Author Topic: Lakeland Florida project (Read 11763 times)

C24mccain · « **Reply #25 on:** July 30, 2017, 03:43:56 PM »

We did our latest update video on our project here in Lakeland Florida today (July 30). It's in two parts posted below. We don't have much in new plantings but a lot of mulching has been accomplished and the bananas love being planted next to the pond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqGXUJYdtko&t (part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stEeXV-0O3s&t (part 2)

C24mccain · « **Reply #26 on:** July 31, 2017, 04:27:08 PM »

Emily has dumped a lot of rain here. Pic of our neighbors yard. We are not nearly as bad on our property. However unless we have a drier August and September there will soon be no place for the water to go.

AlwaysHotinFL · « **Reply #27 on:** August 04, 2017, 05:37:34 PM »

That's a ton of water.

Glad you finally have some Dragon fruit after all those failed flowers!

C24mccain · « **Reply #28 on:** August 06, 2017, 09:21:36 AM »

Well now we will wait and see if they (dragon fruit) continue to hold..

C24mccain · « **Reply #29 on:** September 11, 2017, 06:32:03 PM »

Hurricane Irma update... Papayas are lost as well as some bananas but all the trees should be ok. Here is a quick video I did this morning of the damage. The audio became unsynced with the video part way through so I apologize for that. I already have the damage fixed and will do an update video on that soon after we clean up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhVPMb6as8

C24mccain · « **Reply #30 on:** November 27, 2017, 07:05:25 PM »

Here is our latest update video to our project. This ends the second growing season for some of our trees and the end of the first for others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OaRi0OyCgo&t=

Tropical Farmer · « **Reply #31 on:** November 27, 2017, 08:18:02 PM »

Everything is looking great. Great work!

C24mccain · « **Reply #32 on:** November 28, 2017, 06:46:43 AM »

Quote from: Tropical Farmer on November 27, 2017, 08:18:02 PM

Everything is looking great. Great work!

Thanks

C24mccain · « **Reply #33 on:** January 21, 2018, 06:37:47 PM »

Here is a short video of me doing some freeze protection. It's been a tough winter this year and some things are certainly beat up but overall it's not as bad as I thought. The shocker for me right now is I had a Hasya Sapodilla that was unprotected on Wednesday nights freeze down to 25 degrees and as of today which is Sunday there is no sign of damage. The starfruit trees were also unprotected and they took a beating. Everything I protected turned out well.

https://youtu.be/EJ6-mF9z73Y

C24mccain · « **Reply #34 on:** February 04, 2018, 12:34:04 PM »

Here is my latest update video showing the extent of the January freeze damage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJgvzYGTNkg&feature=youtu.be

Dylan SB · « **Reply #35 on:** February 04, 2018, 02:10:33 PM »

Does it normally get into the mid 20's in winter for you? You have quite a few trees there that need protection for that kind of cold. It is nice to see some new growth so soon after seeing all the damage.

C24mccain · « **Reply #36 on:** February 04, 2018, 06:03:03 PM »

In my search of the historical data for Lakeland it appears 24-26 degrees happens about 2-3 times over a ten year period. 28 is a little more common happening every few years and under 32 happens usually once a year on avg. The all time record low is 19*. The last two years 33 degrees was the low. It's fairly common to get no freeze in a given year. Thus my decision to plant some trees I knew would need protection was one I made because a few nights a year of hard work to protect things wasn't a big deal, at least at the time I planned all of this. However I did plant to much so I will be cutting back. I also did not take into consideration being in prison at my home during the winter. Any plans to go out of town are hard to make way ahead of time out of freeze concerns. It's fun to push the limits a bit but I'm certain over the coming years more changes will take place but so long as the trees survive I'll give it a chance. I will just be focusing on things in the future that will be less worrisome.

C24mccain · « **Reply #37 on:** June 21, 2018, 08:57:24 PM »

Here is our latest update video done today June 21 2018. Some trees died from the freezes but they have been replaced. Things are growing well right now. We just need it to stop raining. Our pond is at flood stage already and that shouldn't happen until end of September. May was an incredible amount of rain in our area. Some of the Papayas are not to happy about it. Been getting some figs the last few weeks that are really good. Trees added since last update: Day avocado, winter mexican avocado, giombo persimmon, tropic beauty peach, florida grande peach. My Avri Loquat that I grafted onto an inground seedling has done well and should be out of the woods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFT7h2vylvY&t=

C24mccain · « **Reply #38 on:** October 23, 2018, 05:10:29 PM »

Here are the videos to our latest update on our food forest in Lakeland Fl.

Zone 1: Jackfruit, green sapote, loquat, sapodilla, persimmon, barbados cherry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO3n4EXNXdU

zone 2: peach, orange, persimmon, guava, figs, bananas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwHBTJ_19Q

Zone 3: coconut cream mango, kent mango, keitt mango, glen mango, lychee, avocados, peach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjyFqYipNlg

Zone 4: sapodilla, dream atemoya, white sapote, passion fruit, avri loquat, peach, indian jujube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erDI7zNbWnU

Zone 5: red lady papaya, moringa, pakistani mulberry, jaboticaba, red jaboticaba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBr9YfOBPYc

C24mccain · « **Reply #39 on:** November 24, 2019, 05:25:57 PM »

Update video on our food forest. Full tour.

https://youtu.be/_J4ZGkLB25U

johnb51 · « **Reply #40 on:** November 24, 2019, 07:38:59 PM »

Thanks for the tour. I really enjoyed seeing the variety of trees. If we stay in Florida, I'd like to move somewhere in the center of the state between Lakeland and Lake Placid (Lake Wales Ridge). No more coasts (hurricanes, flood potential, eventual sea level rise), heading for high ground. You mentioned problematic low-lying areas. What's your soil like? It doesn't drain well?

C24mccain · « **Reply #41 on:** November 24, 2019, 08:00:58 PM »

Quote from: johnb51 on November 24, 2019, 07:38:59 PM

Thanks for the tour. I really enjoyed seeing the variety of trees. If we stay in Florida, I'd like to move somewhere in the center of the state between Lakeland and Lake Placid (Lake Wales Ridge). No more coasts (hurricanes, flood potential, eventual sea level rise), heading for high ground. You mentioned problematic low-lying areas. What's your soil like? It doesn't drain well?

The soil drains fine but the problem is high water table especially towards end of summer. The ground at times becomes completely saturated. This is why all of my trees are on mounds. I think if you get east of Lakeland you will find higher ground, on the west side where I am everything is low lying and has flood potential. The soil in my are seems more fertile than most areas I have seen in Florida. I bought a lot of topsoil to build my mounds that was originally from a swamp so it black and rich, not typical sugar sand.

TSmith · « **Reply #42 on:** November 26, 2019, 07:39:49 AM »

The last video you did was good. I grew up right around the corner from where you are located. Hope you get lots of fruit on those trees! If you have trouble eating all the bananas let me know and I will send someone by to pickup some to help out!!

C24mccain · « **Reply #43 on:** November 26, 2019, 10:53:34 AM »

Quote from: TSmith on November 26, 2019, 07:39:49 AM

The last video you did was good. I grew up right around the corner from where you are located. Hope you get lots of fruit on those trees! If you have trouble eating all the bananas let me know and I will send someone by to pickup some to help out!!

I usually give some to co-workers, friends and family. We usually don't have a bunch of racks ready at once but if we did you can have some.

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