What Fruit Tree Is Best for Your Backyard?

[@LuisHernandez-fn5sq]

Nice video, if anyone hasn't ordered from Julian before let me tell you that he does a great job packing your trees, shipping them fast, communicating with you the tracking info. Would recommend to everyone! 👍

[@SleepyLizard]

Luis, I agree.

[@CovidCarl]

Julian Lara = LEGEND!

[@SleepyLizard]

he's the best.

[@CovidCarl]

@@SleepyLizard Julian is not only a legend, but a friend. I've known him for 33 years. We use to make music together and break dance back in the 80's.

[@vita3044]

This is awesome 😎. Two of my favorite people I like to follow on KZbin ❤. Love how these fruit growers make a video together!

[@SleepyLizard]

Thanks Vita, I'm very flattered by your compliment

[@carson911]

Nice to see lighthearted conversation.

[@SleepyLizard]

Yes, I try to avoid serious conversation when I can🤣

[@regentsaquariums5692]

Two of my favorite people. Thanks for making the dream come true!

[@SleepyLizard]

It was a great day and I left with my belly full

[@LetsGrowOurOwnFood]

Great video!! I bought most of my fruit trees from Lara farms from his dad and some from Julian as well. Julian is great and his nursery is first class. Love your channel !!!

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Let's Grow, I agree with everything you just said.

[@SueLall1008]

Julian sells the best trees!! I bought a few and wasn’t disappointed!

[@SleepyLizard]

what did you get?

[@OrlandoBackyardGardening]

Love the videos.. the editing.. the changing of backdrops.. your sharp wittiness probably drove Julian crazy.. 😂

[@SleepyLizard]

Backyard, I gotta admit there were a few things that got past my internal filter that I had to edit out later. 😝

[@SleepyLizard]

by the way, this morning I ate a few Zills from that batch I sent you and man they are just like candy. Have yours softened up yet? I'm glad I send them with the VP because where the Zill is sweet like candy the VP has that tangy citrus so you get a range of flavor.

[@OrlandoBackyardGardening]

@@SleepyLizard mine still feel a bit firm…I might try one to see

[@SleepyLizard]

@@OrlandoBackyardGardening not trying to rush you. I had a few soften up today but the rest are still hard. and the VP and Kent will probably soften slower. it's later in the season for the Zills

[@OrlandoBackyardGardening]

@@SleepyLizard tried one but it was still like a store bought mango 🥭… they need a few more days

[@heerasingh7844]

Great information great job well done Tom 👍👌✌️💪👏

[@SleepyLizard]

thanks Heera, Julian knows his stuff

[@PostAlone]

Past two weeks ive order mangoes from these two farms. Lara farms has the best mangoes on the planet. The terp profiles make the mangoes aphrodisiacs. I was amazed how the francis hargrave mango leaves us smelling like perfume. Gauc farm has decent mangoes for the price. Highly recommend sampling their mangoes, my family loves them.

[@SleepyLizard]

thanks Post, I appreciate the review.

[@jkbc]

Thank you for mentioning hardiness zone, never thought about that important aspect

[@SleepyLizard]

yeah you want to work with nature not against it.

[@gavinmurray7768]

Bravo! Loved the joint video. Very fun!

[@SleepyLizard]

Gavin, I love your enthusiasm

[@Yellowsunorganics]

Awesome set up! I have berries, figs and other cold hardy trees. Sending love out from Va!

[@SleepyLizard]

Mu friend just brought us some fig blueberry jam from Massachusetts. So delicious

[@billb744]

As always super informative Tom thank you. Bill😊

[@SleepyLizard]

Yep, Julian is the best in the business.

[@aregli]

That was super helpful to go over the pot size.

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you. I just put in 18 trees from his nursery. 9 mango and 9 avocado

[@gmemoosorto7614]

I just have to say wow Awesome show Love the contact. Keep up the great work.

[@SleepyLizard]

I appreciate your comment, thank you

[@OliviaLovesPugs]

We use hardiness zones up here in Canada too! Loved the video; I just got my first tropical fruit tree, a 3 gal Persian/Bearss lime! It will stay in a container and live outside all summer, and overwinter indoors.

[@SleepyLizard]

So cool. will you be able to make it fruit up there?

[@OliviaLovesPugs]

@@SleepyLizard As long as I can get it to survive indoors over the winter, I think it should be smooth sailing. The summers where I live are very good conditions for citrus, very hot and sunny, and it’s grafted onto dwarf rootstock so it’s meant for container growing. Here’s hoping it survives the winter and I get some fruit next year!

[@SleepyLizard]

@@OliviaLovesPugs please keep us posted

[@OliviaLovesPugs]

@@SleepyLizard Will do! If it survives I’m going to be adding to my little container citrus orchard, with at least lemons and oranges.

