Summer Begins - Practising Patience With Tropicals In Melbourne 🤓

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[@alaskanprideseafoods1766]

Love the long videos. Thank you!

[@ArkyMassey]

actually my dad's girlfriend's dad owns daleys and i run around there and forage heaps. :) i live in the northern rivers only 50k away from kyogle so yeah :)

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Lucky you! We look forward to visiting Daleys some day. We made it as far as Nimbin last year whilst staying at Byron.

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Very enjoyable tour

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Welcome

[@lyonheart84]

Haha George you might consider pomegranates simple like an apple but our summers here are generally too cool for them to produce edible fruit outside in 95% of the UK 😂😂

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

It's true Brett, poms are like figs and cactus here, plant and forget.

[@lyonheart84]

The saying here is that 'you have to have the patience of a Saint' BTW George I always find your terminology describing some of the plants so endearing:- 'This one looks like a turd' 😂😂

[@garycard1456]

I have a few Australian plants growing: Lemon myrtle, Davidson Plum/Ooray, Cedar Bay Cherry, Fingersop, Tea Tree, and Lemon Eucalyptus. Lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) is has a refreshing lemon fragrance comparable to Lemon Verbena, while Lemon Eucalyptus (Corymbia citriodora) is so pungent that it is almost overpowering. Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) has a nice medicinal aroma. I find the Cedar Bay Cherry and Fingersop to be very slow-growing.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

I'm a big fan of lemon verbana, I have one that takes the winter here and peaks at 4 meters. I also have the Davidson Plum, the fruit is attractive but too sour for me. I wish I had more space for myrtle, but any free space isn't negotiable for non fruiting trees.

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

I was freezing yesterday! It's been nice to get rain though - it's been so dry where we are out the western side of the state, and everything was looking brown until this week! We didn't get that humidity! Our temps were 15 / feels like 7!!!

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

My partner was freezing too, she had the heater running whilst I was filiming! Tomorrow we hit the beach for some suntan :)

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

@@RealLifeFruitopia yeah back into the 30s! Confused plants everywhere 🤣

[@melbournesubtropicfruits9474]

At start Longan needs trace elements for yellow leaves maybe iron zinc or boron. Put Kwai Muk against east wall mines flowering below eaves. - grow Epiphyllium not prickly pear lol 🌵

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Prickly pear shapes are sexy as.

[@oxennguyen3148]

❤❤🎉🎉

[@Patrick-ye3wn]

Hi George, you need at least two genetically different pitangatubas for polination, so the cuttings are unlikely to work. It seems some people get lucky and get a self pollinating pitangatuba, which may be why there is conflicting information out there. Don't be so hard on yourself George, you have had so many achievements in your gardening journey that others can only dream of. The one hour videos you do are easily the best you make!

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate your kind words. I was hoping one pitangatuba alone worked, I can always add another.

[@DanuskaJayasundara]

Before I buy a new plant in Melbourne, i just quickly check if George has grown it 😂

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Just know I'm the local guinea pig for cold sensitive plants 🪴 😅

[@DanuskaJayasundara]

@@RealLifeFruitopia yes thank you. I owe you a couple of thousand dollars. Let me know if you were successful with Ambarella please. Saw yours died. Mine died the same way this year.

[@biblicalwealth]

How’s your little Yeem Pay going? I bought one after you said they were the better variety.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

It's going well. Mine is in full shade, as I didn't have a choice, but place yours in full sun if possible.

[@biblicalwealth]

@@RealLifeFruitopia yeah mine is in full sun and it’s had a lot of new growth since I planted it a couple of months ago. Did you say you got some fruit on yours in the first year?

[@garycard1456]

Ideally, for tropicals you'd want plenty of warm and sunny days punctuated with thunderstorms for water and supplementary humidity. I don't mind rain, as long as it is warm. I don't like heavy rain accompanied with coldish temperatures (neither do my plants, for that matter).

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Melbourne has high humidity over its wet and cold long winters, summer is swift and short, mostly dry and semi hot. Not good for mango, as the fruits don't ripen till winter. This years mango came in July when the lows hover around 6C.

