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Greenhouse tropicals and yard plants update
« on: September 03, 2021, 05:49:26 AM »
Hi, i havent updated my yard this year, everything has grown ALOT,  following are a load of pics accompanied with some information and several questions. Thanks for taking time to chek my garden.
Starting with the greenhouse
Vanilla and monsterra


Dragon fruit, coffee arabica, carambolla


Some unknown coffee species, does anyone recognize it ?


Epiphillum quatemaliensis


My other dragon fruit plant


Hylocereus megalanthus grafted onto rooted cuttings of one of my big dragon fruit plants.


Cinnamon and some kind of pineapple,prolly a decorative one 


Avocado seedling


Two surinam cherries, two aloe vera varieties,tammarind and orange gasmine


Camelia sinensis/tea camelia, will be flowering soon....



Cashew seedlings


Pineapple top starts, jackfruit seedling, natal plum and tammarind.


My two cherimoya's




My other two avocado seedlings


Dwarf cavendish, two salack's ,jackfruit,lemon grass


Strawberry guava


Curry leaf/ muraya koenigii


Yewoll small fruited guava in front, apple guava behind ,then strawberry guava


Papaya, in ground and potted




Some more guava plants, apple guava with fruit set






 Tammarind and salak


Lychee


Yewoll lemon guava with fruit set.


Baobab seedlings





Some more sweet tamarind seedlings and cherimoya grafts


Passiflora quadrangullaris , this one has some kind of deficiency ,anyone recognize it from the leaves ? Its starting to bud thought.






Passiflora ligularis, its a monster ,i am constantly trimming it, it has flower bud starts which do not progress growing....dunno whats the problem here...

Tamarillo, do theese look close to ripening? Some of them have a more yellower colour to them...








Jujube and passion fruit on the background




Passion fruit loaded






From left to right, arguta kiwi's, regular kiwis, a violet dessert grape variety, cherry and akebia behind


Asimina and figs






Phisalis peruviana


Some blueberries, opuntia, phisalis and asimina


Apple varieties, u can see i have several medlar grafts on one of the apple trees i topworked this spring, i'm surprised  they took  ..










Pomello, lemon , some other citrus, pistacio, loquat and others








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Re: Greenhouse tropicals and yard plants update
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2021, 06:06:29 AM »
Blueberries




Almond, peach and apricot






Peppers and cherry tomatoes






Different pasiflora species and loquat seedlings




My other lemon


Feigoa's passion fruit , cherimoya seedlings, olive ,arbutus ,guava and others


Grafted - pink acacia, pears,cherryes and plums

Pepino melon, do those look close to ripening ??


Here i have two asimina's , several persimmon's, cantaloupe, blachberries, nectarine, plumcot, jujube, peppers and pepino starts










Dessert grape vine, loaded this year, and a random fig




Starfruit and coffee seedlings


Loquat on quince rootstock


Megalanthus and asimina seedlings




And at last some weaved willols and my bigger pond









« Last Edit: September 03, 2021, 06:17:37 AM by Plantinyum »

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Re: Greenhouse tropicals and yard plants update
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2021, 09:57:48 AM »
Wow

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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2021, 10:24:02 AM »
Congratulations, you orchard is very very nice!   ;D

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Re: Greenhouse tropicals and yard plants update
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2021, 11:04:36 AM »
Really cool collection for your area! You must be the best collector in Bulgaria.

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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2021, 01:32:26 PM »
Nice... Nice ... Nice!

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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2021, 02:17:52 PM »
Thanks everyone !! Most of the plants are young still ,but gradually they should pick up on fruiting.... i have some other plants that i havent shown but was exhausted from uploading pics and all and decided to call it a day . .. 😀😀
There are others here that also are keen on tropical and rare fruit plants, we sometimes exchange plants.... its nice to have other plant geeks close by .

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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2021, 02:25:42 PM »
Incredible work and dedication.  They look great!

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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2021, 09:58:01 PM »
Nice job sir!

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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2021, 10:21:39 AM »
WOW! That is some serious Zone 7 inspiration!

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« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2021, 11:19:07 AM »
Thanks once again for the kind words to all of you !! 🙂

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« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2021, 11:23:03 AM »
Thanks once again for the kind words to all of you !! 🙂

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

How do you get this forum to load all those photos?  I get to 2 maybe 3 photo links and then the posting window rejects any more.

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« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2021, 12:03:12 PM »
Thanks once again for the kind words to all of you !! 🙂

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

How do you get this forum to load all those photos?  I get to 2 maybe 3 photo links and then the posting window rejects any more.
i dunno ,i uploaded the first set of pics without any problems, just add the links and then the writing was kind of hard sinse i was always forgetting what pic was next ....i dunno why u are having problems with this , the site via which i post the images is postimage...

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« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2021, 12:32:28 PM »
i dunno ,i uploaded the first set of pics without any problems, just add the links and then the writing was kind of hard sinse i was always forgetting what pic was next ....i dunno why u are having problems with this , the site via which i post the images is postimage...

Thanks.   Never have been able to load a bunch.  The Postimage window just shuts down.  Am using Firefox. 

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« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2021, 12:45:35 PM »
Super fantastic! Impressive collection, especially for your locale. And they look so happy.

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« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2021, 01:48:28 PM »
i dunno ,i uploaded the first set of pics without any problems, just add the links and then the writing was kind of hard sinse i was always forgetting what pic was next ....i dunno why u are having problems with this , the site via which i post the images is postimage...

