New Fig arrivals: 3/29/16 Antonio black fig, Bourjassotte noir, unknown fig from lou

New Arrivals 03/29/16

Antonio Black and Bourjasotte Noir from KK on Ebay

Unknown Cuttings from Lou on F4F

Sapote 2016 updates

Another seedling I got late last summer as part of my fascination with tropical fruits was sapote.

It's an interesting fruit that is suppose  to taste like caramel.

It too has done fairly well growing indoors. I do attribute the pine needle mulch to its success.

This plant does appear to be a slower grower. It hasn't gotten much taller but it does look a bit bushier.

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June 2016

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Longan 2016 updates

I've been growing this longan or dragon eye for about a season. I wasn't able to root any from seed so I bucked up and bought a seedling from ebay.

In the past as a child my first fascination with gardening came from sprouting my very own longan seeds. I never was able to keep any of them alive very long though. But now I guess I have the opposite problem.

I can keep them alive but can't seem to sprout them.

The longan has done very well indoors. It prefers a lower pH soil and didn't take off growing until I mulched pine needles and bark in the pot from one of my loads of free wood chips.

It's grown a foot over the winter. I hope it doubles that this growing season.

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April

The red leaves are new growth

 

 June 2016

July 

August 1. Up Potted