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Hello everyone,

I thought some of you would be interested in some pictures of my 2016 season. I put everything in an album here: https://goo.gl/photos/rebD38djP9EeKb1D6

The album is also in my signature. Enjoy! And feel free to comment!
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Very impressive. Keep up the great work. So what other fruits did you plant?
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Sas! 

If you see my cultivar list, there's a spreadsheet that lists all the other fruits I'm growing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i3l2K21bbaAkHjmSnqPX4yvoWEYJ7-YjHOtMPFoe1ME/edit?usp=sharing

So far I haven't had much luck with Goji Berry (tastes horrible), Che & Hardy Kiwi.
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Hi ross,
Nice !
I don't see date-stamps. Are those recent photos or photos of the whole season ?
I saw young cuttings, and that seems a bit funny to see (so many) cuttings started now .

For the goji, there is a video linked somewhere here on the forum. Long story short there a gazillion strains of goji, because suppliers/nurseries grow them from seeds,
and the plants don't come out true to the mother.
I myself have one that is getting closer to the compost pile.
Someone wrote that they get more productive if one creates a trunk (1m/3') against a pole and let the branches grow and fall from that height.
I'm trying that with mine ... Last trial !
Goji are a bit odd. Some claim that under-ripe, "they can be sort of poisonous". So one should eat them ripe and maybe dry. Legend or not ... I may not want to try it myself.
So the next exotic stuff ,I picked, is kiwai issai -those look promising.

Are the trees, with peach leaves, peaches or almonds ?
Some here are starting to grow almond trees ... In Zone7 ...
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Hi ross,
Nice !
I don't see date-stamps. Are those recent photos or photos of the whole season ?
I saw young cuttings, and that seems a bit funny to see (so many) cuttings started now .

For the goji, there is a video linked somewhere here on the forum. Long story short there a gazillion strains of goji, because suppliers/nurseries grow them from seeds,
and the plants don't come out true to the mother.
I myself have one that is getting closer to the compost pile.
Someone wrote that they get more productive if one creates a trunk (1m/3') against a pole and let the branches grow and fall from that height.
I'm trying that with mine ... Last trial !
Goji are a bit odd. Some claim that under-ripe, "they can be sort of poisonous". So one should eat them ripe and maybe dry. Legend or not ... I may not want to try it myself.
So the next exotic stuff ,I picked, is kiwai issai -those look promising.

Are the trees, with peach leaves, peaches or almonds ?
Some here are starting to grow almond trees ... In Zone7 ...



jdsfrance,

The time stamps are there. You've gotta click on the picture and then click on the i with the circle around it to see the info about the picture.

That's actually how I trained my goji's. I wonder what they'd taste like if I didn't train them the right way.. I actually tried drying them to see if that worked. Over the past few days I tried one on each day with the horrible taste disappearing, but instead they just became bland.

Those are peaches. Almonds seem a bit difficult here.
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