If you’re sure it’s choquette I’ll go with that. I thought I saw some slight ridging on it. I’m hoping to get my first Marcus this year as my tree has been in the ground almost 2 years.

Well it might be a Marcus Pumpkin then. See if the seed is almost perfectly round.

I’ll have to look for that beer. Sounds good, thanks.

No need to be in a hurry. Couple of days after you remove the tape we could get high winds or something.

Probably did include the peel, I think that’s where most of the AI’s are

I read the reference to the rat tail suspension. Still not sure I follow it.

There are other articles, but I chose that one because it’s a very credible source 

Check into perennial peanut. Drought tolerant and nitrogen fixing.

I agree with the above. I’d wait until it gets about 4’ high give or take.

Came across this interesting article on it a while back.

https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/5432707

Not sure if my geffner is having an issue or just defoliated this winter.  Do they defoliat?

It’s on high ground but very near a sprinkler. Maybe too much water?

Any thoughts appreciated

Quote from: OCchris1 on February 05, 2019, 01:28:11 AM

Out of the plants you mentioned, the only one I would cross off is dragonfruit. The rest are good to go.

In the case of dragonfruit it could occupy the vine layer up above. For example, on a taller non-fruiting tree it could climb. My neighbor has a 20+ year old white fleshed DF which probably weighs 1000 lbs and makes 100 fruit/season. It is difficult to harvest, they use a cherry picker/man basket, and it has to compete with tree roots, cannot be hand pollinated, but does make a substantial amount of fruit. The tree is Royal Poinciana which is a tropical legume and deciduous during the dry season. I have several similarly planted DF, not my main crop but I just consider them freeebies. I made $30 this year just selling cuttings so even outside the fruiting season I got something out of it. So, marginal usage but maybe worthwhile.

Would love to see a pic of that DF.

Use a magnifying glass. Why else would they be doing that?

I would not do raspberry. The thorns make them VERY unpleasant plants. Impossible to weed or work with, the thorns are just very large and sharp.

You could try some of the thornless blackberries

Hello,

I was thinking this bug is an aphid, but can anyone confirm?  It jumps and can fly a short distance.  I have seen the aphids on the Cacao as well, but not sure about these exotic looking little "suckers".  They are lined up all along the stem of the fruit as in my prior pics with the ants farming them or at least eating the sap they are sucking.  However, just wondering if I need to address these differently if they are not aphids.  (An African voodoo mask or an alien face comes to mind).  Here is a close up...





Thanks, professor

Never seen that. I’d just try insecticidal soap first to see if that’d work.