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Sorry to hear of your loss, this variety is Strawberry tree (Arbutus Unedo Rubra).

@@myexoticfoodplants6727I lost my "dwarf" arbutus unedo. When I received the bush autumn 2023, it was extremely healthy and thick rooted. Great plant for the price. Once spring hit, a couple months in my heat/humidity and it black spotted and died. Even under shade cloth. Hope I have better luck with the "Jamaican cherry". I have 2 red and 1 yellow

Thanks Dominic, I love growing watermelons and hot Chillies, but they too need hot weather for the majority of peppers to fully ripen. Unfortunately, this has not happened this year and now is the time to prep the plants for overwintering.

Nike It a grafted ‘Day Avocado’ pear (A ‘Day’ Avocado is a cross between a Guatemalan and West Indian avocado that produces pear-shaped fruit that's easy to peel and has a buttery, sweet taste), I do not know the rootstock on which it is growing.

Thanks Brett. Lol my garden is overrun with Pineapple guavas. I have 5 unnamed varieties and 2 recently acquired Mammoth plants from Burncoose. I chose the mature unnamed variety standard because (1) it replicates some of the weeping form of the Goji berry and I can train more branches to do the same. (2) It takes up about the same room as the Goji berry and I have planted it in a way to help keep it from growing into a huge tree. (3) I can readily graft other pineapple guava varieties to it. I am in fact thinking of asking Joe for a scion from his massively successful home named “bubblegum” pineapple guava.

Thanks Peter. A standard trained to give a weeping form to replace the goji berry was just what I wanted. I was also mindful of the available space in my garden and I feel that the standard could be pruned to keep it from growing into a massive shrub that is the tendency of the Pineapple guava plant.

Logan I have tried spraying with solutions of (1) hydrogen peroxide (2) Potassium Chloride (3) solution of (apple cider vinegar with baking soda) from time to time to try and keep the powdery mildew at bay, but it keeps coming back and destroying the flower buds. I have read that the mildew is more than a moisture problem and that the plant cannot cope because the soil pH is too low. I was advised to adjust the pH up, to the high side of optimal for the plant by adding potash, lime, and such as it could make a huge difference. (4) I therefore tried treating the soil with a solution of Potash and baking soda to see if it makes a difference in keeping the powdery mildew at bay and promote fruit setting but to no avail.

@@myexoticfoodplants6727 quite extensive effort. The vinegar and soda mixture has me scratching my head? Chemically they would neutralize themselves and you would have a slightly fertilized water. Do you only grow organic?

@@LoganShelton-rh3lp I am growing a variety of exotic food plants in the UK mostly in containers. I have effectively 5 to 6 months of growing time. From the end of October, many of my plants have to grow under cover. I have to be careful with the energy consumed to keep them alive. Some are brought inhouse and some are overwintered in my greenhouse where I try to maintain a temperature 0f 4 def C. No, with container gardening in my microclimate and growing time I use chicken pellets supplemented with liquid fertilizers.

Thanks Mamashand

Thanks so much Dominic, looks like I have now become a pineapple guava addict. I love the plant for its foliage, edible flowers and delicious tropical like fruits, and of course it is suited to the microclimate of my garden with minor overwintering worries.

Absolutely Brett and lest hassle. The only thing that I will now seek to do is to get a good non astringent scion to graft to this tree.

Thanks Brett. Hope it will do better next season with improved feeding.

Thanks Joe. Needless to say you are boss when it comes to success with growing Persimmons. I have been following you for years.

Thank you Dani. It depends on the stage at which they are eaten. Freshly picked, they are crunchy like an apple with a slight taste like granny smiths to me, but as they age texture and taste more like a date.

@myexoticfoodplants6727 I have only tasted dried ones that I found in TKMaxx, crazily enough😆 I agree: they tasted very date-like🙂

Thank you Logan. Yep, they can give the appearance of bulbs on a leafless tree.

Thank you Dani. Nothing more fulfilling than walking in the garden and picking your own fruit.

@myexoticfoodplants6727 that's so true!

Thank you Dominic. Hands down, its my favourite fruit tree in the garden and I love the Persimmon fruit. I have no more room for another tree in my garden, BUT I would like to get hold of a non astringent scion to try grafting to this tree.

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Thank you Nirmala

I bought a 20cm tall JuJube ( Ziziphus Jujuba ‘Dong’) Chinese date off Jurassicplants in august 2021. It is now 85cm in height and was overwintered out in my garden without any protection for the last two winters. The mature Li and Lang Jujubes featured in this video are 2 to 2.3M in height and was acquired from ebay in June 2022 following a tip from Joe’s Tropicals. The 'dong' seedling will take years to bear fruit Nirmala. Sorry I have no more space in my garden. In fact I have got rid of underperforming plants like Goji berry in my garden to make room for more productive ones.

@@myexoticfoodplants6727 It’s ok, I will drop off Indian jujubes to you from my plants once they start producing fruits

Thanks Peter. I have recently moved 5 off my citrus in my Orangery and constructing grow tents for some of the others. It is also time to move the Bougainvilleas and more of my tender plants under cover.

​@@myexoticfoodplants6727 Yeah, I think I'm going to start moving my citrus into the greenhouse soon. On my phone, it's currently showing a potentially very cold night next weekend. Hopefully, it changes, but currently, it's showing a low of -3°C Sunday into Monday (17-18th) 😱. I have a lot of prep to do this coming week if that is the case.

@@PeterEntwistle Yes Peter we have gotten away with a few weeks of grace this year. It's definitely time to get winter protection in place.

Thank you Arubby

Thanks Nirmala. I have no doubt that your Pineapple guavas will eventually fruit for you. Some of my plant flowered in the early years, but I just left them, because the plant will naturally abort the flowers if does not have the size or constituent to support fruiting.

It is a rather long video Longan, so thank you for watching.

Thanks Brett. I have of course been inspired by much of your work, else I might have given up long ago. Right now I am fighting with trying to succeed with the grafting process. So far every graft I have attempted this year has failed. I am beginning to think that the best time is in the spring when sap in the plants are rising. There is still a long way to go in my gardening journey , because I have 4 American Pawpaws on the other side of my garden and I have yet to grow a single fruit. I can only look at you and Dominic with envy Lol.

@@myexoticfoodplants6727 yes grafting is my weakness unfortunately, I've only succeeded 2 or 3 times in the last couple of years so far out of maybe 20 attempts 🙄

Thank you very much Dominic. The original Tamarillo cuttings came from you, so you are certainly the originator of the success I have had with growing this plant. I also have quite a few other plants that originate from you and they too are doing well.

Thank you Joe. You have inspired me ver the years.

Thank you so much Dominic. I am feeling on a high Lol

The e will be plenty more videos to come Brett. I have two fruiting trees, so I will be harvesting and doing some taste comparisons later down the line. I am becoming an addict of the plant and have just ripped out a Goji Berry plant and will be replacing it with a Pineapple guava standard.

Hi djerroudi, In general a grafted plant will bear fruit faster than a plant grown from seed.

@myexoticfoodplants6727 thank you 💐

Thanks Joe

Thanks Joe, I will have to start getting them in soon. Its feeling chill in the evenings.

Thanks Brett