What did you do in the garden today?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Freezing temps due in the next week, so I guess I’m not going to try hardening off anything new for a while.

 

[Ponypoor]

If you can buy mango fruit where you live, you can try sprouting the seeds. I have one that I planted from seed, and it just flowered this year. Seedlings take about 5 years to reach the fruiting stage and fruited grafted tree clones take about two years.

Commercial nurseries like Zill plant seeds to find new varieties through random pollination. The owner smells the leaf of the seedling to decide which ones he will grow to taste the fruit.

Buying a grafted tree is expensive, it may be better to gain some experience before taking that step. I killed a lot of $200 trees before I figured it out. It might be better to start from seed and treat it like a house plant at the beginning. Keep in mind almost every house where I live has a mango tree, so killing them in my area means I didn't have my head on right. I didn't know they didn't like sitting in cow manure.

This is a link that says they ship Zill trees worldwide.
https://plantogram.com/about-us/

Good to know thanks! I was thinking of getting a mango and using the seed to grow one. And with summer coming on here I can get it off to a good start with some hot humid summer sunshine!

I am getting eggcited thinking of doing this!

 

[Ponypoor]

You could bring it inside in winter, @R2elk has a mango tree that live in a green house in winter.

Will mango fruit in a pot? I am thinking this because mango is a big tree.

I saw mango tree in a pot with fruits in the nursery, might be they are special or put something in it to get it fruits? I don't know.

I hope you get your mango tree.

I am sure it can be pruned to maintain a manageable size.

A few yrs ago I bought a dwarf cavendish banana tree - unfortunately my mum didn’t understand that tropical means it can’t be left outside overnight even if under the gazebo - I was away for work, and so the poor plant died.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Freezing temps due in the next week, so I guess I’m not going to try hardening off anything new for a while.

I noticed that on my long range forecast too. I’ve learned to hold back on planting in mid Spring in my climate zone.

 

[Ponypoor]

All of the things I catch die before being released, but it's quick and painless. Then they fertilize my trees.

Except the cat I caught, I let that one go. Despite the poop it leaves in my garden.

Some day I'll trap a skunk. Then I'll have to get creative.

I don't enjoy killing the critters, but my plot is small and I feed my family from it. Not the urban scavengers.

I tried to critter proof the garden once, the city wrote me a letter... I argued, and lost. Didn't get a fine though. Still want to know who told the city.... Or maybe not. So, I use the critters as fertilizer.

Did you try electric fencing? Or is that why the officials had a chat with you?

I have used electric twine - 3 strands about 2’ high (first stand at about 8” off the ground) keeps skunks, coons, foxes, other canines, and cats out. Zap!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I checked the asparagus after I fed the old hens. I have 15 spears now and over half are ready to pick. Yay! The first harvest of 2025!

 

[jerryse]

My story on importing photos. Windows has changed a lot on SD card imports. The photos icon comes up but is black when clicked. Import is no longer on that screen. No one knows how to do it from that screen. I tried a different repair shop. They let me watch. It must be done from file explorer or start. Several more steps involved now. So now only numbers show, you must open them and then turn them blue and import. Now to see if I can fumble through the steps.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I noticed that on my long range forecast too. I’ve learned to hold back on planting in mid Spring in my climate zone.

The good news is that everything except the seeds and the potatoes can be moved back inside. I just really want to reclaim some of my indoor space, especially from the stuff that’s been up-potted.

 

[Ponypoor]

Finally got around to pruning my plum trees, and some of the peach tree. Need to try to get to that today.

Not sure what to do with my Asian Pear trees. They don’t have the typical shape of my peach and plum trees.

 

[jerryse]

I figured out the photos.

Once I found out there is just no way to get there the way I used to. Bluebells in bloom.