Upgrading and Updating My Permaculture Food Forest!! Zone 9, Texas

[@franzb69]

finally some foodrelated stuff

[@xStealthFire]

kumquat cold tolerant, Meyer lemon, fig

[@paulplantu]

I have all of those already hahaha!

[@randalllevy5307]

1 of, if not my favorite gardening channel.

[@8thLife]

The music & then the scream at 6:11 had me dying 😂💀

[@forgingandurbanfarmingatt4745]

Great video, as always! I pick the apples off my young trees. They're just not ready. I know it's sad, but for the best

[@michellepollino4986]

Love all the new fruit trees.❤

[@ShyDog827]

At my family home in South Texas ( Corpus) , our fruit trees and all of our neighbors’ fruit trees thrived and were not bothered by the cold weather we had. All of us had beautiful mature fruit trees of All types with abundant fruit and very fragrant flowers . You’re further north , so you probably get harsher winters . Spray your trees with water to protect them from a harsh freeze . This is one method farmers use to protect their trees.

[@kathrynion]

I don't know if you know, but mulberry trees can get HUGE.....up to 60 or 70 feet in some cases. I have one that volunteered in my yard and grew quickly before I even knew what it was (only started gardening hardcore a couple of years ago and identifying the various plants/trees that I have - I am in Houston also). It's only about 6 or 7 years old now and is at least 25 feet tall already (and probably almost as wide, too) and doesn't show any signs of slowing down. About 2 or 3 years ago, it started fruiting modestly. This past year, it absolutely RAINED fruit. I was shocked.. Fortunately, the "rain" only lasts a month or two in the spring, but it made quite a mess this year. I like eating the fruit, too, but you should be warned that tiny little bugs infest the fruit QUICKLY, even while it's still on the tree. I am not sure what the bugs are, and maybe you don't care much, but just thought you should know since your kid was eating them from the tree. The bugs are very hard to get rid of just by simple washing. If you research this issue at all, you will also find that mulberries and their hybrids and cultivars are a genetic and taxonomic mess. I THINK what I have is a white mulberry (Morus alba), but I am not entirely sure. I think Persian mulberries might be the equivalent of black mulberries (Morus nigra), but I'm not sure of that, either. I know where my tree most likely came from, though. There is a HUGE mulberry in an open field near my house, so I think the volunteer probably came from there. The last thing to know is that my poor tree got OWNED by web/tent/bag worms (whatever the hell they're called - they love fruit trees and they have been bad in Houston this year) twice already this year. The last time (about a month ago), my poor tree was absolutely COVERED with those damn things and I had worms all over my house for days once they started to emerge from their webs (they are harmless, but they will chow down on pretty much ANY kind of fruit tree leaves). I had a couple of new mulberry volunteers in pots on my porch and one of those got completely owned by the worms. They seem to be super resilient, though, as both my large tree and the small volunteer leafed out again quickly and already look fine now as if nothing happened. However, last year I cut a few branches off the large tree and I think I may have given it some kind of disease that caused many of the leaves to get spotty yellow and fall off (but it's doing much better this year; I still see a few bad leaves here and there, though). So I recommend pruning in the winter when there's no threat of rain instead, and making sure you seal up any large cuts as thoroughly as possible so diseases don't get in and affect your trees. I love my tree. It's been gorgeous with beautiful leaves most of the time (and the birds really like it, too), but it has had its issues, just so you know. It's a bit higher maintenance than I expected.

[@monicadziuk5635]

This is exactly the comment I was going to make! I'm in Cedar Park (just north of Austin) and we drive down to Anahuac, Winnie and High Island to catch the bird migrations. We always see many species of birds in the mulberries. And those trees are huge. I was curious if he had a species that stayed smaller or a pruning plan to keep the fruit within reach. I have a larger lot size for my neighborhood, but it's still small. A little less than a 1/5 acre. I want to try some fruiting trees but need the dwarf versions.

[@najwaseiya]

Always nice sharing💖💖💖💖💖💖really happy watching

[@phoebehorton564]

A great apple fore zone 9b is granny Smith. I am in florida And have an Anna and a golden door set, but my Granny Smith produces the most period it takes 1 or 2 winters for them to get good at flowering the same time when you have young trees. But the Granny. Smith always flowers right after winter

[@user-tucsonsw]

Thanks for the enjoyable video Paul. It's always fun. The young man is growing fast. Take care. Gary, Tucson

[@LA-fh2fs]

With the pear tree out front, are you considering planting some supporting species with it? I like to prepare the soil with cover crops, manure and or pioneer trees before I add production trees. I'll often be impatient and plant the tree first but I also include Comfrey, Tree Lucerne, Meadowsweet and other accumulators to build the soil up.

[@TommiRulz]

Thanks for the tip on the Mulberries!! I'm going to grab some today

[@riverchel]

I have a Mexican plum and chickasaw plum trees. These are native. Also black cherry (native). I hear tropic snow is a good peach for warm climate. Do you have a loquat tree? I just put an arctic frost Satsuma in the yard, citrus actually do well in understory, so you may consider trying that. They like protection.

