What did you harvest today (other plants)?

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-11.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-11.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 003-11.jpg"/></a>

[venturabananas]

Which mulberry variety, Tony? Do you like them?

[sunfish]

Which mulberry variety, Tony? Do you like them?

Don't know the variety they are good though.

[Snookie]

http://s12.postimg.org/3m32gjlkt/003.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/3m32gjlkp/full/)

[sunfish]

http://s12.postimg.org/3m32gjlkt/003.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/3m32gjlkp/full/)

BEAUTIFUL :woohoonaner:

[momoese]

From my "Brim" Tree lol

http://s9.postimg.org/xb0wvfi2n/bigbrim1.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

Nice Blue gill!

[Snookie]

Nice Blue gill!

Thanks it's approx. 3 years old out of a stocked pond here at the Ponderosa in Lizard Creek:}

http://s18.postimg.org/vkw2v4r8p/004.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

http://s10.postimg.org/hfqwszvw9/005.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[Dangermouse01]

Sweetheart Lychee.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Lychee/SH_Lychee_06-17-13_zps377040fb.jpg
Those 4 in the picture are the extent of the harvest.
But they are my first lychee harvest ever. No where to go but up from here.

DM

[Richard]

Those 4 in the picture are the extent of the harvest.
But they are my first lychee harvest ever. No where to go but up from here.
DM

Congratulations!

[bananimal]

Sweetheart Lychee.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Lychee/SH_Lychee_06-17-13_zps377040fb.jpg
Those 4 in the picture are the extent of the harvest.
But they are my first lychee harvest ever. No where to go but up from here.

DM

Hey DM ---- have you tasted Brewster, Hakk Yipp and Mauritius, and what do you think of the tastes compared to Swthrt?

[Kbud]

@dalmationsoap: Nice strawberries you got there! What variety are they?

@Snookie: Sweet pumpkinseed sunfish! While in the same family as bluegill, see the red/black dot thing? If I remember correctly it is characteristic of pumpkinseeds. The two are often confused, as both are in the lepomis genus. Either way, what did you catch it on? Its great sized!

[Dalmatiansoap]

@dalmationsoap: Nice strawberries you got there! What variety are they?


I dont know :)
:nanadrink:

[pukyman]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53413 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53413&ppuser=15333)
sour cherry

[Abnshrek]

Blackberry's, had my last plum yesterday..:^)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG6780_zps2099baeb.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG6780_zps2099baeb.jpg.html)
:woohoonaner:

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG6801_zps430e57e3.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG6801_zps430e57e3.jpg.html)

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG6800_zpsc6adc039.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG6800_zpsc6adc039.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:

[Kbud]

Nice berries!

[sunfish]

Nice berries!

:0519:

[Abnshrek]

a Couple Peaches.. fixing to have to pick a bushel.. :^)

[jnstropic]

We harvested so many AEAE bananas this week that we shared lots with neighbors and friends. in addition, my wife made a great banana cake as well as dessert Bananas Foster! Most enjoyable but still have more left looking for more delicious. Banana treats to come!

[Dangermouse01]

Dragon fruit, Dark Star (easy to tell which one was from the sunny side of the plant).
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Dragon%20Fruit/DS_7-27-13_zps34e0ef7e.jpg

The camera flash does an injustice, made the fins look light green and yellow, they were a bright green.

DM

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/dalmatiansoap003/IMAG6919_zps66935a71.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/dalmatiansoap003/IMAG6919_zps66935a71.jpg.html)

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/dalmatiansoap003/IMAG6921_zps22d188a7.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/dalmatiansoap003/IMAG6921_zps22d188a7.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:

[bananimal]

It's that time folks --- alligator pear time!

These are from the 12 foot high "Lula maybe not so Lula" avocado tree.

Have eaten 4 so far this season. It's just plain great. Taste and texture much more like the West Indian race of cado.

Seven pounds, 12 oz.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54299&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54299&ppuser=820)

[Dangermouse01]

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Dragon%20Fruit/DF_08-23-13_zpsc76dd37f.jpg

DM

[bananimal]

Very nice DM. This month I tasted some of those from the tasting table at my rare fruit club. This was the first time I enjoyed DF. Maybe one day I'll plant em.

[momoese]

Kale

[bananimal]

Kale

This year I grew Lacinato kale - dinosaur hide. It was good in Caldo Verde.

[momoese]

This year I grew Lacinato kale - dinosaur hide. It was good in Caldo Verde.

Right now I only grow Dinosaur Kale. Love it! I'm getting ready to plant some Blue Kale though.

[I_GROWER]

Basil, oregano, aloe and a mini piña

http://i.imgur.com/SDCmVPq.jpg


Yucca and a few bananas from my neighbor house
http://i.imgur.com/OBkCihj.jpg

Same neighbor let me climb his avacado tree

http://i.imgur.com/KXS8RKc.jpg

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-30.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-30.jpg.html)

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-34.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-34.jpg.html)

[venturabananas]

What varieties of P. edulis are those two fruits, Tony?

[sunfish]

What varieties of P. edulis are those two fruits, Tony?

These are both hybrids grown from seed .

[Richard]

What varieties of P. edulis are those two fruits, Tony?

Tony's the man on the Passiflora mission!

[caliboy1994]

Half a bucket of cherry tomatoes and two wheelbarrows full of Cypriot squash. Selling them at the farm stand tomorrow. :)

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/The%20Forge%20at%20SCU/The%20Forge%209-13/20130926_164752_zps995f0614.jpg

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/The%20Forge%20at%20SCU/The%20Forge%209-13/20130926_154524_zps022d1674.jpg

[sunfish]

passiflora-decaisneana-

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/017-10.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/017-10.jpg.html)

[ez]

Avocado
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54709&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54709&ppuser=7682)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54708&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54708&ppuser=7682)

[Snookie]

[QUOTE=ez;229893][CENTER][B]Avocado

WOW that'a a nice Caddo:}

How old is you Avocado Tree and what variety?:03:

[flaflowerfloozie]

Harvested some edible ginger for storing, the shampoo ginger and the edible were getting too close. So I have to get rid of some Shampoo...I love the look of it and those bright red fragrant flower cones.

[ez]

WOW that'a a nice Caddo:}

How old is you Avocado Tree and what variety?:03:


My father planted them about 35 years ago. Seven varieties and one was destroyed by hurricane Andrew. I don't know what kind they are, he didn't keep accurate records.

[I_GROWER]

Guava ruby red supreme

http://i.imgur.com/4sP1LZd.jpg

[cincinnana]

Black walnuts...ankle busters, all my squirrels have black faces.
These things stain everything.
The squirrels plant these things everywhere.
However they do taste good....the squirrels that is.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54755&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54755&ppuser=13421)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG7264_zps4f3ca850.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG7264_zps4f3ca850.jpg.html)

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG7261_zpsc2058b23.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG7261_zpsc2058b23.jpg.html)

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG7262_zpsb3132754.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG7262_zpsb3132754.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:

[Abnshrek]

Looking good Ante.. I picked the last of my Olives.. :^)

[Dalmatiansoap]

we will start with harvest in 2-3 weeks, depends on weather

[sunfish]

Half a bucket of cherry tomatoes and two wheelbarrows full of Cypriot squash. Selling them at the farm stand tomorrow. :)

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/The%20Forge%20at%20SCU/The%20Forge%209-13/20130926_164752_zps995f0614.jpg

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/The%20Forge%20at%20SCU/The%20Forge%209-13/20130926_154524_zps022d1674.jpg

I think the squash are way beyond ready

[Richard]

Orange habanero peppers and white alpine strawberries.

