Author Topic: Pics from the garden (Read 35124 times)

roblack · « **Reply #75 on:** November 22, 2018, 11:18:03 AM »

FFF lemon drop

garcinia acuminata

garcinia aristata. love this little compact tree!

kuini. Plan on grafting this kuini to an in-ground casturi tree, after it grows and branches out.

borojoa. lost one, down to 2 plants. Dioecious, so not sure what will do unless I'm lucky enough to have a male and female.

roblack · « **Reply #76 on:** March 27, 2019, 11:23:59 PM »

Purple Caimito ripening. Does anyone know if this is ready to pick? Fruit has softened up some, lots of purple on other side.

Jungle Yard · « **Reply #77 on:** March 28, 2019, 06:04:42 AM »

Beautifuly grown plants and a great variety! It will be exciting to see them maturing in a few years.
Where did you find Borojoa? I am looking for them too.

Jungle Yard · « **Reply #78 on:** March 28, 2019, 06:09:56 AM »

Quote from: Jungle Yard on March 28, 2019, 06:04:42 AM

Beautifuly grown plants and a great variety! It will be exciting to see them maturing in a few ears
Where did you find Borojoa? I am looking for them too.

I would let it get fully ripen on the tree until it is all dark purple. After the fruits are harvested they can last some time. Even if the outside gets shriveled a little, they are still good tasting.

roblack · « **Reply #79 on:** March 28, 2019, 08:41:22 AM »

Thanks JY!

Just checked the caimito, and the ripest fruit is about 70% purple. Going to watch and wait.

The borojoa plants were from 7 heads off eBay. I had 3, lost one, and one of the 2 left is not looking so good. Haven't really given them the attention they need.

Jungle Yard · « **Reply #80 on:** March 28, 2019, 09:07:51 AM »

Quote from: roblack on March 28, 2019, 08:41:22 AM

Thanks JY!

Just checked the caimito, and the ripest fruit is about 70% purple. Going to watch and wait.

The borojoa plants were from 7 heads off eBay. I had 3, lost one, and one of the 2 left is not looking so good. Haven't really given them the attention they need.

Do your magic with botojoa, don't loose them. I hopefully have some germinating too.

roblack · « **Reply #81 on:** March 29, 2019, 10:01:37 PM »

Went ahead and picked 2 caimitos. About 6 more on the tree. Not too bad for first time fruiting. Hope they taste good.

Jungle Yard · « **Reply #82 on:** March 29, 2019, 11:09:48 PM »

Quote from: roblack on March 29, 2019, 10:01:37 PM

Went ahead and picked 2 caimitos. About 6 more on the tree. Not too bad for first time fruiting. Hope they taste good.

Let them really get ripen, get softly firm to the touch. They taste better.
Also, warning, the skin has lots of resin. I usually cut then in half and use the spoon to scoop the inside leaving skin untouched. But you probably know that. Lol

roblack · « **Reply #83 on:** April 07, 2019, 02:00:08 PM »

Getting better on the caimito ripening thing. Leaving the last ones on the tree longer, as they are sweeter when allowed to wrinkle some.

Dream scion grafted on Gefner

...another

guanabana. 5 good fruits going.

groupshot

jabos. got about 3.5 lbs of fruit total. tree is fruiting again.

ndm4

Thai Dwarf

Thai Dwarf vs FL Everbearing

Pineapple, sugar loaf or FL special?

passi nitida

Sweethearts, yum

macadamia flowers. tree needs some tlc

FMfruitforest · « **Reply #84 on:** April 07, 2019, 04:11:52 PM »

Nice fruits, the trees look good, awesome collection

roblack · « **Reply #85 on:** April 08, 2019, 01:26:17 PM »

Thanks FM! It's been a lot of fun putting the collection together. Even more fun consuming the harvest.

roblack · « **Reply #86 on:** April 19, 2019, 04:08:20 PM »

There are 2 passion vines growing on this pongan tree. The leafy one evident at the lower parts of the tree is passiflora nitida. Has flowered, but still no fruits. The other vine is a seedling from a Panama Red vine that landscapers killed. I couldn't see any leaves until most of the pongan tree leaves dropped.

The leaves near the top are Panama Red. They are probably at 35 ft +.

