I tried growing some in a fish tank before and a couple lived for a decent amount of time. At some point they died and the snails had a smorgasbord.
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my partner’s “good red apple” (pretty sure it was a cosmic crisp I got at the u pick), “grape, apple”, and then my seedlings just trucking along.
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My now 2 Meyer lemon seedlings and 3 pomegranate seedlings doing well. The pomegranates were very sweet, soft seeded organic, grocery store produce of unknown variety. They aren’t cold hardy for sure, but were left outside for a 33-35 night by accident, dropped over looking super sad and then bounced back up after a day and kept growing. So, that was exciting. Unfortunately, I had already put 10 more seeds in the fridge thinking I killed them.
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Apple seedlings started outdoors. Germination rates are lower than indoors but hoping it weeds out the ones that are adapted go my growing conditions.
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Some seedlings have graduated to in ground plants.
Ice cream bean (Inga feuillei). Looks sad after the transplant. 1.5 years old.
Waimanalo Dwarf Papaya (Carica papaya). 1.25 years old, hopefully should be flowering this summer.
Hildebrandt’s moringa (Moringa hildebrandtii). Less than a year old.
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This past Fall I collected some osage orange and smash it up a hammer and threw it in a pot, and threw some dirt on it. Unfortunately, the squirrel/s got to it and pretty much picked out and munched all the seeds. I tried again the 2nd time and covered it with chicken wire, left it in the corner of the garden and forgot about it…just checked it today and looks like quite few sprouted up…I may pot up a few to use as roostocks for future che grafting.
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I’m starting to see roots at the bottom of my pomegranate seedling containers. Anyone have opinions as to when I should up pot again?
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You could get the rest of the season out of that pot. There may not be enough root to keep dirt from falling off when you take it out.
I’m not a fan of up potting during the growing season because many plants don’t like having their roots disturbed.
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I like that squirrel guard!!
Yes. Several years ago I finally got sick of squirrels rooting around in my seedling nursery and uprooting dozens of seedlings - seemingly yanking them out just for the fun of it and letting them die on the ground. I have 4 live-traps set in my orchard 24/7/365, but even that is not enough. Anyway, this is my 3-generation design and it has proven very effective. A few bucks worth of PVC pipe, some greenhouse-grade clear plastic sheeting, and a top made out of fiberglass window screen to allow rain in and air circulation. It even keeps out volunteer weed/tree seeds, snails/slugs, insects, etc. In winter it warmed the soil above ambient. It just lifts off for 100% access.
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Excellent, and exactly what I need. The squirrels are ruthless with my plants and for no apparent logical reason. I will be making one of these, thanks for the info!
A pawpaw seedling and another about to pop up.
An Iquitos pepper seedlings that I started from seeds from a friend’s plant.
Two Sapodilla seedlings from seeds out of a fruit we ate at Fruit and Spice Park in February.
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Mamey Sapote seedling from a fruit I ate last year. I’m bad at record keeping but it is somewhere around 6 months old I think.
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Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) seedlings from the huge passionfruit I ate. I heard the trick to getting them to germinate fast is to soak them in some water that has the fruit juice in it to break down the seed coat. Maybe that helped, maybe that didn’t, but it only took a week and a half to germinate.
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“mamey” label, still not certain what it is.
my partner’s “babies” are doing well. I’ll need to convince him to separate some soon.
my pawpaw seedling lost the seed coat but also lost its first leaves and it’s now a green stem with no leaves. waiting to see what happens.
“good red apple” now has “good yellow apple” nearby in a cup that I didn’t see earlier, he hides these experiments really well. I’m pretty sure this is from an opal we got at the store.
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Looks like an avocado. It doesn’t look like mamey sapote to me at least. Doesn’t have the ribs.
I had some cherimoyas do the same thing. They eventually formed little white nodules all over the tip of the stem, and then one or two of the nodules became leaves. It was very weird, but nature finds a way. Hopefully pawpaws can do the same thing.
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I hope so.
it does not look like any of my avocado at all which is why the confusion. it was planted and labeled in that pot from a seed from a batch of tropical fruits my sister sent along, I can’t remember what all else was in there but not avocados. I know the early photos of it show a small oval seed pit
Cocona (Solanum sessiliflorum) and African Miracle Fruit (thaumatococcus daniellii not the berry bush) all grown from seed. They look great!
Giant Granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis) next to a black bean. Year and a half old now, I accidently broke the tip off trying to get in back on the trellis. Hopefully it’ll shoot out side vines now.
Sweet Calabash (Passiflora maliformis) in the pot by the wall. There is two in ground but they are pretty crowded by beans right now. This ones my back up in case they die.
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Canistel (Lucuma/Pouteria campechiana) otherwise known as eggfruit. Despite trying multiple times, including from fruit I’ve picked myself, this is the first time I have had a Canistel seed sprout. Very exciting.
New Ice Cream Bean seedlings already sprouting despite it only being 4 days since I got the seeds. These are Inga laurina, which have a white pod when ripe.
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