Pineapple: We were so surprised at how sweet the pineapple my mother has been tending tasted that we decided to go ahead and plant its crown also. We stuck the crown in a jar of water until the roots formed. Now we'll be able to plant it in soil.
Papayas: The papaya tree that we thought would never bear fruit has finally given us a fruit to harvest.
Mom has been watching the fruit ripen for several days and insisted that Art go out and pick it this morning. It's still pretty firm though so we'll wait a few days before we have it for breakfast.
See that other papaya tree quivering in the background? I just threatened it with the axe if it doesn't start doing something soon.
I can't imagine growing papayas in my yard. What a treat!
ReplyDeleteYes, don't let that other papaya get away with not producing!! Threaten it daily! All of your fruits look marvelous, Kay! How lovely to have all of those growing in your own garden!
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Sylvia
Is the other papaya tree female? I´m not sure which is which, but I know that there are two kinds of papaya trees: female and male. And only one of them grows fruits. I remember us trying to grow some trees as well, but in the end they were all from the wrong kind! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos Kay, hopefully your other tree will take note after being shown the ax! We have to get our house sprayed every year, otherwise the termites would take over and we've already had one swarm that was the most scream hollering event ever from me when I came down one morning and found zillions of them flying around the front room!!! Another reason why I don't like hot and humid weather.
ReplyDeleteHow fortunate to be able to grow such wonderful fruit in your own yard. It will be interesting to see how the pineapple crown grows.
ReplyDeleteSo finally you got to taste the pineapple ..and it was sweet that's great.Your papayas look good ,here we consume it in raw form too as for curries.Have a colorful breakfast...
ReplyDeleteIt is good that you want to wait for some rain before you use anything from your garden...have a great weekend.
that was so neat to see the pineapple crown with roots, and also the papaya tree.
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful land of Hawaii feeds us body and soul, eh neighbor?
ReplyDeleteAloha, Kay
Comfort Spiral
Such odd plants you have there in the tropics, compared to ours. No self respecting fruit here would grow out of the trunk of a tree! And how cool to be able to plant the top of the pineapple fruit to grow another!
ReplyDeleteIt must be nice to enjoy those things fresh from your backyard.
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Such a joy to have fruit growing in your own yard!
ReplyDeleteYou're my kind of gardener...threatening that other plant. I've had 3 booberry [I mean blueberry] shrubs that have done NOTHING at all!@!
ReplyDeleteBetty: I actually did a post about male and female papaya plants. I don't think the other papaya is a male. I believe it's called Solo which means it is self pollinating or something like that. I think it's a late bloomer. :-)
ReplyDeleteKay I never knew papayas grew out from the trunk like that-very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh how I miss those pineapples and papayas! (I'm from the Philippines now living in the US) i used to eat them right straight from the tree! lol
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