Has anyone ever planted these and had a result? Ray has saved the seeds
from one he ate two days ago and is going to have a try!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

Has anyone ever planted these and had a result? Ray has saved the seeds
from one he ate two days ago and is going to have a try!

Yes. They germinate readily, and grow fairly easily in a warm,
sunny place. They are thoroughly unexciting, unfortunately.
The mature plant looks like a gigantic brussel sprout, and I
doubt that they would crop even in your polytunnel.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 2014-05-22 09:39:35 +0000, Nick Maclaren said:

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

Has anyone ever planted these and had a result? Ray has saved the seeds
from one he ate two days ago and is going to have a try!

Yes. They germinate readily, and grow fairly easily in a warm,
sunny place. They are thoroughly unexciting, unfortunately.
The mature plant looks like a gigantic brussel sprout, and I
doubt that they would crop even in your polytunnel.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I don't think we'd hope for a crop though we do have an Ensete
lasiocarpum fruiting at present! And we've had one or two bunches of
bananas that never came to much. I think he was just interested to
know whether they'd come up at all but your description does make them
sound extremely dull. I'll pass that on. Thank you!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

Has anyone ever planted these and had a result? Ray has saved the seeds
from one he ate two days ago and is going to have a try!

Yes. They germinate readily, and grow fairly easily in a warm,
sunny place. They are thoroughly unexciting, unfortunately.
The mature plant looks like a gigantic brussel sprout, and I
doubt that they would crop even in your polytunnel.

I don't think we'd hope for a crop though we do have an Ensete
lasiocarpum fruiting at present! And we've had one or two bunches of
bananas that never came to much. I think he was just interested to
know whether they'd come up at all but your description does make them
sound extremely dull. I'll pass that on. Thank you!

Mangoes are more decorative, but I suspect that you may have trouble
getting seed ripe enough to germinate. The best subtropical tree
I grew from pips was tree tomato (Cyphomandra), but you may well
already grow that! I got dragon fruit to germinate well, but
didn't have space for it - and it tastes just like sweetened
wallpaper paste. I am currently growing Passiflora edulis from
a pip, for decoration - but that's easy, as you know.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 2014-05-22 11:26:50 +0000, Nick Maclaren said:

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

Has anyone ever planted these and had a result? Ray has saved the seeds
from one he ate two days ago and is going to have a try!

Yes. They germinate readily, and grow fairly easily in a warm,
sunny place. They are thoroughly unexciting, unfortunately.
The mature plant looks like a gigantic brussel sprout, and I
doubt that they would crop even in your polytunnel.

I don't think we'd hope for a crop though we do have an Ensete
lasiocarpum fruiting at present! And we've had one or two bunches of
bananas that never came to much. I think he was just interested to
know whether they'd come up at all but your description does make them
sound extremely dull. I'll pass that on. Thank you!

Mangoes are more decorative, but I suspect that you may have trouble
getting seed ripe enough to germinate. The best subtropical tree
I grew from pips was tree tomato (Cyphomandra), but you may well
already grow that! I got dragon fruit to germinate well, but
didn't have space for it - and it tastes just like sweetened
wallpaper paste. I am currently growing Passiflora edulis from
a pip, for decoration - but that's easy, as you know.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

No, I don't know the Cyphomandra, sounds interesting! I can see Ray's
face now. One of our Passiflora edulis has fruits now but that's in the
prop. house which is the warmest of all the greenhouses. The P.
antioquensis is flowering like a crazy thing but rarely fruits. Must go
and check on the Akebia quinata to see if that looks at all promising.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

No, I don't know the Cyphomandra, sounds interesting! I can see Ray's
face now. One of our Passiflora edulis has fruits now but that's in the
prop. house which is the warmest of all the greenhouses. The P.
antioquensis is flowering like a crazy thing but rarely fruits. Must go
and check on the Akebia quinata to see if that looks at all promising.

Cyphomandra betacea is fairly fast growing, and has fairly large
leaves. I grew it in a pot, and it would need protection only in
the winter, but I never got it to flower.

Neither my nor my mother's Akebia ever set fruit. I am planning to
plant multiple Passiflora incarnata to see if I can get fruit, but
they are the devil to find locations for as they need dry soil in
winter!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.