5 TROPICAL FRUITS Northern Gardeners Can Actually Grow!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you enjoyed this video, please *LIKE* it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😊TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 Growing Tropical Fruits In Cold Climates 1:10 Tropical Fruit #1 3:46 Tropical Fruit #2 6:57 Tropical Fruit #3 8:53 Tropical Fruit #4 12:27 Tropical Fruit #5 15:05 Where To Buy Fruit Trees 16:59 Adventures With Dale

[@trulylynn9941]

They are pumping p more storms and I hope it doesn't hit you my friend. I am suggesting that you get out of where you are and get your ass to Florida asap. They will not stop until they ruin everything everywhere! Just saying For you to do your research! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmezlGOun8SLg9U

[@MrJimtheRooster]

Hey from KY. I worked at Peaceful Heritage for a couple years. Blake is a great guy and has a crazy amount of insight as well as tons of fruit tree and shrub varieties.

[@ConstantChaos1]

I was gunna grow a persimmon tree... but it turns out I have the mutation that means I can't taste persimmons

[@Gardeningchristine]

I had a Maypop 🍈 volunteer come up right next to my trellis and my seek app called it a passion flower. They looked pretty so I let it grow. I was very pleasantly surprised when I got to eat the fruit. It’s like a Concord grape and pomegranate crossed. I LOVE them!

[@ashleys637]

Stan McKenzie is the man! I got a Brown Select satsuma and a meyer lemon from him earlier this year. His wife answered the phone and took the order. Really sweet lady, and the trees were very reasonably priced (particularly considering Stan is basically a specialist in his field selling products not available at many other places). He could be selling them for $50+, but I believe mine were $25+shipping. HIGHLY recommend.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Stan's an old school grower with old school prices. They're a total bargain. Way better than anything you get from commercial nurseries, and for a lower price.

[@RippleAffect]

You could put a livestock water heater inside the barrels for radiant heat if it gets colder

[@jvp714]

Michigan likes to claim to be zone 6 but then we have a -40⁰ week. I've resigned myself to the fact that I can't push the zone. But I have discovered haskaps so I'm excited to start a little grove.

[@rdmtthw]

Check out Saskatoon Serviceberries (Amelanchier alnofolia) which produces large crops of blueberry sized and tasting berries with an almond aftertaste Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) which is a native passionfruit good to zone 4 Cold Hardy Kiwi's and Artic Kiwi's should survive your zone Seaberries or Sea Buckthorn is cold hardy to -40, will fix nitrogen, and its a vitamin c replacement that has more vitamin c then oranges Sichuan Peppercorn and Sansho Peppercorn's are cold hardy to -10 if you want to give them a try for some homemade pepper. Flying Dragon Citrus aka Bitter Orange is a citrus that will survive your zone and can be used to make marmalades and jams. Thats all I got for ya. Good luck on your grove!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

We have had some wicked Arctic outbreaks the last 4 years. That's what's so weird. We've had "warmer than average temperatures" and "colder than average annual minimums." It's sort of the worst of both worlds, when you think about it. It has to play tricks on the plants.

[@Cjinglaterra]

@@TheMillennialGardenereven here in Missouri it’s a bit of a joke. Right where I’m at it is routinely 5-10° cooler than in town year round. Officially I’m in 6b, but I’ve been back here since I got out of the Navy in November’11. I have had two winters in that time where the minimum temperature was no colder than -5°. One winter I recorded -23°, one winter was -15°, and all the rest have been between -8° and -13°.

[@lukey726]

Hi, I am Japanese living in Japan😊You expressed the asian persimmon's flavor so well! Now there are many types of astringent persimmons, but you can sweeten them by adding fruit to shochu (Japanese shochu liquor)

[@naomiledger1374]

I was wondering do persimmons ripen off the tree? So if you pick a firm fruit, will it ripen further in the kitchen or not? 😊

[@ConstantChaos1]

I can't taste them for some reason

[@Gardeningchristine]

We have a pawpaw festival thrown by a professor of horticulture at the University and they grow them on campus.

[@MaureenHowry]

I love your videos on cold Hardy foods.. I find you passionate, and knowledgeable.. I'm in Sharp County Arkansa, I am Just starting my journey, and have learned so much from the KZbin community. Thank you much!!

[@phillippinter7518]

I live in zone 10 California, feijoas are not just "shrubs" here, big trees can be around 15-20ft tall and wide with thick trunks yield hundreds of pounds of feijoas a year the size of apple.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They can get large given enough time, but that can be said about any tree. Even a "dwarf" tree will stop being a dwarf if it's un-pruned and not maintained for 50+ years. If you prune it annually like you're supposed to, it will stay small.

