It's looking incredibly healthy now, Brett. It's great that it has recovered so well, albeit slowly. My seedling plants suffered badly over winter indoors and have barely grown at all this year. I probably should have repotted them earlier in the year, to be honest.
They are certainly slow growers, it’s taken 2 seasons to grow back to this level so you need a lot of patience. I had no idea why I lost the replacement plant, I think it was under watered rather than over watered and I didn’t notice it had dried out 🙄
Fabulous, thanks for sharing, Brett. Your Natal plum (Carissa macrocarpa) is looking superb. My plant completely died due to the dec 2022 cold snap. I bought two seedlings from Jurassic plants late last year, and have now planted them together in one pot, but they are slow growers and does not look as healthy and robust as yours. This coming winter they will be overwintered under cover with control to prevent the temperature falling below 4C.
Beautifully green. Not a single unhealthy-looking leaf in sight. Plants throw up surprises and sometimes things happen that defy logical explanation. This one has a strong will to survive! I suppose that, if Natal Plums are commonly propagated by seed, then there will be genetic variability among the plants. Some seed-grown plants have the genetics for more robust root systems than others.
@@lyonheart84 Citrus are hungry feeders. Even more so when they have embryonic fruit. For the most part my citrus are fully green. I topdress with some growmore slow release granules, but I also make up my own fertilizer solutions by dissolving potassium nitrate, potassium monophosphate, potassium sulfate, magnesium nitrate, calcium nitrate, sequestered iron (a chelated iron with added chelated manganese- Sequestrene iron tonic for acidophilic plants) and mixed trace elements (Solufeed Tec). I adjust the pH of my tapwater to pH 6 using a pH down or ascorbic acid (vitamin C powder). Potassium cations are very easily lost in wet weather (leaching in the runoff coming out of the pot's drainage holes). So, they have to be regularly topped-up. Being one of the plant macronutrients, citrus plants use a lot of potassium.
Ah, I can't wait for mine to fruit now! I don't even like European pears when they go all soft and juicy and these ones are meant to stay crisp, so pefect!
These will go soft if left too long on the tree or in the fruit bowl but I much prefer them and they are generally better than the shop bought ones. I think the ones that have stayed on the tree will be better for sure
It looked very good inside despite the caterpillar damage, Brett! Great to hear it still tasted great too! I still don't have any Asian pear trees. I did get some scions but never got around to grafting them; I guess it might be a bit late now 😬
I consider them a class above European pears. Luckily the codling moth must have got to it quite late ( after the fruit had already reached a decent size ) so it wasn’t stunted too much and not much of the centre of the fruit was eaten away. If they get to young embryo fruits they are ruined.
Even though, this particular Asian pear was slightly spoilt but the Codling moth larvae, it still looked really good, and I’m glad that it didn’t affect the quality of the fruit 🙌🏾
Still positive to see fruit set on your tree Brett. My Nursery bought one has several that have set, which are the size of tennis balls 🎾….not 😂 Funnily enough, my seedling is still flowering, but no fruit set.
@@lyonheart84 I think that’s the main thing for me, that it’s set fruit…and I’m actually quite surprised as I only planted it in ground end of summer last year.
@joestropicals6760 now we need to figure out how to get them to flower AND set fruit in June as they need a good 5 to 6 months to get fruits to maturity
@@lyonheart84 funnily enough the nursery bought one had flowered as early as April, but dropped them all due to the cold weather that followed. I’m hoping next year won’t be so inconsistent with the temperatures.
Your pomegranate tree looks even bigger than mine that I’ve planted for 5 years and it’s only as high as my waist 😅 I just moved it to another sunny spot the other day. Let’s see how it will be!
@@lyonheart84 I always pray we have more cold days and for Europe to have longer sun. It’d be nice to enjoy all fruits and vegetables wherever we are and not having to buy so expensive! Just looked at your Asian pear, here only the very high area of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai can plant and get fruits also 😅 I can only have tropical fruits and Thai mulberry on my farm
Its not been hot enough long enough this year for pomegranates. I think you should put a bag on that pomegranate Brett at least it will protect it from caterpillars getting in there. Hopefully you will get at least one fruit to reach maturity. 🤞
I did bag it straight after filming the video Louise but it can’t reach maturity lol, it would have to be this size in June to have any chance to reach maturity as the fruits take around 180 days from flower to mature fruit i.e almost 6 months 😱
It's a pain that they flower so late and difficult to get the fruit to develop in cooler temperatures, Brett. They still look very ornamental when the flowers open up.
