All 3 for size comparison, fruit from screc in Irvine. The ? after YG is there because that exact tree was not labeled, but by deduction it should have been Yosemite Gold.


Small hand for scale. These are definitely smaller than GN, more of an average size for any mandarin.

Taste wise these surpassed my expectations:
white jade pineapple
flavor delight aprium

Quantity wise, I had enough to freeze/can:
possum purple passionfruit
marionberry
butia palm fruit
lemon guava
nagami kumquat

Yeah, I'm still deciding what I absolutely need to grow. Definitely mango, pineapple, papaya, avocado, guava, some sort of annona, but I may stick to someplace that can grow low chill deciduous fruit rather than tropicals like coconut.

I took my daughter to the park this morning.  These people just put this fence in.  Not sure if its a new fad or what but its got the boards horizontal.  I see a few of these around town and just here in sight 2 of them got destroyed in the wind. 

This weather makes me question why I live here.  But it seems like everywhere has their weather issues.  Hasnt rained all year and now it fire winds in december.  Lame.

Yep. If I move to Florida I know I'll have to deal with a hurricane sooner or later.  If you need help fixing anything let me know.

Your greenhouses are closed well enough to keep quail and lizards in?  Can the birds fly pretty well?  You never have windows, doors, vents etc open that they can escape from?

Quail don't really fly, they will flush straight up but only 3-4 feet high especially if their wings are clipped. I kept some in my greenhouse one winter but yeah I had to remember to shut the door (my vents are on the roof)

Sure, any day is fine for me. My pineapples are starting to color up so I might be able to bring one of those.

I have been using 1" chicken wire for gopher baskets.  I was going to use 1/2" hardware cloth but Tom del Hotal warned that it would girdle the roots.  There are some 15-20 year old gopher baskets in my yard and they haven't broken down enough for me to pull off the top edge yet.

Brad I will buy those macabee traps off you if SF doesn't want em.  Between the canyon and my neighbors ignoring their gophers I will never be rid of them.

https://growingfruit.org/t/ataulfo-mango-in-northern-california/29400

There's someone in Fairfield with a fruiting mango as well.  I grew up near there so that surprised me, it must be pretty well protected.

Anyone able to id these two?

white sugarloaf

twistie/md2

What's even more fragile than plants and fruit?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/20/usps-turmoil-thousands-chicks-arrive-dead-farmers-maine/5614777002/

Quote from: vall on August 04, 2020, 02:29:49 PM

They grow like bananas, if one gets too tall or leans over too much you can cut it down and one of the pups will replace it.  But 15 feet sounds about right (in California).

Cool. Like a banana, it will just shoot out pups indefinitely?

Yep. I don't know how quickly they pup, as my plants were established before I moved in.

If you don't find one closer to you, give Ong nursery in SD a call.

I saw it, definitely glamorized but entertaining.  I wonder what kind of funding/investors they had.