[@nebsun]

12:35 Just planted a few American Pawpaw seedlings, shaded them by planting sunflowers around. I don't usually get frost in my area, but amazing that they can survive extreme cold

[@blet73]

I was able to get two of my three pawpaws from a local native plant organization!

[@rasserfrasser]

One of the most unique and rewarding growing videos I've ever watched. I never considered growing trees in West NC, but now I might think twice if the opportunity arises. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I hope this video inspires you to grow more. Challenge yourself. The reward is absolutely enormous.

[@rasserfrasser]

@@TheMillennialGardener It does. I want a tree some day. Thanks again. :)

[@FR-tb7xh]

Great video! You’ve got beautiful trees! Zone 6a/6b here. I’d never grown citrus until this year. I bought a little 3’-tall Meyer Lemon, but know it will always have to be a container plant that I’ll have to keep indoors for the winter. Already, it would have died had I not. At first, it had too many flowers to count, and then more than 11 tiny lemons appeared. Then all but 3 of them dropped off! I panicked, then learned young Meyer lemon trees will at first put out as many as it can, then self-sacrifice all but the ones it knows it can support to fully grow.

[@Karoline_g]

Thanks for this! I have a friend in New Hampshire with a surprising knack for tropical plants considering where she lives so I took notes and sent them and the link to her and she’s very excited about trying them. 😁

[@ObsessiveAboutCats]

Glad some of your fruit trees are doing ok and you are defending them from the furry thieves! I worry about you this time of year; I know it isn't a good time for you and I hope you are doing as well as possible. Dale, give your dad a hug for me please.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This has been an epically bad year for possums. I am going to have to spend all winter lining my fence with bird spikes. They're so outrageously expensive 😭

[@MomPuff-b9w]

I’m one of your biggest fan!! I have learned so much from you!! Thank you!! 🦋🤗🫶🏻

[@jonbloodworth474]

ive missed your content, had to take a break for a while. Your videos about growing citrus in zone 7b - 8a inspired me to get a an owari satsuma and another owari I cant recall the name of, 3 lemons, 3 limes, an ichi ki kei jiro, multiple figs, and because I had seen your video on pineapple guava, I saw one in clearance at a nursery and snagged it up as well! Thats just a fraction of the trees you've had a part in inspiring me to grow, apples, plums, peaches, etc. Not to mention the veggies! Thanks!

[@eroggero]

Good info there, I live in south west Florida, have quite a few tropical fruit trees, also have some Property up in Southern Kentucky, might end up there someday and always thought how much I would miss my mango trees but now you shed some light on a few that I didn’t know where that cold tolerant.

[@dao8805]

Thank you for not forgetting about us northern gardeners. Greetings to you and Dale from MN zone 4a :)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I try really hard to make videos that are relevant to everyone. I can't always accomplish that, but I do my best to cast a wide net.

[@smas3256]

Great news. Your tropical fruit trees are awesome. The lights with covers looking good. Your videos never a disappointment. Where's Dale. ❤ Such a good boy.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

He's in the video at the end. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@kirkmays301]

In the midlands of South Carolina. I’m heading to Scranton to see Stan tomorrow to get some trees to add to my garden. 🎉

[@BallroomDancinFools]

Wow, I learned a great deal from you. You've inspired to grow a feijoa next year here in Stony Creek, part of Branford, CT.

[@susanchristensen1500]

I was so excited I grew abundant of key limes, 8 lemons, and 1 pomegranate this year. It'll be first year I'll leave outside all winter. Looking for battery operated lights to help keep warm. Have frost tents. The leaves turning yellow however said cold hardy to 20 for zone 8b PNW washington state. I'm wanting a blood orange so thank you for name.

[@gwendolynneuhauser9070]

I'm in WA state, too! I'd like to add a lime and lemon to my garden. Where did you get your plants from?

[@paulweiterer6630]

One to add is the fig, there are incredibly cold hardy self pollinating varieties of fig. With a little help they will do fine in winters. Kiwi might be one to look into too!

[@BonnieKennedy-pj7tn]

Your garden and information, both priceless!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it! Thank you.

[@bridgettewade4167]

Living in Colorado this video is something I've been hoping for for a while 😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Persimmons and pawpaw's are definitely doable! I think you can have some good container grown citrus, too, if you're willing to overwinter them indoors.