Noticed some nice sized fruits way up there. Best pic I could get on my phone, they are so high. Guess will have to wait for these to drop. Hope the squirrels don't get em all first.

roblack · « **Reply #87 on:** June 21, 2019, 10:03:29 AM »

Time for an update:

roblack · « **Reply #88 on:** June 21, 2019, 12:59:19 PM »

Giant Grenadilla

xmario · « **Reply #89 on:** June 21, 2019, 01:00:44 PM »

Good looking Guanabanas, so did you have to hand pollinate or let nature take care, also how many guanabana trees you have in the orchard, i know normally they are very shy bearers.
My two trees are only 1-2 year old and grow tall like crazy, 12ft tall, no fruit yet, just flowers.

roblack · « **Reply #90 on:** June 21, 2019, 03:52:32 PM »

Thanks Marius.

Only one guanabana tree. Held about 6 fruit this time. I tried hand pollinating, but was doing it wrong (wasn't catching the pollen soon enough). Have since figured it out.

The fruit that formed were mostly high up (8 feet or so), beyond the height of where I hand pollinated. So it happened naturally.

Plan on getting more fruits next time, as will hand pollinate like crazy.

This tree has been fruiting for a couple of years now, but only a few at a time. Was about 4 feet and in a 3 gallon pot when planted in ground back in 2016.

roblack · « **Reply #91 on:** October 08, 2019, 10:42:42 AM »

Finally got my mangosteen in ground. Had to jackhammer a hole through solid limestone. Over 2 feet deep and 4+ feet in diameter. Lined hole and painted with Mikrokote.

Tree was in a root saver pot. Check out the nice fibrous root system.

Added ton of sand and topsoil to the bottom layer, with peat and biochar. Added organic soil with perlite and biochar to the top layers. Built a mound, which is secured with root saver pots attached to each other. Hoping this will suffice to keep the roots happy and out of alkaline soil.

AlexTrees · « **Reply #92 on:** October 09, 2019, 08:48:04 PM »

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spaugh · « **Reply #93 on:** October 09, 2019, 10:21:52 PM »

Rob did you harvest the sweetheart bananas yet?

roblack · « **Reply #94 on:** October 09, 2019, 11:00:09 PM »

Hey Brad.

Yes, trying to dig up a pic, think my wife has it on her phone. Got a nice bunch. Thieves nabbed the other, too early and a waste.

Nanners were real good. Great flavor and big. Still got a few in the freezer for smoothies, didn't let any go to waste.

3 nice plants have sprung up. Training them away from the fence this time.

roblack · « **Reply #95 on:** January 24, 2020, 08:44:48 AM »

Quote from: spaugh on October 09, 2019, 10:21:52 PM

Rob did you harvest the sweetheart bananas yet?

here they are:

roblack · « **Reply #96 on:** January 24, 2020, 08:52:25 AM »

Purple mangosteen appears to have handled 38F overnight on Tues, with 20mph+ winds. Had a sprinkler on it all night. 40's on Weds, no sprinkler. Some of the larger leaves were already damaged from drying out when still in a pot, so really looks no worse since the cold hit. There is new growth, but it has slowed/halted with the cold weather.

dwfl · « **Reply #97 on:** January 24, 2020, 10:30:03 AM »

Rob, cool pics. G. aristata is almost like a native tree here. Planted one a couple years ago and havent watered or fertilized it once and its growing well. Eventually they do get big. ECHO has a large fruiting tree near their main building if you ever get a chance to go there. Not much to write home about in flavor but incredibly productive.

A similar tree is G. portoricensis. Leaves still have spikes on the ends on this species but are slightly larger and more rounded. Fruit similar to G. aristata but more floral in taste. Haven't seen the new growth on either of these species affected by cold here. Just took a couple pics:

G. aristata

G. portoricensis

roblack · « **Reply #98 on:** April 17, 2020, 01:24:26 PM »

Thanks Dwfl! Those are nice. Would like to try g. porto!

Will take a pic of my aristata and post. It's in ground and seems to be getting ready to bust out.

Here is g. mangostana getting happy again. Had a rough winter, having just been planted in ground and then cooler temps hitting. Lots of the leaves were burnt at the ends, and I was worried about recovery. Well, lots of new growth popping, and she's looking happy despite the very hot weather and lack of rain. Have been watering like crazy.

spaugh · « **Reply #99 on:** April 17, 2020, 03:38:18 PM »

Nice Rob

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