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Louise, 10 mins into your vid here you do some pretty brutal pruning - how has that worked out this summer? Did you get a decent growth spurt and flowers as planned? Also, did you try and get the section (Cutting) you cut off to grow - did that work? Mine are doing well at the moment, all got lots of bracts and some growth, I'd like to see a lot more growth as I'm trying to train them to grow a across a wall.
Hello. I’ve just subscribed after watching your video as you’re similar to myself! Living in UK and growing all desi vegetables and flowers. Great to share with gardeners with same interests. I’ll go through all your other videos soon. Just bought a bougainvillea plant and looking for information. Thank you so much.
@lyonheart84 my husband has tasted them and preferred the Bari 4. He had the Fazli mango this morning and said it was definitely the sweetest out of the 3. I was surprised at the coconutty flavour of the Katimon. Apparently these 2 are late season mangoes and can be the reason why they are not as sweet as the ones that are ready in July.
@shamsgardeningcrafts I'v read about Bari 4 mango, and when I was in Dhaka there were trees at the nursery with Bari 4 but not fruiting. Never saw the fruit there either. And Katimon too. Today the guy unloading the van showed me the variety so I thought why not try it. The Bangladeshi shop was charging £20 a box buy I got them for £11 at Appna
3:17 Pink Banana, Not Edible? This is not true, the pink banana is edible. When ripe has sweet and tangy flavour. If you don't believe me, that's okay. Video of pink banana taste test here... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ca7Gb0Jel8U.html 😅
@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 So are you saying despite the fruit having edible flesh, It is full of hard inedible seeds. If I tried a pink banana I would take a small bite out the fruit, get the pulp off the seeds spit out the seeds and swallow the pulp. P.S can you give me more information so I can understand more about Musa Velutina😊
@@lyonheart84 oh thats good to hear. I'll keep on top of the fertiliser and watering as I didn't repot it, as per the instructions that came with it and it dries out quickly.
Great to see your Yuzu flowing and forming fruitlets Louise. I have 2 Yuzu trees over 1m in height. I have has only one flower on one of the trees, and that flowers has set fruit now the size of a large cherry. Both of my tree will be overwintered outdoors.
@@myexoticfoodplants6727 I decided to get this after I saw the video you posted on the London Citrus with the yellow fruits. The mystery citrus. I think that was a Yuzu as the leaves had a large petiole, and not the Bangladeshi Shatkora or C. Macroptera, as someone said, because its leaves are double exactly like the Makrut lime. Or it may be a grapefruit.
I'm trying to establish a plant from seeds in Essex. I've got a well established seedling plant after 12 months! Will provide an update next year. I presume it will grow slower in the UK. 😊
@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 hi thank you for the reply. I don’t have Facebook I have instagram tik tok snap chat etc. can I post my email address here and contact that way?
@lyonheart84 I've never had a guava seedling this slow Brett. It had 2 sets of leaves for 8 months, the pink guava I grew were not as slow, they had grown a foot by the 5th month.
Looks very healthy louise, just make sure the pot isn't to big, it will effect it during winter time if the roots don't reach the bottom of the pot end of summer 😊
@shamsgardeningcrafts the pot is not very big as the compost mix is only an inch and a half off the bottom of the pot. I would hope in the next four weeks it's roots will expand and the plant gets alot bigger. I thought it was interesting to read about the Egyptian guava has a very slow growth rate in the initial seedling stage, that would explain 8 months of practically no growth on this plant, and then it has an accelerated growth stage, which I hope it's at now.
@PeterEntwistle I hope so too, make up for the past 8 months of practically no growth. I'm glad I found the information on the Egyptian guava being extremely slow growing at the initial seedling stage to then change to accelerated growth, which I hope it's in that stage now, and try and get it as big as possible before things slow down in Autumn/Winter.
The bananas have beautiful colours to the leaves Louise. I'm afraid me and bananas are a complete disaster lol. The young papaya looks healthy so far, fingers crossed for the rest of the year 🤞
Yes,a papaya plant that size won't survive outdoors in the U.K. over winter time, you will have to bring it indoors with your banana 🍌 plants or place them in a greenhouse for frost protection. A couple of my larger Papaya plants which I have been growing in the backyard in Australia I have had to cut the tops off because they got frost burn bur they will bush out this summer. I live in a part of Australia where the winters are relatively mild & the papaya plants which I have been growing in the front yard on an easterly aspect which means that the sun melts the frozen dew off the leaves have survived through this winter over here. The papaya plants love the heat over here in summer time since they're native to Mexico !