[@bridgettewade4167]

@TheMillennialGardener thank you for keeping us cooler climate folks in mind!!!

[@Dirt-Fermer]

If you got the space look at earthworks for playing with soil temps

[@patrickr9716]

There's a cool book called The Forest Garden Greenhouse about a guy in colorado who grows tropical fruits in passively heated greenhouses. May interest you if your in a similiar area.

[@bridgettewade4167]

@@patrickr9716 I appreciate the sentiment but my city regularly gets hail large enough to break car and house windows, so idk that a greenhouse is a super viable option

[@acd1235]

I have a PawPaw in Switzerland, and I have to pollinate it manually, but in some years I had plenty of fruit. Some friends ask for it already in Summer. I had to start cutting it, and since the fruits at the tips of the branches, I have now a few years with less fruit.

[@paul.1337]

There's actually parthenocarpic American persimmon cultivars that produce decent sized fruit. The trees will try to get gigantic though. I'm growing an IKKJ too. And some pawpaws. They were seedlings from the Pawpaw Fest in PA, so I've no idea about fruit quality, but they're covered in fruit buds, so I'll find out next year hopefully.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I like American persimmons OK, but to me they're more of a novelty fruit. The flesh to seed ratio is very low, they rot quickly, and even when they're total mush, they often have astringency. If I lived in a cold zone and it was my only option, I'd grow them, but if you can grow either American or Asian persimmons, the Asian persimmons are just on another level. It's like comparing a pork chop to filet mignon. Asian persimmons are almost otherworldly, at least the Giombo is.

[@vamp357]

I have learned a great deal from watching your channel. Prairieville, Louisiana

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@dongjeong17]

i love this video man.. I really want to have this when I get the space

[@PeterEntwistle]

Great tips and advice! I'm also trying to grow all of these trees here in the UK. I love experimenting with citrus and avocados so your videos covering them have been incredibly helpful. Persimmons are some of my newest additions, I managed to get a couple of varieties this year. I'm probably going to plant them this Autumn 🙌

[@TheMillennialGardener]

All of these should do well in the UK as long as it doesn't get too cold. There are actually avocados growing London. Plenty of avocado varieties are hardy to -5C or so: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2aXpmqBd51kg5osi=BsNCFVCV8vT_91ct I don't know what the tree is. Looking at it, it's probably a Bacon or Zutano, which are cold hardy to around -5C and have larger fruits. Stewart would probably be the best choice since it's cold hardy to -6/-7C and has the most Hass-like fruit.

[@PeterEntwistle]

@@TheMillennialGardener oh yes, I’ve actually seen this tree in person. I was lucky enough to get some scions from it and have managed to graft them onto some seedlings. I suspect it’s a Hass seedling as that area of London has a really good microclimate (probably equivalent to a zone 9b or 10a). The fruits turn purple like Hass when they are ripe, but then again some Mexican types also change colour. Frost is extremely rare there. I’m much further north (near Manchester). In my area we usually get down to around -5°C but occasionally a bit lower.

[@Dimka2]

zone 6 b here, trying to grow some persimons and pomegrates next year

[@windmolenfarm8030]

Thanks so much for this video. I live in southern Oklahoma (7B - 8) and look forward to growing some citrus. Thanks again.

[@csmitty3517]

Planted an ichi persimmon this year because of your videos. I am crossing my fingers it survives the winter. Im in 6a but we've seen temps as low as -25f the last two years.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That sounds much lower than Zone 6, by a lot. I would get a plant jacket and some incandescent lights to protect it. Another strategy is to bury the trunk in mulch at least a foot above the graft in cold spells. That way, if it dies back, it’ll die above the graft and re-grow. You’ll have to pull the mulch back when it warms up so it doesn’t rot the trunk.

[@csmitty3517]

@TheMillennialGardener usually pur lowest temp might hit around -5 once in the dead of winter but usually stay between 8-40F. The last few years the polar vortex through the Plains have been brutal. I plan on using chicken wire, mulch and leaf litter to insulate up about 2 ft above the graft. Then light tarp overthe rest if we're expecting sub zeros.

[@jaker2542]

bought all my current trees and bushes from willis orchards and they do have a guarantee of one year on trees.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent!

