Rmplmnz

Thanks!!!

Hmmnn..probably up to a dozen or so....

Abnshrek

Very Nice(can't say enough, pretty awesome).. So do you trap squirrels? If so what's your sure fire bait? :^)

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bananimal

Dug out some pics of Genes place.

You bounce when you walk these trails – the mulch is that thick.



Florida State Champion Jaboticaba



One of his Mysore mats (light pink petioles) that do not look like my Pisang Klotek (dark burgundy petioles)
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blownz281

Mysore mats I have are all deep red all over.

jbyrd88888

Very cool Video, You are awesome! I'd like to create a backyard similar yet organized: All vegetables and fruit plants and NOOOO weeds or grass I'd live over there forever when ya want me to move in?

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Rmplmnz

Awesome..I was hoping someone would come through with some pics!

My pics are from 1992 and are not digital.

caliboy1994

New growth on my Mysore is a nice maroon color and when the plant matures it becomes an olive green color.

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Rmplmnz

Ha ha..we like to call it organized "Chaos".

In this climate things get out of control very quickly...

Ube yams..can take over.

An Avocado seed thrown in a compost pile becomes a 20 foot tree.....a lil Royal Poinciana seedling grows massive in two years...

I have a friend who actually told me "you have a maintenance free yard".....(because we have "no grass") I am like..yeah if you love constant tree work (trimming to shape and "control" canopies). Cutting down 30 foot tall 200 pound bamboo poles. Cutting down massive papaya trees that have been over taken by bugs....the sap is like being covered with red ants...only it does not last longs (after you scrub it off in a frenzy).

How to Prune a Papaya Tree
by Ruth de Jauregui, Demand Media
Put on "gloves" and "safety glasses" before pruning a papaya tree. The latex sap of the papaya may cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals.
How to Prune a Papaya Tree | Home Guides | SF Gate

My wife frequently asks me what I am grumbling about....

"you have a maintenance free yard"
- Unnamed Close Friend

Rmplmnz

Following is an update:



If you would like to have some fun answer the following:

How many blooms?

How many different varieties?

How many different varieties with blooms?

Rmplmnz

edzone9

Ill be one happy camper if my lula ever bears fruit ! ..
Love Avocados & Plantains ..

Great Vids ...

Rmplmnz

Thanks!!

We also have Lula....I have some pics/video of the fruit posted (somewhere within all my ramblings)...Lula is a great fruit with a rich taste!!

jbyrd88888

Very Cool jungle and beautiful fruits! I bet those guard dogs scare away bears and rodents?
Lucky Floridian.

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ez

blooms 19

different varieties 17

different varieties with blooms 15

Very nice Rmplmnz thanks for sharing.

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Rmplmnz

Awesome..thanks!

Hopefully you are in Tampa sometime and can stop by and load up!!

ez

I would love to take a road trip but I just started a new job so I wouldn't be able to do anything until next summer.

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bananimal

Hey Rmp ---- are your Lula thick or thin skinned? Texture denser that the average WI types?

I'm still trying to nail down the one that was sold to me as a Lula.

Dan

edzone9

I did not know that you can grow all that in the Tampa area .

I have a cuzin in Springhill tampa that im trying to get him into growing tropicals , but he says that tropicals cant grow in Tampa !.

Gonna send him this Video

merce3

Spring hill is a good distance north of Tampa. It's higher elevation too, so you're more limited in what you can grow.

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Rmplmnz

Ed, love your enthusiasm!....Hate to temper it..but Spring Hill is a little cold for bananas..

We typically experience less effects from the cold than our friends as far south as Ft. Meyers due to our proximity to the bay. Our micro climate can be 5 to 10 degrees higher than theirs and this is significant. Being near the bay..the higher water temperature helps with the air temperature.

Many of the members have been to our garden and toured through the West Indian Avocados (typically only grown in South Florida) and other cold sensitive tropical plants that survived the two brutal contiguous winters (2009-2010 & 2010 - 2011).

We are located on the Peninsula within "Hillsborough Bay" (the smaller peninsula, the larger one is Pinellas County including St. Petersburg):

http://www.keithmaps.com/images/FISHING_F115.jpg

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http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images...000306_lrg.jpg

Tampa Bay, the largest open-water estuary in Florida, extends approximately 35 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is 5 to 10 miles wide along most of its length. Four segments make up the open-water section. Hillsborough Bay, the smallest of these segments, receives runoff from a large portion of the city of Tampa. The Hillsborough and Alafia Rivers drain into Hillsborough Bay, as do a number of smaller tributaries. Middle Tampa Bay receives runoff from the Little Manatee River and drainage from smaller tributaries along the Hillsborough and Pinellas County coastlines. Old Tampa Bay receives runoff from portions of Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Tampa. Lower Tampa Bay, which has the largest volume of the four segments, connects the mouth of the bay to the Gulf of Mexico. The Manatee River, which receives runoff from the city of Bradenton, flows into the southern portion of this bay segment.

Tampa Bay Watershed - Hillsborough River, Alafia River, Manatee River - Florida's Water: Ours to Protect