I appreciate seeing your enthusiasm for growing these trees. I myself share in the appreciation for planting different varieties from other countries as well. I do not have these yet but thanks for sharing as I am also in Central Valley and appreciate how we can grow such a great variety here if we just nurse the trees for a few years so they can thrive. Thank you for sharing your passion and experience with these trees originating in Hawaii and Thailand. I am looking forward to growing mangos here in greenhouse someday. 👍🙏😊
Thank you. Although I didn’t mention it in the video, the longan trees grow easily from fresh seeds. And it only takes 5-6 years before the tree produces fruits.
Just got my first longan last week, definitely got some yellow leaves after i first threw it even under 40% shade, definitely during this heat they want some shade when young, been slowly acclimating it to more sun.
Yeah, bear in mind, the vast majority of air layered/grafted longan trees come from Florida, where it’s nice and humid, and around 90°F’s during the summer days. Until they’re acclimated for a year or two, they will appreciate the filtered sun. In the very beginning, I used 75% shade on my newly planted longan tree (the last one shown in the video).
All were grown from store bought roots from various ethnic grocery stores, specifically R-N Market. Although the roots were meant for consumption, they grow easily and from there, I simply propagated them throughout my yard.
I find that longans have a nutty tone to them, almost like a grape with a little almond note at the end. I know that seedlings take forever, but I have a couple in ground and hope to graft to one of them at least several years down the road, from the grafted one I already have. Do you have any seedlings? Thanks for another great video.
That’s interesting, the ones I’ve had have always been insanely sweet. Seedlings take about 5-6 years to produce fruits; although not at the rate of papaya trees, it’s fairly quick in my opinion. Given the number of trees, I do not propagate my longan, including through seeds.
@@TropicalCentralValley I've never had homegrown so the store bought ones might not be as sweet. I love lychees too, and I find them similar, just with the nutty overtones to the longans. The two seedlings I have are about two years old and only a foot tall, but the one more recently planted this spring is starting to push growth fairly quickly.
Yeah, I’d give it a try. I highly suspect you’ll enjoy the fruits. Concerning coconut palm, no, as the fruits are relatively cheap and easy to obtain from local grocery stores.
@@TropicalCentralValley that’s great! My papaya seedlings are doing well btw. I think it was just the cold and from being indoors. Thanks for the tips on that!
Thank you. Yeah, when young or newly planted, they can appreciate filtered sun. That said, as all of mine has gone through numerous winters and summers, they’re relatively acclimated.
Thank you. All are quite sweet, though the Kohala does have the concentrated sweet taste and was specifically bred for it’s sweetness. Though the originals such as the Biew Kiew and Sri Champoo varieties are also quite good. For this reason, I can’t pick any favorites so I just get them all.
Although breathable, my sweat keeps the shirt moist, just like my soil keeps my tropical fruit tree moist. Have you tried growing from seeds? Although technically not true to seed, the fruits should be far superior to any store bought ones.
Here's a question for you, maybe even a future video idea. If you had an acre of land to plant an orchard for fruit production in your home town, what would you plant? Based on the success you have had in your garden at home. In my region I would say that kiwifruit, avocados, tamarillo, citrus and cherimoya are proven to be successful. So I would love to see how well an orchard of longans and American pawpaw would do, but my oldest plants are only 2/3 years old so I've got a bit longer to wait.
Instead of going right into the planting of tropical fruit trees, I would concentrate on the “protection” trees first. You’ll need to consider wind, frost and sun protection, which are easily achieved by the planting of these protection trees. Once done, just about every tropical fruits can grow with ease. Specific to pawpaw, they need extreme sun protection, even when mature as the Central Valley’s summers are too dry.
If you’re nearing the Los Angeles region, there’s actually a good number of tropical fruit tree nurseries in the area. Here’s some videos I did touring some of them: Champa Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour ua-cam.com/video/o1-Adgg5DKQ/v-deo.html Emily Garden Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour ua-cam.com/video/gn1JDiz-riA/v-deo.html Mimosa Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour ua-cam.com/video/YfOMOSsuGIo/v-deo.html Alternatively, they germinate from fresh fruits easily, and only takes about 5-6 years before producing fruits. Although not true to seed, the fruits are significantly better than any store bought ones.