[pukyman]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54821 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54821&ppuser=15333)
quince

[sunfish]

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/021-3.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/021-3.jpg.html)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Flavicarpa?

[robguz24]

Harvested this last month. It's gem corn! cobs were very small and it's used for popcorn or corn flour. You can buy it here. Glass Gem Corn, Glass Gem, Carl's Glass Gem, Carl's Glass Gem Corn | Native Seeds/SEARCH (http://shop.nativeseeds.org/products/ts363)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/file_zps3cf45145.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/file_zps3cf45145.jpg.html)

[ez]

avocado
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54894&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54894&ppuser=7682)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54893&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54893&ppuser=7682)

[edzone9]

Oh nice Cados man ! are they Catalina , Lula ?

Cant wait for my Lula to Fruit !

[ez]

Thank you, I don't know the variety
Nice ice cream Ed!

[edzone9]

Thanks

[PR-Giants]

A & B - WI x Guat - both fruit 25 oz

oct 16
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/WIxGuatAampBboth25ozoct16_zps5f398e8f.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/WIxGuatAampBboth25ozoct16_zps5f398e8f.jpg.html)

[sunfish]

A & B - WI x Guat - both fruit 25 oz

oct 16
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/WIxGuatAampBboth25ozoct16_zps5f398e8f.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/WIxGuatAampBboth25ozoct16_zps5f398e8f.jpg.html)

Wow

[Lau]

Persimmons2318

[Kat2]

Besides a few banana peppers, what my FL garden provided.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55084&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55084&ppuser=17055)

Honestly, I do know how to grow veggies--just not here.

[sunfish]

Passion fruit. They taste like passion fruit.

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/001-54.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/001-54.jpg.html)

[I_GROWER]

Pepper
Beans
Myers lemon
Limequads
http://i.imgur.com/V5Fi7Ky.jpg

Every haul counts :)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG7552_zps411c1e5d.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/A1/IMAG7552_zps411c1e5d.jpg.html)
:nanadrink:

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55348&size=1
got some beautiful mustard greens growing...

[robguz24]

My very first avocado! A Green Gold variety, created at the University of Hawaii. Took a couple weeks to ripen, but it is very good, with a firm, thick, and not at all watery texture, which is what I like in an avocado. About 30 more on the tree to harvest in the next couple months.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/FirstGreenGoldAvocado_zps1475bb9d.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/FirstGreenGoldAvocado_zps1475bb9d.jpg.html)

[ez]

My very first avocado! A Green Gold variety, created at the University of Hawaii. Took a couple weeks to ripen, but it is very good, with a firm, thick, and not at all watery texture, which is what I like in an avocado. About 30 more on the tree to harvest in the next couple months.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/FirstGreenGoldAvocado_zps1475bb9d.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/FirstGreenGoldAvocado_zps1475bb9d.jpg.html)


Beautiful texture and color congrats on your first harvest.

[robguz24]

My first ever Linda avocado. 2.5 lbs, not supposed to ripen until spring, but it is half ripe, fell to the ground, and got nibbled on by ants and rats. Most of it is still good.http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3485_zps3e5413f0.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3485_zps3e5413f0.jpg.html)

[venturabananas]

My first harvest of Cherimoya a few days ago.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/cherimoyaharvest_2014_01_04_zps494d46a2.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/cherimoyaharvest_2014_01_04_zps494d46a2.jpg.html)

[venturabananas]

12 pounds of Yacon from a 15 gallon pot. Thanks for the plant Mitchel.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/yaconharvest_12lb_2014_01_05_zpsa7737183.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/yaconharvest_12lb_2014_01_05_zpsa7737183.jpg.html)
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/yacontuber1_2014_01_05_zps063b4164.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/yacontuber1_2014_01_05_zps063b4164.jpg.html)
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/yacontuber2_2014_01_05_zps7f27dc34.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/yacontuber2_2014_01_05_zps7f27dc34.jpg.html)

[from the sea]

yesterday i had a ruby supreme guava and lara starfruit no pics didn't last that long

[bananimal]

My first harvest of Cherimoya a few days ago.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/cherimoyaharvest_2014_01_04_zps494d46a2.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/cherimoyaharvest_2014_01_04_zps494d46a2.jpg.html)

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy ---- Moyas. What are they --- Selma, Dr White, Campas, El Bumpo ----- what what what????

I heard they are selling for $5.00 a lb in San Diego.

[venturabananas]

Dan, these ones are Dr. White. There may be better ones, but these are damn good. And boy are they easy to grow in my climate. The only trick is that I have to hand pollinate to get fruit set.

[sunfish]

I harvested some Dragon fruit,mango and guava

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-43.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-43.jpg.html)

and pear

[I_GROWER]

Pigeon peas I got from my dad after he passed away last year
http://i.imgur.com/OIVNqlF.jpg


Here's the tree
http://i.imgur.com/LGEdksC.jpg





when i found her blooming
Gandules/ pigeon peas
http://i.imgur.com/oWV3DoX.jpg

[Nicolas Naranja]

Turmeric
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20140124_220539_zps68977f36.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20140124_220539_zps68977f36.jpg.html)

[Richard]

Turmeric

Nice haul!

[Dangermouse01]

Passion fruit (from a neighbor's yard), sapodilla and black sapote (from another friend's yard).
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Misc/fruithaul1-27-2014_zpseef54150.jpg
None of my sapodilla are ripe yet, hoping my black sapote starts fruiting this year. Don't think I want to give up the yard space to grow my own passion fruit. I spend enough time trying to keep the non-fruiting passion vines from climbing into and taking over my fruit trees.

DM

[Nicolas Naranja]

Nice haul!

Made a tidy profit on it.

[sunfish]

Pindo fruit I may try germinating some seed :0519:


http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/001-66.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/001-66.jpg.html)

[I_GROWER]

Mini Harvest

http://i.imgur.com/cZMQdrq.jpg


Tamarine is from my buddy house
Mamey from a tree at my job
Squash n tomatoes from the field in Redlands
Papaya, keylime , Persian lime, green bell and banana pepper
Bag of peigon peas
Monzano waiting to ripen

[ez]

My last two avocado fruit of the season, I don't know the variety but they have excellent flavor.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2385/13066504395_3d03386383_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13066504395/)

:woohoonaner:

[bananimal]

My last two avocado fruit of the season, I don't know the variety but they have excellent flavor.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2385/13066504395_3d03386383_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/13066504395/)

:woohoonaner:




That has to be Monroe. Shape, quality,size and season match up. You got one of the good ones!

Check out the PIN viewer attchd ----- Pine Island Nursery's Avocado Cultivar Viewer (http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/avocado-viewer/index.htm)

[I_GROWER]

http://i.imgur.com/XO0vM5r.jpg

Best Sugarcane I've eaten. Ever.
Homegrown ofcourse.

