Thanks Bill, appreciate you going to such lengths. Always intereted in what your upto and looking forward to part 2.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I shot images for part two this morning but I have transplanting to do this afternoon. The editing will have to wait. Thanks for the feed back. Bill

I’m two years late watching but I love this tour and though I should say so. Thank you so much for sharing! 😊

@GreenGardenGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

Move forward in time, I toured the garden last week too. Always some sort of up dates to the garden tour.

Awesome tour. You are livin' my dream Bill. Can't wait to see all thoe plants fill in and produce. Also looking forward to the produce stand and nursery sprout.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

So much to do. This isn't the first time i changed locations and occupations. Three weeks ago I was a respected horticultural consultant in the San Francisco Bay area. Now i am in the middle of the Pacific ocean and going back to farming like I did in the Midwest. I am enjoying the change but it a lot of work. I had contractors over yesterday giving me bids for the driveway loop and the produce stand, nursery pad. The soil is soft and deep here. Great for growing crops but very soft for driveways. It is gonna take a lot of cinder to get it firm enough for traffic. I am still trying to decide if I am going to do the work myself or hire the local guys to do the work for me.

You're home is amazing!, and its only gonna get better every year! I hope you will continue to upload more videos on the progress of your garden!

@GreenGardenGuy1

9 ай бұрын

Google lost this comment for 7 years. Yes, I have continued.

Thanks, Bill! I love looking around in your garden.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

It gives me a chance to look a round too. I have been so busy with unpacking my stuff and building a shed I haven't had much time to check on the plants.

Really beautiful! I Love all the space and your going to have a food forest! Thanks for sharing!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Food forest was the plan. It will take a bit of time to mature but not too long. The space is just right. This is supposed to be a retirement project, any bigger and it would probably kill me. Thanks for the feed back, glad you enjoyed the tour. Bill

@johnydoe8636

4 жыл бұрын

GreenGardenGuy1 Sir what town is that it looks beautiful as I am looking to relocating my life to Hawaii.....👍🏻🇺🇸❤️

New to this AWESOME Channel of yours, saw one vid from your ol' homestead, and now this one in Hawaii, wow the diversity that exists is so HUGE, and yet the veggies and fruit that are sold on the market, are only a few species, for example the passion fruit we have here, is an orange-skinned with gray flesh, sweet sour, sometimes sweet but never had I thought there would be other varieties, as for the cacao, first time I've seen a cacao split and the cocoa beans removed for processing into the nibs, seen those on sale at a healthfood store here, thanks for sharing Sir and wishing a great rest of the week! :)

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

Joe, Aloha, glad you found your way here. There are 500 videos on the sight. Tap the "uploads" button right below my face on the main Green Garden Guy page to open up enough material for a marathon viewing.

Amazing garden bill! I just planted my first Jaboticaba. Good things come to those who wait huh! The Bay Area lost an all star gardener but I'm glad you found paradise! Cheers!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Oh heck, I'm still around, still gardening, not lost. I have to admit I am having one heck of a good time. This is first time in years I had enough room to plant grinding corn for flour and meal. I opened up a patch 12' x 150' today for the sole purpose of corn. This might be paradise but I am in corn heaven. I had enough space to plant Hawaiian sweet corn at a distance so the pollen won't drift. I have to wait for the grinding corn to hit the ankle before I plant the popcorn though. Pollen from hard corn totally messes up popcorn. Thanks for watching, more to come.

@plantabundance

8 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I've never had Hawaiian sweet corn, I'm sure it's great! Sounds like you have the corn thing down to a science. Your video titled "Corn?" is a great watch chock-full of good info. I look forward to the videos to come!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Glad you could make use of the information or at least the entertainment. I am currently editing the second half of the garden tour and just shot a video about corn again this morning. Look forward, it's coming. Bill

You look so great cleaned up!

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

No actual changes, just as clean or dirty as i ever was. Only trimmed some hair and it comes back fast.

Wow Bill, that was fast! Thank you so much.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Just call me Quick Draw McCanon. You are welcome.

awesome mate

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have been on sight daily fo over a year now and things have progressed. I'll have to get around to shooting an update tour.

