Top 30 Non-Citrus Fruit Trees for Florida | Essential Picks, Rare Tropicals & Fun Novelties

[@KK-FL]

Wow! I have not heard of so many of these. Thanks for this list!

[@GonzaGardens]

Yay! I am so glad to help!!

[@Eric-wt8wr]

Thank you for introducing new fruits

[@GonzaGardens]

You are welcome. Feel free to look at a complete tour of the garden, we have way more fruit trees than this video .. :) This was only my top 30

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

wow and peace be upon you from java island indonesia

[@GonzaGardens]

:) Thanks!! Hello friends in Indonesia!!

[@Joan-j1e]

Thank you. Beautiful collection

[@GonzaGardens]

Thank you :) :) You are very welcome!

[@FurFeathersandFlowers]

Nice collection of fruit!

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks!

[@totolesquimau]

Great tour! Thanks for sharing :))

[@GonzaGardens]

Thank you! :) :)

[@crystalr6816]

ooooh I have just a few of these but I want them all!!!!!

[@GonzaGardens]

[@НатальяГолованова-з5н]

Great video, especially for beginners!

[@GonzaGardens]

Thank you

[@myhomeandgardenchanneldwel7777]

It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey😊🙏

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks for the sub and kind words

[@debnraleigh6062]

Enjoyed this informative video.First time learning about some of these fruits.

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks for watching! :) glad it could help.

[@DI-Ry]

Great video!

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks, Ryan!!

[@javiercosp9614]

Very good. 👌 I would recomend also pitanga. It is a subtropical fruit from our region of Paraguay and Brazil.

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks! It is so good!

[@davidjslack]

Very impressive collection. White Sapote might be tier one if it’s both highly productive and delicious.

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks! :) Agree! It is going to be one of the larger trees in our garden, but it isn't very well known.

[@tessaambler8715]

We have most of these fruit trees, some are in the pots like sugar apple, guavas, sapote, all kinds of mulberries too. We have 7 different kind of mangoes that we grow from seeds of the fruits, bananas of all kinds, tamarinds which we used for making sour soups. (Filipino dishes), moringa every corner, katuks, figs and etc. We live in an old subdivision here in Melbourne Florida, starting to grow edibles especially fruits and some veggies. Running out of space in the backyard and may use the front yard soon, lol 😂

[@GonzaGardens]

We started in the backyard, too, and then expanded into the front 2 years ago. A lot of work but it is worth it

[@tessaambler8715]

@@GonzaGardens We have most of our trees in the ground for 8-10 years while the ones in the pots are within 1/2/4/5/7 years. We love fruits so we plant what we eat and like, we got carried away by planting so many so we share and gave them to families, friends, neighbors and even strangers who loves them. ❤️🤗

[@GonzaGardens]

@@tessaambler8715 Amazing.

[@koransky1]

Nice collection!! Maybe a strawberry guava or pineapple guava?? A macadamia nut tree or a lychee? I'm thinking of maybe adding a rambutan if I can find one. (Hi from Brevard County, also a zone 10a)

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks and hello!

[@Braddy_Daddy]

Great video, love seeing yards with fruit trees in FL!

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks! We hope more people grow their own food like this, instead of grass.

[@valchris11]

You have a nice selection. I have most of them ,but Milton uprooted my Jamaican Cherry ( did me a favor). I already planted a Guava in its spot. I dont have a Cherilata, but I do have Geffner , Lisa and Sugar Apple aka Sweetsop . I want to plant another tree , but am not sure as yet.

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks. We are removing the Jamaican Cherry soon, we have been growing a Mamey under it for about a year now. I hope this video showed you some new trees to consider :)

[@João_Viajante]

Have you guys considered rose apples or inga? ( Ice cream bean ) I LOVE them

[@GonzaGardens]

Great suggestion! We have an Ice Cream Bean in the garden... that is a good one to add. We have not had rose apples, so we will have to search those out this year.

[@mcotton725]

Hi! Suggestions for train keep in pots?

[@GonzaGardens]

some plants need to stay in pots because they get root-knot nematodes, like the fig. But others can be kept in pots as long as they are kept pruned and watered.

[@avaander2065]

Thanks. ❤❤ Your video. How sbout adding Miracle Berry as a novelty fruit.

[@GonzaGardens]

That is a great addition! We have miracle berry, definitely a novelty :)

[@lindagonzalez9774]

Great video. What is the size of your property that you have all of these planted on and how close do you have them all together? It looks like they are pretty close and some don’t get a lot of sunshine. Am I right? Are there any that can be planted close to a home’s foundation and how close? I’m wondering because I live in town and have just a back yard and two side yards where I can plant. All pretty sunny except a huge palm that deeply shadows a circle of about 15’ in the SW corner . I also have some raised veggie beds that need sunshine. I’m hoping I can fit several of these trees close together maybe on the side yards and along the southern fence.

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks. We have 0.17 acres and the trees are about 8 feet apart. They were planted and designed accounting for pruning and growth habit/pattern of the fruit trees, so all trees are getting light and none are shaded. Feel free to watch any complete tour video of the garden, we have a side with raised beds as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqvRmXijirJgnsU

[@lindagonzalez9774]

@ thank you! I’m watching that video right now. I recently found your channel right here in Tampa and I’m so excited about it.

[@GonzaGardens]

@@lindagonzalez9774 yay! :) enjoy the videos :) I love every one of them! lol

[@lindagonzalez9774]

@@GonzaGardens one of the things I’m concerned about are what trees can be planted close to the house without damaging the foundation. For instance I read that mulberry tree should be planted at least 15 feet from your house because the roots are invasive. Do you know of any others that I should be careful about due to the root system?

[@GonzaGardens]

@@lindagonzalez9774 as you prune the top of the tree, it kinda root-prunes with it. There is a "shoot to root" ratio. So, as long as the trees dont get giant, they will not mess with the foundation. We have visited old, mature food forests with trees jammed everywhere, and even left in pots, 30 feet tall now, and they are not messing with the foundation of the house. As long as you prune and maintain the garden, there is nothing to worry about..

[@dianeg0261]

Love the video.Just wanted to know what mulberry is that?

[@GonzaGardens]

Thanks for watching! The variety in the video was Skinner Mulberry.

[@ericnyamu9981]

be a zone pusher. plant that apple tree. what would go wrong.?

[@GonzaGardens]

We had them (4 of them, actually) and we simply do not get cold enough here. We would rather push our zones for more tropicals that we can protect from cold, rather than wait and wait and wait for maybe sometime apples. Custard apples are delicious and jujube is a great tropical substitute for apples that thrives here.

[@KB-2222]

Sad this winter it'll all die...coldest winter coming.

[@GonzaGardens]

What makes you think that? We got down to 27* and didnt lose a single plant it is so well insulated in the garden

[@floridaexperience4088]

You forgot miracle fruit for the novelty

[@GonzaGardens]

That is a good suggestion for a novelty fruit tree, but it wasn't included because it is not really consumed for its own sake.

[@kellykrause248]

persimmon and pomegranate

[@GonzaGardens]

Excellent suggestions!!! Persimmon is the only tree not in our garden, but it is a good one! Pomegranates are ok, but only the Vietnamese work here.. we have a small one in the corner of the garden.

[@mcotton725]

Hi! Suggestions for train keep in pots?