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Growing Fruit Trees in Florida and How to Use Your Summer Surplus

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Summers in Florida can often find boxes of surplus mangos or avocados shared among friends and colleagues, when fruiting trees leave growers with more fruit than they could possibly consume. What can you do with the extra tropical goodness? Chef Jack Raben with Fogg Café at the Naples Botanical Garden shares ideas on how to incorporate those fruits into dishes you might not otherwise consider. 

Also joining Gulf Coast Live, Naples Botanical Garden Horticulturist Brian Galligan will talk about some of the other tropical fruits you’ll find in Southwest Florida, and he’ll offer tips on establishing tropical fruit trees in your yard, and how to better care for the fruit trees you may already have. 

Matthew Smith is a reporter and producer of WGCU’s Gulf Coast Live.
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