I laugh when mass tell me one of my horticulture approximation is unacceptable . Sure … some thing arealmostimpossible . For case , it would be really hard to grow Bing cherries here . Not all inconceivable – but really gruelling . ( To attract it off , you ’d need a walk - in freezer , some shadiness cloth , a secure timekeeper , a very large pot and a lot of prison term on your hand . But I digress … )
I ’ve hear this is too far north to develop goodcassava . WRONGI’ve been tell that many seeds wo n’t grow into good fruit tree diagram . WRONGI’ve learned from experts not to compost center , paper , etc . damage
Anyhow – you get the idea . Just because it ’s supposedly impossible does n’t mean you ca n’t extract it off . My experiment with microclimates have been very informatory . I determine exactly how far out from my south wall I could plant geographical zone 10 metal money before the Robert Frost take them ( about 18″ ) . I ’m now rise tropic plants without cover out of doors in North Florida … thanks to the thermal masses of my house.Amazon.com thingumabob
My experimentation with imbed corn directly into ruts cut in my lawn were a consummate loser . But I hear from it . Now I ’ve commence my new “ melon pit ” experimentation .
I started about 50 peaches from pits I took from the yield of a Tropic Beauty tree and planted them in pots and around my yard . Will they live without the all - important “ Nema - guard ” rootstock ? We ’ll find out . ( UPDATE : The solvent is YES )
Look – the key to growing is constant experimentation and observation . Think like a scientist . Plant multiple varieties in multiple places at multiple times of the twelvemonth for multiple different year . What process ? What did n’t ?
Would you believe this ? I have a tropical papaya seedling get in my front - G solid food forest . It ’s see multiple frosts down into the 20s and does n’t show a trace of harm . Meanwhile , I have other expectant trees out back that have lost their intact tops and even had their trunks turn to pulp . Why is that ? genetic science ? Microclimate ? Canopy pass over ? I do n’t know yet … but I ’ll see if it stays alive and what happen this next year . If it fruits and keeps live , I ’ll plant the cum and see if they ’ve inherited some cold hardiness . If I had follow the stock advice , I would ’ve never planted papayasat all . you’re able to’T GROW THEM HERE !
I ’ve seen tropical avocados , papaya , Psidium littorale and mango grow in a miniature food forest in Polk County . It freeze there and these flora do n’t die . Because they ’re tight together and tended byan old missionary who I believe has some sort of especial favour from God … they live on and fruit . THAT ’S IMPOSSIBLE !
retrieve the rules . Go ahead and repeat them to yourself until they ’re nonmeaningful . Then laugh and go hold more seeds around . Do something insufferable . The principle can be crumpled … nature is resilient … and you never know until you try … sometimes many time .
bribe my bookPush The Zonefor more information on growing plants in zones they are n’t supposed to grow in .
