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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Odd unusually seen fruits hardy to zone 8
« on: January 31, 2020, 08:12:13 AM »
Artichokes and cardoons should do well.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling Marula seeds
« on: January 30, 2020, 08:54:20 AM »
Do you know where he got the seeds? I'm wondering if trees from a cooler area might have more cold tolerance. Thanks, D
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Odd unusually seen fruits hardy to zone 8
« on: January 28, 2020, 09:01:00 AM »
Hi Anolis, Ashitaba does well here. I haven't tried to control it and it's taken over my peanut patch and is now threatening my asparagus. It roots easily from cuttings. D
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Odd unusually seen fruits hardy to zone 8
« on: January 27, 2020, 07:29:40 AM »
Did anyone mention ashitaba? I planted one in a bed with peanuts and it has become huge. Can't eat it quickly enough.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best P fertiliser
« on: January 27, 2020, 07:25:53 AM »
Those carp are actually naturalized here. They don't taste very good...They follow the shorelines and eat the algae. D
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: RootBuilder RootTrapper Bases, anybody know which side is up?
« on: January 20, 2020, 07:59:31 AM »
Seawalnut, What did you use for the side of your root pruning pots? I tried to find cheap alternative material to make them but had no luck.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Hardy Autocarpus?
« on: January 16, 2020, 08:35:44 AM »
Does anyone have experience with either of these Autocarpus?Gongshanensis was listed as being grown in NW Yunnan and Nanchuanensis in Chongquing provinces in China. From a quick search it looks like both areas are similar to a zone 8/9 with some annual light freezes.
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Temperate Fruit Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Anyone have seeds of Diospryros texana, Texas Persimmon?
« on: January 08, 2020, 08:12:33 AM »
I have some small seedlings in pots. I'd love to trade. D PM me.
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: osage orange
« on: December 02, 2019, 09:36:18 AM »
I tried to do the Osage Orange fence thing. Put a bunch of the fruit in a barrel and let them rot, added some water, made a slurry and poured it into a trough I had dug. It was far enough from the house that it was inconvenient to water and we had a drought that year. No fence. I have them in random pots around the house that squirrels planted for me. D
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Organic Orchard Floor Management
« on: December 02, 2019, 08:55:59 AM »
When we bought our place it was all pasture, all overgrazed. The soil was compacted and didn't have earthworms in it.
We started fencing areas off to keep the cattle out and reduced the number of cattle. We knocked over a bunch of mesquite and burned them. We then dozed the remains and pushed soil over the piles. I had not heard of hugelkultur, but what happened is similar. In the places where we did this it has created a deep soil that grows anything I have tried in it.
Other places where we just excluded the cattle have done almost as well. One paddock of about 5 acres keeps the cattle fed for a couple of weeks now when we open it up after a few months growth. I can't dig a hole without finding earthworms. We have not planted any grasses, but have a mix of many types from fairly low to waist high. So even without all the inputs of tea, mulch, chips etc. Just letting the soil heal works.
We started fencing areas off to keep the cattle out and reduced the number of cattle. We knocked over a bunch of mesquite and burned them. We then dozed the remains and pushed soil over the piles. I had not heard of hugelkultur, but what happened is similar. In the places where we did this it has created a deep soil that grows anything I have tried in it.
Other places where we just excluded the cattle have done almost as well. One paddock of about 5 acres keeps the cattle fed for a couple of weeks now when we open it up after a few months growth. I can't dig a hole without finding earthworms. We have not planted any grasses, but have a mix of many types from fairly low to waist high. So even without all the inputs of tea, mulch, chips etc. Just letting the soil heal works.
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Temperate Fruit Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Anyone have seeds of Diospryros texana, Texas Persimmon?
« on: December 01, 2019, 08:54:58 AM »
Bartacomus- I misread your post. Thought you were still talking about diospyros texana. I don't know about black sapote.
No. Male and female. My one mature tree is male. It puts on flowers that point downward and the females make upturned flowers. I'm hoping some of my smaller ones will be female!
My fuyus are all female but still set fruit.....D
No. Male and female. My one mature tree is male. It puts on flowers that point downward and the females make upturned flowers. I'm hoping some of my smaller ones will be female!
