MICROCLIMATES in a Young Subtropical Food Forest - Unreal Growth! (Part 2)

[@merrymakersinc.7404]

Every time you do one of these video I want to BUY LAND! I just dont have enough room anymore. The comment below about how junkie other food forests are is true. Yours is a great advert as to how beautiful one can be. Please open your store back up. Or how about making a video on any plant. Lets say ginger...then you have a 10 day sell on all kinds of ginger to your You-Tubies. Brilliant!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Merry Makers Inc. - thank you for appreciating the time we put in to the Food Forest! We are working on getting the online store back up and running soon. We have just been so busy with client projects. I really need to be present with the orders & packaging in the beginning stages to train my team. We had a lot of dilemma because of poor organization last time & since worked most of those out, but still need to be attentive to avoid the mistakes. We may simplify it a bit, like you suggested - thinking a pop up store that opens & closes as we can fulfill orders.

[@merrymakersinc.7404]

Pop Up YES!!! I completely understand owning my own business. Managing quality is key. The plants I got from you are thriving happily in the Houston area, service was great. When the time comes I will def be a customer. By the way that teepee was MAGICAL!!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Merry Makers Inc. - happy to hear about the plants! Thanks for the understanding & for the feedback! Glad you like the teepee!

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Oh that's a great idea, I'd love to try varieties from Pete when the rare bananas fruit set

[@terryjanssen316]

Awesome! Just bought 15 acres in CA straddling a river. Can't wait to plant my food forest.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Congrats!

[@melanielinkous8746]

I could wander around there for hours! Beautiful. 🌺🌹🌻🌸🍄🌴❤

[@sudhasuman3833]

Great sir.. I understand why microclimate is important

[@TheCossak]

seriously this has to be the best food forest I've seen on youtube. loving the videos...keep em coming :)

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Shiva Balasingham thanks for the compliment! More coming for sure:)

[@jeff6899]

I think you are settlin' in to this new video career rather nicely...hehe...great job again, Pete !

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Jeff - haha yeah - I'm finding the fun it in. I didn't picture myself in front of the camera a year ago, but it feels like its working pretty well.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Jeff - & thanks!

[@TheVigilantStewards]

I agree, Pete is a good link to all the genetic preservationist and high profile permaculture farms. I know tropical stuff is more fun, but I hope in the future you can branch off a bit. I live in North Texas and always feel like I'm totally missing out. I have thought about building some passive solar greenhouses though and doing little tropical environments in them.

[@dimasjunior237]

This must be the best looking food forest in the world. Such a beautiful place. And that sugar apple is one of the best fruit imo.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Dimas Júnior thanks we sure love it here!

[@thomasreto2997]

Thanks man! Your permaculture farm is inspirational on the absolute highest level. My wife and I stood at the edge....bought a rental house on 4 acres of rainforest on Hawaii. We have planted some of these and hope that someday our place will resemble yours.🍄😃🌈🤙

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks man! That sounds quite amazing. I dream of getting property in coasta rica of Hawaii some day 🙏

[@thomasreto2997]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL when we can finally afford to make our move, you are welcome to stay in our ohana. It’s 20 minutes drive from volcanoes national park and Hilo. We would love to listen to your advice on our land

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

@@thomasreto2997 I might take you up on that! Please keep me posted 😊

[@thomasreto2997]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL I certainly will. We still live in pa but expect to move and do like an Airbnb in a tropical orchard. You will certainly be welcome to come over ...on us

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Oh Man... This makes me truly encouraged in regards to what I can do around our home up in North Dakota. Granted it won't be all these wondrous tropical fruits that I love so much. I *will* still grow many, many things & have it set up so that it's the best I can make it over the time frame. Great job with the tour Pete! I love seeing everything so very much!! 🌱Be Blessed ღ 🌼

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Sansa Stark - I know there are so many species that can give you a different kind of lushness! Thank you so much for the support!

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Yeah, I totally plan to try and grow as much as possible. Can't wait til we're on the property though, no space really for trying to get started on growing too much where I am right now. No where to really to protect the seedlings. =)

[@tinrathso3997]

I like your garden

[@lady8015]

The rocks is a good idea, thanks.

