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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on January 14, 2025, 8:41 pm Here's a pic of one of my pineapple guava, Feijoa sellowiana, plants I started from seed, about 4 years ago. It looks like it is setting flower buds for the first time. Right now, it is growing in a 1 gallon pot, but does not seem pot bound yet, even though the plant seems to be reaching fruiting maturity, if not this year, the next. I'll see... https://photos.app.goo.gl/1XT6FmgQFQi7tSUs9 Here are a few MIRACLE FRUIT, Synsepalum dulcificum, plants, started from seed. For those who may not know, Miracle Fruits got their name from the fruit's ability to, after munching on a berry, make the flavor of a sour fruit, appear sweet. I wonder if a Miracle Fruit could change the flavor of a trifoliate orange, into a more palatable taste? https://photos.app.goo.gl/d2d7UjxdxiZNFHef9 - NEW PLANT - Here's a pic of a tropical fruit tree, I recently got. It is a WAX JAMBU, Syzygium samarangense. Wax Jambus are closely related to rose and pond apples. Their flavors are likened to super juicy apples (more juice than crunch), if you can imagine that. Wax Jambus can begin fruiting in about 3 years... https://photos.app.goo.gl/uzDDUAXxUUtMZEKS7 Guess what? While people who live in zones more temperate than South Florida, lament about cold weather that happens every year, or worry if protection methods they use in their gardens, might look gawky to others, in their neighborhoods, many in South Florida PROTECT THEIR PLANTS, if need be, and it doesn't necessarily look "beautiful", in the landscape. Here is a page taken from Top Tropicals website. It shows that some plants, even in southern Florida, needs winter protection. However, they take it in stride, and not worry about what others might think, in terms of aesthetics: https://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/store/blog_entry.cgi?find=sunshine-epi&srsltid=AfmBOorUDfoVBQwN5Wb2El8yDCT9MHzvWptmSs1cTHJmG64eyERUARJk

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on January 15, 2025, 8:01 am, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin, I read the article. All good tips , some are used by people on this board in zone 6 or below. Neat variegated banana. Dwarf Mango, who knew? I would love that if I had s bigger greenhouse or if I had a fully sunny backyard I might build a seasonal cover for winter. More new plzz as it’d got your collection. You need to move to Homestead, Florida and start your in exotic fruit ranch, lol.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on January 15, 2025, 9:40 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Fred. You are right, that there are others, in "less tropical" areas, than South Florida, but even there, there are plants that need protection (particularly, ultra tropicals), even there. However, they aren't impossible to grow ultra tropicals, there, in the ground, just as it is not impossible to grow subtropical, in the ground, in z6. They do require effective protection, in BOTH places, though. I have acquired a number of tropical fruits, this fall, and early winter. Thank goodness, temps were not freezing during the temps They were shipped to me, which would have killed them, in transit. I hope to add a few other types, when temps moderate more, in a few months. A number of tropical fruits grow slowly, and remain relatively small, while producing fruit.

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