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10b - best snacking fruits for kids
TheVeggieProfessor:
--- Quote from: FloridaManDan on January 23, 2023, 02:46:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: tru on January 23, 2023, 11:44:40 AM ---my introduction to plants as a kid was honeysuckle, I'll never forget trying it and finding it unbelievable that it really tasted sweet like honey
I think a lot of species are invasive though
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Honeysuckle has a better cousin, the Honeyberry/Haskap. Normally hardy zone 3-8, makes a blueberry-like fruit. Native to Siberia/Japan I believe, and not considered invasive. Florida (Zone 9+) trials going on for a few cultivars, a couple of which I bought and will receive sometime this Spring (Strawberry Sensation, Boreal Beauty).
Might be worth a try for something new, especially an easily manageable shrub.
I agree with every other suggestion posted in this thread too. If you need a purple passion vine, I'm digging mine up to replace with giant granadilla; let me know if you want to pick it up im in Broward.
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Thanks for the offer. That'd be great, but I'm not going to be planting it until it warms up. Are you getting your giant granadilla from tree amigos? They had some in stock not too long ago.
happyhana:
Blackberry jam fruit, not sure about zone
FloridaManDan:
--- Quote from: TheVeggieProfessor on January 29, 2023, 06:39:12 AM ---
--- Quote from: FloridaManDan on January 23, 2023, 02:46:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: tru on January 23, 2023, 11:44:40 AM ---my introduction to plants as a kid was honeysuckle, I'll never forget trying it and finding it unbelievable that it really tasted sweet like honey
I think a lot of species are invasive though
--- End quote ---
Honeysuckle has a better cousin, the Honeyberry/Haskap. Normally hardy zone 3-8, makes a blueberry-like fruit. Native to Siberia/Japan I believe, and not considered invasive. Florida (Zone 9+) trials going on for a few cultivars, a couple of which I bought and will receive sometime this Spring (Strawberry Sensation, Boreal Beauty).
Might be worth a try for something new, especially an easily manageable shrub.
I agree with every other suggestion posted in this thread too. If you need a purple passion vine, I'm digging mine up to replace with giant granadilla; let me know if you want to pick it up im in Broward.
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Thanks for the offer. That'd be great, but I'm not going to be planting it until it warms up. Are you getting your giant granadilla from tree amigos? They had some in stock not too long ago.
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I purchased my giant granadilla awhile ago, just some cuttings, fast grower. I've been hacking away at it though taking cuttings to trade and share. Currently have a few going now, if you need one or two (given that they root in the next couple weeks). I didnt see anything at tree amigos.
1rainman:
--- Quote from: happyhana on January 29, 2023, 03:30:30 PM ---Blackberry jam fruit, not sure about zone
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They grow anywhere in the eastern united states. But even though we have native blackberries in Florida the domestic southern ones were bred around Alabama and less tropical places. They do better outside of Florida even though they grow here.
FloridaManDan:
Rainman, I think happyhana was referring to the Blackberry Jam Fruit (Rosenbergiodendron formosum - zone 10+), not blackberry as in the Rubus spp.
I personally prefer mulberry over blackberries, the trauma of brambles tearing me up is too much lol. although I am starting some mysore blue raspberry seeds from Brian Laufer, just out of curiosity.
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