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Your videos are fun and inspiring, love tuning in. I live in Fort Worth, TX. It makes me look forward to the day I can move somewhere that I can grow year round. If I were in the same climate as you I'd be all over this

[@rebranch74]

From the old forest wetlands of Storms River Village in the Tsitsikammas of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, I am thoroughly impressed with you and your farm. Inspired to follow your lead but here on our little acre.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thank you Robert!! Wishing you luck with that project 👊

[@suzannabradley3576]

Love your farm!❤️ if I ever visit Tampa Florida will love visit your farm.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks! Looking forward to it 🙏

[@kristianglen5990]

Always have to make sure I'm stocked up on fruit before watching one of your videos!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Kristi Anglen - haha! Yes! It's like going to the market hungry 😋

[@Tracks777]

Good video!

[@markm266]

Always an inspiration watching these videos. Thanks man, keep it up!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks Mark!

[@katrinaharvey9952]

I live in Florida and I want to turn my backyard into a food forest. I have 4 trees so far. 2 bananas, 1 lemon, and a papaya tree. I also have 2 pineapples. I can't wait for spring to add more to my backyard.

[@benjamin7627]

The only one of those whoch is a tree is the lemon

[@TC-by3qc]

Love your hard work! Your all doing great :)

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

T C much appreciated!

[@samanthat.2969]

I'm new to the channel and absolutely love what you are doing

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Samantha Taylor thank you so much!!

[@maidenlove]

Inspiring and informative - thanks!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Maya Greven thanks for watching!

[@maidenlove]

We love watching your videos. If you are ever near New Smyrna, stop by our little garden!

[@benjamin7627]

Fruit trees need space to grow to be productive. Why do so many people think that because its a food forest they can over crowd their trees? None of them will produce properly you can see that all the trees are leggy and only putting on vertical growth to reach the canopy for sunlight which is why the trees here are growing so fast. Theres a reason farmers space their trees in orchards. If permaculture is going to put itself out there as a viable alternative to conventional farming then it has to be more efficient but this is less efficient. Its very romantic living off the land and growing your own food but definitely if we switched over to a permaculture society tomorrow there would not be enough land on the planet to sustain it. And another thing is many people into permaculture are just buying land that is already forested and actually deforesting it to build houses and land for growing food rather than buying depleted land and converting it to improve land.

[@manthonychavez]

thinning the canopy may be beneficial, however gotta account that Florida is subtropical so there's a lot more sun than other regions

[@loriwilding4109]

We are in the beginning stages of clearing our land. We have about an acre of a combination of a oak hammock and palm hammock. Saturday we are have the Sabel palms removed (donated them to another property owner for replanting), so we can begin our food forest. I would love some suggestions for zone 9b Florida, north Okeechobee county. The goal is self sufficiency, and to grow for income.

[@sweatt4237]

You out on the prairie? North of town is the best in my opinion.

[@LeoDaShaman]

Awesome vid ☺😊 Thanks

[@wesselvankeulen8203]

How severe are your frosts?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Darkness thanks we enjoy making them!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Wessel van Keulen we had 7 frosts this year with a low of 27 Degrees in the exposed areas of the farm.

[@juanitaiveyivey]

The deers love your farm like they like my farm lol

[@TOMMYSURIA]

Ground beef stuff chayotes, hummmm... yummie...

[@palndan]

Awesome

[@gcxred4kat9]

Fun to see one of your old videos! I'm sure you're tired of saying, but when's the ETA on the new nursery??? Dyin to see it!!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Update coming soon!

[@1voluntaryist]

Suggestion: Roll the passion fruit to make it more juicy, then cut a small hole and suck out the juice.

[@Retired_SeniorChief]

It would be nice to get an update on how the farm is doing, Pete?

[@sugarandcoco3697]

We have difference variety of bananas in Philippines. Great video..

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Nowelyn Espena interesting. I’d love to try them

[@melanielinkous8746]

Pete is that the south side of y'alls house? I'm 45 mins north of y'all and I bought a Jaboticaba from you. Was afraid to plant it but now I'm thinking I can in spring. My yard is similar to yours, with the oaks.

[@TOMMYSURIA]

Totally awesome to have an aesthetically pleasing food forest. Most samples out there look like crap.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hulagu Kahn thanks we strive to keep things tidy and useful. A crappy looking food forest just gives the movement a bad name.