To be honest its flowered June, July and most of August Peter but our summers are just to cool normally for them to set fruit properly. They have more chance in a South facing position ideally in a walled garden and the bigger the tree the more likely it is to set a few fruit. There's a 12 foot tree near to where I live thats still covered in flowers and has a few small fruits set but the owner told me she only ever got a couple of fruits big enough to eat in the record breaking summer a couple of years ago. The best specimen I've ever seen was that one in the Chelsea Physic garden
I have noticed that if I go to great lengths to provide sown seeds with the optimum conditions, they sometimes fail to germinate. Or, only 1 or 2 might germinate. Yet, if I casually pop a seed into any old mix, without any special care or consideration, it surprises me weeks or months later by germinating!
Yes same for me Gary, I suspect the mycorrhiza in the root system of an established plant and the presence of mature roots micromanages the growing conditions for seeds 🧐
Hi Brett, Few very promising figs. Have you tried to grow VDB? It’s an early ripening compared to brown turkey. Adding bonemeal in early June can help speed up the fig development. You should give this a try. Cheers.
Violet de Bordeaux? I’ll have to look at the labels of my other figs, I suspect I’ve got one Sam. The pot grown fig plants have been dreadful this year, I’ve been lazy with feeding due to my health issues. I’m not convinced many of these figs will survive, although the tree seems very healthy the figs continuously turn yellow and dry up 😬
@@lyonheart84I hope you have speedy recover. yes, Violet de Bordeaux. I consider fig trees heavy feeders. In my case, they have to push new leaves, put new growth, and support fig development
I quite often sow random fruit seeds in other larger pots with plants already in them. It's nice when they do germinate. I forget what seeds I've planted where and have to go off the leaves to identify them 😅. Hope your Grumichama survives Brett and slugs and snails 🐌 don't get to it..
Lol agreed I don’t normally put labels in the random pots so I also forget what I’ve planted haha. This time I made the effort to put in a label. Sometimes they take months to germinate so it’s fortunate this one came up quite quickly
They are very slow growing for sure, the parent is very slow as well. I reckon they are 7 to 8 years from seed to flowering age. I often find seedlings germinate better in pots of more mature plants 😁
This is kind of hilarious, because often, we buy 5-10-15 or even on wholesale 100 seeds and oftentimes nothing germinates, and here we are, 1 seed... 1 new plant 😂😂 I'm loving this!!
Haha yes it’s surprising, I suppose the seed couldn’t have been fresher as I took it out of my own fruit the day before I planted it 😁. I’m sure they makes a big difference
@TropicalGardeningCyprus yes I’ve had mixed results from online sellers, hard to know how old the seeds are or if they have been exposed to excessive heat or cold in the post
@@lyonheart84 few hours ago one of my plant-loving friends was showing me the seeds he received from rarepalmseeds this morning... abiu 100 seeds on wholesale... dry as hell!! We're talking abou ANCIENT seeds, not just not fresh. If I go and buy roasted almonds right now, they'll have more moisture in them than the abiu seeds 😂😂
Hello Brett! Thanks for sharing your video! If it was my seedlings shooting up ,and I was hoping to keep it alive I would immediately remove it from that pot now , before the roots get more intertwined with the others! Adios amigo!