[@ChefCrys01]

I absolutely love your videos, the info you share, and the progress you have made! I bought my first fig due to your encouragement. Love the idea of having an avocado… I finally found an Owari Satsuma in TX. I have to really hunt for good citrus trees here. Purchased a Violette de Bordeaux in LA on a trip, same as my pomegranates and strawberry guava from CA. We, too have just been upgraded to a zone 8b but we have had some wicked winters and my Meyer lemon has survived them all with the methods demonstrated here. I love the idea of putting all of my citrus (Mei Wa, Page, Clementine, Lisbon WA Navel - all in giant pots, all fruit except navel, it is new) in the ground but we have solid clay here. Dug a heck of a hole (with amendments) for the Meyer 4 years ago and it’s a happy camper. I have a Tanenashi persimmon in ground and it doesn’t look super happy. Suggestions?

[@tidalcreekfarm]

Even here in Charleston I won't put my citrus in the ground. I get used 20 and 25 gallon trade pots for free from the landscapers. This allows me to move them with a hand cart or drag them around to chase the sun. I am going to take my dwarf namwa bananas and lay them down under frost cloth this winter on the few cold nights (low 20's) we get. I bought a pineapple guava from Stan this spring and its 5 feet tall. My Limequat produced big time. I think I bought that from the Georgia citrus lady.

[@laurelpinard5444]

excellent info and help

[@hardstylzz5024]

Love my Meyer lemons 3 trees produce alot of lemons, the Kishu mandarin is nice to put in large pot and its seedless. Silverhill Satsumas Brown select LA early, Frost owari, cara cara red navel, hamlin juicing orange. Got these at Georgia grown citrus only 20 mins from where i live.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You have 3 Meyer lemon trees? Are they in ground? Meyer lemon trees produce so much, I couldn't' imagine wanting more than one if it's in ground 😂 My satsumas used to be seedless, but now that everything cross-pollinates, everything has seeds. It's not a big deal, it's usually only 3-4 per fruit.

[@hardstylzz5024]

@TheMillennialGardener yes all the Meyer lemons in ground since 2017 and all the years haven't seen any cold hardy rootstock that never had to trim back, so it's just going from scion wood only here in 9a Thomasville GA, it even survived the 17 degrees from Christmas of 2022 lost all leaves but it gain all leaves but few fruit that spring all that energy it need for leaf development. Now it has loads of fruit just like your neighbor has. Been a great year for citrus.

[@jakal20104]

I love Bob Wells Nursery. I’ll actually be heading there tomorrow to attend their fruit tree event.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

By Bonanza peach and one of my grapes is from Bob Wells. Good experience.

[@gannas42]

Minni-soda is probably the best way I can describe how we pronounce it in writing. At least in the twin cities area. Get further north toward Canada or west toward the Dakotas and the accent changes quite a bit. Where I am we are now zone 5a. Thanks for covering this topic! I appreciate it. Stay frosty. 😅

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm surprised no one has trademarked the drink yet.

[@gannas42]

@TheMillennialGardener Do you think a Paw Paw-flavored soft drink could sell? 😅😉

[@dao8805]

Fellow Minnesotan from central state/ zone 4a and you nailed the pronunciation for our area :)

[@beverlyboyce1041]

I live south of Dallas and have thought of putting a Myers lemon in ground. I have several in pots. I have a 8x16 greenhouse that I keep my citrus in during winter

[@jeffsherwood9151]

Thanks for info always watch your videos

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer]

I have two pineapple guavas bushes that have survived ice storms. The local deer have not touched them either.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Oh, pineapple guavas are very hardy. An ice storm followed by an 8 degree night did nothing to them. They didn't even flinch. Nothing touches them. No insects, no deer, no anything. Not even birds. Their loss, I say!

[@karenzorn773]

Wow it’s just so amazing on the variety you have of fruit tree and your success.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I've spent a long time planning the layout. It has been...fruitful!

[@sjoerdmhh]

Thanks for the overview, have added a few to my wishlist! By the way, you say a feijoa is not a guava, but a member of the Myrtaceae. Real guavas are also members of the Myrtacea, so they are quite closely related.

[@Chevymonster203]

If you want to buy a wide selection of citrus including cold hardy varieties then Madison citrus nursery is the way to go. Huge selection, bought about 5 so far from them

[@honeybadgers1996]

I had no idea you guys had gators😮 Mr Dale doesn’t seem to phase from it. I remember my grandma used to string giombo persimmons to dry them out. The final products were so sweet. I can see myself planting Fejosa and pawpaw in the future. Thank you for the detailed descriptions of these fabulous trees and the list of nurseries.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Gators are native to the NC outer banks and points south. We have loads of gators here in Wilmington. They're not as common as they are in Florida, but there is usually 1-2 swimming in our neighborhood retention pond during the 8 warm months. Winter is hit or miss, I think they go into partial hibernation since our winters are pretty cold for them. Giombo is an absolute freak of nature. The fruits are so big and so delicious that it feels wrong that something like it can be harvested off a tree.

