My small fruit tree orchard

Any ideas on how to over-winter this ( Suhosine mulberry) in a pot. It is not hardy enough for my climate. I can’t decide if I should try to get this plant dormant and pack it in with my (soon to be) sleeping figs or if I should try to keep it non-dormant with my tropicals (under leds)

Any suggestions?

Scott

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Hi! Well here the aereal part dies during the winter but resprout from roots. If you have on pot you can take indors but if not, if she is too big just let her stay… hoping it will not too cold…

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If it resprouts from the roots I might be safe letting it go dormant.

Have you had any luck rooting it? I tried earlier this summer, but the leaves died too quickly and after that I might have kept it to wet.

Thanks

Scott

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No i didn’t get lucky on rooting them…

Big feijoas :yum:

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Peluche loquat on flower for the first time! :star_struck: :heart_eyes:

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More feijoa pics

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I have never seen this fruit before. What is the flavor like?

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Hi! This is the most cold hardy variety of guava family and it’s origins are the south of Brazil. It’s a sub-tropical fruit that stands -12C! Very productive! Rich composition profile…
The flavour is a bit complex, acid-sweet and pinapple-pine refreshing flavour. The marmaladeis just wonderfull made without shells and just the white flesh, made with brown sugar… figs+caramel flavour marmalade! :yum:

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Oh, it’s a guava, ok, I’ve heard of guava, but not really studied the fruit. It sounds very good. Thank you for the information.

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It’s not a guava per si, it’s from her family… The flowers are lovely, big and edible. The petals are sweet and a jam can be made of them. In winter they don’t loose the leaves.

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Thank you for the clarification. :slight_smile:

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:+1:

Luis, it is amazing that your lychee tree flowers in such young age. The tree looks very short, 4~5 feet? How many years it in ground?

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It’s even more amazing that she is on ground since July i think… i buyed my lychee trees this year on spring…

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Wow you hit the jackpot! Is it grafted or a seeding?

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Yes i did… It’s not grafted because lychee trees don’t nead it. They are produced by “layering” (alporquia)… i don’t know if this is the correct translation…

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Yes, perfect translation. Layering, Bending the branch on the ground and mounding the soil to make it grow roots

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Yes that’s it. Lychee trees are not grafted… they are Bosworth variety.

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I just got seeds from this incredible citrus… Totally crazy! It seems a melon! :joy:

Several videos here:

Sắc Màu Cuộc Sống - YouTube

Độc lạ Bưởi khổng lồ (Bưởi Kỳ Đà) ăn cả vỏ lẫn ruột 100k/kg Tết 2021 ở Sài Gòn - YouTube

Bưởi khổng lồ cúng Tết nguyên đán Kỷ Hợi của người Dân tộc vùng cao Thanh Hóa - YouTube

Bưởi Kỳ đà khủng… Hàm Yên Tuyên Quang - YouTube

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