Because it’s September I think moving it would be a mistake. I think the larger plants roots will help with symbiotic fungi and also will use surplus moisture in the soil which could cause the seedling to rot off in our long winters. If it’s still alive in the Spring I’ll separate them then 😁
Great to see lots of fruit set on your Li. It’s a shame our summers aren’t consistently warm enough, but hopefully since you’ve potted your Jujubes up in large fabric pots, next year they’ll wake up earlier and hopefully larger fruit 🌱🙌🏾
It would be nice to get bigger fruits but I feel they truthfully need to be in ground which of course I have no space to do. The embryo fruits are barely bigger than peas right now and I removed all the smallest and ‘yellowing’ ones but I don’t see them getting much bigger before the cold weather sets in. Hopefully you have a few that are approaching an edible size now……
@@lyonheart84 i have quite a lot of fruit set this year, some fruits larger than others. I’m hoping the weather stays warm enough for them to continue to develop to a decent size. I’ll do an update video pretty soon 🙌🏾
I had one tree and it gave one fruit then died because my father didnt water them when I was away to Europe as always 😅 But then I get to eat a lot at my friend’s house in Italy instead ❤❤🎉🎉😂😂
I don’t normally get enough to bother with cooking them although last year my parents plant got a lot of fruits so I made jam. Sometimes I grill them in halves with a little honey on top 😁
We’ve barely seen a drop of rain in the southeast all August Dani. Several trees in pots were wilting badly so I needed to do some seriously deep watering today. I’m not sure my assistant did an awful lot 😂
@@lyonheart84 oh, it sounds like you might have had more proper Summer weather than us...Hope you get some rain soon, though. It really does make gardening so much easier.
Nice garden tour, Brett. Your garden looks amazing. I've spent the day down the allotment clearing rubbish left by the previous plot holders. Will be weeks or months before I can start planting stuff how I would like but I'm still enjoying it.
Great to see you enjoying the garden today with your assistant. It's been marvellous weather, I hope we have many more days like it before the winter sets in and the single digit temperatures.
Looks like she is enjoying the garden, Brett! It's been raining so much here lately I've not really had to worry about watering any of the plants lol 😂
@PeterEntwistle lol yes the southeast does have a reputation for being the driest part of the uk and although it’s been quite cool at times in August we’ve barely had any rain
The flesh taste is ok , it’s just impossible to eat because most of it is made up of nasty bitter inedible seeds. I just mix the flesh with some water and push it through a sieve to get rid of the seeds. I just wish I could grow passion fruits here as I love the fruit. These chocolate vines are so decorative and so vigorous and easy to grow with no pests
Hey Brett, nice walk around the garden. The ornamental trees are beautiful. You have a considerable number of fruits on several trees., which is cool. Have a great week
Thanks Dan, it’s not been a good year for most fruit but a couple of trees have performed quite well. Wish I had more space to get them into the ground
Your garden is looking lovely, Brett. It's great to see the pawpaws and Asian pears doing so well. The pineapple guavas are looking very promising too. It’s great that your peach tree is looking nice and healthy again too.
Yes somethings look great but of course there are plenty of disasters as well. Sadly the other 2 peaches look like twigs, I guess they’ll have to go this winter
Just arrived back from Spain earlier, so a lot of catching up to do on RU-vid vids. Great garden tour. Your Pineapple Guava a swelling up nicely, and Asian pears look amazing 🤩 I need to go and inspect my plants 😬😂
Hope you had a great holiday Joe and saw some interesting plants and fruits ? You’ll really notice a big difference after a couple of weeks away, hopefully everything has grown like crazy !
Hello! I watch you because i love gardening but i cannot do it. Your videos are so relaxing, like meditation. Sorry for my bad english. Greetings from Croatia!
Sorry that was several years ago and a very basic phone, I have a better phone now and I’m more used to talking on camera. The sound is fine when I listen to it as well
I was just talking to my neighbour, who has that massive Brown Turkey I got a cutting from last year. She had quite a few brebas, but most of them were eaten by birds😏
Wow, what a result! I lost my atemoya a while ago to what I believe to be urea/ammonium damage or accumulation of fertilizer salts in the pot, with possible adverse changes in pH. I now periodically flush the pots with rainwater or deionised water. Commercial fertilizers often contain urea or ammonium. The problem with ammonium cations (NH4+) is that they cause over-acidification of the soil/substrate/mix if they are allowed to accumulate over time. I am willing to try again with tropical Annonas like atemoya and cherimoya, but I will go very easy on the applications of commerical fertilizer blends containing urea or ammonium, such as Miraclegro. Nitrate salts (for providing plants with the essential macronutrient, Nitrogen) are better than urea or ammonium salts, as nitrate anions (NO3-) are immediately accessible for uptake by the plants, and the nitrate anions do not contribute to over-acidification.
You might be overanalysing it Gary, sometimes tropicals just die here because they hate our climate 😬. Obviously I almost lost one to cold damage and sold the other one so I need to focus on this one a bit more seriously 😁
