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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: should I get a Jamaica cherry?
« on: October 26, 2024, 04:48:55 PM »i am interested in growing some fun temperate fruit but we dont really have any more space in our yard for trees unfortunatelyi am going to try to get a few differnt grape vines going and maybe a maypop passionfruit although i dont know how well they would grow here. if you could grow only one temperate fruit tree which would it be? i already have access to a lot of persimmons, apples and sour plums so i probably wont get one of those
I second K-Rimes' pluot suggestion, or a good peach. If you're limited on space but can fit one last tree in, you can graft multiple varieties of stonefruit onto the same tree (which is also fun, and can be pretty in the spring to see a tree covered in different flowers). Smaller than a tree, I'd fill the whole dang yard with thornless blackberries (and blueberries, raspberries, honeyberries, etc.) and concord grapes but that's me.
If you want something that hits the novelty factor of the Jamaican cherry and have space for a smallish (1'x3'tall) houseplant inside, you could try sourcing a fruiting size miracle fruit and stick it under a $9 grow light on a timer and it'll produce a small crop of berries a couple of times a year. Sometimes people here get down on it since the novelty wears off, but we make a little event out of it every time it fruits. They're really low maintenance as long as you read up on the initial soil requirements and don't overfeed it.