@RussellBooth1977 I envy the weather you have over there. I did manage to grow a mountain papaya from seed and got it to flower and produce tiny fruit, and then I was away for 6 weeks and the plant suffered and eventually died. Definitely I will bring it indoors before the cold weather starts. Problem with growing indoors is the spidermite issue.
Your new banana and papaya plants seem to be doing well Louise! I definitely need to repot some of mine as they are still in the original pots, which I think is holding back the Helen's Hybrid banana. Your basjoo should survive if it's overwintered in the ground, although it might not have enough time to develop its roots at this time of year. I planted one quite late last year in my front garden and it froze to the ground, but thankfully it came back because the corms are very hardy on these. In a pot, I probably wouldn't risk it, unless it's in a very sheltered spot.
@PeterEntwistle I've nowhere to put the Musa basjoo in ground except for my front garden a narrow strip which gets the most sun but not much shelter as only a small fence to the side. The back garden gets a bit wet and boggy during winter, I think if I planted it there the corm would rot. If I can over winter it and the pups survive I may try and plant one in ground near my plum tree which died a couple of winters back and that part is a bit drier due to the tree roots.
You can grow little miss figgy outside Louise, they are simply more advanced because they were probably grown under glass to get them bigger to sell all summer. The price of the much larger plants in big pots is probably fair as they are probably much older. I hadn't even heard of the variety 😱
Looks like you got some great plants there Louise! Those Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' were a great size, especially at that price! I actually lost one of mine, it rotted away over spring after I brought it back outside, probably because of the constant rain. My larger one is doing quite well though, I have that one planted in the ground in the front garden.
@@PeterEntwistle I thought I might as well get all 3 as that's how many were left, just in case 1 died. Hope the weather improves, they need lots of sun to grow those big leaves.
Nice to see figs ripening on those 'Little Miss Figgy' trees, Louise. I have 2 of them because when the first one arrived the other year, it was damaged, so the supplier sent me a replacement and let me keep the first. Annoyingly the second was also damaged, but I didn't bother taking it any further. They haven't grown much at all for me. I probably need to repot them really. I suspect those ones at the nursery have been grown in a greenhouse before the nursery received them as it looks like main crop that is ripening, which would be difficult to ripen up here without a greenhouse.
@@PeterEntwistle oh I thought they were suitable for outdoor growing, but yes your right Peter they were probably in a heated greenhouse in the NL before arriving here, and only arrived here in the last few days. I was thinking of getting one, but changed my mind now as I won't be able to put it in a greenhouse. Thanks for letting me know. I'll keep popping back to the nursery every week to see if they import any unusual fruiting plants.
@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 I have heard they produce breba as well, but mine hasn’t produced any yet. Although that might be because it’s still very small.
@@shamsgardeningcrafts they dried up a month ago I forgot to keep on top of the watering. I'm not trying again, they are too fussy. Right now I'm concentrating on the Jackfruit, Mango and Atemoya, also trying to get the soursop to get bigger, I might move one of them to the bathroom.
You certainly picked up some bargain priced plants there Louise including some quite rare ones. The darker leaves certainly make them look a lot more tropical
@lyonheart84 I'd only gone to the garden centre because I was bored and i went to see what fruit trees they had and ended up with 6 plants. 😁I had seen some of these earlier a few weeks back and they were more expensive then, so I snapped them up.
Excellent result, all plants look healthy. I have experience growing mango, papaya, citrus and pineapple from seeds. They all love long daylight hours and a humid climate. A humid room in the bathroom is an ideal place, provided that you organize the lighting with a phytolamp, you have a chance to get a tropical jungle in Europe in the future.
@shamsgardeningcrafts hope I can keep this lot alive, I've not had much luck with Jackfruit and mango, unlike you, yours are amazing . If not I might need another trip to B/desh, visit a few nurseries, but not right now with the current situation maybe at the end of the year 🤔
@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 the best is to get airlayed ones not grafted ones from Bangladesh or get the branches and do bud grafting on the seedling
@shamsgardeningcrafts oh the pomelo is long gone. I replaced it with a Yuzu, which I think is the closest to a Shatkora. Very similar leaves and the fruit also similar flattish top to them and bright yellow skin. It's got flower buds so I may even get fruit. I agree about getting airlayered plants in the future and or mature seed grown like mangos. The nursery in Dhaka Gulshan had hundreds,of seed grown mangos which were set aside for grafting purposes and were not for sale. Some were already flowering. I tried to buy some but the nursery said they were reserved. Next time I go, maybe the end of this year I'll try and persuade him to sell me some.
