Cool.

Resembles holly somewhat.

Macadamia nuts would NEVER make it into potting soil here! 8)
Yummmmm.

Willy

THats a GOOD find at a market. We dont have many specialty markets here like that. VERY few and far between. Ive found some good finds at the superstore here, taro, long bak eggplant, yucca cassava, lotus root..... havnt seen any moso roots.

You have to be careful with them down there. They arent exactly 100% hardy. They will probably stay a bit smaller, and youll probably have to ben them down to keep them covered. Their hardy to zone 6 or 7, so your on the edge of its harniness. Im not sure if it will top kill there or not. Mabey Paulont cant give you some more insight ( he lives closer to you then me). But really, at 2 bucks a root... gotta try ! My advice, they root a lot more then we think, make sure its in a big pot untill it goes in the ground.

I didnt think you had 7 macadamia plants LOL. Arent those yogut cups the best pots ever?? LOL

I just bought some lettuce,I am trying to root some of the leaves
but they keep falling over for some reason,I think if I keep trying
maybe they will really get moving/next up,planting watermelons
like a coconut :bootyshake:

you can root lettuce leaves??

I should check things more then once a day apperantly. I now have a key lime seedling.

Key limes never germinated for me.
Wonder if they're irradiated as they cross the border?
Probably just my inexperience with them.

But the Avocado is taking off.
This ladybug may call the split seed home ... 😆
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Barb

citrus seeds cant dry out at all. After reading that, i cleaned them and planted them right after taking them out of the fruit. Out of 5 3 seeds germinated.

I have to get me some more avacado to try. LOL

My pomegranate tree is over a foot. It looks like an olive tree at thsi stage. Nothing from the apricots or hazlenuts though...

Re citrus drying out. That could've been why mine failed.
I'm up to the rafters with seeds/seedlings this year, so limes will have to wait.

Since I have a 6 foot grapefruit tree, I'm not anxious to get more thorny stuff (ouch, the thing is as deadly as a Phoenix).

Re your next avocado try, just lay it sideways on soil, push it halfway down, cover with a baggie (after misting), warm spot.
Forget about it for 3 weeks. POOF...1 foot tall plant in no time.

Got pics of the pomegranate?
Barb

Thats what im going to have to do. Tomorrow is grocery day.

Ill have to charge my batteries. I have to take some pics anyways.

Here ya go barb

Sexy little tree if you ask me...

Wow, that's sure grown a ton!
Nice work Jesse.

I google imaged pomegranate and it appears to sucker freely, forming a nice-looking bush.
Would be a stunner as a single trunked tree. Fabulous flowers.

May have to try one next year with our hotter than hell summers.

Barb

Pomms are generaly concidered hardy to zone 6 or 7. Ive found some sources say its hardy to zone 5, but it wont flower. Im sort of skeptic that the tree itself is fully hardy to zone 5. Im thinking it might be something like paulownia here, die back some and then continue growing. I think youd have better luck then me, concidering how dry you are. You also have days where the temps rebound quite well..

Grow it from seed barb. They are usualy hybrids, but they are VERY easy from seed. The same as the citrus, dont let them dry out. They germinate VERy quick.

cool stuff! Can you grow the Yuca roots into plants? What is the procedure with all the wax on the root?

I asked the same thing before, this is what i got from yahoo answers

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101124155520AABBulS

Canadianplant, I think the hardiest pomegranates are hardy to zone 6b, possibly 6a. There is the Russian type called Kazake, and the Iranian type (probably the hardier one) called Saveh. I researched them before, but was never able to find much info on then, let alone find a source for either type 😡 Fruit from the grocery store is usually from the variety called "Wonderful", which is probably good to zone 7b. There are the varieties called "Eight Ball" (or "Black Ball" or something like that) and "Russian Hardy" which are supposed to be hardy to zone 7a.

Here are some pics of how I start pineapple plants. This one was in pretty beat-up condition, so I don't know if it will root or not. It's a variety called "Venecia" from Costa Rica.

First, I twist the top off of the pineapple:

Then, I cut away the bottom portion and the lower leaves. Usually you can see little brown spots on the bottom of the pineapple, and these are the roots. This time, I didn't see any:

Next, I put it in some warm water, and can usually see the roots developing within a week or two. I'll post an update if this one starts rooting:

Cameron.