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Re: Greenhouse, RootMaker pots for tropicals and fruit "porn"
« Reply #250 on: November 03, 2019, 11:51:43 AM »
Sounds like you created your own natural hybrid of the two.

Here's an enormous thread on growing tomatoes indoors overwinter, but there's so much more to find there:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=19860


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« Reply #251 on: November 03, 2019, 12:13:35 PM »
Sounds like you created your own natural hybrid of the two.

Here's an enormous thread on growing tomatoes indoors overwinter, but there's so much more to find there:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=19860

I think Mark is growing the tomatos in his greenhouse during winter not inside his house. 

Tomatos are very cool.  Ive got a nice performing one thats still putting out big tomatos.  Its a "big rainbow" from baker creek.  Definitely will be growing that one again.
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« Reply #252 on: November 04, 2019, 07:56:47 AM »
As vines maters sprawl across the greenhouse dirt floor the way they were meant to be.
 
Will check out that Big Rainbow variety.

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« Reply #253 on: November 04, 2019, 07:58:57 AM »
It seems like all my volunteers make medium sized red tomatos.  Its strange because I never grew any like that.  We only grow cherry tomato or big heirlooms.

Juliet is my favorite.  Big tomato taste, unreal production, big grape mater.  Picking cherries is like picking 100's of small marbles.

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« Reply #254 on: January 04, 2020, 07:32:20 AM »
From my farm to the table.  Have been picking 100's of citrus for months.  Here's just a sample some from close to 100 grafts I did since the Jan. 2018 freeze. 

Now, why in the hell is Sugarloaf finishing in January! 2 on one plant too. Meyer lemon, oranges as big as grapefruits, Persian lime, key lime, etc.



Pineapple pots are loaded with pups, especially the white varieties.





Reed holding 20 fruit.



Meyer lemon on Flying Dragon.  Looks like hell but it's loaded and the quality is excellent.   Leaf drop and new leaf output comes soon.



I expect a very heavy bloom set on citrus, cocktail mangos, and the avodados - Sharwil, Lamb, GEM, Ardith, Reed, Pinkerton and an Oro Negro branch that pushed.    Sharwil and ON are B types, the rest A. 

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« Reply #255 on: January 05, 2020, 05:06:14 PM »
Mark, those pineapples look delicious.  How cold can they get and produce well?  Do you have a thread detailing how you propagate them year to year?  I wasn't able to find any avocados hiding in your Reed pic, but I'm sure they're there.

Nice work!

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« Reply #256 on: January 06, 2020, 07:32:00 AM »
Mark, those pineapples look delicious.  How cold can they get and produce well?  Do you have a thread detailing how you propagate them year to year?  I wasn't able to find any avocados hiding in your Reed pic, but I'm sure they're there.

Nice work!

Howdy!  After the 18F hit I thought all pineapples were gone so I threw about half on the burn pile ignoring the rest.  Well, they were fine as the growing point was insulated.   So if the hard freeze is brief they are cold hardy.  Mine "enjoy" 35F low often.  Having said that they really don't like temps below 45F.  Watering more than once a month induces root rot.

No thread.  Google is your friend.

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« Reply #257 on: January 06, 2020, 12:26:17 PM »
Mark, looks like I've got a new mission to accept.  Maybe I'll save this one for 2021.  I'll probably DM you some more questions down the line.  Thanks!

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« Reply #258 on: January 06, 2020, 01:12:50 PM »
Mark, looks like I've got a new mission to accept.  Maybe I'll save this one for 2021.  I'll probably DM you some more questions down the line.  Thanks!
I got a few pineapples going and popped them in my 'cheap' greenhouse for the cold season but they are doing fairly well here. Some tip damage but holding up well. If my phone is cooperating ill snap some pics and send them to you later.
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« Reply #259 on: January 07, 2020, 07:37:39 AM »
Are these pots similar to superoots? Your plants are so healthy thanks

I guess.  Science behind it is to terminate the root tips with exposure to air/light which induces root branching behind the tip.  Same principle as tipping/topping above ground.

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« Reply #260 on: January 07, 2020, 07:39:25 AM »
If my phone is cooperating ill snap some pics and send them to you later.

Feel free to post them here.

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« Reply #261 on: January 07, 2020, 10:11:30 AM »
If my phone is cooperating ill snap some pics and send them to you later.

Feel free to post them here.