Thy look so nice! Definitely seems like the bathroom a a perfect spot for them, as you said it would be great if you had more room there for the other plants 🤣
@PeterEntwistle yes the Atemoya is bushing out, and the guava has grown alot too. Mango is the slowest, but as long as it keeps growing that's ok, and the Jackfruit has survived the repot thankfully.
Like 7 Wonderful footage stunning the beautiful alluring plants, thanks for sharing your knowledge in relation to gardening activites and stay safe always.
@baganrbagan I've only managed to get Mountain papaya to flowering and fruiting stage, and Oak leaf to flower but that has male flowers only. The normal standard papaya I've never got past seedling stage. I bought this one as its a named variety, the Tainung/ Formosa, supposedly these have more chance of bearing male and female flowers hermaphrodite. 🤞
What a fun unboxing of such good looking healthy plants. Hope they do well for you. It looks like the weather is finally warming up here; I'm sure our gardens are overjoyed😃
3 beautiful plants Louise 🤩 Wishing you all the best with your Papaya, that it will grow nice, strong and healthy..and fruit one day. I have Helen’s hybrid and they do so well here in London. I’m sure they’ll do amazingly well for you 😀🌱☀️
@joestropicals6760 this will be my 3rd Helens Hybrid, I've not done well with them in the past. I thought I had ordered Chini Champa which was available on the website, but must have got confused and clicked on HH instead. I've seen your HH Joe it looks amazing, but in my garden here in Manchester the ground is wet for most of the year, plus I'm.right near the river mersey, so I can't plant these directly in soil. Even my musa basjoo failed after a couple of winters. But I keep trying, hopefully I will get better results this time.
Great job with the repotting, Louise. I'm sure the bananas will all take off quickly at this time of year. Hopefully, the papaya does really well too 🤞 I wouldn't worry about the Helen's hybrid the new leaf should be able to push out the centre. I've accidentally broken the emerging leaves on some of my bananas and they always push through eventually. I even had a slug or snail completely chew through a newly emerging leaf on my Musa velutina in the greenhouse the other week and it's already pushed out a new leaf with another one on the way.
@PeterEntwistle I've put them near my front door, under the eaves so partially sheltered. They will get morning sun, but not afternoon sun as I'm a bit wary since the last musa velutina got scorched badly, and never recovered when I had it positioned in my back garden, which gets midday and afternoon sun. 🤞
@PeterEntwistle oh thats good to know they can recover from the leaf snapping off.I hope the potting mix is right for them, I've watered them with miracle gro to help ease them in with the transplant
Nice new collection of plants Louise, I'm afraid bananas are one of my disaster plants, they always rot off on me, luckily Peter is great with advice for them 👍
Lovely new plants, Louise and thanks for the mention too! That Musa sikkimensis was a great size. For the Musas I would use a good quality potting compost with some perlite for drainage. I can't advise much with the papaya as I've not had much luck with them in the past lol 😂
Great to see your Paan Betel Leaf is recovering Louise. My black pepper (Piper Nigrum) has defoliated after overwintering in my conservatory and there has been significant vine dieback. Most of the vine is still green and it looks like new leaves are struggling to grow. I have looked, but it does nor appear to be a root issue so I am at a bit of a loss. I will take a leaf out of you book and spray it with a solution of miracle grow and hope for the best.
@myexoticfoodplants6727 what compost are you using for the P. Nigrum Michael. I've got mine in just orchid bark. As you know mine almost completely died back and its recovery has been slow. I water frequently as the orchid bark does not hold onto the moisture so I keep the pot moist but not soaking wet
@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 I am using orchid bark mixed with “Special Mix” (a blend of peat cut from a thick structure of high-quality perlite, suede clay, lemon and minerals Organic fertiliser. It incorporated high quality virgin white peat from Sweden, this soil can absorb a large amount of water, up to 10g of water.)
The papaya was quite pricey Brett at £5 but it is a hefty size and it feels heavy. The Atemoya was £3 and I think the Assamese Nemu or lime was about £2. They are seedless from what I can remember, when I brought one back from Bangladesh 2 years ago.
Hope they do root eventually Louise. Can't say I have much luck with rooting hardwood cuttings in water, only softwood cuttings of certain types of plants. Although figs do root for me in water 😁
@@barrycartwright8400 the lady was selling her purple guava seeds on Ebay that's how I found her. Then I contacted her through her Instagram. So she did sell seeds, but these stems I did a swap for them as she wanted some tropical vegetable seeds. Are you on fb messenger I can give you more details on there.