[@DicksonClaim]

Things are looking good! Love the progress report. Excited to see the Pawpaw. They are native to my area in the Midwest. Also, mulberries are super underrated!

[@rickyt3961]

Thanks Paul! yard looks great 👍🏾 hope you will give an update on your new property; curious how it looks with all the rain you all have had. 😉

[@luisdelacruz5516]

Hi paul please show more on new property. 😊 luis

[@margievaughan2456]

Just thinking today we haven’t seen you in a while & here you are. Great video , your son is so cute & growing fast.

[@JoJoJohnston]

Thanks Dude Man! Love Paul!

[@denisemouledous7352]

Citrus do not like their feet in soggy soil. I’m in Louisiana in same zone as you. Try to plant them in a small mound instead of even with your ground. I learned this from a horticulturist!

[@glendanavarrete1618]

I love to see your videos!

[@DevinWasLikeYo]

loving these videos bro.

[@TheLivingBackyard]

To cover the fence you could try planting a fake fig vine, they look nice, but have those fake figs, you'll need to keep away from the baby, not sure if they are toxic. The baby is so adorable!!!

[@briannagonzalez3703]

Passion fruit on the fence might work

[@wtfyoumeaninvalid]

Have you looked at persimmon trees? They're cold and heat tolerant.

[@Sarah.ann.]

I just discovered wild plum trees in my yard they are infected with “pocket plum” ?

[@limitlessends]

Wild plums would be super cool! Looking to add one to my yard not just for food but also for the wild life value

[@richdunn5588]

Just me thinkin' out loud... your orient pear tree would have a better kick-start if you dug a hole 2 feet deep & two feet wide with a wee tad of soil amendments like peat moss or bagged garden soil. The roots stand a better chance by the time they hit your regular soil during growth. Hope my thought was not too loud. Love yer show, babe.

[@anthonytaylor6841]

Well i'm gonna be a bad boy and attempt to get an answer for a different subject. Becuz I just got a Sago Palm and have seen your cool videos about them, but no palm videos recently for me to properly ask my question😊So I will give it a shot. My young Sago has 2 layers of fronds on it, and I would like to remove the older bottom layer. But i'm worried its too young. Should a Sago be at a certain maturity before trimming? Does it matter what time of year removing fronds should occur? I'm trying a Sago planted outside in Tennessee where my zone is arguable that it will survive. Crossing my fingers, but I will say you are a talented guy. All that you did with building that pond in your yard was impressive! Thanks for providing the education.

[@su0019]

where did you get paw paw plant?

[@PoeticPoppa]

Please show more of your puppy.

[@MonoiLuv]

Yaaas

[@karinacalderon2741]

Do you have experience/tips for kumquat? I really want one! But I haven’t had the best luck with edible plants 🤧

[@stephanieparker5049]

Dr Plantu earth is our plan et!!!!😂 looking 👍 good👊✌️💯

[@luisdelacruz5516]

Please show more family inyour videos

[@asmith2742]

Yuzu is a cold hardy citrus.

[@danielvelez4001]

Awesome I got lots of fruit trees and ?do I need two plum trees to get fruit 😂😂😂❤❤

[@paulplantu]

It depends on the variety but generally it helps to have different types that flower around the same time

[@ariannagonzalez2618]

Loquats, persimmons, pomegranate, pineapple guava?

[@drb996]

Alright Alright Alright

[@stephanieparker5049]

I always liked red🤣

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

What you call pawpaw is not papaya...I wonder what that is in my country?

[@SebastianGonzalez-ue1mj]

Love your videos.:) I live in Houston as well. I'm taking a permaculture design course to better design a 5 acre property in Splendora to help feed our family and community. Will you be open to help design the property? Long term goal is to have a permaculture guild in Houston/Splendora to help upcoming gardeners and farmers with mentorship and guidance. Keep on with the great videos.

[@shrimuyopa8117]

Because you left the root system and the stump in place, those Myrtles are going to grow back. Also, I would LET THEM DO IT! You think they are going to compete with the pear trees, and to some degree they will. But in reality they can also be beneficial to each other.

[@soymilkman]

Ehh I probably wouldn’t recommend growing them back. Although a beautiful tree, they can be invasive sometimes. Especially in warmer climates such as the Southern US

[@mwnemo]

Suriname Cherry and Cherry of the Rio Grande

[@markmoore6258]

Was that a Chupacabra!?!

[@gergc36]

I tell everyone who says this, but mexico is almost 1/3 of north america, so paw paws can’t be the only tropical fruit native here. There are mameys, avocados, soursops, you name it.

[@luisdelacruz5516]

Show more family

[@whiterose1083]

Why does he literally embody the houston area. he just needs to make his own lean while he picks his friuit. :)

[@BossMan_Jerm]

Mans been MIA

[@paulplantu]

Went on back to back vacations my man! Will have the vids crankin back uo

[@PackWolfypack]

Please don’t take the Lord’s name in vain.