I love the taste of pawpaws, I plan on planting a couple dozen trees along the creek.
Saving seed.
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Not a fruit, but I grow these Japanese anemonies under an apple tree growing next to an old sand dump, so I won’t forget to water it often enough. It (Little Princess) has the charm of a pre-schooler’s art project and makes me laugh.
If anyone sees a fractal pattern or rigid symetry, let me know…
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My Titus cornelian cherry is on the verge of ripening (turned dark 3 weeks ago, plumped up and slowly softening now). I’ve been snacking on them for about a week, picked ~half yesterday and made compote. I’ll have to pick and jam the rest today or tomorrow.
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I put some watermelon seeds in poor sandy soil at my parents in zone 5 NH in June. Didn’t think anything had grown. Was helping my dad by weedwhacking today and felt a thud! Just one, and a little underripe, but saved most of it — mild and sweet. @weatherandtrees just so you know it’s possible (and likely better with more care).
Seeds: https://www.rareseeds.com/watermelon-leelanau-sweetglo
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Wild Muscadine grapes. Never seen any fruit here, just assumed it was all male plants. Found some in the back while I was doing some labor. Didn’t want to get distracted so I gave these 3 to the chickens. Came back the next day… all the grapes were gone. I assume birds got them and striped the plant clean. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to not make that mistake again.
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Varieties of Maxima squash. Haven’t kept them as separate as I planned. My Grandpa Al had a great Pink Banana squash, and then Grandpa Holcomb had a Sweetmeat… the first couple of these are the resulting hybrid.
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that first photo looks like the good qualities of each, in one squash. I hope it tastes as good as it looks
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Mutsu, grafted on MM111 in 2016, 3rd year fruiting.
Summer Rambo, grafted on MM111 in 2019, 1st year fruiting.
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I’m hoping so. I backcrossed it by hand. If its not good i can always toss the seeed.
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i got 2 decent sized crimson sweets sizing up. should be ready to pick soon.
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@wdingus … I have a friend that has a Mutsu apple. I like the taste.
They get several good apples off their tree with no spray a little to no pruning.
It seems to be quite bug resistent… or perhaps they are lucky and bugs have not found it yet. It is around 25 years old.
I saw it a few weeks back… and could see several FB strikes on it… but they were all on limb tips… and none traveled more than 3 or 4 inches.
I am considering collecting some scion from it to add to a tree here.
Have you tried yours no spray ?
Does it seem to be quite resistent to insect damage ?
What has been your experience with yours FB wise ?
Thanks
TNHunter
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Mutsu is a triploid, so it needs two other (non-self-fertile) trees to pollinate it. Cummins says it’s very susceptible to basically all the diseases. It’s not red which helps with a few potential problems. Looks tasty. 
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Slightly different kind of flowers, but my toddler’s favorite garden salad is arugula flowers, Thai sweet basil, and a dash of oregano and thyme. Though she has trouble collecting more than a few handfuls before she wants to just eat them instead of picking more.
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@evilpaul … my friends tree looks like this.
It has grown well over the 25 years. It gets FB strikes but they only minimally affect it. 3-4 inches then stops.
They have one other crab apple in the back yard. Their nearest neighbor is a half mile away.
I have a novamac and early mc at my new home site… 20 ft apart. I would be grafting a few scions of it to those.
Going to add some pristine and chestnut crab as well.
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All of my trees receive fairly minimal [insect|fung]icide sprays, mostly “organic” ones. The Mutsu seems to suffer from CAR a bit more than others on average. Never had any FB on it, luckily I’ve had very little on any tree! The fruit are about as susceptible to PC and CM as any of my others, they ruined a few before I bagged them.
They’re not my favorite dessert apple but they do have an interesting enough taste that we enjoy them. Gonna have to try them in a pie or something…
Be careful you don’t get caught in a misunderstanding there. I suspect someone in the past did so and has perpetuated it since. I’m doubtful there is anything in the plant or animal world where via sexual reproduction, there must be two male DNA donors. With a single diploid and triploid tree, only the triploid gets pollenized by the diploid. So a second diploid is necessary to cross-pollenize it, hence a minimum of 3 trees. No single tree in that group requires the pollen of both the others.
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