[@baddogcustoms7496]

@@TheMillennialGardener gators are pretty common in the creeks and Pocosins also I live on a creek right off the White Oak river near the Bogue inlet

[@timfonvielle8693]

As always we appreciate the info

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@libbyjensen1858]

As a born and raised native Minnesotan, let me correct you slightly We call our state, "Minny-sooooo-tah,. Ya, sure, dontcha know! And please, do NOT confuse our accent with North Dakota or Canadians. We are much different! (lol!)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It must be like the difference between South Jersey where I'm from, which is a Philadelphia accent, to North Jersey, which is a NY accent. I spent 31 years in NJ, talked to thousands of people, and nobody calls it "New Joy-zee."

[@GrandmaforGrownups]

NoDak Here. All I have to say is "OOf duh"

[@calvingruel8139]

As a Minnesotan myself we do not say the minny part although we do stretch the o and a vowels the minny should be minna

[@calvingruel8139]

As a Minnesotan myself we do not say the minny part although we do stretch the o and a vowels the minny should be minna

[@laurieide4303]

Ya, no "minny" here either..Minnesota born and raised

[@radhikamaddela9173]

We just stopped by at Makenzie Farms on our way and got one Owari and Strawberry Guava plants. Stan is awesome and we plant to visit in spring.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Awesome! I think you mean pineapple guava. Strawberry guavas are very different. My pineapple guava is from Stan.

[@gardenofseeden]

I just planted Loquats in South Jersey zone 7a.

[@gardenofseeden]

I live like 1 hour or so from James Prigioni

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Oh that's really cool. I grafted a piece of loquat from my neighborhood onto quince rootstock in the summer, which produces a dwarf loquat tree. I want to plant it in spring when it warms up.

[@sherryberryr]

I just visited your area yesterday. Boy, has it grown so much over the years! So far, my McKenzie citrus is doing well. The Sugar Belle he let us try were so delicious. This will be their first winter, so fingers crossed. Will it take a few years before they bare fruit? I can't wait! Dale's way too tough for that gator. lol

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's crazy. Seeing it now compared to when I moved here in 2017 is wild. There was so much woods back then, and I was often the only car on the road driving into the city. Now, it's...well, I don't think my county likes trees very much. Stan is a great guy and the man to get all your citrus from, for sure.

[@mauric.7591]

You always inspire me to plant more trees!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's my goal 🙂

[@PeterManus]

This is an awesome video, as I am looking for something tropical that grows in Minnesota. I will try the pawpaw tree. Thanks.

[@amessnger]

Make certain to choose two Early ripening cultivars. That's going to be super important or else they may not have enough time to ripen in your area. Best of luck to you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Be sure to get yourself 2 trees, and make sure they are both early ripeners. They will grow in your zone, but if you pick late varieties, they won't ripen in time. Keep that in mind. The earlier, the better.

[@mariespencer8668]

I was excited to see that Restoring Eden is in my area. I have not visited yet. I live in Tacoma. My asian persimmon is producing after maybe 7 years. It gets too big to protect the fruit from animals. I did ripen a small fruit in the house so I may do that with the rest. Bright gold and shining on the tree.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They have a lot of things. A few of my trees are from them. Their shipping fees are very, very high, so being able to pick up locally will save you a ton of money.

[@CoachRichThurman]

Bruh, I can’t even with that Asian persimmon taste expression 😂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You simply have to try one. A ripe Giombo is nearly a religious experience. It's unreal anything that good can come off a tree.

[@CoachRichThurman]

@ I’ve gotta find one. I’ve never seen one.

[@grovecardinal5382]

I'm in Raleigh NC glad to find someone doing something I've been wanting to do in my area. instantly prescribed. Have you tried a mango and what kind of bananas was that.

[@ChefCrys01]

For TX, FL, and CA residents, no nursery can ship citrus to you. Buy it in state or pick one up in your travels.

