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Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

🍈 Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?

Answer: Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is the biggest and one of the most fascinating fruit in the world.

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Longevity Spinach Superfood Recipes: how to make healthy food delicious. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Longevity Spinach Superfood Recipes: how to make healthy food delicious

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👨 Longevity Spinach Superfood Recipes: how to make healthy food delicious.

Can healthy food taste delicious?

Healthy Longevity Spinach... It tastes like... spinach? You can add it to your salads, but let's face it, you can only eat so much of a salad. So try it cooked - you will be so surprised and want to eat it every day!

🍳 Eggs with Longevity Spinach

You will need:

🌿 Longevity Spinach or Okinawa Spinach: 2 handfuls
  • 1 cup Bacon (optional), sliced or chopped, or: 2 tbsp Olive or vegetable oil

1 large Onion, sliced in semi-rings
1 sweet pepper, red or yellow, sliced
3-5 cloves garlic, chopped (optional, to taste)
5-6 eggs
1 cup ground beef or turkey/chicken (optional), or mushrooms
½ cup shredded cheese (regular or Parmesan)
salt and pepper to taste
🌶 Sweet Chile Sauce (optional. Tastes great with this dish!)
  • 🍷 a glass of your favorite wine or cocktail to enjoy your dinner 🍷


Preparation time: 10 min
Makes dinner for 2

Open detailed recipe

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How to learn the Truth about fertilizers. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to learn the Truth about fertilizers

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How to learn the Truth about fertilizers.

Spring is here and so is the time to give your plants more food for active growth!

❓ How to decide which fertilizer to chose with so many of them on the market? The basic idea is -

❗️ All fertilizers and good for plants, because it's food!

But like with every food in must be in right time, right kind, and right amount.

Basic types of fertilizers:

  • ❇️ Controlled-release fertilizer is coated and release nutrients slowly and constantly within labeled amount of time (3-6-12 months). Good for stepping-up and transplanting.

  • ❇️ Slow release granulated fertilizer breaks down quickly, especially in the heat, and should be used as a top-dress only occasionally (for example, to green up a plant quickly).

  • ❇️ Liquid fertilizers are the most efficient in a long run. They make plants strong, resistant, healthy and productive, slowly but surely building up energy in their system. This is why all professional food farms, from veggies to hemp, stick to liquid plant food.

We suggest Sunshine Boosters, they are safe to use with every watering and year around. Their formulas are natural (based on organic amino-acids) and great for edibles.

🛒Get your plants some food

#Edible_Forest #Fertilizers #How_to

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Why is it called Pineapple Guava? It tastes just like strawberries! Feijoa Superfood. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Why is it called Pineapple Guava? It tastes just like strawberries! Feijoa Superfood

Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen, Feijoa sellowiana

Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen, Feijoa sellowiana

Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen, Feijoa sellowiana

Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen, Feijoa sellowiana

🍓 Why is it called Pineapple Guava? It tastes just like strawberries! Feijoa Superfood.
  • Feijoa is certainly one of the easiest fruit trees to grow as it does not require much care.
  • Feijoa is an attractive, evergreen large shrub that produces lovely edible flowers and fruit.
  • The fruit is eaten fresh, added to smoothies, fruit salads, used to make delicious jam (that tastes like Strawberry Jam on steroids!), and wicked chutneys.


Feijoa fruit go a long way in flavor!

📚 Learn more about Feijoa

🛒Grow your own Feijoa

#Edible_Forest #Guava

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Tamarind. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Tamarind

Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica

Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica

Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica

Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica

Tamarind flowers - Tamarinus indica

Tamarind flowers - Tamarinus indica

📖 Fun Fact: Tamarind is used as a souring agent in many cuisines around the world, adding a tangy flavor to dishes. How to use Tamarind in cooking?

🍲 Tamarind Chutney Recipe

Ingredients:
  • · 1 cup tamarind pulp
  • · 1 cup water
  • · 3/4 cup brown sugar or jaggery
  • · 1 tsp each of ground cumin, ginger, and coriander
  • · 1/2 tsp red chili powder
  • · Salt to taste


    • Instructions:
  • · Simmer tamarind pulp and water.
  • · Strain, return to heat, and add sugar.
  • · Stir in spices and salt.
  • · Simmer until thickened.
  • · Cool and store in the refrigerator.


🛒Grow your own Tamarind Tree

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Who thinks this is an Eggplant? Do you? What is it? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Who thinks this is an Eggplant? Do you? What is it?

🍆 Who thinks this is an Eggplant? Do you? What is it?

Correct answer: Avocado Red Russel.

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📸 😺 👇 Share your cats in comments!

#Food_Forest #PeopleCats #Nature_Wonders

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One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet

Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia

Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia

💃 One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet

✍️ "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn

📷 Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia - one of the most popular tropical trees covered with bright red orchid-like flowers from late winter through early summer.

"The Royal Poinciana is one of the most spectacular flowering trees in the USA, and probably among the top 10 on this planet. In full bloom, it is like a regal elephant caparisoned in red and yellow brilliance."
(Larry M. Schokman, The Kampong, National Tropical Botanic Garden)

🛒Grow your own Royal Poinciana

#Quotes #Nature_Wonders

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What is Lion's Ears: the plant that keeps growing "through the flower"! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What is Lions Ears: the plant that keeps growing through the flower!

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

What is Lion's Ears: the plant that keeps growing "through the flower"!

Leonotis leonurus is another Nature's Wonder. Flower petals purportedly resemble Lion's ears, and bunch of upper leaves from a distance resemble Lions tails. A curious thing, the plant continues growing through the flower! This creates a multi-level appearance.

Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Everblooming.

⚕️ Used in Eastern medicine
📚 More about Leonotis Lion's Ears

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Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me?

Akee fruit, Ackee

Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me? Definitely the favorite fruit (it's actually a vegetable).

Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼

📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.

‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.

📚 More about Akee

🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?

🛒 Grow your own Akee tree

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How June plum can "fruit itself to death": look at this heavy load! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How June plum can fruit itself to death: look at this heavy load!

DWARF June plum, Ambarella (Spondias cytherea)

🍈 How June plum can "fruit itself to death": look at this heavy load!

This exciting fruit tree will amaze you with its ability to fruit abundantly at a young age and small size. This is a DWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea).
  • ✳️ Grows as a compact 6-7 ft tree.
  • ✳️ Very aromatic fruit, Its feel and juiciness resembles that of a mango (it's Mango's close relative) but with completely different, delicious flavor.
  • ✳️ Expect heavy fruit production within a year. Starts fruiting in winter and holds the fruit up to 6-8 months and more.
  • ✳️ Perfect containerDWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea). fruit tree.


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