One of my 'better' looking starfruit seedlings.


Muntingia Calabura (Moved inside last night. Pretty damaged)




Looks like this last week hasn't been to kind. My neighbours dogs keep tearing through my fence and digging up my garden and apparently put a hole in my greenhouse. yay. Now my pineapples appear to be 'surviving' but not thriving. I do not provide any supplemental heat as we usually only dip below freezing for short periods.
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« Reply #262 on: January 07, 2020, 11:19:09 AM »
Kris, those buds seem to be hanging on well enough.  Where are you and Mark getting your starter material?  I know you can use the store bought ones, but I bet there are better options (at some cost).  Thanks, Naysen

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« Reply #263 on: January 07, 2020, 11:26:28 AM »
I got the larger ones from Brad (Spaugh) and the smaller two are agristarts from baker creek.
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« Reply #264 on: January 07, 2020, 11:27:51 AM »
Well Springs Nursery.

Zephian, that just sucks!  Hope things get more friendly around your place.

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« Reply #265 on: January 07, 2020, 11:41:35 AM »
Thanks for the pointers.  I don't know what's worse the immediate damage an invading canine can wrought on a garden, or the slow, life-sucking extraction that invading roots from an adjacent neighbor's trees can apply.  I hope you can patch up the hole for good.

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« Reply #266 on: January 07, 2020, 11:47:02 AM »
Suckers, slips, offsets from a mature pineapple plant grow way better than tissue cultures.  I've got so many pineapples its filled my greenhouse up.  Simon's yard was full of them so he brought a ton over here and I've been collecting more types from various online vendors.  They are a fun and easy plant to grow but they get huge, you will need a decent size GH to grow them in. 
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« Reply #267 on: January 07, 2020, 11:48:42 AM »
Well Springs Nursery.

Zephian, that just sucks!  Hope things get more friendly around your place.
I will be putting wire fencing on my side for now. I can't complain too much as the previous owners of my place could not afford a fence so technically, the fence is the nieghbours.. I lost several papaya, moringa and all my fall vegetables from these dogs already.
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« Reply #268 on: January 07, 2020, 11:56:11 AM »
Suckers, slips, offsets from a mature pineapple plant grow way better than tissue cultures.  I've got so many pineapples its filled my greenhouse up.  Simon's yard was full of them so he brought a ton over here and I've been collecting more types from various online vendors.  They are a fun and easy plant to grow but they get huge, you will need a decent size GH to grow them in.
You're not kidding. There is a huge difference. I believe I got mine from baker creek during one of their charity events so I don't mind waiting. The three I got from you are huge. I expect they will be very happy to be replanted in a bigger pot this spring. Once I have a couple offsets of my own I am going to experiment growing them against a wall outside.
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« Reply #269 on: January 07, 2020, 12:10:33 PM »
I think you will need to keep them protected from rain or you will get a lot of dieback.  They rot really easily if it's cold and wet outside.
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« Reply #270 on: January 07, 2020, 02:26:26 PM »
I am to pineapples as the crazy cat lady is to cats :P









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« Reply #271 on: January 16, 2020, 04:14:19 PM »
Wow Brad!  Time to grill some pineapple with a good ribeye.

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« Reply #272 on: January 16, 2020, 04:58:25 PM »
Wow Brad!  Time to grill some pineapple with a good ribeye.

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Thats the main reason for me to buy pineaples altough its a good fruit ( sometimes i think it beats mango).
Ive just started to grow them and tomorrow il go buy another pineaple with somme steak but ,i got tired of rib eye and will try to pick the oldest and toughest possible piece of steak,possibly from the leg and preferably from an animal that was close to die from old age.
Toughest steak from oldest animal tastes better in my opinion and the pineapple puree makes it edible( tenderises it).

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« Reply #273 on: January 16, 2020, 05:15:11 PM »

Toughest steak from oldest animal tastes better in my opinion and the pineapple puree makes it edible( tenderises it).
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Green papaya or babaco makes the meat very tender

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« Reply #274 on: January 16, 2020, 05:37:27 PM »

Toughest steak from oldest animal tastes better in my opinion and the pineapple puree makes it edible( tenderises it).

Green papaya or babaco makes the meat very tender
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Ive read about that and also about kivi but i never used it because the pineaple its enough for me and allready too much.I soak the meat for an hour and it becomes soo tender that falls apart when i turn it upsidedown in the pan.