[@southsidecarly7427]

Great video! It gets me excited to grow some of them

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent! That was exactly my plan 😊

[@EducatedSkeptic]

So cool, as always! Thanks so much. And here in Maine, I'd thought the only way to grow tropical fruits (like our dwarf orange and Meyer lemon) was indoors. They do fine inside here, though I do have artificial lights on them right now. Not sure I'm quite ready to try them outdoors, though the pawpaw sounds interesting. Of course, with warming winters, we may soon be transforming from a Zone 3/4 boundary zone (where we used to have winter temps to below -20, when the fuel in my old diesel truck would go to Jello!) to something closer to Zone 5. Have rarely seen subzero winter temperatures in the past 24 years, and we get sleet and freezing rain here in January as often as we get snow.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you're in Zone 3/4, unfortunately citrus is out of the question in-ground and you'd have to continue growing them in containers. However, 2 pawpaw trees is totally in the conversation. You'd have to select 2 very early varieties to get them to ripen in time, but it can be done.

[@EducatedSkeptic]

@@TheMillennialGardener ... Thanks. I was really only being facetious about the citrus. They do fine inside - we have maybe a dozen oranges ripening now, and the Meyer Lemon is starting to bloom to produce next year's crop. The oranges should be ready to eat around Thanksgiving or (more likely) at Christmas. But we may try the pawpaws outside - will see if anyone stocks them locally before going on-line, though.

[@QueenKaleGardener]

"Reading pee-mail" that's funny!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's how he keeps in touch with the other dogs 😂

[@daveblyden1325]

Thanks for sharing I appreciate you and your content.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@Uriaad]

Great video!! can please help answer this question: I just planted 2 bare root pawpaw trees. They are 2-3 years old. I live in zone 5b; Chicago area. Should I put the shade cloth immediately or wait until spring and for how long should I use shade cloth. I watched your paw paw videos. I'm a big fan of your videos!!! 😊

[@Avo7bProject]

FWIW, I reached a very different conclusion of Stewart than Millenial Gardener did. My Stewart suffered some frost up top from a 23F night in November, but the tree seemed to enter a "winter shock" worse than my other avocado varieties, and it continued to degrade and die back through the rest of the winter. It did bounce back in the spring from a mere 3 inches of remaining living trunk above the graft. I have seen other growers describe Stewart as being heat-tolerant. I still view it as something of a mystery tree what kind of extremes it can handle. Anyway, this winter I won't let mine encounter very cold nights, I plan to view it as something similar to Fuerte, a fussy tree that may always need to remain in a container.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

All avocado trees will take damage at 23F. When you see them advertised as "cold hardy to 15F," that means that a mature tree with a 6-12" thick trunk will die back, but above the graft and likely survive. I do not allow any of my avocado trees to take cold below 28F uncovered. Hard frost will burn the top growth. Stewart is also not as cold hardy as Lila. I chose Stewart because it is a natural semi-dwarf, so it'll be easier to protect, and the fruit is probably the best and most "Hass-like" of any of the pure Mexican avocados widely available to the general market.

[@gardeningtroutmaster]

your avocado tree looks like a Bonsai well done

[@justinskeans3342]

YUM PERSIMMONS!!!!!

[@jyll.7132]

Celeste and Chicago hardy fig trees are supposed to be really cold hardy. Apples and cherry trees too.

[@lorenstribling6096]

P-mails! 🤣🤣

[@jojomaily805]

I live in Texas. I was be able to grown avocados, both kinds of persimmons, jujubes, loquats, figs, pomegranate, oranges, different kind of pears and peaches..

[@jojomaily805]

of course on the grounds

[@rauljimenez8132]

I am going for the in the ground Brown Satsuma and the Meiwa Kumquat (McKenzie Farms) using your winter protection techniques in NJ.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Give it a shot! I also recommend Yuzu. It is hardier than both of those, and it will give you a lemon-like fruit.

[@KK-FL]

I got a satsuma this year! And a Persian line. And a variegated pink lemon. 😂😂 Going to add avocado next year! (9b)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

All that should be very easy in 9b, for sure.

[@navajo6931]

I saw my neighood in Charlottle have orang a tree they have a lot of fruit

[@nancycongiusti7526]

This will be next year's project for me. 🎉

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's an incredible project.

[@nancycongiusti7526]

@TheMillennialGardener can you recommend fruit trees for zone 7, north east NJ ??

[@geokirwin]

Thanks for zone 4

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@Olechesty]

When I eventually purchase my house in Texas I’m gonna so prepared to grow avocado and citrus haha

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Absolutely! They're a lot of fun.

[@Tluchak14]

I bought an arctic frost satsuma tree this spring after watching an earlier video of yours about citrus trees. Might have to consider a cold hardy lemon and avocado tree next year (I’m in north Texas zone 8).

