What is the miracle behind the Miracle fruit?

• 🍭 Miracle Fruit, synsepalum dulcificum is a small, red berry that can temporarily make sour foods taste sweet. The berry contains a protein called miraculin, which binds to taste buds and alters the way sour foods are perceived. Sour turns into sweet!
• 🍭 Native to West Africa, this fruit has been used for centuries as a natural sweetener and is often enjoyed at "flavor-tripping" parties.
• 🍭 It's also used by chemotherapy patients to help improve their sense of taste, as it can make bitter or metallic-tasting foods more palatable.

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😇 What is the best fruit tree producing in winter

• 🍑 If you answered the quiz What makes loquats different from other fruits - then you know that Loquat trees flower and produce fruit during the winter months, making them a rare source of fresh fruit when most other trees are dormant.
• 🍑 Loquat flowers are very pretty! Loquats are relatives of Apples, Peaches, Plums and Pears - they belong to Rosaceae family.

🎥 Loquats are in full bloom in our garden now. The fruit will ripen by April

📚 More about Loquat from previous posts:

• 💋Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: #10 Loquat
• 💋Loquat Liquor recipe
• 💋Top 10 fast-fruiting trees:#5. Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
• 💋Golden Loquat – the Symbol of Prosperity, and it tastes like apricots

Avocado variety everyone should have: how big does a dwarf Condo Avocado grows?

• 🌳 Several dwarf avocado varieties, also known as Condo Avocados, are ideal for container gardening and small spaces.
• 🌳 One popular variety is Fuerte, which begins to fruit when it's just 3-4 feet tall and remains under 15 feet, even after 10 years of growth.
• 🌳 The fruit is of high quality, medium-sized, and rich in buttery content.

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🍲 What Fertilizer to Use Now and How?
Part 3. Micro elements

✔️ Microelement Supplements Are a Must


Besides macronutrients (daily plant food), plants need additional microelements, just like humans need vitamins. Be sure to apply these supplements along with your regular plant food:

✔️ For Green Leaves and Health


Sunshine SuperFood - Complex Microelement Supplement: a must for healthy plants and beautiful, green leaves. Apply once a month.

✔️ For Stress Relief


Did you know that plants get stressed out too? Too much sun, to wet, too dry, too cold, or simply bugged by insects!
Sunshine-Epi - Brassinosteroid Plant Hormone: essential for plants recovering from stress (shipping, transplanting, drought, insect damage, cold stress, etc.). Apply as needed.

✔️ For Sweeter, Bigger Fruit


Sunshine Honey - Fruit Sugar Booster: application on fruit trees will make fruit bigger and sweeter by directing sugars to the fruit from other plant parts, and helps to prevent bud drop. Apply 4 times a year: at bud setting, flowering, fruit setting, and after harvesting.

✔️ For Better Resistance


Sunshine Power Si - Silicon Protector - enhances resistance to insects, diseases, drought, and frost, while boosting growth. Apply once a month, along with Sunshine SuperFood.

😊 The fruit tree that every garden must have

• 🍎 Fig Tree (Ficus carica) is a great addition to your garden or patio, offering delicious fruit and attractive, lobed leaves with minimal care.
• 🍎 Delicious Fruit: Figs come in violet, brown, or black colors, offering a sweet flavor with health benefits.
• 🍎 Nutrient-Rich: High in Iron, Fiber, Potassium, and Calcium - perfect for a healthy treat!
• 🍎 Beautiful Leaves: Large, lobed, green leaves provide landscape value even when the tree isn’t fruiting.
• 🍎 Cold Hardy: Sensitive to frost during active growth but can withstand up to 10°F when dormant.
• 🍎 Low Maintenance: Grows easily with minimal attention, prefers alkaline soil (unlike most tropical plants!), and can tolerate wet conditions.
• 🍎 Prolific: Bears fruit from early summer to late fall, with fruits maturing quickly. It is self-fertile and low-maintenance, perfect for growing at home.