Vegetable gardens at home.

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# drought

 

Yes, our garden looked like a desert over the winter as we didn't water it at all, but we got a bit lucky with the tree. Got it from my parents just before the rains started so we only had to water it a few times and now not at all. We also planted about 18 chilli plants, but only eight came up. They look happy, though, so I'm looking forward to lots of peri chicken this summer!

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Does anyone else have a fruit cocktail tree? We got one from my parents when they moved into their new place. It's a small garden and they couldn't keep it with all the changes they were planning.

 

Supposedly it will grow lemons, limes and pomelo. We're quite excited!

You have just blown my mind

 

What, how, where..how do I get one.. so many questions..

 

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You have just blown my mind

 

What, how, where..how do I get one.. so many questions..

 

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Same here, especially since I have the opposite of a green thumb so I didn't even know fruit cocktail (also called fruit salad) trees were possible. Turns out it's not sci-fi.

 

There's a quick guide here:

 

https://www.notestream.com/streams/55a07c5cd117f/

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Same here, especially since I have the opposite of a green thumb so I didn't even know fruit cocktail (also called fruit salad) trees were possible. Turns out it's not sci-fi.

 

There's a quick guide here:

 

https://www.notestream.com/streams/55a07c5cd117f/

That is really cool.. one part of my property has a low boundary wall because the property isn't flat and I have been planning to pleach citrus trees to give high and a natural screen..now if I could find some small ones that have already been cultivated that would be great..

 

I am not 100% sure that I will be able to do it myself as whenever I plant I spend a lot of time hoping that the plants won't die.

 

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I am not 100% sure that I will be able to do it myself as whenever I plant I spend a lot of time hoping that the plants won't die.

 

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The grafting part does seem quite intimidating, but I suppose it just takes some practice. I'll post a few photos of ours later (it's still small, but you can see how the different kinds of branches all grow from the same tree).

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The grafting part does seem quite intimidating, but I suppose it just takes some practice. I'll post a few photos of ours later (it's still small, but you can see how the different kinds of branches all grow from the same tree).

That is so cool.

 

I have now told everyone in the office but somehow their minds haven't been blown like mine..

 

I think I am going to try it..flip.. now I am very excited.

 

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It's not very big yet.

 

 

And I'm not sure exactly how the grafting process works.

 

 

I think it has something to do with this area.

 

 

Looks like we'll get something, at least. 

 

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It's not very big yet.

 

 

And I'm not sure exactly how the grafting process works.

 

 

I think it has something to do with this area.

 

 

Looks like we'll get something, at least.

 

That is really cool...I am going to go research a bit..

 

 

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The lemon tree, which was here when we moved in about 8, maybe 10 years ago.

 

 

The chilli seedlings we planted a couple of months ago. We planted 18 and 8 survived.

 

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Okay, now this is just plain ridiculous:

 

"Sam Van Aken, an artist and professor at Syracuse University, uses "chip grafting" to create trees that each bear 40 different varieties of stone fruits, or fruits with pits. The grafting process involves slicing a bit of a branch with a bud from a tree of one of the varieties and inserting it into a slit in a branch on the "working tree," then wrapping the wound with tape until it heals and the bud starts to grow into a new branch. Over several years he adds slices of branches from other varieties to the working tree. In the spring the "Tree of 40 Fruit" has blossoms in many hues of pink and purple, and in the summer it begins to bear the fruits in sequence—Van Aken says it's both a work of art and a time line of the varieties' blossoming and fruiting. He's created more than a dozen of the trees that have been planted at sites such as museums around the U.S., which he sees as a way to spread diversity on a small scale."

 

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Okay, now this is just plain ridiculous:

 

"Sam Van Aken, an artist and professor at Syracuse University, uses "chip grafting" to create trees that each bear 40 different varieties of stone fruits, or fruits with pits. The grafting process involves slicing a bit of a branch with a bud from a tree of one of the varieties and inserting it into a slit in a branch on the "working tree," then wrapping the wound with tape until it heals and the bud starts to grow into a new branch. Over several years he adds slices of branches from other varieties to the working tree. In the spring the "Tree of 40 Fruit" has blossoms in many hues of pink and purple, and in the summer it begins to bear the fruits in sequence—Van Aken says it's both a work of art and a time line of the varieties' blossoming and fruiting. He's created more than a dozen of the trees that have been planted at sites such as museums around the U.S., which he sees as a way to spread diversity on a small scale."

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik3l4U_17bI

It's crazy. I have been reading up on it now.. amazing ..who knew.. but I reckon this is something that I should try.

 

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Seems you just need a good rootstock and cutling, some tape and foil ...there must me a trick it can't be as simple as that..[emoji848]

 

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Seems you just need a good rootstock and cutling, some tape and foil ...there must me a trick it can't be as simple as that..[emoji848]

 

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I know you also have to "keep it in the family". In other words you can't graft stone fruits (peaches, plums, mangoes) with citrus fruits (lemons, pomelo, limes).

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I know you also have to "keep it in the family". In other words you can't graft stone fruits (peaches, plums, mangoes) with citrus fruits (lemons, pomelo, limes).

Yes. ..no funny businesses between other families.

 

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Yes. ..no funny businesses between other families.

 

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My brother also mentioned something about male/female and self-pollinating, but I didn't understand enough to follow what he was saying. I think it means that some fruit multiply by masturbation while others are more traditional...

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I wonder if I will get weird looks if I ask the nursery for some cutlings [emoji848]

 

I'll have to buy a citrus tree though and then ask for some cutlings.. our neighbour is a nartjie tree..but she's a cow I doubt she'll give me some cutlings for said project.

 

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