Leftovers here, too. I'm going to make chicken fajitas with the chicken from last night, plus grilled green, yellow sweet peppers, and onions, avocado, chopped lettuce and tomatoes and sour cream, all on a flour tortilla. I'll mix up a little fresh salsa, too, I guess. Raven, I hope that your power comes back on SOON!

when it is %25 yellow, you can pick it. %50 or more is a bit sweeter, but you start risking rot and animal predation. if you dont have animal problems, and watch the fruit every day, pick when fully ripe (over %50 yellow) trunks do not normally snap in 1/2 just from the weight of the fruit. that said, i do top mine to try and keep them shorter and fruit lower to the ground. you can buy dwarf seeds on ebay and university of Hawaii (Waimanalo Low Bearing X-77 seeds) $1 per pack (50), free shipping LOL... http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/seed/seeds.asp your current trees will start producing new leaves and stalks. i keep a maximum of 3 stalks per plant. you will have more leaf area, so you can support a few more fruit per tree, but the same amount of roots, so, you should thin the flower buds / small fruits by 2/3 for 3 stalks or by 1/2 for 2 stalks. i even thin out flowers on single trunk plants by about %20, so the fruit are bigger and sweeter. you can cut the top 2 inches off every month or so to restrict height

OF, Elephantopus carolinianus grows in hardwood forests, usually along creeks. It is typically 30-50 inches tall, and is distinctive for its leafy stems. If you've been seeing smaller plants with fewer leaves, they may be one of the other three species in your area. Those are nudatus, tomentosus, and elatus.

Hi All, wishing everyone here and all your friends and family a blessed Christmas and much happiness and joy in the New Year, Aegis, keep them growing and keep on learning. That's what keeps us young. Yolanda