle of the Florida fruit scene. Thanks!

[@joujou0315]

This man is amazing!! I'm so impressed with him having done all this work on his own!

[@mwnemo]

I have bought a bunch of stuff from Cody Cove Farm. I love how Josh is really putting in research on improving varieties of different crops. He is really trying to improve people’s lives. His prices are great as well! Hope he continues to find improved staple crops for homeowners to have!

[@nefchukwujekwu6035]

Wow! What a huge yellow passion fruit! I can't believe I missed ordering that! If only I'd seen this video first. Thanks for a great job, Paul.

[@davidjslack]

Thanks to Josh’s dedication to experimenting with the best varieties I can’t wait for my yellow yuca to mature. His mission and work ethic are admirable. Looking forward to my garden maturing with his.

[@rps7746]

Thank Paul For the video . Josh is amazing, I order some casaba and passion fruits seeds from him a few months ago and everything is growing up perfectly. Thank Josh from West Palm Beach.

[@Jose-qb4qg]

*En Español* Saludos Cordiales. Qué privilegio es tener su propio Paraíso Tropical. Gracias por mostrarnos su Propiedad. Muchos éxitos, y qué sea de inspiración para Miles de personas que tienen "Fincas" abandonadas y cubiertas de malezas, dónde Tarzan se pierde.

[@floridaman4073]

What an inspiration, beautiful place

[@themangovista]

This place is amazing. I can’t wait to see it in a few more years. Thanks for sharing.

[@Deltonagardens]

I have been SUPER IMPRESSED with Cody's products! I have his Cassava, Chiya, and a couple longbeans! Great stuff for Florida soil- I tossed a few sticks in the sand and some seeds in the same conditions and i think i have a 99-100% germination rate. Every Cassava stick threw up leafs within three days of being in the soil.

[@CH-hm8ud]

I don’t have a farm ; but one thing I did for my vegetables garden is wood ship, I am in Central Florida too. The only pitch tree I saw 👀 producing well was Florida Prince, don’t bother with Georgia Bell, or tropical fruits. Tropical Fruit is very prolific, but it’s very small, and a fly can swipe the whole entire crop. Green pigeon sells very well between Hispanic people, you are not far from Orlando, one thing from this grain is that has 11 gm of protein per cup. I have them in my garden. The good thing in your favor is you are young and healthy and have the love and desire of doing it. I grew up in a farm and I remember we had pigs, caw, chicken, vegetables and fruits!! That was a lot of work!

[@Living-With-Mangos]

Nice… I’m in Kissimmee also… Kevin the Orlando Gardner came down.. I would like you Paul to come down 👍 Carlos “ the school teacher” Living with mango

[@FruitfulTrees]

Hi Carlos, next time I'm that way I'll do my best to come see you

[@Living-With-Mangos]

I’m from Brooklyn too 😀 have been in Florida since 2015

[@marycampbell4160]

Awesome thanks for sharing

[@tamarabengochea8446]

❤❤❤

[@aerospot2]

We are south of him, Lake Placid. Joined by our daughter and their family, I'd like to explore pooling our resources into one property. Just waiting for prices to come down...

[@NatureDiets]

I got the ruby from Julian and it gets filled with worms. Maybe it's just that bad near me though

[@mwnemo]

:( sorry to hear. Was really hopeful

[@somerandomperson1503]

Same here. I had fruit fly larvae in mine as well. They’re not truly resistant, maybe just “less preferable” to the fruit fly, but susceptible nonetheless.

[@jonathancrouse8640]

Bag the fruit when it is young and you may not get fruit fly larvae

[@NatureDiets]

I know. The point with this variety was that you wouldn't need to

[@sheldonkowlessar7591]

Awesome im about 25 min from there 😊

[@NicoleCB]

That does look like Israel. 🙂 I'm always interested to know about pest management, fertilizer use, and soil improvement strategies. I think it's important to know because I wonder if it's really worth it to try to force plants to grow if toxic chemicals must be used.

[@jackson8085]

Yes, I think Paul should ask more questions about the specifics of people's growing practices instead of just trying to squeeze in as many species as possible in the videos.

[@NicoleCB]

@@jackson8085 He does ask these types of questions at times. . . I guess his style is "organic" which is more refreshing than having a checklist of questions. 😊 I also didn't feel like too many varieties were covered, but to each their own.

[@greatergood3706]

I'm sad for lack of space to plant additional mango varieties

[@rowenadinsmore1]

Where can I buy that passionfruit vine?

[@joujou0315]

What is the plant similar to spinach that needs to be boiled, that is known in Haiti? I did not hear the name.

[@apothecarycustom376]

Haitian basket vine AKA fey lougawou

[@jolus6678]

I’m surprised to see the sycamore fig and the ficus auriculata because both are supposed to require a wasp that doesn’t exist in the US. Without the action of the wasps the fruit never ripens and just falls off.

[@NatureDiets]

Anyone know the fig rootstock he uses for nematodes?

[@GardenHood]

Can I be your nursey manager ?!❤

[@tinyjungle_]

tried to go to the website but Google says its potentially dangerous