So i have a kohala longan tree airlayered that i put in the ground 2-3 months ago it was doing well until i broke the only branch it has by accident now its just a big stick no leafs would it be able to still grow?
Almost the same thing happened to my lychee tree. The tree (stick in its current setting) should regrow new branches and foliage once the weather warms up.
Yes, mine still had some branches; it was just the main branch that broke. Assuming your longan tree is still green when scratched, it should recover, thought, probably very slowly.
Hello, I have a small and very rare lychee variety. Unfortunately, my dog ripped half of one of the branches off. It no longer has leaves on that branch, so I wanted to know if it will back bud and grow back in spring?
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees, including fruits, seeds, cuttings, etc. As you’re in the Sacramento region, there’s actually a new tropical fruit tree nursery in the area. Here’s a video I did touring it: Mimosa Nursery in Northern California - Sacramento! ua-cam.com/video/gZNdN2HceQ4/v-deo.html
Luckily, yes. The wild birds do come and take care of any insect and other pest issues, as well as helping to fertilize the trees. As for birds eating fruits, they only eat the fruits near the upper canopy of the trees, the same fruits than aren’t the tastiest and in my case, I simply let drop.
Specific to longan fruits, I eat as much as I can. Although it looks like there’s a lot of fruits, even with the number of longan trees I have, they don’t produce enough fruits for me. That said, it only gets better as the trees mature, they should produce more and more fruits each year.
I’ve never had any fungal issues, including Black Spot on any of my tropical fruit trees. This is likely due to the lack of humidity in my region. Although I have not tried it, I would imagine the use of fungicide as a treatment.
In the very beginning, I did ship out seeds, seedlings, cuttings, etc (free of charge) to local viewers, however, many were delivered opened and tempered with, causing the tropicals to be no longer viable. It appears, USPS does not like the practice of sending out live tropical fruit tree products through their service. This being the case, I now recommend folks stopping by the various tropical fruit tree nurseries in the Los Angeles region.
Nice.. keep them coming, boss!👍🏼👌🏼🍻
Thank you.
Love your videos !!!
Thank you.
I appreciate seeing your enthusiasm for growing these trees. I myself share in the appreciation for planting different varieties from other countries as well. I do not have these yet but thanks for sharing as I am also in Central Valley and appreciate how we can grow such a great variety here if we just nurse the trees for a few years so they can thrive. Thank you for sharing your passion and experience with these trees originating in Hawaii and Thailand. I am looking forward to growing mangos here in greenhouse someday. 👍🙏😊
Thank you.
Although I didn’t mention it in the video, the longan trees grow easily from fresh seeds. And it only takes 5-6 years before the tree produces fruits.
Just got my first longan last week, definitely got some yellow leaves after i first threw it even under 40% shade, definitely during this heat they want some shade when young, been slowly acclimating it to more sun.
Yeah, bear in mind, the vast majority of air layered/grafted longan trees come from Florida, where it’s nice and humid, and around 90°F’s during the summer days.
Until they’re acclimated for a year or two, they will appreciate the filtered sun. In the very beginning, I used 75% shade on my newly planted longan tree (the last one shown in the video).
Thanks for chucking in the celsius
Yeah, it was a request from viewers outside of the US.
My Sri Shampoo is really a slow grower. Since one year no growth. But the Biew Kiew does very fine in 9b.❤
Yeah, that’s been my experience as well. Although slower growing, their fruits are quite good.
Thank you for the videos. Where did you get your giant taro plants? Also, do you grow Matoa or Tava plants? Really appreciate your tropical garden.
All were grown from store bought roots from various ethnic grocery stores, specifically R-N Market.
Although the roots were meant for consumption, they grow easily and from there, I simply propagated them throughout my yard.
I find that longans have a nutty tone to them, almost like a grape with a little almond note at the end. I know that seedlings take forever, but I have a couple in ground and hope to graft to one of them at least several years down the road, from the grafted one I already have. Do you have any seedlings? Thanks for another great video.
