Fruit Spring in my neck of the woods

Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

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I was gonna post a pic of my carambola tree but some wind knocked a bunch of the fruit off. I’ll try a post some later after I clean up the mess.
 
Bps1691

Bps1691

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Although I envy your much longer growing season, I can't stand July-September down there.

I have to content myself with fruit and berries from Ball Jars looking out the window at the snow while planning for summer

... and pray for a good and early growing season here
 
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Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

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20Gauge said:
I love loquat. We got a kumquat for testing to see if it will survive here in SE GA. My next tree is a loquat. Reminder of being a kid and trying to kill myself eating all the fruit ....... paid for it for days... and days.....
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You'll just need to protect the blooms if you get a late cold snap. The squirrels and other animals have "planted" more than a few loquat pits along one of our fence rows and every once in a while I catch them growing in the swamp but they never survive to maturity because it is too wet. Or the swamp deer (some are as small as key deer and some look like White tails) will strip them of leaves and bark in the winter. If the swamp gets real dry I sometimes have deer come up in our back yard but that only happens about every four years or so. The part of the swamp that covers part of our property is usually wet year 'round.
 
Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

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20Gauge said:
Mine did not fruit last year (only the 2nd year) but I am looking forward to this year.

I also hope to get peaches (finally), plums, limes and some grapefruit.
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We planted a couple of pink lemonade limes/limons this past year. I can hardly wait to see if they ever do anything.
 
20Gauge

20Gauge

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Kathy in FL said:
You'll just need to protect the blooms if you get a late cold snap. The squirrels and other animals have "planted" more than a few loquat pits along one of our fence rows and every once in a while I catch them growing in the swamp but they never survive to maturity because it is too wet. Or the swamp deer (some are as small as key deer and some look like White tails) will strip them of leaves and bark in the winter. If the swamp gets real dry I sometimes have deer come up in our back yard but that only happens about every four years or so. The part of the swamp that covers part of our property is usually wet year 'round.
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We have the deer problem so everything is protected. We have half a dozen moving through each night and they can really destroy a tree / mature plant in a single evening.

So we protect them until they reach 6 feet and after that they are on their own. The deer are small.
 
ioujc

ioujc

MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
Oh my GOSH!! I LOVE star fruit>>>what you are calling carambola, which I have only heard it called that one other time.

You are LUCKY>>>but like Bps1691, I can't handle the heat and humidity.

Lived in Louisiana for 23 years>>>>across the lake from New Orleans>>>>I felt like I was suffocating the entire time! As soon as I could, I moved up here>>>>which is pretty bad in the summer as far as humidity>>>>but not like down there!!

Happy for you>>>and sorta jealous too!!
 
Jackalope

Jackalope

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It's nice to see your fruit trees are bearing so well. I took advantage of the warm weather yesterday by rototilling one of our gardens. There's nothing like the first really warm days of spring!
 
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