Loquat! The Perfect Backyard Fruit Tree
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Check out this loquat tree that's loaded with fruits ready to pick, and learn more on how to grow one yourself.
Today we're talking about a gold nugget loquat tree that I planted in the fall of 2021. This tree is unique and the flavor of the fruit is a mix between peach, plum, and citrus - with the texture of a plum. If you've never tried it before, you're in for a treat!
Here are some of the top reasons I love this tree:
1. The fruit has a pleasant unique flavor.
2. I've never seen this fruit in a grocery store.
3. Some varieties are known to grow in temps down to USDA Zone 7.
4. Can take our summer heat (120F) with afternoon shade.
5. Evergreen, with large gorgeous leaves.
Do you have a loquat tree? It's also called Japanese Plum. Please let me know the variety you have and what you think of the taste. There are so many varieties of loquat, and I want to plant more - now to decide which variety!
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00:00 Opening
00:29 Why Loquat
02:51 Loquat Fruit
04:20 Tasting
06:18 Tree Care
08:40 Seeding vs Grafted
09:46 Outro
10:32 Outtake
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I love my loquat tree; growing it in New Jersey
Thank you for this video! I am about to plant a bunch of seeds all over our garden and hope some take and graft them down the road.
Best of luck!
Yes loquat trees should be grown by more back yard gardeners it is a very easy tree to grow. I have 3 loquats in my backyard, an Oliver, Avri and sherry. By far my favorite is the sherry very large fruit with 1 to 2 seeds and it truly taste like a cross between a peach and an apricot. I am in zone 9a Florida.
Very cool! I'd love to try the Sherry variety.
@@TouchGrassGardening it took me 4 years to find the sherry loquat but I think they are a lot easier to find now. If you didn’t live so far away I would try to ship some so you could taste them but I think they would be bad by the time you get them.
IVE EATEN THESE THINGIES FOR YEARS AND NEVER KNEW WHAT THEY WERE CALLED OR IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE EATEN ❤❤
Good video, relaxing to watch.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, mine is three years old, grown from seed, and I've only just transplanted it into the garden, it's MUCH smaller than this. However I am in a temperate climate, we can get some quite hard frosts so I have no idea if it's going to survive, let alone produce fruit.
My neighbor is in the same boat. Keep it up, sometimes they all the sudden will take off.
Your tree looks so healthy! I'll definitely have to try one. 😊
It's a great and beautiful tree!
I just wish it could grow in zone 6
Make a mini greenhouse :)
Beautiful tree!!! What kind of bag do you use?
It's just a random party bag that I use two of that I got on Amazon years ago!
Your tree looks amazing! Mine is three years old and has never produced fruit even though I have more than one. Who knows?
Give it one year or two more. It will.
Thanks! Give it another year or two and I'm sure you'll get fruit.
What variety is it?
Gold Nugget
Not true this tree can take very strong sun and take freezing as if nothing happens
Depends where you live. In Phoenix it needs shade at least a couple years. If you’re on the west coast, I’d plant it in full sun.
Let me first just say I appreciate the effort and care it takes to make these videos, but this comment is correct. Loquats in phoenix AZ can take full sun, especially the seedlings (Strawberry). Now how you chose to grow them is entirely up to you. I am currently growing a gold nugget in full western harsh sun and it is doing just fine. You should really emphasis that these videos are your experience and opinion on growing, not factual or standard practice. Micro climates local conditions all make it hard to be so absolute.
@@blackchem3 I agree each yard is different and even each plant is slightly different. As I said in the video, seedlings are hardier, so if someone fails with a grafted variety they should try seedling.
With your gold nugget, did you grow it in full sun from when it was a young sapling? I've never heard of this before in Phoenix, and every guide/video I've seen with loquat in Phoenix recommends shade at least for the first 2 years when the plant is young. It would be great to see a picture of your tree - good job defying the sun here... not easy.