Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
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The truth about Papaya:
1) it is grass, and
2) it can go transgender!
The secret facts of Papaya's private life.
- 📌 Did you know that Papaya technically is not a tree? It is a large herbaceous plant, usually with a single, straight trunk that can reach 30 feet!
- 📌 Many dwarf varieties available in selection, reaching only 6-8 ft tall, but producing large crops of full size fruit - they are easy to harvest.
- 📌 Papaya trees have very complex gender mechanism, but the bottom line is - the tree can chance its sex based on conditions! Many varieties are self-fertile, but it always recommended to plant a few trees for cross-pollination and better yield.
- 📌 The sweetest Papaya is from so called "Solo" cultivars: the fruit is usually round or oval, on a smaller side, but super sweet.
- 📌 Fruit from Solo cultivars are not susceptible to fruit flies.
- 📌 Being officially a tropical plant, Papaya is pretty cold resistant and can withstand light freeze without significant damage.
- 📌 Surprisingly, Papayas are also hurricane-resistant plants and can take strong winds without damage. They still stand when other trees are down!
- 📌 Papaya is one of the Super-Foods thanks to papain - a natural enzyme containing in this fruit. Papaya fruit offers the best digestive aid! Eat some papaya after each meal to maintain healthy digestion.
- 📌 Try papaya leaf wraps for cooking meats - you won't need a meat tenderizer!
- 📌 Easy to grow trees, Papayas don't take any space in the garden, but bring so much goodness into your life!
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Top 5 recommended vigorous Mango tree varieties, reliable producers
- 🟠 1. Glenn - Excellent eating quality, consistent production, and effortless to grow.
- 🟠 2. Pim Seng Mun - extremely productive mango.
- 🟠 3. Sweet Tart - New patented variety - exclusive offer.
- 🟠 4. Fruit Punch - Multi fruit flavor, delicious!
- 🟠 5. Orange Sherbet - One of the best new varieties for backyard growing. Flavor is sweet citrus-orange and less lemony than Lemon Meringue mango. The tree is moderately vigorous.
❓What is your favorite Mango variety? Share in comments 👇
📝 See also earlier posts:
5 most Favorite Mango Varieties
Top 10 Dwarf "Condo" Mango
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How to grow Noni tree for fruit?
💊 The medicinal Noni tree (see our earlier post) is one of the most suitable fruit trees for potting culture. A 1-3 gallon size plant will flower and fruit for you within a year.
Noni's special features:
✅ flowers and fruits at young age, nearly year around.
✅ tolerates shade and grows large ornamental leaves in filtered light.
✅ suitable for indoor culture
✅ medicinal properties are endless and cannot be under-appreciated.
✅ This plant can be grown in any climate indoors, and will produce fruit for you under minimal care. Just provide warm frost-free conditions, as this tropical tree is very cold sensitive.
- easy in cultivation, drought and water tolerant, not susceptible to insects.
📚 Learn more: Morinda citrifolia - Noni. Life Sustaining Plant
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How to grow Noni tree for fruit?
Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit
Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit tree
Morinda citrifolia - Noni tree
Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit
💊 The medicinal Noni tree (see our earlier post) is one of the most suitable fruit trees for potting culture. A 1-3 gallon size plant will flower and fruit for you within a year.
Noni's special features:
- ✅ flowers and fruits at young age, nearly year around.
- ✅ tolerates shade and grows large ornamental leaves in filtered light.
- ✅ suitable for indoor culture
- ✅ medicinal properties are endless and cannot be under-appreciated.
- ✅ This plant can be grown in any climate indoors, and will produce fruit for you under minimal care. Just provide warm frost-free conditions, as this tropical tree is very cold sensitive.
- easy in cultivation, drought and water tolerant, not susceptible to insects.
📚 Learn more: Morinda citrifolia - Noni. Life Sustaining Plant
🛒 Order Noni Tree
#Food_Forest #Remedies #How_to
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