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I believe there are durian fruits in Super Mario Sunshine.

I told my nephews to please let me know if durian seeds ever appear in Animal Crossing 

Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating!
Blessings and good vibes to all members and their families.

One last thing that I will mention is that muscadine peels can make my mouth itch when I eat large amounts of fruit. I think this is a very mild allergic reaction and no one else in my family gets it. I have never had that reaction with Jaboticaba.

Happens to me and my wife too. I think it's pretty common. It's lessened if the fruit is really ripe, it seems. Not sure if it's technically an allergy or just a sensitivity that varies genetically.

Sorta to my earlier point, there is something fun about using free or cheap stuff (organic waste) and sorta doing a science Project in order to make fertilizer. The appeal of alchemy I guess.
I went down that road early on, and it was fun while it lasted.

Beyond that....?

The extreme stuff about spraying all kinds of concoctions and constantly adding inputs to the system is to me, well, extreme and wasteful.

Test your soil/tissue, find out what’s lacking if anything and only input what you need. You CAN have too much of anything.

The only way i know to lower soil pH reliably is applying granulated elemental sulfur.
I think a lot of the stuff you read, such as pine straw, peat moss, etc doesn't actually work.

I got a brick chimney I’m thinking of growing passion fruit up.  There is nearby stucco as well.  Will it damage these surfaces?  Heat from the chimney won’t be an issue.  It’s very thick.  I’m super limited on space in the side yard (like 4’ wide and I’d like to keep it that way) so building a trellis a foot off the wall isn’t going to work.

Passiflora do not have aerial roots like, say, English Ivy or Virginia Creeper. They climb with tendrils that just lasso around stuff.
So #1 it should not damage your home, but #2 I don't see how it would climb it either without that trellis.

Could you build a trellis that hugs much closer to the chimney? I don't see that it needs but just a little clearance to wrap its tendrils.

Check out growing info on Kentucky State University website - google KSU Pawpaw

Conventional wisdom is 7-9 years i think they say. It could be sooner under ideal conditions and/or lucky genetics.

I have some seedlings, 7 feet tall with lots of branching that are set to flower in their 5th year (next year), though it remains to be seen whether they'll hold fruit.

Good luck!

KSU asserts it is not possible to root cuttings, root sections, or even air layer pawpaws 

Good luck!

Good luck!

I just noticed your Signature line - are you interested in A. triloba in that context?
It seems like it would be a great object of research. To me it’s like the durian of North American native fruits - it has a powerful aroma (though nothing like durian in scent!) and odd, nuanced, highly variable flavors....

I really appreciate the time you’ve taken to help!!

Will keep pondering this one and spend more time on yours and Har’s recommendations.

Amazing..thanks!!

So I could either:
1) Reduce the Ca in the soil
2) Supplement Mg in the root zone
3) Supplement Mg via foliar feeding

(1) I doubt this is even possible, however, i had someone tell me that adding phosphorous causes a reaction with calcium that essentially permanently sequesters the calcium in the form of rock phosphate. I'm not sure that's true nor do i know how much phosphorous that would require and if that amount would be toxic to the plants. Seems sketchy.

(2) It seems like adding Mg to the soil would be iffy since we already think the Ca in the soil would kinda "block" it from being absorbed by the roots. However, i wonder if a hit of Mg, especially in liquid form, might still have a fighting chance to be absorbed, at least partially, by the roots. Not sure?

(3) seems the most likely to succeed, but doesn't seem like a true long-term solution. But with that much Calcium (again assuming that's my culprit) I don't know if there's any other way to get Mg to the plant.