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Quote from: johnb51 on March 22, 2023, 10:07:38 AM

Quote from: BestDay on March 21, 2023, 01:58:26 PM

And don't forget about Gros Michel "Highgate", the dwarf form of Gros Michel.  It is stoute rarely falls over and produces bananas with the Gros Michel type taste to them.  But they are cold sensitive.

Does Gros Michel taste different than Cavendish?  What's it like?

I've never tried it, but I hear it tastes like artificial banana flavor

I guess I'll have to go with "similar to Cavendish, but more intense."

Wondering if anyone who's nearby close enough to collect some of this seaweed that is washing up on the shore here and there has taken the opportunity to collect some to use as feritilizer?

I've heard that some back-to-the-landers in Florida were doing that a several decades ago.  They collected it as it washed up, rinsed the salt out of it, composted it, and turned it into the soil as free food for their veggie gardens.

It probably should be suitable for some fruit trees once it's composted.

Just pondering . . . .

Paul M.
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I was at Truly Tropical not too long ago, and the young man who was at the sales table said that Chris does collect this seaweed to spread around her trees.

My son just moved to Melbourne.  I've noticed that the salt spray can be pretty outrageous along A1A there.  It's never like that around here.  I was living about a half-mile from the beach in Deerfield, and all my trees were very healthy.

Cherimoya.

Yes, I've heard good things about Goldfinger, Rajapuri, Dwarf Brazilian, and Mysore.  Dwarf Red is also pretty good and a beautiful plant.

Tropical Acres Farms will ship.  Also FLnative (forum member).

Thanks for the recommendation about the Caribbean coast in Costa Rica!

Please remove this bot/spammer from the forum.

John:
That's why we have landfills--to fill them with cheap Chinese junk.  Pity the poor countries that don't have landfills, but then the stuff eventually ends up in the oceans.  Then pity the fish and, oh yeah, everyone.

China, Indonesia and others are polluting the oceans with discarded plastic bags.

They found that China and Indonesia are the top sources of plastic bottles, bags and other rubbish clogging up global sea lanes. Together, both nations account for more than a third of plastic detritus in global waters, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The original source data can be found here.
Chart: The Countries Polluting The Oceans The Most | Statista
www.statista.com/chart/12211/the-countries-polluting-the-oceans-the-most/

I believe it!

That's why we have landfills--to fill them with cheap Chinese junk.  Pity the poor countries that don't have landfills, but then the stuff eventually ends up in the oceans.  Then pity the fish and, oh yeah, everyone.

Good thing you got it before we go to war with China!

My two very happy avocado trees!  Happy owner, too.    The first one is a Monroe (winter-ripening), about six feet tall, planted a little over a year ago.  The second one a Simmonds (summer-ripening), almost four feet, planted last summer.  They were both very small 3-gallon trees when planted.  It doesn't make sense to me when I see people at nurseries here in SoFlo, looking for larger trees, thinking that's the way to go.  It's a thrill to watch them grow so fast.  (Cheap thrill!)  I hope to add a fall-ripening avocado in the future.

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