Loved it.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you and me both! Bill

Loved the tour Bill.

@unlabuntenga

8 жыл бұрын

I agree part 2 please!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. It is a bright sunny day here. I might just grab the camera and take a walk

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, nice morning think I'll go for a walk with the camera.

Awesome Garden!

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

The garden at that time had been tended by me only every four months or so as I traveled back and forth from the Mainland. Since then I have been here for a year solid and the garden has really developed. I'll have to do a 2017 walk.

@itsmapleman

7 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Can't wait to see the update. I love your vids and I learn so much from them.

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

I enjoy making them. Next time I don't have a specific job to do I'll walk around.

I love those cacao fruits 😁

@GreenGardenGuy1

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like home grown chocolate

Thanks for the great tour! Oh, so much fun, fruity, flowery things going on! Dark purple dragon fruit? PLEASE show those beauties when fruiting. Love the limes, cocoa seed harvest, loved it all. Thanks Bill!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

To get the Desert King Dragon Fruit on to the Island from Israel I had to reduce them to seeds. I planted them three weeks back and have them large enough to move to individual pots tomorrow. I fear it will be about 2 years before I have fruit to show off on these purple beauties. So glad to hear you enjoyed the tour. I get a lot of enjoyment from all this too. I made ceviche yesterday from fresh Ono fish, my limes with Maui onions, fresh jalapeno, home grown cherry tomato and Hawaiian sea salt. Awesome is all I can say, I love those limes too!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I just started Maui onion seeds this week, aka Granex Onions. This is the same seed they call Vidalia, Texas Sweet or Maui onion. Onions take care and until now I haven't been around enough for them. Mine came from the Hilo Farmers market at the moment. They are actually grown on the Big Island but everyone knows the name Maui Onion. They are tough to grow in California because they are short day onions. California's latitude is best suited to day neutral onions. I am planting them at the wrong time of year here but I will use them as green onions for the summer and then plant a proper crop again in the fall. Israel does more Dragon Fruit breeding than anyone else. Desert King was one of their new varieties. I picked the fruit up in California imported from Israel, didn't have to go there to pick it up myself! My future project is to begin breeding the plant on the Big Island using the unusual types that I have been collecting. Since a lot of my stuff was collected as seed it will take me a while to get into full swing. I just ordered coconut fiber mat to wrap my growing posts with. I have determined that this epiphytic cactus wants a surface to root on off the ground and needs aerial fertilization. In nature it climbs palm trees and gets lots of bird crap 20 feet up in the air. It doesn't always feed well at the ground level.

@Gardeninggirl1107

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, I planted Granex (Vidalia) seeds and they did well here. Thinking it was just timed right. Couldn't replicate it though, but I will keep trying. HaHa! I didn't think you actually travelled all the way to Israel for the dragon fruit seed. It was just a joke 😀 Sounds like you are very busy and happy. I love all that you are doing on your land. I watched your artichoke soup recipe the other day - very yummy. I tried growing artichokes here but the weather wasn't cooperative and gophers pulled all the young plants under. They were also very hard to germinate - any tips? Thanks Bill have a great day!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I almost lost my artichokes to the gopher from hell several years back. Now I have left the plants behind in California and just planted seeds for Imperial Star a week ago on the Island. They don't grow chokes over here but I am willing to take a shot at it for $3 worth of seed. Artichoke seedling damp off very easily. Use a well drained medium to sprout the seed that is rather sterile like Pro Mix HP or Sunshine Aggregate plus. You can mix your own using milled sphagnum peat, perlite and vermiculite. Do not over water! Use fresh seed and things should work out. When ever possible though it is better to use vegetative propagation rather than seed for chokes. They are kind of random from seed and I find I get a lot of off types that way. I just moved some of my weed block to make a patch for grinding corn out along the front fence. Nice rich bottom land, everything grows out of control on that end of the property. I had to destroy a Lilikoi vine that was only 2 years old down there because it grew 60 feet in diameter and ate four rows of coffee. The corn has better manners.

