Sunday, September 28, 2014

Pineapple garden

I've gotten many pineapple plants in pots. I don't expect any of them will fruit the coming summer because all plants are relatively immature.

Keylime

The Keylime plant bore one fruit. She's beautiful and willowy.  we'll see what the next year brings.

Meyer lemon

The Meyer lemon tree has grown a lot since her extreme prune. I have been trying to keep her from flowering so that she can put her energy towards growing limbs.



Seedling tangerines

I was looking for my blog yesterday, and I realize that I haven't posted much about my seeping tangerines.it seemed to me that the ceiling tangerines ahead and grown much. However when looking at the blogs, I see that the one, the tallest, has gotten bushier.A couple of weeks ago I repotted both tangerines just in case they needed more room for their roots to grow. I don't have any fruit yet or flowers perhaps one day.

  

Citrus kinokuni mukakukishu a.k.a Kishu

 My curiosity got the better of me. I went out and picked one of my tiny tangerines.The tangerine was extremely fragrant. I peeled it. The skin was very thin and leathery.The fruit contain three seeds. The flesh was orange and juicy. However, the fruit was very tart. I think it's not ripe yet. I'll have to try another at the end of October.


Saturday, September 27, 2014

Could It Be Kishu?

My little tangerine tree is loaded with teeny fruit.  I had thought they might get bigger, but it doesn't seem likely. The fruits are smaller than a ping pong ball but larger than a marble.  The color is changing in the fruits, so they should be ripe soon.  Perhaps they'll grow a little larger.

Lowe's Mystery Pitahaya Begins Growth Flush

The mystery Dragon fruit is going to grow.I hope it can grow a foot or two before the onset of winter.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Mystery Dragon fruit

Well I have no idea what this is. Today I'm leaning towards hylocereus guatemalensis, I.e American Beauty or Bien Hoa Red.

Physical graffiti

This plant is radiant.

Seedling Dragon Fruit

This seedling fruit survived in the winter.   She is the only seedling left.   I am not sure if it is red or white.

Physical Graffiti

This pitaya plant was the only piece of hylocereus that survived through the winter.   On the spring, I found a 5- inch piece of physical graffiti still alive and trying to grow.   I cut off the dead portion and put the cutting in a pot.   It is growing nicely.

Delight Dragon fruit

The delight hylocereus is growing. The plant has been a slow grower thus far.   I hope this last growth flush results in a long, strong, and healthy limb.

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Delight Dragon fruit

The delight plant is finally growing. I put a trellis around it last week, so I can now accommodate long branches. The delight plant always seemed like a slow grower.   I moved it to a sunnier spot and it's growing better. I hope it can put on a few long branches before winter sets in.

Tangerine tree

The citura tangerine tree looks like it is going to flower for the third time in five months. It it's growing steadily.

Monday, September 1, 2014

Citura Tangerine

The tangerine fruits are growing nicely. They are shiny and deep green. They are slightly smaller than a ping- pong ball. There are nine other teeny fruitlets from the most recent flush. Some are shiny and plumping.  Others may yet abort.  The whole tree looks healthy.   I have discovered that I really don't need to water much, perhaps once biweekly.