Feijoa/pineapple guava
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Black laces flowering are so pretty
Sweet alyssum. I sowed for first time last spring and they didn’t bloom until fall. This all self seeded. Nice little spring pop of color and living mulch around the tomatoes and garlic.
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Who says you can’t grow sweet cherries in southern TN ?
We had an unusually dry spring and I had like 2 or 3 fruits that stayed on and ripened.
This is on my Lapins that was started in 2018.
3 cherries in 8 years 
TNHunter
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I organza bagged that cherry a couple days ago. Picked it and shared it with my wife today.
It was very good.. nice flavor.. sweet and tart.
It would be nice to have more than 1 or 2.
My Chicago Hardy.. I staked and pulled it a week ago. Maxing out the sunshine to each shoot.
TNHunter
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Not much to look at for many, but I’m just happy a kiwi vine has made it to my trellis.
Hard to see thru the bag, but Thomcord bunch coloring up nicely
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How do your thomcord do? I bought thomcord but they definitely are pretty seedy, at least to me, but I’m not sure i’ve had a truly seedy grape either.
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I’ve eaten a few berries that are all purple but probably not fully ripe.
No seeds so far.
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Thomcord getting there.
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Wonder if I need to thin mine out more
This is a surprise! Gratitude grape planted last April. I was hoping for fruiting based on advice here because it grew so vigorously last year. But, then all the new growth was killed in the 4/21 freeze and I figured no way
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Couldn’t resist picking the furthest along Thomcord bunch. It will be sweet-tart at this stage. I’m guessing I have another 10 days or so to fully ripe?
Still, quite pretty
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How long since the start of veraison? It can take about 30-40 days from the onset of color before they are fully ripe.
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Good to know. It’s only been about 2 weeks since that bunch started color change.
Your time estimate is certainly way longer than the time since my veraison started. Having said that, in my climate I would not be surprised if the overall time is quite a bit less.
I did buy a digital refractometer so I really should be using that to determine when to pick.
Gemini says 19-21 on the brix.
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If it’s really hot, it can sometimes slow ripening, so hard to predict. Measuring the brix is by far the best way to know when to pick.
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