@Gardeninggirl1107

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the artichoke seeds I sent away for were packaged as if they were gold - total 6 seeds, (supposed to be 2 varieties) sealed in a foil-lined pouch with organic/heirloom insignia within an "earth-friendly" paper sleeve. I'll look for a couple propagated ones - the mom & pop nursery here surprises me with random good stuff, but always at a high price. I also love the purple spacey-looking artichoke flowers - seems the bees love them too. What kind of corn will you be grinding and do you have a corn grinder? Are you growing corn now in that rich fertile land? Yeah, passion fruit vines can take over. I suppose sacrificing it for the sake of java and well-behaved corn is worth it. But with all the lilikoi you have going, will you be juicing some of the sweet nectar and saving/canning it for dry periods, or do lilikoi flourish all year long?

Such a nice piece of property. to a loser such as myself on the east coast some of those fruits are extremely exotic and completely off my radar. The only betel nut I've tried was dried fresh is much stronger I've heard. Awesome place you have.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Due to the mess they make of your teeth I have never tried Betel nut. They are available in season at the local farmers markets though. I grew mine for the look of the palm and for seed crop. I really like this property too. I consider myself fortunate to have found it before someone else did. It was miss listed in the MLS so no one knew it was for sale. I stumbled on it by accident. The only thing that didn't fit my expectations was the price. You could buy a place in the same general area for 30% of what I paid. On the other hand, you get what you pay for.

Wow 😮, Cool 😎, cacao.

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

Great crop, nothing like chocolate in the garden.

Beautiful! I will have a food forest some day too!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Plant now, where ever you are. The future is now. Thanks for watching, Bill

@Luz-xl5bk

8 жыл бұрын

+GreenGardenGuy1 So true. I live in the city, only have a deck on the 24th floor and live in MN, but I've turned it into a jungle. I'm headed to Tampa FL in the next year so I'm pretty excited.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I hope you find more space in Tampa. Happy gardening, Bill

Ah! Mountain View! Yay!

@GreenGardenGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

I see you found me!

In countries where cacao trees grow, people use to eat the pulp that surrounds the seeds. I has a pleasant sweet acidic fruity taste. In some countries they use the pulp to make cacao juice and roast the seeds to make chocolate.

@GreenGardenGuy1

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is eaten in Hawaii by some folks too. I don't find it very desirable as a food but tastes are personal. Of all the cacao pulp I have ever tasted the pulp of Cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorum) is the best. Tastes like chocolate and pineapple.

Bring back your souring theme song you used to put at the start of every video. It was so chill haha

@GreenGardenGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

Leo, I bet you mean Soaring, I'm already "souring" enough!

@leonardoalfonso7080

5 жыл бұрын

@@GreenGardenGuy1 Soaring haha

What is that wire grid you use for the planter table you set up. I know you had another video on the subject; cant recall what it is. Love the new place!

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I really couldn't tell you what the stuff is called or if it has any other purpose than nursery tables. Here in Hawaii most of the nursery materials dealers sell the stuff in 16 foot long sections specifically for building nursery tables. The County Agriculture dept. is picky about how stuff is grown and this material placed at least 18" off the ground is legal for plants destine for export. I am using concrete blocks for support, chain link fence pipes for reinforcement and galvanized welded wire tops. Here is a link to a mainland source for the stuff. www.usgr.com/benches/benches_econo.php

Can you do a video about house building? How much of the work are you allowed to do yourself? What are the costs for material? Thank you.

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

That is a really large question that goes beyond the space allowed here. The building codes over here change constantly so the only advice I can give is to have a look at them. The county of Hawaii posts all it's codes online. We used to have a rather liberal owner builder program here but that came to an end about 10 years back. You can still do it but you have to set yourself up as the contractor with the county. Sorry, I have no videos about house building. Material costs change constantly too and there are so many ways you can buy material. Different sources have different pricing. The cheapest way to go is to purchase the materials as a package from one of the major lumber mills. Lots of people use HPM, I went with the Pacific Northwest lumber mill called Honsador. They ship lumber from their mill to outlets in Hilo and sell it as a package with the house plans and everything for building except for the concrete. My house is 2000 sq foot and the package for everything but the foundation came to $69,000. By the time I got the carpenters and the cement guys paid off the finished home cost me $84 per square foot.