[bananimal]

Yum yum! Have you ever seen one of those machines that grab each end and twist the juice out? Long time since I had ripe SC juice made that way.

[Richard]

This week I've been harvesting Washington Navel oranges from my young tree. The flavor is at its peak - outstanding!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55307&size=1

[I_GROWER]

Yum yum! Have you ever seen one of those machines that grab each end and twist the juice out? Long time since I had ripe SC juice made that way.

Yes I see them up and down Krome here in the Redlands.
Runs about $4-6 bucks a cup. I've looked up the thier prices $1000plus!!


My papaya as pa-paying off. They taste just how the looked

All from store brought carribean red seeds

http://i.imgur.com/qlrIDg5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uNL5R1e.jpg

No scale but I have some heavy fruit in various stages

[Richard]

Caribbean is soooo good!

[cincinnana]

[QUOTE=I_GROWER;241083]

All from store brought carribean red seeds

http://i.imgur.com/qlrIDg5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uNL5R1e.jpg

Looks good.......me want.

[robguz24]

My first crop of yellow Pitaya. Don't know anything more than that, such as specific variety. Oh, and some Praying Hands too!
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3889_zps47cd77aa.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3889_zps47cd77aa.jpg.html)

[Samantha]

My first crop of yellow Pitaya. Don't know anything more than that, such as specific variety. Oh, and some Praying Hands too!
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3889_zps47cd77aa.jpg (/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3889_zps47cd77aa.jpg.html)


:goteam::goteam::goteam::woohoonaner::goteam::goteam::goteam:

[I_GROWER]

12 1/2 foot sugarcane

http://i.imgur.com/0idQX7u.jpg

[Hammocked Banana]

Your kid's playhouse looks like its about to fall over!

[robguz24]

3 Rollinia and a 4lb soursop!
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3923_zpsb89fd1ec.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3923_zpsb89fd1ec.jpg.html)

[I_GROWER]

http://i.imgur.com/jAZMVzY.jpg

[Kat2]

About 25 small green beans that I gave away. I'm hoping the mulching/composting/blue powder (hate using it) help get things moving now. I've been saving seeds (love this bean!) from the 2 plants I brought in a pot from Jville so I can plant more but only in cells--something eats them in the ground.

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56074&size=1nice bowl of Barbados cherrys

[Dangermouse01]

Couple of Alano sapodilla.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Sapodilla/Alano_6-01-2014_zps9be80475.jpg

DM

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56158&size=1
German chocolate tomatoes.6/1/2014

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56157&size=1
cannonball tomatoes.6/1/2014

[Richard]

Those are some fine tomatoes.
:woohoonaner:

[bananimal]

Couple of Alano sapodilla.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Sapodilla/Alano_6-01-2014_zps9be80475.jpg

DM

Over the last 5 years I have probably tasted most of the tropical fruit grown in S FL. On the tasting table at my rare fruit club. I have yet to enjoy a sapodilla, sapote or jackfruit. Started the habit of having a napkin in my left hand to quickly upchuck fruit I can't stand. Came to realize the problem is people bring in fruit that is always under or over ripe. They are saving the best for home.

Will never forget my first ever taste of jackfruit. It tasted so bad I regurgitated it all into my plate. Spoiled the nice piece of cheese cake someone baked. The awful taste lasted for hours. So now I bite off a very little piece - napkin in hand. Told everyone that jackfruit tasted like something that fell off the back end of Lassie!!!

[merce3]

peaches (tropic snow)
http://i.imgur.com/hDUo0AAl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gCxFvljl.jpg

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56180
Peaches FL Prince.

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56179

[merce3]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56180
Peaches FL Prince.

man, your tree is loaded! any varmints get to them?

[Snookie]

Matoes..:}

Wish I remembered what type of heirloom tomato's the large ones are lol

Like my bananas, Lizard Creek Variety is good enough for variety name for a seasoned citizen with poor memory:}

http://s29.postimg.org/wde1ei3yv/001.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

http://s29.postimg.org/jxhbkramv/002.jpg (http://postimage.org/)


how to do a screen shot (http://postimage.org/app.php)

[Kat2]

4 peppers from my potted plant which is growing well in not all day sun. I only meant to pick the 2 red ones but had to take the 2 green also because an armadillo decided to raid my potted garden (notice I didn't say "pot garden"). He broke the tall branch off holding the greens so I cut the plant back. He also dug up the miracle DC that arose from 4 poorly separated pups that were dead until last week when I noticed a tiny set of new leaves peeping out. Not sure if I found the corm but I did try to replant it. I can get another easily but what a disappointment.

On a high note...these are the very first bell peppers I have ever grown that did not have 1/4" walls and tasted like swill. Gave 1 red and green away. I cut into my saved red. Blocky, sweet and delicious!

[Richard]

...
On a high note...these are the very first bell peppers I have ever grown that did not have 1/4" walls and tasted like swill. Gave 1 red and green away. I cut into my saved red. Blocky, sweet and delicious!

:woohoonaner:

[Kat2]

:woohoonaner:Thank you! After all my failures in "alien land" this was beyond enticingly yummily sweet. I've had a some great red peppers in my lifetime but this was absolutely perfection! Even the green was amazing. (Yes, I've long known that homegrown plucked straight then nibbled are always tastiest but this was my 1st successful non hot pepper and I was totally awed by the intensity of flavor.)

Pots work but watering is clumsy so isn't the ultimate answer; has anyone tried building a wood "earth box" type system out of untreated pallets? (Can get those and I don't expect them to last more than 2 years.) Or have a link as to how to do it? I would like something with a reservoir (stupid heavy plastic on the bottom) with a drain that lets excess water escape but with an easy waterer PVC pipe included and my searches are coming up empty.

[Snookie]

an armadillo decided to raid my potted garden (notice I didn't say "pot garden")!

I heard dat...Dillo's don't mess with pot down here in Lizard Creek either :}

Only Pig's do! :08:

[Richard]

...
Pots work but watering is clumsy ...
???

In my experience watering pots is easy with some 1/2" pipe, streamer heads, and automatic valve(s):

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56196&size=1

[I_GROWER]

Canes, canes everywhere
http://i.imgur.com/3giKBMW.jpg

[merce3]

first backyard guava... glad it's pink but it wasn't all that sweet. i will wait longer for the next two.
http://i.imgur.com/QinDu4F.jpg

[I_GROWER]

Last months forage.

http://i.imgur.com/LZTySHI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SBZJUZ9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nG2i4Jx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ZwsAYh7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CbRm9bU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/S2qHtjL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BDAtGis.jpg

All picked from the wild

[sal]

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56550&ppuser=16687><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56550&size=1 border=0></a>

My son (Alek) holding pagua avocado. I harvested 2 pagua avocados. Small tree still but huge and tasty fruit. I can't wait for next year.

[Dangermouse01]

Pineapples and Dragon fruit (Physical Graffiti and Vietnamese Jaina).
DF in upper right is 1LB-7oz Physical Graffiti.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Misc/Harvest_08-15-2014_zps0a49ea3b.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/pineapple/Pineapple_08-15-2014_zps32430081.jpg

DM

[PR-Giants]

The perfect drinking coco. The white slime is just starting to get a little firm at the bottom.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56578 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56578)

[Hammocked Banana]

How can u tell a coconut is perfectly ripe w/o cutting it open? Is it when it starts to turn yellowish? Size?