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Meyer is the best, in my opinion. It's not the most cold hardy, but the fruits are worth the effort. They're stellar.

[@nccrchurchunusual]

Amazing info! Thank you. I just bought proprty in NW Florida and it has alot of bare sand (greenbriar & yaupon). I hear the ammendments all just wash away in the sand when the heavy rains come. Our sand is quite a thick layer. I did plant a small satsuma- its alive after a year. Questian is what ARE the best long lasting ammendments? 🤔

[@rdmtthw]

Love the video. I do have to add that you mentioned Pineapple Guava as being not a true guava but a fruiting Myrtle tree and while this is true it is also true that ALL true guava's are members of the myrtle family and Psidium and Acca are very very very closely related. I would recommend if you don't grow it already to start a Maypop, Cold Hardy Kiwis, and some Chilean guava's. Keep up the great videos.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They are in the same family, but technically so is a tomato and a potato, and all plants are under the same Kingdom, after all. If you've ever had an actual tropical guava, I would say they have no similarity. They're about as similar as a house cat and a gorilla. I do have a Chilean guava, but it's very small still, so it'll be awhile before I can make a video about it.

[@rdmtthw]

What's your plan for the land in Florida? I'm zone pushing a bunch of things in Oklahoma plus growing topicals in a green house. I gotta say that Im doing most of my cold hardy experiments like banana's because I saw your videos. So is there some Artocarpus (Jackfruit) family in the future? Rare Annona's or tropical cherries (Eugenia's)? Maybe a few Jaboticoba's? Honestly man, thanks for the videos.

[@district5inlondon]

@TheMillennialGardener 6:25 your Dwarf Orinoco bananas are amazing, and that has inspired me to try your growing banana tricks in the UK USDA Gardening Zone 9B I am testing the tricks on my two Dwarf Cavendish bananas. Can you give me some tips please? 😊

[@Gary-f5p]

👍 Mississippi 7b

[@Arboreal_Fungi]

Great video! About the George Washington thing... there's no historical documentation to back that oft repeated claim. I live in the same region Washington did and I can tell you pawpaws ripen 2 months before the first frost. By time the frosts arrive here, any fruit are all long gone. Even accounting for changes in climate, I find that highly unlikely. Thanks again!

[@CamoJan]

@1:05 Min-na-SOOOO-da. You're welcome. 😀 (from a Minnesotan)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm surprised that isn't a regional drink yet.

[@MomPuff-b9w]

My goodness the Giombo persimmon is the biggest one I have ever seen!! Do you think I can try to grow it in my zone 6b? Thank you!! 🤗🦋 Can you pls recommend me where to buy a Giombo tree? I can grow it in a pot & bring into my garage during the Winter!! TY!!

[@shekharmoona544]

I did see those furry oranges in South Boston, Virginia when I was on recruiting duty for the Marines.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Trifoliate orange. They are definitely a conversation starter, but they are one of the most foul things you’ll ever taste, and you may die of blood loss trying to pick them. The thorns are worse than razors.

[@stephaniehurley1332]

You are not going to help my plant addiction at all! Lol great video

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I figure if you have to have an addiction, plant addictions are pretty much the healthiest, right? That's how I justify it, anyway.

[@xplicitmentality]

You convinced me to get a brown select and owari satsuma here in PA zone 7b. Going into the ground next spring. Fingers crossed.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That will be very interesting. I think Yuzu would be a bit easier. I would go Yuzu and Brown's Select rather than Owari and Brown's Select, because BS and Owari are a bit redundant, and BS is 2-3 weeks earlier. Yuzu is like a lemon, so you'd have yourself a lemon-like tree and a top quality orange. But, if you already have them, it'll be interesting to see. Plant them near a south wall.

[@megaworldbuilder4369]

Good luck! It might be a real challenge but would be great if it worked…

[@CyberSerene]

Thank you!!😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@candiedtruth]

I have an avocado tree grown from compost, in a pot inside and a Meyer lemon tree inside. I live in upstate SC. I’m nervous to plant outside. When they get a little older, I may try.

[@Avo7bProject]

Wait until the avocado has a woody trunk before putting it in the ground. Then follow the rest of MG's advice.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

An avocado tree will probably not fruit in a pot. You won't find people growing avocado trees in containers online very often, because they really can't produce unless they're in ground. In reality, if you want it to fruit, your only option is to plant it or else it's really just an ornamental. Seed grown avocados will probably take nearly 10 years to flower and fruit, and you'll get a random avocado that may or may not taste good, so keep that in mind.