That’s interesting, the ones I’ve had have always been insanely sweet.
Seedlings take about 5-6 years to produce fruits; although not at the rate of papaya trees, it’s fairly quick in my opinion.
Given the number of trees, I do not propagate my longan, including through seeds.
@@TropicalCentralValley I've never had homegrown so the store bought ones might not be as sweet. I love lychees too, and I find them similar, just with the nutty overtones to the longans.
The two seedlings I have are about two years old and only a foot tall, but the one more recently planted this spring is starting to push growth fairly quickly.
Yeah, the ones grown yourself are magnitudes better than the ones picked weeks ago and shipped from other countries.
I will have to give them a try. Have you ever tried to grow a coconut palm?
Yeah, I’d give it a try. I highly suspect you’ll enjoy the fruits.
Concerning coconut palm, no, as the fruits are relatively cheap and easy to obtain from local grocery stores.
Got some fruit on my kohala. Can’t wait to try it!
Very nice. Even the worst tasting fruit will be magnitudes better than any store bought as you’re allowing the fruit to ripe on the tree.
@@TropicalCentralValley that’s good to hear! I have found the store bought fruit to be a little bland. Excited to try it out.
Nice. The Kohala variety was bred especially for its sugar content. It’s much sweeter than the original ones from Southeast Asia/China.
@@TropicalCentralValley that’s great! My papaya seedlings are doing well btw. I think it was just the cold and from being indoors. Thanks for the tips on that!
You’re very welcome.
Great video!
My kohala’ cant take full direct sun in the summer, they live filtered sun though
Thank you.
Yeah, when young or newly planted, they can appreciate filtered sun. That said, as all of mine has gone through numerous winters and summers, they’re relatively acclimated.
Impressive amount of longan trees! How would you describe the taste between the 3 varieties? Which is your favorite flavor-wise and why?
Thank you.
All are quite sweet, though the Kohala does have the concentrated sweet taste and was specifically bred for it’s sweetness.
Though the originals such as the Biew Kiew and Sri Champoo varieties are also quite good.
For this reason, I can’t pick any favorites so I just get them all.
That shirt need to breath!!!! Love ur video mate. keep it up. Im from louisiana and i dont have good luck growing logan :(
Although breathable, my sweat keeps the shirt moist, just like my soil keeps my tropical fruit tree moist.
Have you tried growing from seeds? Although technically not true to seed, the fruits should be far superior to any store bought ones.
Here's a question for you, maybe even a future video idea.
If you had an acre of land to plant an orchard for fruit production in your home town, what would you plant? Based on the success you have had in your garden at home.
In my region I would say that kiwifruit, avocados, tamarillo, citrus and cherimoya are proven to be successful. So I would love to see how well an orchard of longans and American pawpaw would do, but my oldest plants are only 2/3 years old so I've got a bit longer to wait.
Instead of going right into the planting of tropical fruit trees, I would concentrate on the “protection” trees first. You’ll need to consider wind, frost and sun protection, which are easily achieved by the planting of these protection trees.
Once done, just about every tropical fruits can grow with ease. Specific to pawpaw, they need extreme sun protection, even when mature as the Central Valley’s summers are too dry.
hi, can u plz tell me what kind of tree that is on the right side at 0:35 with the large leafs? Thanks
Taro roots. Their leaves are massive. In fact, mine are actually on the smaller side.
Hey buddy, where can I get one of these trees? You mentioned airlaying. You do that?
If you’re nearing the Los Angeles region, there’s actually a good number of tropical fruit tree nurseries in the area. Here’s some videos I did touring some of them:
Champa Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour
ua-cam.com/video/o1-Adgg5DKQ/v-deo.html
Emily Garden Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour
ua-cam.com/video/gn1JDiz-riA/v-deo.html
Mimosa Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour
ua-cam.com/video/YfOMOSsuGIo/v-deo.html
Alternatively, they germinate from fresh fruits easily, and only takes about 5-6 years before producing fruits. Although not true to seed, the fruits are significantly better than any store bought ones.
@@TropicalCentralValley thank you brother
You’re very welcome.