[@tata-pf1eb]

Awesome video ❤❤❤ thank you for sharing 👍

[@ArkyMassey]

I'd say to not have bananas in pots in case they don't have big roots because they can root out of the pot and eventually the pot serves no purpose but to pollute. so maybe you should plant them. it is your garden though and good job!

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Growing bananas isn't an issue here, I get around 20 bunches a year. I've also had them fruiting in pots many times, but fruit size is small, I do potted bananas as ornamentals. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@GunShot101]

watchet it all jorge i put a pink hawian suprem gwava in hope it will grow and give me frut

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

True guava needs extra attention for the first 2 years to get established, give it lots of water when it's dry and hot. Thanks for watching to the end!

[@FAST3RCA]

have you had any fruits yet on any of ur jujube?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Yes, every tree sets fruit. My oldest chico has hundreds of fruit every year.

[@danuskanamal]

I grew up in Srilanka and it's hard to have patience with avocado, mango, longan, Custard app or even panama berry which grows like weed everywhere. But am learning patience from George 😂

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

I wish panama berry grew like a weed here, I'd be happy to see it sprouting everywhere. It will never survive here no matter what.

[@danuskanamal]

@@RealLifeFruitopia True. I think it's more of a soil issue than the climate. Let's see. I ve got three living ATM.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

@@danuskanamal If any of your 3 survive Melbourne's winter inground, please let us know!

[@TropicalGardenGuy]

Same temps here in Northern Cali and we are in 2 day of winter! BTW… Longans do wonderful here… try mulching with peat moss and keep nitrogen fert away

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

It's not easy sourcing zero nitrogen fertilizer. I use this organic 7:4:9 mixture... neutrog.com.au/2019/08/19/gyganic-for-veggies-fruit-and-citrus/

[@cerverg]

Probably Yangmei (Myrica rubra) , Madrone (Arbutus canariensis) and those subtropical Eugenias will do quite well in your climate

[@kinglucas9922]

I am more successfull with the starfruit tree while you are with the avocados. I got no luck with the avocados, that is so weird. I am located in zone 9A..

[@marisaphoenix1893]

Where are you based?

[@kinglucas9922]

@@marisaphoenix1893 Central California

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Central California gets sizzling hot, if you mean central valley. Avocado prefers moist mild heat, whilst starfruit likes it extra hot and shaded. I'm not giving up on starfruit, even if it takes another 10 years!

[@HotPotatoGardener-HPG-143]

It's interesting how gardening success can vary so much with different plants and locations! Starfruit trees thriving in zone 9A makes sense, as they prefer warmer climates. Avocado trees can be a bit more challenging, often needing specific care and conditions. Don't get discouraged with the avocados; sometimes it takes a bit of experimentation to find what works best in your specific environment. Keep trying, and you might find the right method that works for you. Best of luck with both your starfruit and avocado endeavors! 🌟🥑🌱

[@sydneyfruitgardening]

Good update! My Kwai muk has been on pause here too, oddly it grew a bit in winter but nothing now. My pitangatuba has never flowered, maybe I’ll put it in ground like yours and could trigger flowering. Good to see that long suffering Pinkerton happy!!

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

The Kwai muk needs shade when young, so I'll have to figure something out. The Lamb Hass would've recovered too, but too many other things going on to give it the attention needed. Recently, I've been planting in ground when receiving new trees. That way they are less dependent on me.

[@JourneyWithUs13]

❤I found it a lot harder to grow here in Melbourne as to growing kai/fiod in Aotearoa/NZ 😊

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Melbourne minimums are lower and last longer.

[@TavernCrawler]

Probably be a hot dry autumn I like the way you pronounce words You get Mango's in Melbourne?!! insane

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

The trick is getting them advanced, otherwise it can take upto 10 years for a starter plant to reach fruiting stage.

[@roselavender2222]

I thought blue java produces a blue green colour skin or maybe all the pictures are deceiving. Is that the best tasting banana?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

My favourite are Goldfinger, Rajapuri and Ducasse. I'm yet to taste Pisang Ceylon, which hasn't fruited yet.

[@adeadcrab]

this mild weather is a godsend for my transplanted avocado trees so spare a thought for them and their shocked root system and tender young branches

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

I understand completely, but there are workarounds, like shade cloth. My grumble is with our rollercoaster springs that cause delays, wasting 3 critical months for heat loving plants with no simple solution.