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Yay! Me too! I don't know your zone, but you might want to start them good and early; they're like 130 days to maturity, I think. I want to eat some while they're young and tender, too.

Well, I have whistled at the sky nonchalantly while snagging a neighbor's weeping willow for rooting hormone; I've stolen fallen-going-to-be-wasted-anyway apples (yes, under the cover of night, looking quickly from left to right); I'm going to ask permission before I "reverse share" some...

Yeah! That's the spirit! Hand pollinate, feed them dead mice, try grafting... I want to be like you when I grow up! Where will you get your scion wood? Do you have anyone who can coach you? (Did you say you work in a nursery, or was that someone else?)

Yes, the vines keep growing. I don't know how much you can eat before you're competing with the tubers, maybe I'll poke around and see what the smart people say. :D

I like your spunk! :cool:

Oh, Sylvie, the fastest way to get your paw paws would be to graft onto some of your existing trees. The people who know how say it isn't hard. But then, nothing's hard when you know how. :/

I grew them, so anyone can :rolleyes: Loose, rich soil. Don't let them dry out, that's what I just read in another forum last week, if I were a good person I'd find the link :rolleyes:. If they dry out, they become less productive and they don't even show they've dried out until they've really...

I need to be thinking about my own plant puzzles, guess I just love thinking about plants! How about this kiwi cousin from Big Dipper Farm for $7? Actinidia polygama Silver Vine "A decidious climbing vine with scented flowers in June. Very ornamental with yellow edible fruit and leaves with...

The spread is more above ground, though I have to remind my plants about that during summer :rolleyes: If your pergola is 8 feet wide, you could do it with a kiwi, especially if you found a self fertile one for your zone. They are less aggressive usually, too. Couldn't resist a quick check...

I think fuzzy kiwis need a pollinator like my northern hardies; you might not have that room. Anyway, I've found my argutas to require too much attention to keep in a small space, but then it seems the same with grapes. Thornless triple crown raspberries are hardy to your zone. They're...

Thanks, simple life. Probably if I plant them in the ground in the sun they'll do fine. Don't think I'll try container growing for them again for a while. But I am going to try with sweet potatoes in a (hopefully deep enough) kiddie pool by my garage (so I don't have to give up a bed). I was...

Yeah, that's what I thought, but sometimes a source suggests it can go up to full sun, but I was dubious. Thanks.

Sylvie, I was just chatting with my gardening partner who told me that in previous conversation with Tom of Red Fern Farm, he learned that there are many stands of paw paws that have suckered into huge colonies of one genetic stock, and therefore don't fruit. Get some new stock in there and one...

I'm going to try "perennial" purple potatoes from Oikos Tree Crops. They say they have been going for nine years in one spot. (I think he's z5 like me.) Then I'll always have potatoes, even if I forget to plant them. Though it sounds like they get a little smaller, over time. Well, I'm going to...

So how come they don't all move upstairs to the fresh food in my worm stacker, like the manual says? Perhaps they are illiterate? I wind up with 3 trays of worm inhabited goo. Could be worse, though. :P

I think trout worms are red wigglers:cool:

Oh. This is a gardening forum, not a poultry forum. So I should find that other one. Okay. Nice meeting you just the same:D:rolleyes::lol::rolleyes::cool::)

Well, I guess she'll complain about the size, then lol. Perhaps she'll be won over. (They are higher in active constituents, after all). Thanks! Sylvie (or anyone), do you think I can grow wintergreen in full sun? I have 3 plants coming, but I'm nervous about it.

Jumping into the middle of all these pleasant meets and greets, I sure do have some questions. I'm not mature enough for backyard chickens this year:D, but I have a lot of questions for myself and for friends. For someone who has the room, what are the best forage plants, and what can supply...

Sylvie, I bet they were not a named variety. Planting any other paw paw would provide a genetic mix, if that's you're problem (tho that seems unlikely?). I found this online, might be a fun experiment: www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/pawpaw.html "Pollination: Poor pollination has always plagued the...