[merce3]

How can u tell a coconut is perfectly ripe w/o cutting it open? Is it when it starts to turn yellowish? Size?

i'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong. i think it's the amount of water that's inside combined with color/size (maturity). the younger the sweeter/more water and the older the more meat/less water

[PR-Giants]

How can u tell a coconut is perfectly ripe w/o cutting it open? Is it when it starts to turn yellowish? Size?

You can tell the approximate age visually, but that's not really helpful. Each peduncle has many cocos of similar maturity, so as it's getting close to ready, you test one and keep track of the date. At the stage in the photo, the endocarp is soft and can be punctured with your finger. The flavor changes dramatically as the coco matures and it has different uses at each stage. Unless you can pick your own cocos, you'll probably never taste these.

[kubali]

some really sweet Barbados cherry's
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56648
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56645

[Richard]

Here's 3 lbs (about 2 gallons) of habaneros I harvested today. These peppers are from my 3 year old plant that did its all and expired this weekend. Not a lack of water or anything else - just completion of life cycle. It certainly did its best - not only in the quantity of peppers, but they are D*mn Hot!! I wouldn't use more than 1 per quart or 2 per gallon of salsa. Here you see them sitting in a large bowl, inside an oversize plastic bag before going into the refrigerator. In a day or two I'll sort and vacuum seal them for longer term refrigeration and freezing.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56795&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56795)

[laserlight]

Mostly tomatoes and peppers and horseradishes.

1. Cherry tomatoes
2. Beefsteak tomatoes
3. Brandywine tomatoes
4. Jalapeno peppers
5. Green, orange, purple, and yellow bell peppers
6. Serrano chili peppers
7. Purira chili peppers
8. Banana peppers
9. Hungarian Hot Wax peppers. They are hotter than Jalapenos.
10. Long thin Cayenne peppers
11. Red Habanero peppers
12. Normal and Ruffled Pimento peppers
13. Horseradish roots

It was a epic summer and we got too much so a lot has to be canned.

[I_GROWER]

Had another 20 in the truck
http://i.imgur.com/IhZRcZG.jpg

[pmurphy]

I spent a couple of days harvesting and canning plums......got 32 jars of jam and made wine with the rest.

[laserlight]

K. We picked more stuff today and this is some of the tomatoes and peppers - before and after the picking.
The Purira chili peppers. This picutre was taken a few weeks ago and now they are red. I have another picture of those.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/15159293138_dc8306d384_b.jpg

The Habanero peppers. They said they were red but they only turned orange so I think what we really got was orange Habanero seeds.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/15345546122_17a8decb58_b.jpg

The Hungarian Hot Wax peppers. The first ones really dench and they are all really hot - hotter than Jalapenos.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3876/15345557812_6396c76367_b.jpg

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2942/15345868575_b045fa7c6f_b.jpg

The Long thin Cayenne peppers. We got tons of them.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/15345553002_40ed0c9bca_b.jpg

The peppers I picked today. I just tossed them all on the same plate except the Serrano, Purira, and Cayenne peppers.
The Cayenne peppers are on the right side and the green Seranno peppers on that plate were from a plant that died so I picked them anyway.
The second picture is a mix up of Serrano and Purira peppers.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2944/15342668731_735ae0e17f_b.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/15159100359_471f88e9a9_b.jpg

The last picture is some of the Apache blackberries that we picked last spring. There wasnt enough to can because its only the 2nd year but the canes are getting huge wo we should have a ton of them next spring yay.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/15159321297_d0c5fe1cf4_b.jpg

EDIT.
I almost forgot the tomatoes. I didnt get very many pictures for my scrapbook but I shot these before I started picking.
One of the Brandywine tomatoes. A few little bug holes because it was too close to the ground.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2942/15345856295_99bcfd8f8b_b.jpg

A small Beefsteak tomato. We got lots of them.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/15322824166_3c8edd828c_b.jpg

And some of the Cherry tomatoes.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3924/15159157750_931bfbd6c5_b.jpg

[Richard]

From my curry leaf tree (Bergera koenigii). It's about 4' tall now.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56874&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56874)

[I_GROWER]

http://i.imgur.com/V0TtJMc.jpg

[Richard]

4 Janice-Kadota figs.
:woohoonaner:

[pmurphy]

Enought Italian Honey Figs to make some fresh fig preserves......this is the tree's second crop of the year :)

[Richard]

Two 1/4 lb Janice-Kadota figs and a cup of Goji Berries.

[I_GROWER]

Wind knocked down my yucca/ cassava root

I was planning on harvestIng around mid November

http://i.imgur.com/SFij2WF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xL7FLC7.jpg

Now I need to store Until thanksgiving

[Dangermouse01]

Harvested the last 2 Dark Star dragon fruit of the season this morning.
23 and 20.5 ounces.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Dragon%20Fruit/DS_11-09-2014_zps506509ba.jpg

DM

[venturabananas]

Orange tamarillo (tree tomato). This is winner in my book. I've only harvested a few so far, but I really like the flavor. It has surprising elements of papaya flavor to me.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57260&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57260&ppuser=7760)

[pmurphy]

Chocolate persimmon (not sure yet what to do with them right now), and enough medlar to make 1 jar of jam - tastes like apple sauce :)

[bananimal]

Wind knocked down my yucca/ cassava root

I was planning on harvestIng around mid November

http://i.imgur.com/SFij2WF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xL7FLC7.jpg

Now I need to store Until thanksgiving

Peel, simmer till tender. In the AM slice and add good olive oil, fresh chopped garlic, little salt and sliced onions. Let stand at room temp all day and serve at dinner time. Same recipe as for Guineos en escabeche.

If you are a yucca fan you will really love it done this way. :08:

[I_GROWER]

^^str8 out of grandmas cookbook^^

Harvested guandules
http://i.imgur.com/2AlBJF5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5WA7fG2.jpg

[venturabananas]

It's cherimoya season! This is the Dr. White variety, a very fast grower in my yard.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57340&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57340)

[Rmplmnz]

It's cherimoya season! This is the Dr. White variety, a very fast grower in my yard.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57340&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57340)

Awesome!

We grow Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa) and they are excellent out of hand.

What do you do with the Cherimoya's?

[venturabananas]

Awesome!

We grow Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa) and they are excellent out of hand.

What do you do with the Cherimoya's?

Sounds like we do the same thing you do with sugar apple, eat it out of hand, avoid the skin and seeds. Delicious, very sweet, juicy white flesh.

[merce3]

it's too bad we can't grow true cherimoyas in fl due to the humidity. the closest we get is the dream cherimoya which is really an atemoya.

[Richard]

A dozen Nordmann Seedless Kumquats, 3 Rio Red Grapefruit, half-dozen White Alpine Strawberries, and a few branches of Greek Basil.

[pmurphy]

I've been doing a little "indoor gardening" during the winter (brought most of these plants inside back in September), and this our harvest.......