My fuyus are all female but still set fruit.....D
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Looking for Jujube seedlings
« on: December 01, 2019, 08:42:36 AM »
Pm sent.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Cherimoya plants
« on: December 01, 2019, 08:36:40 AM »
How many degrees of frost do you believe these will be able to handle once established? Thanks,D
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: osage orange
« on: November 28, 2019, 08:57:08 AM »
I don't know about body odor, but I've heard that if you put a fruit in each room of your house you will be pretty much insect gree. Never tried it myself. D
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: osage orange
« on: November 27, 2019, 08:29:41 AM »
It's also called bois d' arc. Bow wood. Pronounced bodark down here. At one time insurance companies required houses they covered to be built on stumps or pilings of that wood because it is pretty much impervious to insects. If course, my house built 120 yrs ago was set on oak stumps instead. Termite highway!
From what I have read if you have che grafted onto this you only want female trees. If males are present the fruit will be seedy. D
From what I have read if you have che grafted onto this you only want female trees. If males are present the fruit will be seedy. D
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: TEXAS ~ Coastal 9a ~ What are your Rare and Tropical Successes?
« on: November 17, 2019, 08:36:14 AM »
Anolis - I have Li, Sugar cane and Tigertooth jujubes. They all produce well. The tigertooth is on it's own rootstock and is a later season variety than the others. The main problem with it is the branches are brittle and tend to break in our too common high winds. The pom I thought was a wonderful is listed as an eversweet in my notes. D
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: TEXAS ~ Coastal 9a ~ What are your Rare and Tropical Successes?
« on: November 17, 2019, 08:19:02 AM »
Mark - your poms are much prettier than mine. I have stink bug spots (among other things) on mine, but in a good year that wonderful might make 100+ fruits. I need to propagate that one.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: TEXAS ~ Coastal 9a ~ What are your Rare and Tropical Successes?
« on: November 16, 2019, 08:02:50 AM »
The most success I've had with pomegranate is wonderful. I also have a Kandahar, which has never done as well and several seedlings from grocery store fruit, which don't produce much, but I planted them for a wind break.
I have to look up the varieties for the others.
I have to look up the varieties for the others.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Greenhouse Ideas - Construction Photos
« on: November 13, 2019, 08:46:43 AM »
The Southern burner heaters look really good, but they are out of business now. Probably still some in supplier inventory. D
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: winter protection for Feijoas
« on: November 13, 2019, 08:27:06 AM »
I have fiejoas planted in my orchard on a ridge. It was in the upper 20s this morning with a pretty strong wind and I did nothing to protect them. They are fine.D
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Mucuna Pruriens
« on: November 11, 2019, 08:26:20 AM »
I believe they were mottled. I planted them early May, they grew a bit and made a few pods, but about August they really took off and made a lot of pods. I have not harvested any yet. Looks like we have a real frost coming this week and I won't be there to pick them until afterward. I got them from Grower Jim. D
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Mucuna Pruriens
« on: November 10, 2019, 08:31:00 AM »
The weather stated above freezing. The pods are fine and ready to harvest. I'm using this as a nitrogen fixer between my grape vines and have been very happy with the results. D
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: TEXAS ~ Coastal 9a ~ What are your Rare and Tropical Successes?
« on: November 04, 2019, 07:42:44 AM »
Anolis, I have plants in Houston 8b/9a and inland from Victoria, TX same zone. I grow pretty much the same things as you, but have had some different successes and failures. I have three varieties of jujube and they do really well for me. Pomegranates did well until a hurricane tore them up. They are coming back though. My humidity may be slightly less, but probably not more than 10% less. I have a bunch of muscadines planted, but they just survive. No production. Same with pawpaw. Just hang on. Nothing more. Try "Spanish black" grapes. They do really well for me. They like humidity. My biggest success yet has been with figs.
Bartacomus, Do you come to Houston? If so, we should swap some plants. Dan
Bartacomus, Do you come to Houston? If so, we should swap some plants. Dan
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Mucuna Pruriens
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:47:02 AM »
Hi Folks, I have a velvet bean that is loaded with beans and a cold snap coming. Will the vine tolerate a few degrees of frost? Will the seed be damaged? Thanks, Dan
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Duranta Erecta
« on: October 26, 2019, 08:22:10 AM »
In a quick search some sites say it's good for zone 8 and above. I also saw cautions that it is poisonous, which is often not true, but be careful. D.
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