[@TOMMYSURIA]

When can we go visit?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hulagu Kahn - we are working on setting a date for an event/live tour. The timing just hasn't worked out like we had wanted.

[@Becca-Becca-Becca]

Thanks❤️

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Becca Becca you're the best!

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

all my nanas will be facing -4c this morning and its been 0c since 10pm, they are against walls but empty space is above, they are looking like they cant take 2 many more frosts and have only seen -2.5 so far, one of them is under the canopy of another tree and looks like its only seen like 1 frost, pray for my bananas pete, i was going to go put frost cloth on them but i couldnt be bothered :p

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

wallamangaveer - if they get burned by the frost, you can always cut them back & ground level to encourage come-back of new pups when your temps rise again. You must be in the Southern Hemisphere? Mulching the mat may also help them to come back strong.

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

oh man its still 0c haha they got smashed last night to -3 -4 all the leaves are pretty much fully brown, good thing i put candles in my green house cause tht bitch was frozen shut i had to melt the zip lol, my plan for the bananas now is im going to wait till the leaves are all fully droopingdown and then ill throw some frost cloth over to try protect those stems cause last year i almost got to keep my stems but possums got to them in spring and just ripped em up and then they slowly rotted coming into summer from root rot doh, they were in pots with native soil, tho yea bro tasmania, about as far and cold as youl get in the south hem lol besides far south america.. why do i never hear about far south america what do those people even look like? its basicly a mini london where i live

[@GiGaSzS]

Do you have any banana varieties that produce really tasty small bananas? One such variety is called Señorita and it is supposed to bear in cca 40 days from flowering. Can you confirm? And thank you for sharing your experiences with growing plant :) I was really inspired by last few videos about food forests which are planted from seeds to increase plant variety and discover new varieties that nobody has ever seen. Now I only need to buy some land to plant many seedlings ;)

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

ZiGa:S most dwarf varieties produce much quicker because they don't need to get as tall before setting leaves and flower. We did a job early March that we planted 180 bananas with maybe 15 varieties. The dwarf Orinoco and dwarf Namwa are already fruiting. They make a smaller sweet banana.

[@SuperVlerik]

What are your temperature extremes there? Also curious about what's in the (presuming native) overstory?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

We’ve seen 17 degrees, the overstory is oak trees.

[@stevesoutdoorworld2248]

hey Pete can you do a grafting vid soon? liked the tour thanks.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Steve's Outdoor World yes had camera problems my last opportunity. It's on the top of my list, I'll be featuring a few more locally famous graters.

[@stevesoutdoorworld2248]

thanks Pete

[@slinky9632]

Hi Pete I was just wondering how you learned so much about growing. (college, mentor ship, etc?). Thank you for another great informative video!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

slinky9632 - Mostly hands on experience and mentors for me. Both of my parents were involved in horticulture & after high school - I worked for a tree company and also took a maintenance job at Busch gardens. It all led to me starting my own landscaping company at 21 years old & and have been self employed ever since. We transitioned (not so smoothly) into a ecological landscaping company starting in 2011. I've been talking classes and learning from others ever since. PDC's, Eric Toiensmeir, fellow plant geeks all over the state... My biggest learning experiences have been from my mistakes. I love my job now and I'll never learn it all, there always gonna be another plant to learn. It's Endless opportunities for learning and that really excites me.

[@slinky9632]

Thank you so much for that reply Pete...really gives me a lot to think about!!

[@JFabric500]

What pen are you using for Writing on those rocks?

[@11219tt]

Would I be able to grow a forest like this in California 9b? Or is there not enough humidity in CA?

[@jaydoug1973]

sugar apple is not even supposed to handle the cool temps here is sw Florida you give me hope (and cost me a lotta money LOL) Thanks again brother keep at it.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Jay Doug - Sugar Apple should be doing pretty well down in South Florida. I know Cherimoya has its specific troubles in the Florida climate, though. Costing money now... saving money / making money down the road 😉

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Jay Doug - thanks for the support!

[@nithin3942]

Please tell me the remedies for root nematodes in tomato

[@jacobshocklie2928]

what are the big trees I have need of large shade trees here in the SW phoenix area. I want to do a food forest in my back yard.

[@clancysharp5305]

Do you think I could grow bananas here in Antarctica?