Thanks.   Never have been able to load a bunch.  The Postimage window just shuts down.  Am using Firefox.

It's off and on for me too, but some days it works really well. I mostly upload directly from my phone.

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« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2021, 02:18:58 PM »
I  only post from my cell phone also, the operating system is android. If i posted more frequently  i would probably have the same problems....it seems the stars were aligned for me, at the day of posting haha....

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« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2021, 02:24:23 PM »
Super fantastic! Impressive collection, especially for your locale. And they look so happy.
thanks ! Some of them have deficiencies which i need to sort out ....its hard to keep everyone happy 🤣

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« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2022, 11:28:53 AM »
Ive been wanting to do an update of the greenhouse  for quite some time so here it is !

Here u can see the lemon, mandarin, red and regular pomello..












This is the surinam cherry




Cinnamon



 Dragonfruit , yellow megalantus and unknown undatus ones, the megalanthus is the one that is just reaching the top of the post...







Epiphyllum quatemaliensis,  supposedly a self fruiting curly weeping wpiphyllum with a nice fruit ,similar to df.



Pineapple and a tipe of coffee





Passiflora edulis just reaching the trellis spot.





Carissa - natal plum



Salak seedlings



Pachira aquatica



Coffee arabica- not doing very well this year, didnt want to grow at all so i placed it some shade cloth and this kinda provoked it to do a growth flush, again weak performance..



Pineapple guava- bloomed like hell and still didnt set anything even with hand pollination


Monstera , some monstrous size leaves on this , i wonder if i should build it a trellis or to place a pole for it to climb on, or just let it creep on the ground ?





Aloe vera, an edible variety, i ate from it on several occations and didnt had any side effects, its a bit too shady for it at the place so its not really growing much..




Cherimoya , i have two plants/trees
The one with the abundant fruit set, there are probably around 40 fruitlets on this plant..









The stingy one with just a few fruitlets










Avocado wants to be a canopy tree and i am having and will have problems with this in future, the size of it is just not for this gh..






Yellow catley guava having some fruit set








Strawberry guava also having quite a few fruits, both it and the yellow one had a second flowering and set a second crop..











 
Regular guava, i have 4 different plants
The two that didnt do much this year except growing





My favorite one, the fruit is just amazing very sweet and floral,  unfortunately the plant is having some root problems and is kinda weak so it may not make it trough winter.





The most productive one, its fruit is also jumbo size, they get very big with weight around 200-250 grams each. The taste was not as good though, hopefully it gets better . The plant had an june bloom on which it set the bigger fruits, and recently had a following bloom on which it set fruit abundantly.











Oranje jasmine





A  passionfruit we identified here at the forum as passiflora decaisneana, it will be havind its first blooms in a day or two...






Lemon grass



Djackfruit, potted and inground, just a disaster ....


Mango seedling, the deffinition of a slow grower....its not getting much light so this may be the reason...




Cherimoya aproach grafts, from last and this year...



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« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2022, 02:16:34 PM »
Looking great!

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« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2022, 02:41:28 PM »
Impressive

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« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2022, 05:28:35 PM »
Hi Plantinyum,

Everything looks awesome!  Nice job!

Regarding your pineapple guava, The cultivar Unique is self fertile, otherwise they benefit from cross pollination with another variety to set fruit.

Here is a link to an article by John Yoshimi Yonemoto (Japan Tropical Fruit Association) on how to prune and maintain mature avocado trees at a small size in a greenhouse with maximum production.  Title: Growing and Harvesting the Best Avocados
http://docplayer.net/51648943-Growing-and-harvesting-the-best-avocados-john-yoshimi-yonemoto-japan-tropical-fruit-association.html

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« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2022, 05:05:09 AM »
Thanks for the kind words to all!

JCorte, my pineapple guava is the variety gemini which is supposed to be a self fruitfull one also, but for a second year it just sheds the flowers. I have to check if i'll find the variety u suggest here...

Thanks for the link about the avocado , i'm off to check what on it now...
Edit: thats a very interesting article with alot of technigues involved. Seems like they are basically growing the trees like a vine of sorts, via supporting the branches....
I was thinking of how to bend the branches on mine down and here are shown some nice ways, i think that i may have to first graft the plant, its a seedling thus thats why its so vigorous i think.
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« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2022, 10:47:57 AM »
I would recommend Anatoki or Kaiteri pineapple guavas from New Zealand.    They are supposed to be superior varieties with large size and excellent flavor and probably can cross pollinate with your variety.  I don't think Unique is considered one of the best tasting, but if you were just going to have one variety can set on its own.  If you can't find them, I can try to share seeds with you if mine fruit next year.

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« Reply #24 on: September 04, 2022, 01:06:25 PM »
I would recommend Anatoki or Kaiteri pineapple guavas from New Zealand.    They are supposed to be superior varieties with large size and excellent flavor and probably can cross pollinate with your variety.  I don't think Unique is considered one of the best tasting, but if you were just going to have one variety can set on its own.  If you can't find them, I can try to share seeds with you if mine fruit next year.

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thanks for the info and for the seed offer, i do have two other plants which did not flower this season again, they may flower next summer, who knows....i would have crossed them if they had flowers but nada... i dont really want to go the seed route since it will take a long time probably for them to mature, i will look up the garden centers for the varieties u reccomend , if they dont have them i will buy some other variety just for the sake of cross pollination.
I do not know why my  other two plants do not want to bloom, they are the same size or bigger than the one that does bloom....