40C Mini Heatwave Turns to RAIN! What Survived? What Didn't?
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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Great video, your video's are never long enough. For those who say otherwise,they can watch as much as they can handle. I always enjoying your progressive videos. Good work, 👍
I appreciate that!
Definitely enjoyed this long video, no complaints at all!!
Thank you George.
I appreciate the feedback!
Please don’t listen to the complainer. The rest of us sincerely LOVE the long video format.
Thanks! I guess everyone has different attention spans, time available and level of interest.
Keep the long videos I enjoy seeing all your videos, the longer the better.
Good to hear! I'll keep them coming.
I got news for you, the complainer DON’T watch ! But I LMAO . I love your videos, your passion for growing food you’re funny and your videos aren’t too long . We’re Gardners we can’t get enough 😊❤
I'm glad you love all the videos! I'm quite used to complainers, both in real life and online. I moderated chatrooms for two decades and worked with thousands in public transport.
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I, for one, absolutely love your videos! Make them as long as you want and don't listen to the haters.. God bless!! Can't wait for the next one!
I really appreciate your support and positive feedback!
Long videos are great 🎉 can I ask what watch you wear ?
Galaxy Watch7. Thanks for the support.
Keep the long videos coming, I'd say that just about everyone would enjoy them. Your enthusiasm is infectious. The complainer can always speed it up if they want.
I really appreciate your support, it means a lot!
@ your videos cheer me up, both of you are very enthusiastic about life and it spreads.
Hello George! Thanks for sharing amigo! Lots of work but very rewarding, it just occurred to me and I know this is out of subject: that I’ve never seen a 🪱 worm in your soil when planting your trees! Don’t you have ground worms in Australia? ???😊
We do have worms in the soil, some are just camera shy 😂
I do see them, but they’re less frequent in summer. Remember that Australia's southern and western parts experience severe drought each summer.
It seems like the rain has cooled things down in my town at Seaham in NSW, we've had 26°C days & yesterday we had a thunderstorm again, the temperatures are still forecasted to peak at 31-32°C during February but.
Regarding the papaya, I know about growing them from seeds which comes from a packet, not all of them are guaranteed to germinate.
One way to increase the germination rate is to soak them in water (I use warm water),I soak them overnight or until the seeds sink to the bottom, if they haven't done that then in 24 hours, I chuck them out then I plant the sinkers.
I have a few Thai Red Krabi & dwarf red papaya seeds planted & they haven't sprouted except 1 Thai Red Krabi papaya seedling which is meant to be bisexual, all going well I can keep it alive in my greenhouse during winter time & when it grows bigger.
The best seeds I found came from a store bought RB4 red papaya, my grandfather who was from Mullumbimby NSW used to plant the fresh seeds in tin cans filled with dirt, once they got big enough he would plant them in the ground tin & all.
He was worried about disturbing the roots but I am not too worried about that,I ripped a few self sown papaya plants out from between My pineapple 🍍 plants ,& potted them up because I threw the seeds.& Skins from papaya that I ate around my pineapple 🍍 plants then they germinated during summer time !
That's a great tip about soaking the papaya seeds.
Hey I'm planning to get a white sapote. I'm in love with tropical trees and I think white sapote is the only one I'll be able to get away with growing in castlemaine. (apart from american paw paw which isn't really tropical, yet I'd still love to grow it).
I have done research about varieties and it seems that one of the most cold hardy varieties "pike" also ticks the boxes about being flavourful for me.
I want you opinion, I'm not sure if you have Pike, but also wanting to see if you have any other suggestions or tips on growing them.
White sapote is a good choice for Castlemaine. You could try Pike, but it's been over 10 years since I grew and tasted it. Cherimoya, loquat, guava, and avocado are others that should work for you. Whichever you pick, protect for three winters from frost and winds.
Pike grows well here in NZ 😊
@BuenavistaNZ what winter temps and frosts do you get there?
It's worse in Perth... 35-40+ degree days on end. We got like 5mm the whole of January. Soils are so infertile here, it's basically sand. Would rather have the weather in Melbourne - my trees can live with a day of 40 degrees! Though fruit trees are so much easier to grow in QLD for sure.
It's sure tougher to grow things in Perth! It would be nice to see tropical fruit growers from there on UA-cam!
The only way to grow successfully here in Perth is improving soil heavily. It's quite an effort initially but easier to keep them alive without excessive watering which just runs off in our sand.
@@MonikaStuder-je4xy tell me about it - as an ex-QLDer living in Perth and attempting fruit tree growing, it really is an effort.
Luckily a day or so of ultra high temperatures probably won't cause much damage, just as well it isn't a week of heatwave as that might cause more problems 😳
It's looking to be a record-hot summer for Melbourne and Adelaide. North Queensland has experienced record floods, combined with unbearable humidity, which is why we don't care to visit in summer.
Videos are not long, always plenty to see & hear.
The blackberry jam leaves might have had some splashes of water on them when you were watering & hence some burning, otherwise it looks good, like all the other plants.
Could you try & place/plant a dragonfruit closer to your verandah, it would get enough light & protection
I appreciate your feedback. I keep thorny plants away from high-traffic areas, like around the pergola. Guests have even complained after touching the bougainvillea when walking by.
The world definitely needs to Seymour Green Plants just like that!
You got it!
oh what we didnt get any rain over in Adelaide lol, still hot
It's drier the further west you go. Melbourne's somewhere in the middle. Sydney and Brisbane flood every other bloody week!
I don’t know jackfruits were so sensitive. Here where I am it’s “winter,” we are not even touching 80 F most days and my 7 gallon black gold has a bunch of burnt leaves. That’s with only 6 hours of sun a day
80F in winter? You have to be in Florida. Jackfruit are more sensitive to cold than you think. That's why you won't see any growing out north of Tampa.
@ I’m in Miami. We did have a couple of nights in the lows 50s high 40s recently. You think that’s what burnt them and not the sun? Here I was thinking it was the sun
tropical melbourne !
Closer to arid tropical in January/February.
You thought about setting up some irrigation?
Irrigating the entire front and back yards would be a huge effort.
I'm happy spending time with each individual plant.
Long form videos are the best. If i dont have the time, i just pause the video and come back later.
Easy!
Can we get update on the new reed avocado tree
I forgot to show it in the last three videos as I'm filming on the run. It looks pretty much the same as the day I planted it, shade cloth is protecting it well.
@@RealLifeFruitopia hello Mr George. You have done the correct thing with the Reed but plz remember that people hang on to your every word for advice but sometimes conflicting.
My english is not 100% but in a recent video you showed dead tree I think kwai muk and you said at fruitopia it is live or die and no sook gets any extra protection at fruitopia.
This advice can cost people a lot of cash if they believe it because you obviously do protect plants and it is not a live or die situation.
@@Zr55165 I don't care how others react to my advice, as my advice is to myself because I'm teaching myself as I go. I'm an expert and a beginner in my garden, the presentation is for my entertainment. One is free to laugh with me or to spend money buying plants and blame me for their failure.
@@RealLifeFruitopia, thanks I guess. I was tryink to be helpfull