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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2024
- In the outskirts of the Phoenix Arizona (US) metro, cold snaps occur in winter. In January 2024, the greater Phoenix metro saw a week of freezing temperatures. My yard got down to an extreme low of 26F. In this video, I show you the impacts of protecting and not protecting young sub-tropical trees (mango, atemoya, ice cream bean, plumeria, sapote, longan) from frost as well as provide some garden updates for 2024 like my new bare root fruit tree additions.
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I didn’t know White sapote was that cold hardy 👍 Thanks for sharing
Also in Tucson eastside. I think I got a bit colder to 25F but not many hours, so like you, we had about 10 days of cold in 2nd week of Jan. Slow to warm though in that period. Some plumeria tips are frozen but many are not. Protected with frost cloth only a few times. Feels normal, however, like you say & things like Jacaranda only lost leaves and not green wood. Still harvesting Jalapeno and Habaneros with plastic wrap around them. Nice video, keep us posted. Our airport shows only 3 nights of frost. I think I had perhaps 7 nights below freezing and only since that first freeze of the year. Nothing in December. Sennas in bloom so all's on track normally. Last year was long and cold spring as you said.
I noticed that the weather reports were inaccurate for my area also. My yard got colder than what they reported. Always good to hook up some thermometers around the yard. Glad to hear your plants pulled through winter. Soon we'll be thinking about shade cloth. Happy spring!
I didn't protect anything this year in 9a Tucson and the yard is looking sad but showing new growth and hopefully stronger for it.
Like they say, what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger--same holds true for plants. Your area is a lot colder so that's a great sign that they made it. At least we are warming up here; your plants will green up in no time.
Mam, Excellent another video. We leant lot several years
Nice yard. I live in Tucson, so a bit colder. I've always trimmed my roses in Jan, I think I will try Nov this year. I was able to save one of my tomato plants by digging it up and putting into a pot I could bring in, as frost cloth hasn't worked for me in the past. The tomato didn't go into shock and has been producing, yippee. I had to look up Ice Cream Tree, I've never heard of it. Thanks for sharing your garden.
Very true! Tucson gets quite a bit colder than my area. Glad you were able to save your tomato plant--homegrown is the best!
Congrats on the fukushu, I first tried one in 2017, but for whatever reason it took me forever to finally plant one this winter. Such a underrated tree.
I'm really hoping we dont get a mid march hard freeze :x
Thanks--that's great to hear! Under the frost fabric, most of the light (70%) was not getting to my subtropical trees and fungal issues were starting with the trapped heat and lack of airflow. I figure the good from letting the trees experience the full sun and oxygen outweighs a random frost event.
Thanks for the tour. I will be interested to hear of your progress with your aprium. Will you prune it to an open center?
You are welcome! Yes; I likely will shape it to be the traditional open center/vase structure as it grows in.
Thanks for all the great info over the years.
I was wondering if you would recommend bamboo as a privacy screen along a fence line and what variety? I know you have several clumping varieties and was wondering if they would do ok along the edge of a concrete driveway.
Zone 8b North Texas.
You are welcome. For 8B and that application, I recommend Bambusa textilis 'Gracilis' about 5' apart. It's a great variety for screening.
Thank you this will make my wife very happy @@EnlightenmentGarden
Have you ever struggled with grass/weeds getting into your tree watering space? I’ve had this issue
Initially, my entire orchard area was Bermuda. I sheet mulched with cardboard and covered with deep wood chips early on and that really helped keep the grass and weeds from popping up. I occasionally have some come up in areas in summer but hand pull and it comes up easily. You might consider trying the sheet mulching. I have more weed issues in the rocked areas (when it rains) and use a propane weed torch for that.
Does the black wrapping around your plants extend into the dirt as gopher protection or just a water control mechanism?
Hi; it's neither. What you are seeing is a strip of 6" plastic edger that I've joined with wire to help keep mulch from sitting on the root crown. They are essentially mulch barriers to help prevent issues with girdling roots as I found if mulch is up near the trunk, roots will grow up into the mulch and start circling the trunk versus staying in the soil.
