The Macadamia Nut Tree, Macadamia tetraphylla

[@qualqui]

I always thought Macadamia nuts were native to Hawaii, until today, chick I'm subbed too, was the one who told me they're native to Australia and thanks to you Gary, I now know what a Macadamia Tree looks like, beautiful and their flowers equally as beautiful and even more attractive given their fragrant aroma they give off. Uprated and greetings to ya from Mexico! :)

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Viva Mexico!!!!

[@FatTonysDad]

I live in Australia and found a 100 footer. The trunk is 24 inches wide. The seeds are huge. Maybe fertilise the trees but you get better fruit

[@Mrbfgray]

I understand that squirrels became scarce near populated areas during the Great Depression....not bad eating apparently, taste like nuts. :D

[@rogerlibby14613]

Gary, I have one in Santa Ana. I get large 1" plus size and smaller. Lucky for me I have a 7 ton punch press to husk and crack with. A squirrelinater trap works but not near the tree you need to place the trap on the squirrel trail leading to the trees.

[@greenblood3708]

Macs are native to tropical rain forest of Queensland. They can survive with little water but crop will be poor quality and low yielding. They need regular irrigation once nuts are getting set till the harvest. I would guess you are growing seedlings. Plant grafted tree of a good variety that produce good size and quality nuts e.g. Beaumont or James. If you want to crack nuts with bare hands - plant Vista. If you are close to San Diego area you can find Linda in local nurseries.

[@greenblood3708]

@@StanTheObserver-lo8rxMacs can take frost down to low 20s. Bill Merrill grew one in his house in Fremont. It did well for him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmezi5yMlLuWoLM Just need to give them some care.

[@GR19611]

Water , cow manure , bees near by , eliminate squirrels = Heaven.

[@arlosmith2784]

Interestingly enough the Agriculture Department at University of California tried to promote Macadamia 100 years old. There are even trees on the UC Berkeley Campus. Although grow well in CA, everyone thinks they only grow in Hawaii.

[@tsbmkhize8814]

You ryt sir they are definitely not native to Hawaii. I'm in South Africa and I have 3 of those. We enjoy a lot with my family 😊

[@aliaub75]

Ahhh Australia...beautiful country and beautiful trees :)

[@kaydenfatboy4139]

You are so right never been out Australian that good

[@thedomestead3546]

Have you seen where you can grow these from cuttings?

[@franciscoxalamihua5734]

Here in San Diego they do really well

[@pavlovssheep5548]

honey roasted squirrels stuffed with macadamia nuts.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

yum

[@mindsunwound]

Only Americans call Chinese Gooseberries Kiwi Fruit I think... New Zealand has a Kiwi Bird, nothing to do with Chinese Gooseberries.

[@DatsiKxModz]

You definitely have pot in your gardens as well 😂 one luv ✌️

[@DrDisasta]

My neighbor would let me pick bags of these for free. Now I am paying 20$ for a little bag. These are amazing trees by the way. How awesome to have your own. I just find out these trees don’t do well in the Inland Empire.

[@joehewitt7596]

I'm guessing your trees are Beaumont judging by the pink flowers. The Macadamia trees in Hawaii are different -- they have white flowers and the leaves don't have the spines. I'm not sure but they may not be hybrids as Beaumont is. It could very well be that Beaumont is a crappy macnut that was selected for its tolerance of California conditions rather than its productivity or nut quality. I had a big old tree in Los Gatos about the size of yours and despite flowering prolifically every year it produced very few nuts.

[@greenblood3708]

It doesnt look like true Beaumont. Beaumont's new growth is dark red. Beaumont produces well in Cal. In SoCal it produces multiple crops if it is treated correctly - regular feeding (heavy mulching and foliar feeding with chelated micronutrients), frequent irrigation from the nut set till harvest.

[@dominodarkhate8424]

Pip trees are no good. Always small nuts no matter what. I have 350 grafted mac trees........... great nuts. 4 pip (seed) trees........... no matter what I do to them, alway small nuts. Grafted mac trees are the way forward, so you know what your gonna get.

[@realtruth1448]

What is grafted

[@dominodarkhate8424]

@@realtruth1448 when you use the roots of a certain variaty and attach a good fruiting variaty on top.

[@realtruth1448]

@@dominodarkhate8424 oh wow very interesting, I will be checking that out, what’s the best combo for grafted mac trees?

[@dominodarkhate8424]

@@realtruth1448 Use a good root stock from a hardy mac variaty. Most common here is South Africa is the A4, nelmac, and Beaumont. The Beaumont (695) is by far the most popular to use as root stock dew to it's strong attributes. Good feeder, resistant and hardy. Best is to see what is used in your aria by other farmers. Climates, altitudes and overall weather play a big part.

[@Justniv1]

New Zealand people call kiwis because of the national bird that called kiwi

[@roisanggung951]

awesome

[@rodricsanchez9479]

A squirrel assassin....🤔🤔🤔

[@Monopod209]

Respect plant more trees!!

[@MsFishingdog]

Thanks for the video. Was going to get me a tree. But I might change my mind.

[@brianmayHB]

My brother in law has a huge one huge tree massive nuts... we live in California OC

[@peterhofman7188]

Washington Navel Oranges from Riverside California, not China!!

[@ScaryHairyGary]

You are partially right, let me set the record straight: The genus Citrus is native to South Asia, East Asia (China), Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Australia. And although made famous in Southern California, the Navel Orange was discovered in Bahia Brazil growing as a mutant sport off of a common sweet orange.

[@arielcortez7393]

No sir, never seen one... but I have seen a nut wearing a hat...Lol

[@brianmayHB]

My brother in law has one 30 feet huge nuts no squirrels.... just bad luck for you

[@richardmang2558]

all squirrels within a quarter mile must be killed. No mercy for the nut thiefs. It boggles my mind when I see people feed the bushy tailed rats. Vermin.

[@thedomestead3546]

Less than 10k subscribers is a crime. Don't feel bad, cat videos get billions of views. You are not a cat.😅

[@ScaryHairyGary]

It's partly because I don't get down on my knees and beg for subscribers, which I think is totally cheesy. I miss concerned about reaching the people near me to get them to come to my Nursery, which seems to work really well. But maybe I'll just put more cats in my videos

[@Th.Alchemist]

Foking deers