Varigate Kumquat, growing in our covered but unheated garden (to protect from the damp)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57431&size=1

Babaco Papaya - picture taken a couple of weeks ago....we ate it this morning :)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57432&size=1

Mango....it'll be awhile before this one is ready though.....
FYI, this tree is only about 2.5ft tall
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57433&size=1

[I_GROWER]

Wow mango in Vancouver Congrats!

Impressive


I harvested a few burros to fry
http://i.imgur.com/pqp4l8u.jpg

[Hammocked Banana]

I've been doing a little "indoor gardening" during the winter (brought most of these plants inside back in September), and this our harvest.......

Varigate Kumquat, growing in our covered but unheated garden (to protect from the damp)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57431&size=1

Babaco Papaya - picture taken a couple of weeks ago....we ate it this morning :)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57432&size=1

Mango....it'll be awhile before this one is ready though.....
FYI, this tree is only about 2.5ft tall
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57433&size=1

Wow this is amazing, I've never head of a mango holding fruit this far north, I know I definitely have never achieved this. Did u buy a grafted plant? Also where did you get the babaco papaya? Did u start from seeds?

[pmurphy]

Wow this is amazing, I've never head of a mango holding fruit this far north, I know I definitely have never achieved this. Did u buy a grafted plant? Also where did you get the babaco papaya? Did u start from seeds?

I've tried starting both these plants from seed but have not managed to keep them beyond a few weeks, if they even start at all - don't know if the soil is too cold or what because I've tried many different ways (including heating the soil) and many different mediums but so far no luck. The best I was able to achieve was a Julie mango that I started from seed (brought it back from St. Vincent) and it survived for just over a year before it took a turn and I was unable to revive it :(

As for these two, I got the papaya during a local annual exotic plant sale in May of 2013 when if was only about 30" and now it is about 5'; FYI, this is the same plant I was looking for help with last winter when it lost ALL its leaves....but it made a great comeback this past spring and only has 1 fruit left to ripen; we've eaten the other 9....
I also got the mango during the plant sale in May of 2014; it appears to be graphed but I was still shocked to see it flower during the summer and then produce fruit! - especially considering its height.

Both these plants (as well as other exotics) spend the summer and early fall in a double-walled poly carb greenhouse before coming into the house, and I guess they really like these conditions because this is the result..... :)

[Richard]

... Also where did you get the babaco papaya? Did u start from seeds?

Babaco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babaco) does not produce from it's own seed. It is a naturally occurring sterile hybrid from central and south america. Humans propagate it by cutting. In nature the plant also sprouts from broken limbs brought down by storms onto the fertile mulch in its native environment. Seeds also sprout when the two parent species are in proximity. The seeds of another species called mountain papaya or mountain paw paw (Vasconcellea pubescens) are sometimes sold online as Babaco to unsuspecting buyers.

[Hammocked Banana]

Thanks Richard. How do the seeds sprout when the parents are in close proximity, if the parents are sterile? I always though babaco was the mountain papaya, but now I learn that they are a different species. Is there anymore information you can provide me, it would be much appreciated. Also if any one knows any sources of this plant in Canada please let us know, I've looked for this one for a while, but people around here just generally have no idea what im talking about.

[Richard]

The parents I was referring to are individuals of Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis (syn. Carica pubescens), and Vasconcellea stipulata (syn. Carica stipulata).

[PR-Giants]

Platanos- several bunches of French, False-Horns, & Horns.

Bananas- Williams, Red, Gran Nain, Namwa, Hua Moa, Prata Ana, Veinte Cohol, SH-3640, & Manzano.

Papaya, panapen, aguacate, carambola, loquat, calabaza, cherries, toronjas, & plenty of cocos.

Good Luck - Vince #75 - The 'U'

[I_GROWER]

Mamey, yellow mamey (canister) & Nispero (sapodilla)
http://i.imgur.com/vZxZg9O.jpg

[I_GROWER]

Ñame (Spanish) or Chinese potato/Yam

http://i.imgur.com/23zxSe6.jpg

[sal]

Red potatoes. From 1 5 gallon bucket, i harvested about 2 pounds. It was a left over potato from the grocery store, it started to sprout. I put about an inch of potting soil mixed with compost in a bucket, placed the potato and put about another inch of soil. 3 weeks later I had a plant. I just add more soil as it grew.

I was just testing it. Really happy with the results.

[Kat2]

Red potatoes. From 1 5 gallon bucket, i harvested about 2 pounds. It was a left over potato from the grocery store, it started to sprout. I put about an inch of potting soil mixed with compost in a bucket, placed the potato and put about another inch of soil. 3 weeks later I had a plant. I just add more soil as it grew.

I was just testing it. Really happy with the results.I love reading about people who just played around and got a crop. Congratulations! Now try a pineapple...

I've given up trying to explain to people that, yes, you can grow potatoes from store bought spuds. No, they aren't treated to inhibit growth and, yes, they will be clones of the ones you were eating a few months ago only tastier.

I have 4 "Irish types" ready to cut up sitting on my shelf right now--that's probably 20 "plants" when I'm done. And I'm going to split a sweet potato or 2 to plant also. Even if I don't get tubers from the orange ladies, I can eat the leaves.

[sal]

I have tried pineapple tops but they never work for me. lol

[I_GROWER]

I got some store brought oinions and potatoes in te compose sprouting.. Next experiment

Pineapple Top finally put out a flower
http://i.imgur.com/iKMNOZ8.jpg


Keep trying sal

[Kat2]

I wonder what happened to the 2 pineapples I started but had to leave behind when moving. I have a feeling someone got a couple of fruits from them.

I have 1 in the dirt and another to plant; I'm not moving again until they produce. BTW, I grew one in MD for 9 years that never ever bloomed. Nice houseplant but not what I was expecting.

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51949 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51949)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51950 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51950)

[gnappi]

"I have tried pineapple tops but they never work for me. lol"

Some say to cut the top off a store bought pineapple and stick it in the ground, that never worked for me here in south Florida. Every one I started in a cup of water has grown and within a few years has given me a delicious albeit small fruit.

If you use a cup, make sure its clear glass so you can see when it needs water, cut the top way up high till you see little round dots in the meat, do not let the bottom get dry and change the water every week.

Once in the ground they don't do well with neglect. Water and fertilize like every other tropical. Mine are in partial shade except summer when it gets full sun.

[Kat2]

Okay, what is that PR? I assume it's edible so how does it taste?

[gnappi]

Okay, what is that PR? I assume it's edible so how does it taste?

That's a red anonna, maybe a red custard apple?

[Richard]

First of several artichokes this cycle.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57545&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57545)

[robguz24]

"I have tried pineapple tops but they never work for me. lol"

Some say to cut the top off a store bought pineapple and stick it in the ground, that never worked for me here in south Florida. Every one I started in a cup of water has grown and within a few years has given me a delicious albeit small fruit.

If you use a cup, make sure its clear glass so you can see when it needs water, cut the top way up high till you see little round dots in the meat, do not let the bottom get dry and change the water every week.

Once in the ground they don't do well with neglect. Water and fertilize like every other tropical. Mine are in partial shade except summer when it gets full sun.

Where I live I can leave my tops in a pile and have had some even begin to flower without ever being specifically watered or fertilized. I try to plant them when I eventuallyget around to it.

[PR-Giants]

Okay, what is that PR? I assume it's edible so how does it taste?