[@JamesNot007]

@@SleepyLizard Greetings from Europe, Estonia. By USDA zones standards Estonia is in zone 6 to 5. So No year long growing tropical trees here. However, just recently I acquired a Satsuma mandarin, Sanguinelly blood orange and Osteen mango. Doing the same thing, @OliviaLovesPugs does. The trees stay outside from June to September. The Saunguinelly has been blooming for a month now and hopefully we get a first test of home grown blood orange in the beginning of winter. Btw, the smell of that blood orange blooming is probably the most intense smelling flower I have ever experienced. It smells like a perfume shop.

[@jessiesmith613]

Thank you, that’s so true, he does

[@SleepyLizard]

I know

[@PSwayBeats]

Great info ..keep teaching

[@SleepyLizard]

Thanks Beats, I got a lot of wisdom from Juilan yesterday, probably two more vids worth once I chop it all up.

[@NimSonam]

Just love it… new way to eat mango…🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@SleepyLizard]

the banana cut

[@SueLall1008]

God, I wanna be like you guys when I grow up!

[@SleepyLizard]

You ain't so bad yourself Sue 😉

[@charleshenderson1174]

Thanks guys

[@SleepyLizard]

you got it Charles.

[@sokete7]

Great video Tom.

[@SleepyLizard]

Thx

[@bjl1226]

Thanks for the info SL. Just bought 4 mango trees from Dr J. 2 Edward x Kent's, 1 ice cream and 1 VP

[@SleepyLizard]

excellent choices. wait till you see (or maybe you already know) how fast the VP grows. I LOVE them!

[@lukemitch1009]

Nice video, the mulberry cuttings you gave me have tiny fruit and leaves.

[@SleepyLizard]

wow! they do? that's amazing. you definitely have a green thumb. By the way, Julian was very impressed with your fruit knowledge and passion.

[@lukemitch1009]

@@SleepyLizard thanks 👍

[@jonathanlee97]

I only grow fruit trees in pots because my garden got covered in cement to build a rain proof house for hydroponics. So i can only grow in pots now. I have about 40 trees currently but used to have over 100 trees in pots 2 years ago. I live in malaysia so theres many fruits we cant grow like you can in North America cause its hot the whole year with zero chill hours but I don’t follow the rules and grow blueberries, raspberry, blackberries, oranges, grapes, and alot of local tropical fruit. Somehow my blueberries bushes are fruiting with zero chill hours and the berries taste better than store bought ones. Want to get a russel avocado soon!

[@SleepyLizard]

wow, you must put a lot of effort

[@porterhouse7260]

Carambola aka Star Fruit! have a tree and give bags of it away at harvest time, saw 44 Grateful Dead Shows always bring a lighter!

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Porter, my carambola fruits pretty much year round. My dad gets amused when he sees them for $4 a piece where he lives in PA and he knows I have a hundred of them rotting in the grass down here. Lara farms has their own variety carambola and it tastes amazing.

[@porterhouse7260]

@@SleepyLizard Nice to know, I'm not too far away in Ft. Lauderdale, will have to check them out!

[@williampatrickfurey]

Consider if ever spraying your fruit with something you don't want near you, that slightly modifying a full body umbrella might be a better option... Of course I'm trying to find more natural solutions than sprays.

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm not worried about the sprays. We use approved products and PPE.

[@yoelgonzalez347]

Tom, can you ask Julian if it’s possible to keep a black gold jackfruit tree at 8-9 ft tall and still have it produce?

[@SleepyLizard]

I will ask him

[@devbachu7072]

Hi can I plant 4 grafted avocados in a half of barrel limited backyard coconut trees took the whole back yard has to cut 2 down still

[@SleepyLizard]

Hey Dev!

[@nelsonmaodeferro5984]

We need a video where you talk best places in the world to grow tropical fruit without being in the tropics and which kind of environment, close to sea, hills, inland, elevation, humidity, sun, heat, etc

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Nelson, great idea. I'd have to bring in some expertise on that for sure

[@rosebrock3376]

I just planted my mango seed in a gallon pot and it has 3 leaves and it not growing I water it every Friday what am I doing wrong

[@SleepyLizard]

give it time

[@samsien9105]

I am in California zone 8B can't plant those plant at all, would you have those plant that fit in zone 8b? CA not like FL state .

[@SleepyLizard]

Yeah all the fruit we talked about in this vid is zone 9b or above. You can do avocados in 8b

[@traxx4x4]

Thanks

[@SleepyLizard]

You are welcome

[@chinatownboy7482]

@ 1:39 that looked like a Penn & Teller trick.

[@SleepyLizard]

yes, the best way to make me shut up is to tie my hands behind my back 🤣. Second best way is to give me a peeled and cut mango.

