In this video, I share 3 rare fruit trees that are perfect for beginner gardeners to grow. These easy to grow fruit trees can bear fruit in as little as 1 year, are pest and disease resistant and are low maintenance and easy to care for, but the best part is these fruits are nearly impossible to get in grocery stores! The only way to eat these delicious fruits is to grow them yourself!
In addition, these trees are excellent for gardeners with small yards. Most trees can be sourced as self-fertile, meaning growers only need one tree to bear fruit. Most varieties are naturally dwarfing, respond well to pruning and can easily be maintained as a small fruit tree with basic annual pruning. Growing fruit trees like these are ideal for new gardeners looking to build confidence and learn how to grow fruit trees in a backyard garden setting.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Fruit Trees Ideal For New Gardeners
0:50 Fruit Tree #1: Fig Trees
4:54 Fruit Tree #2: Persimmon Trees
9:13 Fruit Tree #3: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)
11:54 Why I Recommend These Fruit Trees
13:57 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Fruit Trees Ideal For New Gardeners
0:50 Fruit Tree #1: Fig Trees
4:54 Fruit Tree #2: Persimmon Trees
9:13 Fruit Tree #3: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)
11:54 Why I Recommend These Fruit Trees
13:57 Adventures With Dale
Great video. Always looking for something to grow that we can't buy in stores. We already have a hachiya persimmon, 3 figs and 4 pawpaws. Will look into the feijoa.
I love persimmons I can’t plant on the ground cuz I’m a renter
Feijoa flower petals are delicious too. I saw a mockingbird eat the petals when I was a kid & I tried it 😋 I've been wanting to get a pineapple guava, but now I will definitely be getting one soon thanks to this video. I have a dwarf fig tree, violette de bordeaux. We're in zone 9b. I really enjoy your videos, very informative. Thank you
I have always dismissed figs. I've only ever had them dried on a cheese platter, or as fig jam. You have now piqued my interest and I'll have to find someone that grows them in my area so I can try them.
I have 4x feijoa trees. I grew up in New Zealand, where they are a normal part of life. You can get feijoa candy, cereal, wine, etc. But over the ditch in Australia (where I now live), no one had even heard of them until recently. Supermarkets do sell the fruit for a few weeks, but they are $2 (or more) each for tiny ones. They are DEFINITELY my favourite fruit!!
Thank you for making this awesome video! 🙏
I’d never even heard of a Feijoa tree before today. Now I’m super excited to try growing one.
Wish me luck ~ ✌️
My aunts neighbor has a fig tree that’s probably at least 30 years old and as big as a house, I definitely eat as many figs as possible as the tree hangs over the fence. good to know I’m getting the ripe ones
Where can I can buy the pineapple guava?
So where do I buy these plants you speak of?
I can't believe you are eating the whole feijoa! The skin is bitter (not too bad), so we just usually slice in half and scoop out the inside. The inside is sorta like eating perfume. Eat fresh, make jams, make fruit leather. You can also use just the skins to make a jelly (remove skins after simmering for a while, final product looks like apple jelly with a nice tart hint). Freeze and blender for a daiquiri. Freeze up all the pulp you can't eat fresh, and add to smoothies for the next few months or make sorbet.
I'm zone 4, and we get a couple -20F nights a year. I wonder if it is worth trying to do a Chicago Hardy fig here or whether even with protection I'm probably going to lose the fig.
I live in the sand of SC and I can promise, they DO NOT need fertilizer or soil amendments.
Whats the link to the guava you bought? Thats one thing i dont have yet lol 😅
You can ripen persimmons by putting them in the freezer.
Thank you!
loved the science fact at the end
Your accent tells me you are from Philly. Is that correct?
Off the topic question. Do you know of any type of tray or saucer i can find to put under my potted fig trees to catch some of the water runoff? They drain so well i have to water so much because it just goes right threw?
You mentioned all the different "flavors" of figs…I sure would like to know the names of the ones that taste like brown sugar and caramel! Also, where can I buy them. Please and thank you 🙂
do u dry ur figs? wow u have a banana tree lol.
Hey, great video! What about the paw paw? Any experience growing a pawpaw tree? I've heard they're native to SE NC and the fruit is really good, but similarly can't be shipped or found in stores.
What is the difference between the Rigato Del Salento fig vs the I-258 fig ?
When do you suggest is the best way and time to prune a fig tree?
Best places to get these kinds of fruit trees? Any recommendations?
I have one feijoa tree. Last year , some
Of the leaves got frost damage but it’s resilient and started to regrow the leaves in late summer. I plan to pull out my shrubs and put in 2 feijoas instead for an edible landscape.
Me as an asian: Sir but none of these is rare….😅
I want to grow that Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro, the fruit looks delicious. I wonder if it will survive in zone 6 New Jersey. I may have to try and find out.
Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoy my fruit trees. I have 2 persimmon trees and a few small fig plants. Again thanks.