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I did not keep track of the dates this year. Since I have not fenced it off from the dogs, I can not add a fish product. I was doubtful of them even growing at all and I am very pleased. I have synthetic fertilizer, I will just try that for this year.

For madturo I just checked two of the tomato types I have going and the brandy wine have put on a few of what will be large tomatoes and I ate a few cherry tomatoes from one of the others. I see I also have some peppers that are now green. I think I need to add some fertilizer to these...

Thanks for the information. I was looking for giant sunflower seeds. I am planting some smaller ones just to see if they will grow under my conditions.

google Almost any sweet orange will come true from seed, as well as key limes, grapefruit, tangerine and tangelo. Two varieties that will not come true from seed are temple and pomelo.

I do not know which lemon they are, but I threw out some squeezed lemons out by the wood pile and I now have two happily growing lemon trees. It normally takes years for seed propagated fruit trees to yield fruit. They survived 20 F last winter and being on their own roots will likely come...

Vigorous vs invasive. I like that. My green briar volunteers seem to follow that theme also along with wild muscadine (fox-possum) grapes.

Thanks for mentioning horse radish. I will have to look into to it. Surprisingly native persimmon persimmons can come up from roots after be hit with a rotatory tiller for smaller saplings. I have also planted some thornless honey locust that is another invasive, but yet a very american tree.

I was being a little careful about how much I said here. I do not know the rules of this forum yet and I have had things deleted elsewhere when saying too much in the intro section. Yes they are going and one is now a small vine with flowers and will soon be a big vine. Viability of your...

I am staking some of the tomato plants that grew from your donated seeds. This is the most success that I have ever had with tomatoes in NWFL.

Trying jerusalem artichokes. It is supposed to be a survival crop and so I am giving it a try. I have 8 acres and I understand it is invasive. I might be very sorry someday that I planted it if establishes itself.

Hi, to all. I am barnetmill from northwest Florida. Mostly interested in growing things to eat, but have an open mind about most anything else. I have a fruit orchard of mostly pears and persimmons because they are easy. Have some stone fruit, citrus, chestnuts, loquats, berries, and even a...