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Our rainy season has come early. It has been raining for a couple of days now so I decided to run out between the raindrops and take photos of some of our fruiting plants that have started to flower and fruit. One fruit that I haven't grown before (and I only know one person in the area that has) is kiwi. I planted a couple vines last year but before they could grow and produce, the deer ate every leaf and then the entire vine. They didn't recover very well but I bought two more vines in April. I planted these in large pots and dug up the stunted ones and put them in pots too. I moved them closer to the house next to a fence. They have to have a sturdy place to grow. The most amazing thing is that one has started to bloom! This is a female plant and the male hasn't started to bloom yet so it won't set little kiwis, but this bloom is very exciting. Photos 1, 2 and 3.
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Our rainy season has come early. It has been raining for a couple of days now so I decided to run out between the raindrops and take photos of some of our fruiting plants that have started to flower and fruit. One fruit that I haven't grown before (and I only know one person in the area that has) is kiwi. I planted a couple vines last year but before they could grow and produce, the deer ate every leaf and then the entire vine. They didn't recover very well but I bought two more vines in April. I planted these in large pots and dug up the stunted ones and put them in pots too. I moved them closer to the house next to a fence. They have to have a sturdy place to grow. The most amazing thing is that one has started to bloom! This is a female plant and the male hasn't started to bloom yet so it won't set little kiwis, but this bloom is very exciting. Photos 1, 2 and 3.
Photo 4 is of our McCalister fig. It is a large tree - over 10 feet tall. On either side you can see little figs forming. Photo 5 is the green ischia fig. The fruit stays green. It turns slightly yellow when ripe. Birds and other fig loving animals are fooled and don't know the fruit is ripe.
Photos 6 and 7 are of Brassos blackberries. These are very juicy and sweet. The largest one is about the size of a quarter.
Photo 8 is a Robinson tangerine.
Photo 9 is a Zill mango.
Photo 10 is a ripe Surinam Cherry and Photo 11 is a pecked one and an unripe one. The largest of these is bigger than a nickle and smaller than a quarter. They grow on bushes.
Photo 12 is a Miracle mango. Photo 13 is an Ice Cream mango and Photo 14 is a Fairchild mango.
Photos 15 and 16 are of a red pineapple. They are pretty rare and this will be a big one.
Photos 17 and 18 are of a Giant Thai Jujube. This is a new variety just introduced into this country. It is extremely rare. The fruit will get almost apple size and tastes similar to a green apple. It is crunchy like an apple. I am espaliering this one and a smaller (fruit size) thornless jujube on the side of our barn.
That's all I got before it started to pour again. This fruit growing thing is really pretty interesting and is so different from the Northeast.
1 comment:
That's quite the menagerie you have going there, Roberta. Looks like a full-time job by itself.
When I was a kid, we had a neighbor who had a backyard like that ... minus the fruits. I was always fascinated to watch the critters (mostly squirrels and rabbits but there was the occasional raccoon) run wild in there.
We have had Florida type weather here the last two days - 97 on Tuesday and 94 yesterday. In vintage Minnesota fashion, it will be 69 today. Try growing something in this weather and you will tear your hair out.
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