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eden13
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Posted 1358148828
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They look like potato.
garden_whisperer
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Posted 1358150153
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they are in the same family (nightshade) but very fruity
DesertDance
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Posted 1358177408
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Dave, I'll pay postage for some seeds. Send them during the season when you get some ripe ones. I'd love to try it, and we are really getting close to getting that 1.4 acres in our bank negotiations. There will be plenty of room to test it!
pitangadiego
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Posted 1358178001
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No, never took up Pepino cultivation.
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HarveyC
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Posted 1358195782
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I think I'm going to pick up a plant and give them a try. The one I bought in a store a few years ago was very bland. I'll try this one:
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garden_whisperer
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Posted 1358197085
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i am not sure on how many variaties there are i am growing Solanum Muricatom. its not as large as the one seen there (med egg size) instead, but flavorful. it seems if you let the fruit ripen to a point where it may seem to be overriping thats when i pick for the best taste.
eden13
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Posted 1358211978
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Do you have any extra seeds to share.
garden_whisperer
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Posted 1358212586
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No Eden no seeds, as the fruit that i get most have no seeds or very few. they do root super easy from cuttings. but in my zone this is better done in mid feb. i dont think cuttings would ship well but confess i have never tried it. i will however start propagation here in the next few weeks, one of my biggest sellers, and this past year i was the only one on ebay with live plants. i bought the seed from ebay. kinda high priced but i wanted to know more about and grow more exotic fruits so my first plants were seed grown 5 years ago. i have been replacing the plants yearly with cuttings. they grow rather fast once good roots form.
omotm
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Dave,
garden_whisperer
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Posted 1358221050
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I grow mine in hanging baskets and use a simple compost mix or just a good potting mix. the grow like tomato plants do and with the same ease. once established i have grabbed the stalks and yanked them right from the ground/pot and put in other spots, they can take a beating and i havent had any shock on me at all. only problems i have ran into are the norm. in dry times they need water, not alot of light but i try to give them as much as i can but had luck in a location where they only got 5 hours of dirrect sun light. the hanging baskets are the way to go.
HarveyC
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Posted 1358226082
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Dave, what pests have you experienced with pepino?
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garden_whisperer
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Posted 1358228163
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Aphids mainly. havent had any problems with jap beetles at all. but i plant a preying mantis egg case every year and my pest problems just go away. had a few grasshoppers try and eat a little but my slinder buddies make short work of em.
HarveyC
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Posted 1358232731
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Thanks, Dave. I grew a lot of tomatoes last year with my son and also planted about 18 cape gooseberry. A 3-striped potato beetle loved the cape gooseberry and did a number on them. I have quite a population of praying mantis around here naturally and they didn't seem to go after those beetles. I'm hoping if I get a pepino that those beetles won't come back for them.
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