I’m a bit south of Tucson and everything I have planted survived the winter. Thinking of upgrading my shade structure this year. What did you use to build your structure for your tropicals? Conduit piping?
That's great! Yes 1" EMT over the mango area and the corners are the flat angle roof connectors you can get online from a canopy and/or tent company. I have 3/4" structures too but it can warp/bend with wind so I recommend 1"
Thanks for the tour! What led you to remove your Shangri-La mulberry? And what became of your Parfianka pomegranate-or was that a graft that never made it?
Hi! I mention the decision to only grow dwarf mulberry trees in containers in my last full tour from fall. In short, I feel mulberry trees are not the best tree to grow for shade (after 8 years of experience with them) and have aggressive root systems that were out-competing other plants nearby. I replaced all the mulberry trees with ice cream bean trees. The Parafianka is not on the Wonderful roostock but is on Purple Heart roostock and located on the opposite side in the NW corner of my yard. It's doing fine. I just didn't walk by it on this video.
Natasha, I have another question. This is the first full year in the ground for my Flavor Delight Aprium . It’s blossomed and has some tiny fruit forming. Should I cut them off being it’s such a new tree? The supporting branches are pretty thin. Sure want to know what the fruit tastes like, but want to do what is best for the tree.
Thinning is important regardless of age but in my experience, there is no harm in leaving a few fruit to ripen.
Hi, I’m curious as to how well does the plumeria do in the hottest month, as well as what are the pros and cons of gardening in a climate like phoenix az?I prefer hot weather. Thanks
Plumeria loves heat but does better when not in direct sun in the afternoon in summer. I have lots of videos of my plumeria in the plumeria playlist showing how they do. This holds true for most subtropicals so planning and implementing shade is essential else your plants will likely not make it unless native. It is VERY hot here in summer but there are few diseases and pests in the garden, and we can garden year-round. And when not in summer or the coldest month in January (occasional frosts), the weather is actually quite pleasant and warm
@@EnlightenmentGarden thanks for the reply, I learned a lot. Keep up the great work!!
What orange variety did you graft to your cut-down lemon?
Washington navel
If one had tree root barrier installed,would it then be ok to plant mullberry trees in the ground?
If you have a lot of space, I would have no hesitation. For a home gardener, planting dwarf varieties will limit the growth but I doubt a root barrier will work on even these in the long run. Mulberry roots are known to lift and bust thick concrete like foundations and sidewalks. I dug up mulberry roots as thick as my arm.
@@EnlightenmentGarden Wow yeah they probably would snap through a root barrier eventually. The full size ones might.
Will you have any dwarf Maui mulberries for sale this year?
No plants propogating but I will do a review on them and what they taste like. Jan Doolin in FL (also on youtube) sells cuttings. That's how I started mine. Mulberry is easy to start from dormant cuttings
@@EnlightenmentGarden Ok thanks for letting me know.
You ever consider collecting rainwater?
That is really a thing now here in Tucson, yet I haven't done it quite like my neighbor. He has 2 huge silos for rain collection. It bursts out sometimes and looks like a "gusher"!
I need to do something on a smaller scale but it helps. And plants respond to rain water way over the tap water here!
I have one small rain barrel (80 gal) next to my patio cover. I just haven't made the time to cut into the gutter to divert the water into the barrel. Larger systems are extremely costly and I rarely get rain out in the West Valley so I likely will just harvest on this smaller scale and set up some more barrels to catch what falls on the patio covers.
I have two 1100 gallon tanks in Tucson. Its not very convenient but good for the plants. I blow through the water pretty quick before the monsoons start.
@@EnlightenmentGarden Im wanting an *evergreen* fruit tree hedge for my front yard on the north side of my house. I wanted to do citrus but worry the house will shade them too much in the winter for them to ripen. Any thoughts? Perhaps a row of guava?
@@allanrose2964 know how many gallons?
My black Sapote has a lot more damage than yours.
This is the best it has ever looked coming out of winter; however, the plant is 8 years in the ground and has significant coverage from the white sapote now. With time, yours should get stronger, and if you can, provide some protection from an overstory evergreen