Fruitful Trees
If You Want To Grow Fruit Trees, See This Video
Welcome to Fruitful Trees! Today I’m taking you on an incredible tour of Al’s Tropical Fruit Trees, a 5-acre nursery in Homestead, Florida filled with mangoes, sapodillas, star apples, mamey sapote, jaboticaba, jackfruit, lychee, longan, loquat, jujube, carambola, and so much more.
Al has been growing fruit trees since 2010 and shares decades of hands-on experience, including:
• How he built his nursery after the 2009 recession
• What fruit trees are the easiest and hardest to grow
• The best mango varieties for pots and small yards
• Managing fertilizer, irrigation, pests, and root growth
• Why some trees (custard apple!) are bad choices for small properties
• Which varieties produce best in South Florida conditions
• What to avoid planting near a drain field
• Rare trees you don’t see often: white ilama, butterscotch sapodilla, huge mamey, thornless jujube, etc.
This nursery has one of the best selections in Florida, including multiple sizes (3G, 7G, 15G, 25G, 45G+) and some rare cultivars that are extremely hard to find.
If you’re looking for fruit trees in South Florida—especially Homestead, Miami, Broward, Palm Beach—this is a must-watch.
0:00 Introduction and arrival at Al’s Tropical Fruit Trees
1:04 How Al started his nursery and backstory
2:28 Tree shortages, supply issues and fertilizers
3:39 Pot shortages and switch to grow bags
7:11 Grow bags, soil mix and irrigation systems
12:29 Old avocado grove history
15:06 Sapodilla overview including Tikal, Hasya and Morena
15:55 Twenty-year-old Mamey tree and root pruning explanation
19:03 Hog plum and other ground trees
20:07 Mango varieties, watering zones and disease control
22:07 Carambola tour including varieties, tasting and best choices
27:32 Jaboticaba overview and drain field root discussion
29:07 June plum, Annonas and custard apple concerns
30:51 Large custard apple tree and why it is not for small yards
33:41 Wasp and fruit fly issues and spraying
35:50 Bilimbi and cold damage
37:19 Breadfruit in South Florida and cold tolerance
39:00 Mulch versus fertilizer placement
41:19 Valencia Pride mangoes and pruning
42:27 White Ilama collector tree
43:05 Persimmons and jujube trees
44:19 Jujube tasting and container growing
45:46 Avocado varieties including Donnie, Simmons, Russell and Oro Negro
48:06 Best early, mid and late season avocados
49:44 Al’s favorite mango varieties
50:25 Guava overview including fruit fly and whitefly issues
51:33 Barbados cherry and cold damage
52:47 Star apple green and purple plus satin leaf
53:47 Jackfruit varieties and seedling versus grafted
55:07 Lychee versus longan and mite issues
56:01 Loquat varieties
57:02 Butterscotch sapodilla collection
58:46 Why he does not sell all stock to one buyer
59:52 Carambola in pots showing heavy production
1:00:29 Custard apple for front yards pros and cons
1:01:54 White sapote
1:02:57 Best fruit trees for small yards
1:03:19 Easiest fruit trees versus hardest fruit trees
1:04:53 Final wrap up and closing remarks
http://www.alsfruittrees.com
Al's Fruit Trees is a tropical fruit tree nursery located in West Kendall, Florida, located at 14000 SW 182 Avenue, Miami, FL 33196.
Contact Al at:
786-351-1521
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Published Jan 11, 2023