Here it's called a Corazon fruit and tastes like a strawberry crossed with a guava.

It's a more vigorous grower than the other Annona reticulata trees that I have.

[gnappi]

Sapodilla, loquat, mulberry, starfruit, bananas, jaboticaba. Coming soon canistel, guava, jackfruit, mango, muscadines, persimmon, peaches, Asian long beans, coffee, anonna, Grumichama cherry

[Richard]

Sapodilla, loquat, mulberry, starfruit, bananas, jaboticaba. Coming soon canistel, guava, jackfruit, mango, muscadines, persimmon, peaches, Asian long beans, coffee, anonna, Grumichama cherry

:woohoonaner:

[I_GROWER]

yucca / cassava
http://i60.tinypic.com/2sb4mqq.jpg

[Kat2]

Still no pictures--must find my camera cord.

I probably shouldn't have but I clipped a few fiddleheads from the 9 lovely and obviously quite healthy Ostrich ferns cincinnana sent to me. I'm sauteing them in a bunch of butter for a birthday dinner tonight. What a wonderful gift I received!

[Kat2]

I happened to look inside my potted little Sunshine Blue blueberry plant and found a purple berry. It was delicious! I have never liked cultivated ripe northern blueberries (wild, yes!) and find even "not ready" ones mealy. This wasn't! Lots of berries formed and more forming. Getting out my bird net in the AM.

[kubali]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57726
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57724
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57725
How many of you have tried these cherries.it takes 24 oranges to equal the amount of vitamin c in just one
Barbados cherry.

[venturabananas]

How many of you have tried these cherries.it takes 24 oranges to equal the amount of vitamin c in just one
Barbados cherry.

I like them. But I'd choose a real cherry over them any day. But if you can grow Barbados cherries, you probably are in a zone where growing real cherries isn't a good option.

[kubali]

I like them. But I'd choose a real cherry over them any day. But if you can grow Barbados cherries, you probably are in a zone where growing real cherries isn't a good option.

that's very true, I wish I could grow some Bing cherries god knows I love them. But I do have a cherry of the Rio Grande, which are sweet and juicy.
I am in zone 9b and we only have about 225-275 chill hours a year here.
And most of the good cherries require between 400-700 chill hours.

[JP]

that's very true, I wish I could grow some Bing
cherries god knows I love them. But I do have a cherry of the Rio Grande, which are sweet and juicy.

Are they any good? I'm trying to find a replacecement for cherries because when I eat them, I get kind of an allergic reaction... But I love the taste...

[cincinnana]

Those are not Cherries ....those are apples....:nanadrink:

[cincinnana]

Still no pictures--must find my camera cord.

I probably shouldn't have but I clipped a few fiddleheads from the 9 lovely and obviously quite healthy Ostrich ferns cincinnana sent to me. I'm sauteing them in a bunch of butter for a birthday dinner tonight. What a wonderful gift I received!

Take out the SC card and put it in the laptop.....no cord needed.

Happy 39th birthday...belated.
Here is the pic Kat wanted to post:)




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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110357684@N02/16715890553" title="Kats Krosiers by Hostafarian, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7703/16715890553_1e5832e1ca_z.jpg" width="640" height="478" alt="Kats Krosiers"></a>

[venturabananas]

that's very true, I wish I could grow some Bing cherries god knows I love them. But I do have a cherry of the Rio Grande, which are sweet and juicy.
I am in zone 9b and we only have about 225-275 chill hours a year here.
And most of the good cherries require between 400-700 chill hours.

You do have enough chill to try the low-chill Minnie Lee / Royal Lee combination. They fruit even in places with virtually no chill (consistently <100 hr for my friend in Santa Monica, CA). You need both varieties together for pollination. The people I know who grow them say they are very tasty cherries. Not sure how they'd do in your climate, but you have enough chill.

[Dangermouse01]

PPK (Po Pyu Kalay) mango. Smallest of the few on the tree.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Mangoes/PPK/PPK_05-27-15_zpspaiqodlf.jpg

DM

[kubali]

PPK (Po Pyu Kalay) mango. Smallest of the few on the tree.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Mangoes/PPK/PPK_05-27-15_zpspaiqodlf.jpg

DM

Still looks good.

[Dangermouse01]

Hak Ip lychee.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Lychee/Hak%20Ip/Hak-Ip_15-05-29_zpssxupwwkd.jpg

DM

[merce3]

i've read that lychee taste a little bit like green grapes, but sweeter. i think i will need to add a tree. do you know of any dwarf varieties?

[trebor]

My first Gac from my back yard!

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/hgils/th_20150524_113123.mp4 (http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/hgils/20150524_113123.mp4)

[kubali]

Dragon Fruit-American Beauty
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58008
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58007
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58005

[amantedelenguaje]

Dragon Fruit-American Beauty
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58008
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How did they taste? How long did it take them to mature from flower to fruit?

[kubali]

How did they taste? How long did it take them to mature from flower to fruit?

the taste was great hint of grape with kiwi and very sweet, and took them 27 days from flower till I picked them. I never am good at waiting they could of stayed on 4-5 more days and might have been better but I loved them the way they were. Been raining a lot here lately and I did not want them to get watery tasting so I picked them. I got 10 more and it has just really started to bloom, so I will figure it out soon as when the best picking time is.
I will say this, they are very easy to grow and worth every bit of the effort to take care of them over the winter.
let me go take a couple pics of one that is blooming right now
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58010
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58011
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58009

[Richard]

the taste was great hint of grape with kiwi and very sweet, and took them 27 days from flower till I picked them.

American Beauty is one of my favorites. It takes about 35-40 days from flower to fruit here in coastal San Diego county.

[harveyc]

I've been picking quite a few jaboticaba lately. This is the first year it has set a heavy crop for me. I bought it as a fairly large tree in 2008.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jMFcNSEI2Qw/VW0PjeTFUYI/AAAAAAAAbvY/XalR9RxEqQM/w464-h821-no/IMAG3511.jpg

[bananimal]

Way to go Havey. I have a Sabara, Grimal and a Red. Still wating for some size beforeI I get froot! Meanwile my rare fruit club members bring in all kinds of stuff every month. Only Sabara. BTW ---- Im sitting in front of a taverna on the island of Crete in Greece. The coffee is wonderfull.