Hi Bill, What kind of soil mixture do you plant the anthuriums in? I've been afraid to try to grow them, because they need a soil-less mix...or so I've heard...

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

You need a soil less mix if you live in Hawaii and plan to export the anthuriums. If you do not plan to ship the plants then what you grow them in is rather open to debate and available materials. Lots of people here us lava cinder. This has become rare since the AG dept found nematodes in the cinder and require it be steamed. We use mostly medium chunk size coconut coir mixed with Pro-mix HP. I also have some in conventional potting soil and they seem fine too. High pH. poor drainage and salt build up are your biggest problems. Fast drainage, constant flushing and a pH below 6.2 are advisable.

Bill the paste covering the beans is really delicious. Kind of like eating a small candy but to not bite into the seeds its very bitter. Hmm another method for preparing the beans that we use in Jamaica is to sun dry then roast them like a nut. The coating will come off like a thin shell.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I also air dry and then roast the beans. As you say the shell comes right off afterwards. Perhaps the mucilage on the variety you have in Jamaica is tastier. To me it smells and tastes like hand lotion. I will give it another taste test next time I harvest beans. Thanks, Bill

@riconavy1

8 жыл бұрын

+GreenGardenGuy1 hmm when the been hasn't completely ripened it tastes terrible. One it has completely rippened it has a very sweet and tangy flavor like a candy. When it is completely rippened the pulp surrounding the been a will have a very soft texture.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Okay, so now you got me going. I had to run out in the field and cut down three pods that were so ripe they would be starting to rot by next week. I will admit they taste better than they smell. I would describe the flavor of the pulp as acidic, citrus like maybe but more like limes than oranges because there isn't a lot of sugar in it. I agree it is edible but I bet it has a laxative effect if you eat enough of it. What color cacao are you eating, red or yellow? I ate the red and it is hardly sweet, perhaps your variety has a better flavor?

@riconavy1

8 жыл бұрын

+GreenGardenGuy1 hmm when have both red and yellow, but our pods seem a lot larger than the ones you had in the video. Oh yes forgot to mention not to eat too much it does indeed have a laxative effect lol. Ours we very sweet and addictive you could never just eat one. Our tree are a lot older though I think the trees are left over from the old Plantation days so they could possibly be pushing over a hundred years old. Not too sure on that but they were here before my 80 years old grandmother. I am curious to know how many different strains of cocoa beans there are. Oh and our blue mountian coffees produce a ton. They are usually grown only in shaded forest tough.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I think you figured it. My experience with apples and citrus is the older the trees the sweeter the fruit. Satsuma Mandarins from 50 year old trees are much better than fruit from 20 year trees. Cox Orange Pippin apple is poor from young trees but from old trees they are excellent. The age of you trees is probably the reason. In Hawaii cacao seldom lives long enough to get that old. 20 year is typical replacement age. We have at least three types of cacao here, criollo, forastero, & trinitario and hybrids between them. I have experimented with the Jamaican Blue Mountain variety of coffee here. I have about 40 tree of this variety but it does poorly here. The plants grow very large, the yield is low and until they are past 15 years that hate the sun. Most coffee in Hawaii is sun grown. We just got through a 3 year drought here. The Red Cattura came through with a good yield, the Kona typica (Guatemalan) did okay but the Jamaican Blue Mountain that was less than 15 years old and in sun looks like hell warmed over. Some things are best left where you find them. I love Jamaican Blue Mountain, when it is grown in Jamaica! Bill

Do you grow cacao criollo, forastero, or trinitario?

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Hawaii uses seedlings of the three common varieties of cacao - Criollo, Forastero and Trinitario, as well as their hybrids (such as ICS 95 and Amelonado) are grown statewide. I believe what i have here is Criollo cacao Red and Yellow podded. I can't tell you for sure because cacao gets around here as seeds and I have planted from a variety of sources.