[@benjamin7627]

Sure! Everythings possible with permaculture! Once everyone buys up all the forested land and destroys it with permaculture and electric cars the extra greenhouse gasses produced will speed up the warming of the earth and growing bananas in Antarctica will be a very real possibility 😁

[@kelly51757]

What Zone are you? Thanks

[@LandmadeFL]

What's the best banana for Jacksonville Florida?

[@LandmadeFL]

Or Plaintain?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Michael Criswell - I would suggest any dwarf variety. My favorite being the 'Dwarf Namwa'. The dwarfing varieties are quicker to fruit. Just take it back to the ground and mulch over each winter.

[@TOMMYSURIA]

Open house anytime soon Pete?

[@jeremywendelin]

Hulagu Kahn I would go!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hulagu Kahn - our summer wound up being more eventful than we anticipated, so we didn't end up setting any farm tour dates, but I'm still trying to look at the calendar to arrange something soon.

[@TheChenny73]

Pete, I’m just north of you in Dunnellon with a similar but undeveloped yard. I would love to pick you brain. My wife is a Filipina who grew up eating mango, Saba, mulungay, mangos etc. my backyard is an old phosphate pit mine which now is a JUNGLE. I didn’t know this was possible.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Rice Panday welcome to the area! Unfortunately we got pretty hammered this winter by this last cold front. Most everything will recover but it slowed down production. I'll be making a follow up video in the next week.

[@TheChenny73]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL I know what you mean. This had to be the coldest winter in a long time. I had just planted a longan, Jaboticaba, strawberry and lemon guava by my pool in December. I put four stakes around them and wrapped each in 6 mil plastic. My neighbors have been taking care of them. I currently live and work in Louisiana (USAF). But we own a home in Dunnellon and I am slowly developing it. We will be there full time next year after I retire from military. I would love to show you the pit behind my house. It has 150’ trees in it and is a completely overgrown jungle. I think it would be a great place to plant as the pit walls ensure cold winds are kept out.

[@jetpostman]

I have a banana variety that makes banana's in central louisiana. I myself live near baton rouge louisiana. Not sure what variety it is though

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Nick Costanza - that's awesome!

[@myxonomania]

Love your videos, thank you so much! On around 7:12 you show us a tree "Sapadia"? I can't really get the name - can anybody help me please. I am doing some research for a portfolio of plants that I want to grow when moving to Portugal.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thank you!! That was Sapodilla ( Manilkara zapota ) the fruit taste like a pear dipped in brown sugar.

[@JeffHoganSimEdTech]

what part of central florida are you in? i'm also in zone 9b

[@JeffHoganSimEdTech]

disregard. i see clicking on "show more" that you are near tampa. How close are you guys to the Orlando area? I'm in Apopka and would love to come visit and learn. I'm working with about 2 acres here

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Jeff Hogan we are probably about 1.5-2hrs from orlando. We have large nursery of edibles that can be found on our website. Good luck with your project.

[@syedmnihal842]

I want to see irrigation system of this land..

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Dr Syed Nihal we don’t have any irrigation on this land other then in the nursery.

[@juanitaiveyivey]

I own 5 acres of land but 3 acres are all wood can you come help me? Me and my husband live North Fla..

[@Highdealist]

I LOVE U BUT THE MUSIC SOUNDED LIKE MY PHONE GOING OFF LOL WAS ANNOYING

[@theplanetsaturn_]

My soil sucks so bad, it makes me sad. :( I wish my plants could grow like yours

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

ThePlanetSaturn I'm sorry to here this. Where do you live? We used to have crappy soil.

[@theplanetsaturn_]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL I'm also in Florida, in central Florida. I would really appreciate any advice to improve this sandy soil.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

ThePlanetSaturn - have you seen our video on mulch yet?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

ThePlanetSaturn kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqO2ZJSvZp6YabM

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

ThePlanetSaturn - that's a good starting place & also biochar & "chop & drop" crops to build soil, like clumping grasses & Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3zWiouljN2Fn7s

[@alexgottmituns7049]

Dud the jack fruit trees make it through this past winter?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Alex GottmitUns yes they’ve all recovered fine, but they were knocked way back.

[@kevinstanton7338]

Are you looking for any permaculture students to get their license?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hello! What license ?

[@kevinstanton7338]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL permaculture designer license

[@cliftt]

This vid would be better without the mirrored glasses.