[@MasterKenfucius]

Where's the Maha Chanook review? Did you eat it? I just bought two of those because I heard they are a must have. What was your impression?

[@SleepyLizard]

it was delicious, this vid was more about the growing but I ate that one he cut for me and it was so sweet. you won't regret your purchase

[@avomansouthafrica]

Hi ,some of my Avo trees have root rot. Been raining for weeks...they are in pots...any remedy? Andre.

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Avoman, if it's not too late you can try to remove the roots that have disease and leave the healthy roots then repot into a bigger pot with soil that offers better drainage so it doesn't happen again.

[@Dexplay]

what did he do with the Gary mango leaf towards the end of the video ???

[@SleepyLizard]

I smelled it. But that leaf was from the coconut cream mango tree behind the Gary.

[@SleepyLizard]

across varieties the leaves will often smell different. the Gary leave smells like orange. The coconut cream leaf smells like coconut

[@jeffery8928]

Jackfruit can easily be maintained at about 10-12 ft tall by 4-6 ft soread and still be productive

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm not really a fan of the flavor of jackfruit

[@zerxe_]

people shouldnt really be decieved that they cant grow their favorite fruit in their hardiness zone. Hardiness zones were created for commercial farms and not for backyard growers. Ive seen people having date palms, avocados and bananas here in zone 6 and they produced good tasting fruit. They were usually covered in polystyrene boxes during winter because sometimes it can get really cold during the winter months. I myself might try putting citrus and banana into the ground here, altough i still have a lot of planning to do.

[@SleepyLizard]

Why would the USDA say acodaos don’t grow in zone 6 if they do? 🤣

[@asondareyes5482]

Is nam dok mai mango a self pollinate?

[@SleepyLizard]

all mangos self pollinate

[@asondareyes5482]

@@SleepyLizard thank you!!

[@asondareyes5482]

@@SleepyLizardI bought it in a 3gal. Once it’s ready to be up pot, can I plant it in 15 pot gal?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@asondareyes5482 yep

[@KerriEverlasting]

Its minus 5 degrees.... my one little avocado tree is still going but there has been carnage for the rest. Black, dry and frozen are words that should never be used to describe an avocado fledgling. Tom... can you please re-do that zoning chart? It needs to have elements like humidity etc separate so people in other countries.. Australia perhaps lol can take elements and create a zoning profile for anywhere. Currently is not possible to translate US zones to anywhere else. Yes we have our own but cant compare to yours. If it was made up of pieces to put together it would be universal.

[@SleepyLizard]

that is an excellent suggestion. Maybe take the hardiness zones and list their min/max temps and other characteristics and distinguish one from the next. A little tip if you can do it...try running your sprinkler all night if it's dipping below freezing, the relatively warmer water will keep your tree above freezing...unless you have to pay a lot for water that is...around here we all have wells

[@KerriEverlasting]

@SleepyLizard we pay through the proverbial nose for water here but I did take note of that tip from your other videos 💚

[@SleepyLizard]

@@KerriEverlasting maybe string some xmas lights around the tree...not LEDs but regular bulbs that give off heat. it only takes a few degrees

[@KerriEverlasting]

@SleepyLizard you are so beautiful Tom, your will to keep my tree alive is just beyond your duty yet you never give up. Much love to you and your clan 💚

[@SleepyLizard]

@@KerriEverlasting 💪🥑

[@natoygamingtv6925]

Love you channel, new subscriber here but you barely let Julian talk. He looks a little annoyed. 😅 Still entertaining though.

[@SleepyLizard]

thanks for the subscription. There are a lot more videos of Julian where he talks a lot more on the Fruitful Trees KZbin channel.

[@timothyshawn99]

Can we get a GoFundMe started for Julian to get his ears waxed?

[@SleepyLizard]

that's not a very nice thing to say

[@nateross14]

In addition to people rethinking life and growing their own food, it would be nice if they would also rethink their political beliefs and quit voting for the bad politicians who are destroying this country and got us in this predicament.

[@SleepyLizard]

have you ever tried the mamey Americana?

[@eyehatemyjob]

Hard to beat an indoctrinating education system and a media with an agenda.

[@frostylonewolf1700]

i been scammed today

[@SleepyLizard]

Oh no, what happened?

[@SleepyLizard]

oh man I just saw your video. what a bummer.

[@sharannda7883]

Sorry, I can't stand the KZbin hand flapping.

[@SleepyLizard]

it's cool. you don't have to apologize.

[@cbtmclub]

Let your guest talk more and NEVER eat in a video. Just my thoughts.

[@SleepyLizard]

Why do you say that?

[@taitelennox4514]

First

[@SleepyLizard]

TaitLennox quick on the draw!

[@alpha42069]

can anyone summarize this in the comments

[@SleepyLizard]

You might try tiktok. They tend to summarize really good over there.