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Are persian mulberries really that good....
Comments (25)I have 5 different mulberries: persian, pakistan, white, weeping and oscar. I would say the persian has the best flavor. Mulberry, a bit of blackberry and with the acidity of pomegranate. It is sweet, juicy and the acidity adds complexity to the flavor. That said if I had to pick one it would be the pakistan mulberry. Even though the persian has better flavor the pakistan, the pakistan is still a very tasty fruit but the fruit is bigger and the tree has more fruit than the persian. The fruit is much easier to eat than the persian. The fruit itself is easier to pick and doesn't bleed or very little. The persian seems to explode when touched making it a messier fruit to eat and is harder to pick off the tree. I would suggest using a small scissors to cut off at the base if there is room to make a cut to minimize the bleeding. The weeping is good but taste more like the common mulberry that most people had when as a kid. The white mulberry, I am referring to the color of the fruit, is the sweetest and not much complexity. The taste is like brown sugar and vanilla. Still a fun fruit to eat. I haven't tried the oscar yet but hope to this season. I heard some saying that this a very tasty fruit and prefer it over the pakistan. This mulberry can be eaten at different stages. Tasting more like a raspberry when it is red and tasting the best when it is fully ripe. Parker25mv I would say the main reason it is not sold in store isn't because of the flavor but the fruit itself is rather delicate and doesn't keep very well. From my experience most mulberries that people had as a kid eat non-cultivated mulberry which the flavor can be just okay far as fruits go. Blackberries you get at the grocery store keep very well but don't taste that good because they are picked too early. If you haven't already, try some of the cultivated varieties such as the persian, Illinois everbearing, or pakistan . You may understand the hype some people have with this fruit....See MoreFor Cindeea - while away, a pic a day
Comments (128)Gerard, it's this wonderful, precious group of people that keeps me coming back every day! Gardeners are nurturing by nature, but these people are above and beyond! I'm incredibly thankful that I stumbled in here one day to ask a question... because they not only answered me, they welcomed me into the fold and have warmed my heart ever since! From me to you, this is your official "welcome"! I hope you stick around! We share much more than just hippeastrum blooms and gardening tips... we share our lives and families, our pets and homes, and all the other beautiful things we enjoy growing and nurturing! Thank you for sharing your photography! The flowers are wonderful! If you only knew how painful and depressing winters used to be for me... well, that's in the past now... I look forward to winter these days... because I get to share it with this unique group of caring individuals, and their talents with bulbs and digital photography! Welcome! Pull up a keyboard and join us!...See MoreThings that will grow in Florida
Comments (35)As Thomas Jefferson once said, "look to your soil"! Our sandy soils need to have compost or other fertilizers worked in, and I suspect that even in pots, a good garden soil with compost might improve the overall yield. I have an earthbox, and would recommend it for tomatos and roses. Kohlrabi and bulb Fennel are two things I have success with (in the ground) that I did not notice have been mentioned. Mint, parsley, onions and greens, such as collards, mustards and kales, and yellow or purple pole or bush beans. Broccoli and cabbage do well. But none of it did anything at all for me, till I fixed up my Soil First. Also, I spray with liquid nutrients and organic pest controls, such as hot pepper wax, bt for worms, and pyola oil for general insects. Oh, and shield-all is a product that controls tomato diseases. It is not as hard as it sounds, since i mix it all up in a small spray bottle with plenty of water. I leave that in the garden, and whenever I am out there, it is easy to keep after the spraying. Gardens Alive! sells all the above stuff, and also Gardener's supply is another reliable company I can recommend from experience. The best advice was not to get discouraged! Each year seems to be different, and I never know what will grow and what will die. This never stops me from trying, and I always get Something from all my efforts here in North Miami, where it has been said that our Winter growing season is like a Northern Summer, so many Northern seeds do well here....See MoreAny Tropicalesque Gardener's in CANADA?
Comments (66)This year I found a 'maurelii' banana at the local nursery so have a couple along with my musa basjoos in pots and flower beds. I also found a musa zebrina (blood banana) but I really don't think it's liking full sun. Interesting though, there's an impatien plant in the same pot that's doing well in full sun. My cavendish banana from last year is indoors as a houseplant and seems to be doing much better, I guess it didn't really like full sun when it was outside. I bought an 'improved meyer' lemon and so far so good (nice growth). My spindle palm is about to open it's only new leaf of the summer. My bismarck and fan palm from last year are only former versions of themselves (from growing indoors in poor light for the winter) but are back outdoors and doing good. My latest thinking, with this cool summer, is to analyze tropical plants that seem to do good no matter what the summer. The moonflower, morning glory, persian shield, begonias, nicotiana, petunias and even easy-to-grow marigolds seem to be doing fine. I am coming to the conclusion that my mandevilla is growing so slowly that it's not really worth the effort especially in a cool summer. It's only two feet high and not really filling out a trellis. Every gardener can probably relate to planting something, giving it a prime location and hoping it makes a big impact, and then have it just sit there and do nothing. I also have my rubber plant growing outside for the summer and am trying a Wollemi pine - I just had to have it. Part of my thinking for this year was that summer, even when we have nice summers, are so short. Therefore for alot of my plants I started with ones growing in a pot (example morning glory) rather than start from seed. Happy tropical gardening, Glen...See Moregoldenpond
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