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Tomatoes, they're put into everything and they taste aweful. I guess commercial varieties aren't too bad because they're so bland and tastless but I can't stand homegrown, the flavorful tomatoey taste explosion is too much for me.

Wow. First person I ever heard prefer store tomato to homegrown. Give me a ripe Cherokee purple or a brandywine and I’ll just slice it in half put some coarse sea salt on it and...well that’s just a little peace of heaven my friend.

My contribution to the thread is store bought stone fruit. Tart rocks imo

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Where can I buy cherimoyas in NorCal?
« on: April 13, 2019, 06:16:58 PM »
I used to get them at the large flea market in east San Jose. There was a Mexican farmers market inside there that sold them along with sapote, mamey, guava and some others. Not sure what fruit they would have at this point in the season

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Growing citrus in pots
« on: March 29, 2019, 02:00:20 PM »
Lusk do you get a lot of fruit from them?

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I’ve seen joe real posting on growingfruit.org

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: "Southern" Pawpaw Source?
« on: March 19, 2019, 11:09:33 AM »
Peaceful heritage nursery in Tennessee has many types

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Féin is is very ornamental

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Osmocote on sale (Amazon)
« on: March 15, 2019, 11:26:19 PM »
Thanks zephian got a bag

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Guavas in NorCal (9B)
« on: March 02, 2019, 10:44:39 AM »
Osh and Lowe’s will carry guavas in late spring mostly from Laverne’s or four winds. I had a Mexican cream against south brick wall in San Jose very sweet had to share with rodents though

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If you plan on putting them in the ground you should do it as soon as possible. It’s more difficult to take care of trees in pots as far as nutrients and water and root temperature go. You don’t have to build your mound out of native soil you can use a planters mix or topsoil from a local landscaping supply company. Mulch around trees will help a lot until you get irrigation set up.

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Gmo has a lot of potential like how papaya were modified to resist virus. Instead most gmo in use is on corn and soy feed where it is made to resist glyphosate herbicide. So gmo in this instance allows for more pesticides use! Better to make gmo plants that are resistant to infections rather than the chemicals that are used to treat infections

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Where is the video link?

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Not tropical but trailing rosemary is drought tolerant, deer resistant and has culinary use. Emerald carpet raspberry another possibility. Native plants are probably best choice though

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Trees for Horses/Livestock
« on: February 08, 2019, 06:08:01 PM »
Paw paw are common next to cow pasture the poop piles attract the types of flies that pollinate them

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Have you tried drying the Hachiya and saijo? They are one of the best fruits to dry and you won’t have waste

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Watermelon
« on: January 24, 2019, 03:24:18 PM »
I grew Ali baba and oranglo last year. Oranglo was much better imo

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Potted Key Lime - suddenly losing leaves
« on: January 08, 2019, 10:35:08 AM »
Key lime is one of the most cold sensitive citrus your friend might be on to something not that you shouldn’t take the advice given here

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Raiders advice is good even if you have never grafted before follow his advice and watch a YouTube video on the technique you want to try. Do a few grafts to increase your chance of success

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Persimmon tree to buy
« on: December 10, 2018, 10:36:19 PM »
Rojo Brilliante looks intriguing, but may be impossible to find here in the states.  Would Giombo be a good alternative for a good astringent variety?


TFN

If you don't mind grafting message one of these guys:
https://growingfruit.org/t/rojo-brillante-persimmons/11575/18

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pictures from middle Georgia
« on: November 25, 2018, 05:33:05 PM »
I think it will be tough to watch them die after all that tlc. That is some pretty fruit, great colors inside and out hope they taste as good as they look

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pictures from middle Georgia
« on: November 23, 2018, 03:56:13 PM »
I wonder as the trees get bigger it wouldn’t be more efficient to build a hoop house around the lot of them for winter. Not sure how big you want them to be

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: passiflora caerulea blue passion
« on: November 09, 2018, 01:35:01 PM »
If you are growing in zone 10 get the Frederick for sure it can be eaten out of hand

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Pictures from middle Georgia
« on: November 07, 2018, 08:35:48 PM »
Nice! Will be getting our first freezing temperatures next week you can’t be too far behind

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Very nice. Assuming you don’t have pictures of it but it sounds like the slope of the land helped a lot and the only glazing was the angled south wall. Nice that you made it out of salvage

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Did you do a math estimate of how much the pcm would save you each year? If it took 130$ off your yearly bill that’s a ten year payoff not bad. It must be worth it for some applications or they wouldn’t sell the Stuff

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