A Visit to Exotica Rare Tropical Fruit Nursery in Vista California

[CountToBen]

John, speaking of exotic fruits...

I found someone online who is sending me a cutting of a Peanut Butter fruit plant. I have never dealt with cuttings before, but I plan dip the root tip in rooting hormone and plant in cactus/citrus potting mix on top of a heating pad for growing indoors. Is there anything else I need to know?

[sukkot54]

Re: Curry Leaf ....no,its absolutely wrong to dream that Curry Powder or what you call "curry seasoning" involves drying and powdering of the leaves. I think you need a fact checker! :)

Curry leaf may be dried and ground with dry roast lentils and other spices to make "parappu podi", but for "curries" fresh leaf is essential, that is why they sell the plants, otherwise you could just buy dried leaf at the store, and is used fresh, in very hot oil and blanched.. good video though!

[CoconutChrisHawaii]

Awesome video John, I lived and worked there for 3 years 1999-2002, Steve, his mother Janet, are Angels , growing over 1000 different types of useful plants organically,

A very nobel profession,a nursery man,to create so much life and abundance to share with people all over the world these plants are being sent to, this place needs more video footage like this at different times of year to show the many treasures we have at our fingertips.

[sreejunair1980]

ALAN GARDENS

Manthuruthy.P.O, Kottayam Dist, Kerala State,India.

Ph: 0091 – 09495234232, rajeshkarapalli@yahoo.com

For Very Good Varieties of Fruit Plants (Grafted, Bud and Seedling)

[greenroomdude]

Jelly palms are a great choice of palm!! Great color. Great fruit.

[Illchangeitlater]

Where I'm from, we call cherimoya "skobapel" in our local language, that would be "schubappel" in dutch and it literally means "scales apple" :)

[MrJjjfffsss]

Ive always eaten loquat skins to ... there good,,,

[Skeletor4ever]

I saw this video today, and wanted to see this place for myself. Not to sound as rude as andrew96ok, yes his nursery is cluttered, and a lot of plants aren't labled. This definitely ain't no Home Depot. This nursery is more of an earthy forest type nursery. You might get lost in there lol. Just ask Steve what you're looking for, and he will guide you right to it. He's a tall hippy looking dude. Very friendly too. If you're looking for something rare, unique, and inexpensive, check out Exotica.

[brownmuscle]

the leaves of the CURRY LEAF TREE are used in curries not as a powder but as a type of herb to add flavour to the curry. It DOES NOT taste anything like curry =)

[andrew96ok]

This nursery is a fucking mess. Are you kidding? The guy doesn't know what he has, the plants are all mislabeled, and they are completely clueless.

[joylovefun]

i've always eaten the skin of the loquat....

[tklemerand]

what is the Term colonal stock?? people use it to graph avocado...

[zekehooper]

Who does the camera work? Is it Sage? Cool trick with the dirtballs on the trees. Love the bamboo.

[jihadacadien]

There's a lot of signs...........that's looks like a great place! so many trees!

[phantomcreamer]

This was a great tour, thanks.

[TheUrbanOutdoors]

Nice videos, very informative....keep up the garden updates

[skullylovesroland]

Hey John, was just curious.

You peeled the loquate (sp?) and dropped the pits on the ground.

Would they not grow into another tree, or did you just not want another one?

I have seen you collect many seeds...so this kinda surprised me.

i figured that you would save all seeds that you find.