[Dangermouse01]

Couple more days and I can start harvesting some Jaboticaba.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Jaboticaba/Grimal/Grimal_16-04-17_zpsb4yck5pv.jpg

DM

[Kat2]

Couple more days and I can start harvesting some Jaboticaba.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Jaboticaba/Grimal/Grimal_16-04-17_zpsb4yck5pv.jpg

DMRoad trip to DM's place! Caravan meets up in Titusville at 8 AM Friday morning. :goteam:

[Dangermouse01]

47 dragon fruit.
14 Physical Graffitti
13 Dark Star
10 Vietnamese Jaina
10 Unknown type
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Dragon%20Fruit/Harvest_08-28-2016_zpsa8xnivxm.jpg

DM

[luisport]

Some of my trees fruiting for the first time!
Guava tree with flowers


https://s16.postimg.org/a30rxa9s1/20160828_184821.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/a30rxa9s1/)


https://s11.postimg.org/pqdsk5e4v/20160828_184809.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/pqdsk5e4v/)

Reed avocado fruits



https://s4.postimg.org/g2u8ya7dl/20160828_184939.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/g2u8ya7dl/)


Red araçá fruits



https://s14.postimg.org/3p3imvmm5/20160828_185054.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/3p3imvmm5/)

Annona Cherimoya fruits

https://s13.postimg.org/4edh9r11f/20160828_185146.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/4edh9r11f/)

[luisport]

Guava tree with flowers

https://s11.postimg.org/n66yugjcf/goiabeira_em_flor.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/n66yugjcf/)

Reed avocado tree


https://s13.postimg.org/ih10qkns3/Abacateiro_Reed.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ih10qkns3/)

[Dangermouse01]

Some coffee.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/flowers%20and%20plants/Coffee/Red_11-07-2016_zpsurj7nctp.jpg
Liquid Gold.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/Bees/2016/Liquid%20Gold%2011-07-2016_zpsbouaicj0.jpg

DM

[venturabananas]

Do you actually process and roast the coffee? I have some too, but it seems like a hassle to remove the fruit, get the husk off the seed, etc. Got any secrets? Thanks.

[Dangermouse01]

Do you actually process and roast the coffee? I have some too, but it seems like a hassle to remove the fruit, get the husk off the seed, etc. Got any secrets? Thanks.

So far just eating them raw off the plant. Hadn't really researched all the steps for processing them yet.

DM

[Dangermouse01]

Had 8 medium frames of honey in the freezer from last fall that I extracted so I could use the frames/comb for up coming nectar flow.
Got 2 gallons and 20 ounces of honey from the 8 frames.
This a pint jar of the goodness.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n200/dangermouse2006/Bees/2017/Honey_03-11-2017_zpsya3t446m.jpg

DM

[gnappi]

Do you actually process and roast the coffee? I have some too, but it seems like a hassle to remove the fruit, get the husk off the seed, etc. Got any secrets? Thanks.

It's a MAJOR hassle. I have 10 coffee trees and I planned on having 12, one to satisfy coffee needs for each month but I stopped at 10 because the skinning, drying, roasting and grinding is such a pain.

The coffee was quite good though but too labor intensive to make it a viable option so my coffee trees serve as a visual barrier or green fence between me and the condo in back of me.

[gnappi]

Now... what did I harvest?

My peaches are excellent. I just finished up the winter crop of carambola, and the trees are already blooming for the summer crop, sapodilla are still abundant, I get at least one a day, and on the slate for picking this week is a jack fruit, Canistel, lemon drop mangosteen and pineapple.

It's going to be a GREAT summer, the mango trees are full!

[venturabananas]

Given the other plants you mention, you must be growing a very low-chill peach. What variety is it? I still haven't found one that is consistently great in my low-chill but also low-heat coastal CA climate.

[gnappi]

Given the other plants you mention, you must be growing a very low-chill peach. What variety is it? I still haven't found one that is consistently great in my low-chill but also low-heat coastal CA climate.

I have two, a tropic sweet in ground since 2/2011, and a tropic beauty which I planted in 2013.

The first is a HUGE disappointment but the tropic beauty has given me 4+ dozen peaches so far this year.

[robguz24]

My first jaboticaba harvest. Took 9 years to get more than a few fruit per year.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/IMG_3136_zps2pz2l8a2.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/IMG_3136_zps2pz2l8a2.jpg.html)

[gnappi]

My first jaboticaba harvest. Took 9 years to get more than a few fruit per year.

Yeah, Sabarra are like that, it drives me CRAZY :-) I planted my first in 2011 as a 6' tall 7 gallon, and this year was my first decent crop, every year is better than the last.

Knowing I could and would be able to eat a LOT of Jabo, I planted another one (a 4' footer) in 2014 and it's coming along S-L-O-W-L-Y, but it's healthy. I hope to have fruit in 2020.

[subsonicdrone]

what diameter is the stem when it starts producing fruits approximately?

[gnappi]

what diameter is the stem when it starts producing fruits approximately?

If you mean the trunk, mine was over 3 inches.

[Juicy Bananas]

We harvested close to 30 pounds this last week. My wife is going to make ice pops for our son, hot pepper sauce, and we were also going to maybe try wine. They are a wonderful fruit.

[Richard]

About a dozen Kei Apples (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14616).

http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/4/14fc16691988c4c2cf87b423b8e2f3d658875308.jpg

[luisport]

About a dozen Kei Apples (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14616).

http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/4/14fc16691988c4c2cf87b423b8e2f3d658875308.jpg

Congratulations! I have kei apple too but not producing yet... :08:

[Richard]

Congratulations! I have kei apple too but not producing yet... :08:

You'll probably want to espalier the male and female so that you still have skin on your arms after you harvest the fruit.

[luisport]

You'll probably want to espalier the male and female so that you still have skin on your arms after you harvest the fruit.

My kei apple is self fertile and sweet... :08:

[Richard]

My kei apple is self fertile and sweet... :08:

You had a harvest last year?

[luisport]

You had a harvest last year?

No, this is a variety from Madeira island.

[Richard]

No, this is a variety from Madeira island.

You're talking about Dovyalis caffra? It's native range is south of the equator.

There are a few inscrutable plant sellers here that have tried selling "self fertile" Kei Apple. But when the plants are moved miles away from male Kei Apple they never produce. It will be interesting if yours do!

[luisport]

You're talking about Dovyalis caffra? It's native range is south of the equator.

There are a few inscrutable plant sellers here that have tried selling "self fertile" Kei Apple. But when the plants are moved miles away from male Kei Apple they never produce. It will be interesting if yours do!

Hello again! I know that keis are from South Africa, but there was a lot of emigration from Madeira island to South Africa and Venezuela on old times. I got it from friends that only have a producing variety. No male and female keis there. :03:

[Richard]

Hello again! I know that keis are from South Africa, but there was a lot of emigration from Madeira island to South Africa and Venezuela on old times. I got it from friends that only have a producing variety. No male and female keis there. :03:

No. The Kei Apple was never native to Madeira. Perhaps you have a different Dovyalis species (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomylist.aspx?category=species&type=genus&value=Dovyalis&id=3956)?

[NCBananas]

Not sure if its ripe..... :ha:

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah92/onmyelectriglide/image_zpsmjy6zpj3.jpeg (http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/onmyelectriglide/media/image_zpsmjy6zpj3.jpeg.html)

[luisport]

No. The Kei Apple was never native to Madeira. Perhaps you have a different Dovyalis species (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomylist.aspx?category=species&type=genus&value=Dovyalis&id=3956)?

Hello again. I didn't say this is native to Madeira. I say this kei was taken to Madeira by imigrants on South Africa.

[Richard]

Hello again. I didn't say this is native to Madeira. I say this kei was taken to Madeira by imigrants on South Africa.

If you are referring to the tree at The Botanical Garden of Madeira, it is a female with male grafts attached.

[luisport]

If you are referring to the tree at The Botanical Garden of Madeira, it is a female with male grafts attached.

I didn't know that they have kei apple on Botanical Garden. I'm talking about my friends tree.

[Richard]

I didn't know that they have kei apple on Botanical Garden. I'm talking about my friends tree.