So i have a kohala longan tree airlayered that i put in the ground 2-3 months ago it was doing well until i broke the only branch it has by accident now its just a big stick no leafs would it be able to still grow?
Almost the same thing happened to my lychee tree. The tree (stick in its current setting) should regrow new branches and foliage once the weather warms up.
@ did it have branches mines doesnt cause i broke the last branch by accident
Yes, mine still had some branches; it was just the main branch that broke.
Assuming your longan tree is still green when scratched, it should recover, thought, probably very slowly.
@@TropicalCentralValley so it will grow new branches from the trunk
No, new branches will bud out along the stick. If it’s a stump, it will grow a new trunk.
Hello, I have a small and very rare lychee variety. Unfortunately, my dog ripped half of one of the branches off. It no longer has leaves on that branch, so I wanted to know if it will back bud and grow back in spring?
That’s a bummer. It’ll likely heal and new growth out to take its place. However, this process may take a year as lychee trees grow at a snail’s pace.
hi there, I live in Oakdale, do you have any Longon trees for sale?
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees, including fruits, seeds, cuttings, etc.
As you’re in the Sacramento region, there’s actually a new tropical fruit tree nursery in the area. Here’s a video I did touring it:
Mimosa Nursery in Northern California - Sacramento!
ua-cam.com/video/gZNdN2HceQ4/v-deo.html
do you have issues with birds eating your fruits here in australia its a big issue??
Luckily, yes.
The wild birds do come and take care of any insect and other pest issues, as well as helping to fertilize the trees.
As for birds eating fruits, they only eat the fruits near the upper canopy of the trees, the same fruits than aren’t the tastiest and in my case, I simply let drop.
Can you put them in the ground from saplings with shade like I've seen you done with other small plants
Definitely, and the young trees will appreciate the sun protection.
Hell again. I see you have giant bamboo trees and I am looking to buy some for my yard. What’s the name? Thanks
They go by many names, but mostly Giant Timber or Old Ham’s Bamboo.
They make excellent shade and wind breaker for nearby tropical fruit trees.
Looking to create shades without taking up a lot of space since I don’t have a big backyard.
Either the bamboo or other fast growing tropical fruit trees can be the protector plants.
Do you know how to prune wax Jambu?
Yes, though you should only prune if it will benefit the tree.
What’s the technique? I want to keep it smaller.
With all pruning techniques, prune any downward branches and top off the tallest branches to maintain the desired shape.
Which would you say is the best tasting longan variety ?
It depends on your taste palette, but the Kohala was specifically bred for its sweet content.
Didn’t realize you had so many longans. How long has your Biew Kiew been in ground?
Yeah, they’re one of my favorite tropical fruit trees. My Biew Kiew is going 4 years in the ground.
What do you do with all that fruit?
Specific to longan fruits, I eat as much as I can. Although it looks like there’s a lot of fruits, even with the number of longan trees I have, they don’t produce enough fruits for me.
That said, it only gets better as the trees mature, they should produce more and more fruits each year.
Holy Longan!! Have you ever dealt with black spots on your young Longan tree leaves? If yes, how did you treat it?
I’ve never had any fungal issues, including Black Spot on any of my tropical fruit trees. This is likely due to the lack of humidity in my region.
Although I have not tried it, I would imagine the use of fungicide as a treatment.
Too bad for your neighbors, they only grow grass. Only if they knew that you guys have one of the best weather in CA to grow tropical fruits.
I agree. I have been offering to my neighbors various tropical seedlings. No takers yet.
@TropicalCentralValley I'm your neighbor, here I'm valley..definitely willing to trade some seedings..
In the very beginning, I did ship out seeds, seedlings, cuttings, etc (free of charge) to local viewers, however, many were delivered opened and tempered with, causing the tropicals to be no longer viable.
It appears, USPS does not like the practice of sending out live tropical fruit tree products through their service.
This being the case, I now recommend folks stopping by the various tropical fruit tree nurseries in the Los Angeles region.
How much can you bench? 😤
I’m more of a dumbbell guy, due to the range of motion.
can please what I to do to my longan tree to fruit again . thank you.
They should be producing fruits just about every year if the tree is receiving plenty of fertilizer and water.