air-layering

air-layering

Good page showing how to properly air layer a tree branch.  Frankly, I had no idea this was how it was done.  Very easy and effective.  Looking forward to air layering a bunch of loquat branches as that thing is out of control.

Passion Fruit Vine (edible)

Passion fruit vine is doing really well. It has been about two months since planting. Can't wait to get fruit...

There's no such thing as fresh Passion fruit as it is dried out until the husk is a shriveled up thing...It is then that you can eat it.

Passion Fruit at the store is very expensive for a little bit.  $2.00 for each one and they are about the size of golfballs.

Cuban Bananas Almost Ready

I love these bananas.  One of the best tasting ever when properly ripe.  They need maybe one more week, two at most.  About 70 bananas on the bunch.

They taste like a sweet vanilla custard with a tinge of tanginess to them.

The plants are medium height and grow to a max height of approximately 12 feet if you measure to the end of the tallest leaf.

I have no idea what the actual name of this variety is.  I've just always known them to be called Cubans...

Kiwi's and Fig

Bought 2 Artic Kiwi's to replace the one that died and a Brown Turkey Fig to replace the one that died as well.

The Kiwi died due to inadequate watering which I am improving for the new ones.  The fig died because it had been planted in a mulchy kind of substrate when I bought it from Home Depot.  This over time diingrated leaving air pockets which allowed the roots to die.  In the future I will be removing the substrate before planting if it is similar to this mulch stuff and not real dirt.

Summer Garden planting

Finally got the summer veggies planted....3 Black Beauty Zucchini, 1 Butternut Squash (not sure whats gonna happen with that at this time of year) 2 fajita peppers, 1 hot banana pepper, 1 jalepeno, 1 cilantro, 1 Juliet tomato (grape type), 1 sun sugar hybrid tomato (cherry type that ripens in yellow, orange and red colors) and also planted bunch more tennesee melon and black watermelon seeds.


Cut back the yellow boy tomato that was looking sickly, not expecting much, but I am also not planning on putting anything else there. I will let it grow and see if it comes back.  Weeded, I need to keep up on that better and I need to put mulch down.  Now gonna start serrano seeds, eggplant, swiss chard, okra and squash.