The only way to get viable seeds from a dioecious plant is by male pollination.

[Richard]

Here's the first of this year's fruit from my Mid Pride Peach tree:

http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/optimized/3X/1/7/173600aa4da6c08c69cd2df81ff9de9507a1ed9f_1_690x517.jpg

[aruzinsky]

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/Steakhouse8-11-17-1.jpg

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/Steakhouse8-11-17-2.jpg

Now, mostly turned into juice. I often drink 1 gal./day.

I planted cherry tomatoes around the caged tomatoes so that squirrels eat the cherry tomatoes instead of the large tomatoes. It works! Last year, without cherry tomatoes, the squirrels ate most of my large tomatoes. As you probably know, they tend to take one bite out of many large tomatoes instead of finishing a tomato.

[cincinnana]

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/Steakhouse8-11-17-1.jpg

http://www.general-cathexis.com/images/Steakhouse8-11-17-2.jpg

Now, mostly turned into juice. I often drink 1 gal./day.

I planted cherry tomatoes around the caged tomatoes so that squirrels eat the cherry tomatoes instead of the large tomatoes. It works! Last year, without cherry tomatoes, the squirrels ate most of my large tomatoes. As you probably know, they tend to take one bite out of many large tomatoes instead of finishing a tomato.
Great harvest....

[aruzinsky]

Great harvest....

Today, I went out to find a ripe tomato for a sandwich. I ended up picking 10 lbs. more of ripe Steakhouse tomatoes. It is definitely better than Big Zac.

[cincinnana]

I picked up a heirloom tomato plant at a local nursery
Prudens Purple

Single plant 15 feet across and 5 feet high(pruned heavily)..... growing on Hog fence.
Fruits are awesome for sandwiches.

Tomatoes .....:08:

[pmurphy]

I harvested my Akebia quinata aka chocolate vine and made a nice jam out of the fruit.
I couldn't find a recipe so I made one up.....very tasty!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65335&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65335&ppuser=14266)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65336&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65336&ppuser=14266)

...sorry for the sideways images, upload keeps rotating them :(

[aruzinsky]

I harvested my Akebia quinata aka chocolate vine and made a nice jam out of the fruit.
I couldn't find a recipe so I made one up.....very tasty!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65335&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65335&ppuser=14266)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65336&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65336&ppuser=14266)

...sorry for the sideways images, upload keeps rotating them :(

Regarding the unwanted rotation, if you used File Explorer to "rotate" the JPEG file to an upright position, it is probably the fault of Windows 10. The methods used differ between Windows 10 and previous versions. For example, if you view a Windows 10 "rotated" JPEG in Windows 7 File Explorer or Windows 7 Paint, it will be unrotated. The Windows 7 rotation method works with all programs but the Windows 10 method only works with some programs.

[pmurphy]

Regarding the unwanted rotation, if you used File Explorer to "rotate" the JPEG file to an upright position, it is probably the fault of Windows 10. The methods used differ between Windows 10 and previous versions. For example, if you view a Windows 10 "rotated" JPEG in Windows 7 File Explorer or Windows 7 Paint, it will be unrotated. The Windows 7 rotation method works with all programs but the Windows 10 method only works with some programs.

Unfortunately I have windows 10. I did find a way of rotating the image once I had uploaded it but that either caused the site to crash or the thumbnail to disappear.
I unfortunately have a lot of issues with this site, including being unable to upload images (these are the first images I've been able to upload in over a year) and even being unable to access it for days at a time.
:( :( It's no fun being a "lurker" :( :(

[pmurphy]

Unfortunately I have windows 10. I did find a way of rotating the image once I had uploaded it but that either caused the site to crash or the thumbnail to disappear.
I unfortunately have a lot of issues with this site, including being unable to upload images (these are the first images I've been able to upload in over a year) and even being unable to access it for days at a time.
:( :( It's no fun being a "lurker" :( :(

Case in point, when I hit submit reply for what I just responded I got this message (and I get it alot):

This page isn’t working Bananas.org - International Banana Society (http://www.bananas.org) is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

[cincinnana]

Case in point, when I hit submit reply for what I just responded I got this message (and I get it alot):

This page isn’t working Bananas.org - International Banana Society (http://www.bananas.org) is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

I was on my 4th day.....till now.

[luisport]

Arbutus unedo fruits...

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[cincinnana]

Arbutus unedo fruits...

//growingfruit-images.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/1/a1094a16b3f8b83ff94885a542e405b044770859.jpeg (https://postimg.cc/BjnJMK64)

Great looking fruit..

[luisport]

My first inga vulpina fruit pods... The "white fresh" flavour is sweet and floral... very good! :goteam:

//growingfruit-images.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/c/bcc3b6ffb1e02b0a7a391e874de2ee6dce6ff250.jpeg (https://postimg.cc/xc0pkf86)


//growingfruit-images.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/8/b865e4cc6f072b245a5d339ea23778aa3da52f92.jpeg (https://postimg.cc/3d7NmpCg)

[cincinnana]

My first inga vulpina fruit pods... The "white fresh" flavour is sweet and floral... very good! :goteam:

//growingfruit-images.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/c/bcc3b6ffb1e02b0a7a391e874de2ee6dce6ff250.jpeg (https://postimg.cc/xc0pkf86)


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Beautiful fruit.....

[luisport]

Beautiful fruit.....

Thank's! And the tree is beautifull too! :bananas_b

[HMelendez]

Woohooo!.....Congrats Luis!.....








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[luisport]

Woohooo!.....Congrats Luis!.....








:2723::bananarow::2723:

Thank you very much! :bananas_b

You can see all my fruits and trees/plants here:

https://growingfruit.org/t/my-small-fruit-tree-orchard/19936

[luisport]

My harvest of the day...

Purple araçá, Red araçá, Feijoa, Sete capotes, Li Jujube and Fuchsia flower fruit!


https://i.postimg.cc/RWJNd3nh/DSC-0597.jpg (https://postimg.cc/RWJNd3nh)

[Backyard Banana Joe]

First pinneaple. Took one and a half to two years from a storebought crown. pretty good!!!!! :08:


https://i.postimg.cc/sQ0HxJ6S/IMG-2191-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/sQ0HxJ6S)

https://i.postimg.cc/ph7kRLrJ/IMG-2195-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ph7kRLrJ)

https://i.postimg.cc/GTwYX89V/IMG-2196-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/GTwYX89V)

https://i.postimg.cc/ZWMWfBMH/IMG-2197-1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ZWMWfBMH)

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[Tytaylor77]

Amazing! Homegrown pineapples are so good! The pups will fruit in less than a year and be larger! I’m excited to taste more of my new types! Tastes nothing like the store does it!

[Backyard Banana Joe]

Amazing! Homegrown pineapples are so good! The pups will fruit in less than a year and be larger! I’m excited to taste more of my new types! Tastes nothing like the store does it!



Actually the plant appears to be dying? No sigh of pups. It IS in a pot.......... Thanks

[Tytaylor77]

Just leave it and keep growing it. There should be some new ones. They grow from above the soil and along the bottom of the plant. Those on bottom are called “pups” and others grow along the top, under where the picked fruit was. These are called “slips” if i remember right.