[@findolinfly]

Great video! Thanks! Could you please blend in the LATIN NAMES or post a list? Especially out of the USA it's hard to find the exact plant from the common english name due to translation issues. Thanks :) I'm sure we'd watch the video anyway full in this case, because we really want to see how well every plant is doing.

[@saludyvida7143]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@rockyusa2012]

Your trees are wonderful. Will you move them to the new place when you move?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks! No, I will not. I will take some fig cuttings from my favorite varieties, but that's probably it. One of the things I'm looking forward to is starting with a totally blank canvas. Starting fresh is really exciting to me. It won't be for quite awhile, though, so I have plenty of time to enjoy what I have.

[@rockyusa2012]

@TheMillennialGardener Cool. Do you sell some of your cuttings? I never had a fig before this year, and watching your videos inspired me to purchase one, and I was lucky to get a fig to fruit this year. The fig was very good. Now I want to try other varieties. This video will most likely want me to try and buy that pineapple guava so I can try it. 👏👍

[@Neenee8163-Esses]

NE florida, my satsuma is always prolific. It's reaching it's max age I have been told.It is 25 plus years Highly recommend.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm glad to hear it's growing and has avoided the HLB. I bought property in Florida for later in life, and I sure hope there is a cure for this disease by then. Not growing citrus would be a bit heartbreaking.

[@Neenee8163-Esses]

@TheMillennialGardener Technically we are north central Florida, I am near the town of Satsuma Florida. You can't go wrong with citrus, just have to see what grows well in your area.

[@tbhutia2063]

Thank you very much. Could you please tell me what’s the reason for those black water drums behind each tree. 🙏

[@dipdinger]

I've been thinking about kiwiberry vines good down to 3ish and now want take a closer look at persimmon

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I have never liked kiwi, so I unfortunately don't know much about them.

[@amessnger]

Think long and hard about hardy kiwi. They are not easy. The vines are massive and that is an understatement. Easily 20 feet. You need both a male and a female. Must be pruned hard 3 times a year. If not pruned correctly, then no fruit the next year. The flowers in spring are susceptible to late frosts. Finally, it takes 7-10 years until they start producing.

[@jonahmerkle9424]

Thank you for the amazing videos! I have been following your channel for some time now. I have been looking into starting my own orchard on our homestead but am having a hard time finding organic fruit trees. We want to have strictly organic grown fruit trees but cant seem to find any available online or local. I have researched online if we were to buy non-organic fruit trees and begin feeding them organic fertilizers if that would make a difference for the fruit that the trees bare but haven't been able to find a solid answer. What is your opinion on this? If we bought non-organic trees and fed them organic fertilizer would the fruit be organic or would there still be remnants of the synthetics?

[@TheTonkabear]

"minnah-SO-tah". But zone 3 aint good for much but blueberries. Having grown up N of Grand Rapids, I left after a particularly cold year, featuring snow in mid-June. Now I dont have any desire to live colder than 7a, haha!

[@PastorJohn_KingdomKeysToWin]

I'm just north of you in Jacksonville. Thanks to your channel, I am successfully growing an Owari Satsuma, a Meyer Lemon, a Key Lime, and a Red Grapefruit now for my 4th season! I have in pots but outside all year. I protect them when the forecast gets down low. I have 4 water barrels and have on the south side which my backyard faces. I haven't put them in the ground since I don't think we will stay at this house permanently and want to take with me. This year the trees have produced the largest amount to date. I would like to get one of those persimmon trees. Where did you get it from?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's great to hear! They will be even easier in ground, since burying the roots underground increases their hardiness significantly. If you move and get them planted, they'll flourish. I got my persimmon trees from different sources. My Giombo is from Just Fruits and Exotics, but I got a second Giombo for my neighbor from PlantMeGreen on a sale. My Ichi Ki Kei Jiro is also from PlantMeGreen.

[@charlottemcalister6935]

Thanks for info on guava tree. I planted a pineapple guava 3yrs ago it took this time to grow no fruit at this time. How long before you got fruit on your tree. Thanks Charlotte

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Just to be clear, a pineapple guava is not a guava at all. A real guava would not stand a chance here. I would expect fruit year 3. When the flowers appear, hand pollinate them like this: kzbin.infoGx2xAFZ9LnU?si=frFM2npgD5__mhFE

[@francaughlan4424]

I grew lemons and limes in Northern Utah

[@TheMillennialGardener]

In ground?

[@francaughlan4424]

@ no. In pots. Took them into the garage in the winter.