A coupe of year we decided to move to South California, Hawaii or Texas for self-sufficient acreage. I think Hawaii seems to be a better choice between three. You have an excellent yard, this summer break we are planning to visit a few places and if we are in big island we would like to visit you.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

The house is selling in California so I have no other place to be but Hawaii. You are welcome to drop in. Just let me know when you are coming so I can bake a macnut pie. Ha-ha. Texas was never on my list but California and Hawaii were. I spent the past 25 years living in California and I have very little of anything bad to say about it. The three greatest negatives are the drought, population and cost. The land is very expensive, cost is what pushed me to the Big Island. The land is much cheaper here than in most of CA. There is a lot to learn about land in HI though. It is like no other place I have been. The climate can change by the foot from very wet to very dry. The soils can change from hard lava to deep loam in a short distance. It is cold in one spot and very hot in another. Water wells are impossible unless you are right near the shore line. Some places lava flows everyday, others it hasn't flowed for 750,000 years or more. One spot has endless sun another is always in the clouds, etc. Do your research. I spent a year studying this purchase before I started shopping. For me it was worth while, this is the best place I have ever owned.

@VOTE4TAJ

8 жыл бұрын

+GreenGardenGuy1 Thank you for brief but detailed analysis. I will consider all of the conditions in mind. Following John Kohler's channel I have learn a few things about having fruit and veggie gardens in Hawaii. We recently located an acreage in big island and will pick between Rancho de Santa Fe, Valley Center or Hawaii.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Well it is hard to beat life in the San Diego area, that's for sure. If you can afford the land you can't go wrong. We just sold what had been a real junker of a house in the SF Bay area for near 3/4 million. California is real estate market nuts. We did a lot of work to get that money but the place still had a cracked foundation from one of the big earth quakes. As far as Hawaii is concerned there is no shortage of land for sale on the Big Island. You have 4000 sq miles here with only 200,000 people on it. Most of the land is empty. the Island some of the finest property you can buy in the USA, it also has a lot of junk. Be careful when you shop here and do your research. Paradise and pure hell can be side by side. Generally if the price seems to good to be true here then you are best to walk away. You get what you pay for. I consider Hawaii to be a better value than California for three reasons. Land is generally less expensive here so large acreage is still possible for most buyers. Water and population growth in California will remain a huge problem for the future. Water recharge in Hawaii is way beyond the population pressure. The stuff gushes out around the bottom of the Island in enormous springs. Finally, the environment in Hawaii is much fresher and cleaner than California. Provided you do not place yourself where the trade winds blow the gas from the volcano the air is the cleanest in the nation. I can see the Light House point at Kumukihi from my window, this is where we measure the base line for air quality in the USA. If you are planing to do some farming the political climate on the Islands is very much supportive of food self sufficiency. In CA they will laugh at you if you claim to farm on 2 acres. In HI it is a fact of life, we have few large farm operations here other than the Parker Ranch. Most coffee farms are 1 to 3 acres.

@VOTE4TAJ

8 жыл бұрын

+GreenGardenGuy1 Thank you very much, the new unknown realities makes decision making very smooth.

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Anytime. Questions about California and Hawaii are almost as much fun for me as garden issues.

Bill can I buy some cacao seeds from you? It's been long time I wanted to plant some ... please let me know how can I possibly buy some .. thanks

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

It is possible but there are issues surrounding shipment of cacao seeds. Contact me at my email greengardenservice@yahoo.com for more information.

Cool! Are you still there?

@GreenGardenGuy1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they will probably bury me under the pineapples here.

Hey Bill, I have seen a personal sawmill called a Lucas Swingblade Sawmill. You can find them on the internet. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone on the island mills their own wood for barns and fences etc ? I don't know anything about trees in Hawaii.

@GreenGardenGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

We have quite a few small sawmill operators here. Most of them use band saw mills. the story of lumber on the Big island is very different than the mainland. Most lumber here is made from Koa, Macadamia nut, Mango, and Monkey pod. All of these woods are far too valuable to use for building. They use band saws and cut the stuff like diamonds It sells for a very high price. Koa is about $60 a board foot for the low grade stuff and closer to $250 per board foot for the sweet stuff. The main native tree is the Ohia but the stuff is so hard termites don't eat it and it will take the teeth off a saw. Lately we have a Rapid Ohia Decline disease on the Big Island and the state has prohibited moving ohia from one place to another. If you have it you can use it only on the sight the trees were cut. Most construction lumber here comes from the Pacific North West. Several PNW sawmills have stores here that sell the stuff brought on barges. My house lumber is totally from Washington state. The only "pine" type tree we have here is the Cook pine and it is so sap filled that the wood has translucent pockets. It is used only for art objects.

@johnmazza9432

5 жыл бұрын

That's all very interesting. Today I contacted a sawmill manufacture called Peterson Sawmills and they make a swingblade sawmill like the Lucas I mentioned. The nice thing about those mills is that they aren't as tricky to operate as a bandsaw mill . The bandsaw mills tend to get dull quickly and need constant replacement and tensioning. Hawaii is beautiful but it comes with it's own set of challenges as you know. So glad for people like yourself who share their expertise.

@GreenGardenGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnmazza9432 I am not expert on lumber mills but I suspect the reason the band saw is used here is it is more precise with less waste. Koa wood sawing is more like cutting a diamond than a log. High value wood is handled with extreme care . There is no such thing as "waste" when sawing Koa. Event the tiny bits are used for chopsticks and earrings. Google some of the Big Island wood suppliers and you will see what I mean. I lived in Northern Wisconsin for years where we had many conventional sawmills. There is no comparison here in Hawaii. Like most Hawaiian products, our lumber is extremely high value.

I enjoy your video very much. Does your wife love gardening too? It's great when you can find a partner who enjoy the thing you do.

@GreenGardenGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

Ellen does here orchids, tropical flowers, vanilla beans and several thousand white pineapple.

Well it's been a few years since this video was posted, how did the Brazilian Jabotica end up?

@GreenGardenGuy1

4 жыл бұрын

All 10 or so are doing fine. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYNrwbulgrPQocY.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/amal0Zpvaby5h8Y.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJmd0Mafka_XZrw.html

dirt in Puna, lucky find!

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

There is actually quite a bit of soil in Puna. It just isn't located in lava zone 1 where the low cost land that attracts people is found. This place cost 3 to 4 times what the local lava lands sell for. Most of the soil in Puna follows Hwy 11 from Keaau up to Volcano. It is spotty and in pockets. There is more north of the Hwy than south.

@hawaiidoves

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. I read somewhere that Puna, is the size of Oahu in square miles. My friend used to live up in Mountain 'view, around 2500 feet above sea level. Lots of soil there...and rain!

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the 2500 foot mark put him right in the middle of the Kilauea cloud forest. Not exactly a pleasant location. Weather is better below 1500 feet. It is also better at 4000 feet around Volcano provided you don't mind 40 degree nights.

@hawaiidoves

6 жыл бұрын

I remember visiting him a few times. I got lucky and once it was a clear day, As soon as the sun slipped passed the trees in the afternoon, I could feel the cold, and it felt nice, being that I'm from low elevation Kaneohe. My friend, passed away shortly after that, and so no visiting Mountain View anymore. Mahalo, for your videos, I enjoy your talk and the looks of your property!

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

People from the warm areas of Hawaii often shiver here in Mountain View. Weather is a lot like spring most of the time, not a lot of summer heat. Volcano is even cooler. They grow grapes from New York up there.

I love eating the white flesh from cacao and just leave the brown part for my grandma making chocolate from it

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

I have found that the different types of cacao have different flavors to the pulp. I have a red cacao here that the pulp isn't very pleasant yet the yellow pod type is pretty good.

I am planning on retiring near Mountain View in about 5 years. I would like to meet you and check out your place next time i'm out there. Whats your address?

@GreenGardenGuy1

7 жыл бұрын

Sure, you are welcome to drop in. Contact me at greengardenservice@yahoo.com and I will share my address with you. Out of curiosity why have you chosen Mountain View?

@mattmdee

7 жыл бұрын

I emailed you.

Wow, the acres will keep your "retirement" busy. Just curious that I don't see any papayas on your lot. Is that because the climate in Puna is not suitable for papaya?

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

I had papaya up here for years but due to neglect and lack of nutrients they gradually faded away. Now that I am here to tend them I have started a couple of new varieties and I will be putting more into the field this week. Papaya is one of my favorite fruit and they are good green or ripe. Nice double purpose plant. In the mean time the price is so low on the local market that there hasn't been a big push for me to grow them. In the peak season they are often as low as 6 for $1 at the farmers market. Lately they have been $2 for 6.

@TTran-xn8vc

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bill, for the reply. I always have at least 2 Hawaiian papayas everyday when visiting Honolulu. They taste so good. The size is just right. Besides the price is not so expensive as $4 a piece in Bay area if I can find them. What varieties are you growing? I've heard most of Hawaiian papayas are genetically modified with virus resistance. Do you have opinion about GM papayas?

@GreenGardenGuy1

8 жыл бұрын

Most of the commercial Hawaiian Papaya crop is located in Kapoho, just down the mountain from me. I can see them on the horizon from my front porch. Only one Papaya is GMO, the Hawaiian Sunrise but....like most GMO crops we believe the pollen spreads and may have cross contaminated many other Papaya types. I don't think anyone really know how extensive this is. All in all the modification was made to resist a bad disease called ring spot virus. It isn't the worst thing that could have happened. I grow the classic original Hawaiian Solo papaya and a shorter version called Waimanolo Solo that has somewhat larger fruit with a shorter stalk.

Can I grow durian in Hawaii and, if so, how?

@GreenGardenGuy1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it grows here at low elevation. How? Rent or buy some land, plant some trees and wait 25 years. It helps to spend the time training, feed and weeding the trees.

Hi Bill Is it possible to purchase lavender grosso from you I live in honolulu zone 11 Thanks

@GreenGardenGuy1

3 жыл бұрын

Mountain View, HI get 150" of rain a year, lavender likes it dry. California was the perfect spot. I have a bit of Hidcote growing on gravel under the south edge of my roof. That's the only spot I can find where it will grow.

You should grow sugar Apple

@GreenGardenGuy1

5 жыл бұрын

I have them.

wheres the buds Bill? ;)

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

If I was to show that I would have hippies in black PJ's crawling through the bushes looking for a toke. No way. Bill

Hi Green garden guy your neighbor said I should contact you. I’m looking for true deep purple lilikoi. Varietal from the old vines that originally came over from Australia. Looking to get cuttings.

@GreenGardenGuy1

4 жыл бұрын

I had the plant around for a while but found it was not tolerant to local diseases. I could not get the plants to survive longer than a few years before they expired here. I have replaced all of my lilikoi with a selection that is a hybrid between P. edulis flavicarpa and P. laurifolia. It is by far the finest passion fruit I have ever eaten. It is also far more productive than others and is highly resistant to disease.

@nakamura62

4 жыл бұрын

GreenGardenGuy1 hi and thanks. I have both of the varities you mention and good fruit. Thank you.

@GreenGardenGuy1

4 жыл бұрын

@@nakamura62 That's not two plants, it's a hybrid created from the two that is a single plant. By far the finest lilikoi I have ever encountered. It is twice as sweet as the purple and very resistant. I have discontinued growing the purple, it is inferior to this hybrid. If you in the area drop in for a sample, it is amazing.

Bill how can I get some dragons seed

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

The seeds are available on my website www.greengardenservice.net

Ditto to the comment below. You’d be a great science teacher to Kids

@GreenGardenGuy1

6 жыл бұрын

I've tried teaching kids and failed miserably. Most adults come to a class because they hope to learn something. Children can be inspired to learn but many of them are only there because the must be.