#growing fruit

[light7778]

[dbaydenny]

See, I think it's spring,

green fruit on its proper plant

blueberries and peaches,

strawberries, apples, cherries, plums

and my mouth is watering.

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D W Eldred

[wildrungarden]

5/4/24 ~ Fig update. He needs to be planted in ground soon. I had to wait till the grass was cut - so possibly he’ll go in ground tomorrow! 🤞🏻

[balkanradfem]

Have you ever grown blueberries?

I haven't! I've never actually seen blueberries growing anywhere here, and I've only tasted the blueberry juice from the store. But! I've heard rumors that there's a forest that grows them.

I'd love to try growing them, I just need to find an actual blueberry bush to get a cutting or a berry to take the seed out of.

[askwhatsforlunch]

Quince Poached Pears

The ceaseless rain and strong winds of the past week means I’m am picking up heaps of fallen fruit in the garden. Some of the pears are just ripe, some are not even there yet, but if they’ve been bruised when they fell, one has to cook them rather quickly if one wants to eat them! These beautifully glazed Quince Poached Pears makes both an excellent dessert --the addition of ice cream can make it even more indulgent!-- or snack, or a side for your cheese board, especially if you have good blue cheeses, like Fourme d’Ambert or Stilton! Happy Saturday!

Ingredients (serves 2):

3 medium to large just ripe Williams Pears

1 cup Ginger and Lemon Quince Syrup

Thoroughly rinse Williams Pears under cold water.

Halve, core and peel pears, and place pear halves in a medium saucepan. Cover with Ginger and Lemon Quince Syrup, so all pear halves are submerged.

Bring to the boil over medium-high heat. Boil rapidly, for about 5 minutes; then, reduce heat to medium.

Simmer, for 15 to 20 minutes, occasionally flipping pear halves on their other side, until they are just tender, and Syrup has reduced slightly, glazing the pears beautifully.

Serve Quince Poached Pears with their Syrup warm, with a scoop or two of Ginger Ice Cream, onto thick yoghurt, or cooled, with good blue cheese...

[thefoodarchivist]

Back home with the family in Greece and back to their lovely garden ☺️

[toadstoolgardens]

6 Fruits to Propagate from Cuttings

Growing fruit is amazing, and propagating fruit from cuttings makes it even better. It's free fruit!💕🫐

Buying established fruit plants is great if you're looking to be able to harvest pretty quickly. But propagating fruit from cuttings is a cheap or even free way to clone fruits, and all you need is a healthy existing plant to cut from. Another benefit to cuttings is the ability to clone your favorite fruit varieties! Choose fruits suited for your climate and keep in mind that most cuttings will take 2-3 years or more to bear fruit.

Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.): Softwood propagation - cut twigs in late spring from the tip of existing canes. Hardwood propagation - cut canes during the midwinter dormant season. Root your blueberry cuttings in a low-pH growing medium and keep them moist before planting them in the ground the following spring.

Blackberry & Raspberry (Rubus spp.): Brambles are excellent to propagate from cuttings. Take your cuttings around late summer from the tip of a primocane (bright green, bendy cane that grew this year). Root in potting soil and they should be set to plant in the ground in about two months, plant before winter.

Currant (Ribes spp.): Cut foot long cuttings from one year old wood in the late winter. Plant 2/3 of your foot long stem in potting soil to root, keep moist and in the shade. Plant in the ground the following autumn.

Elderberry (Sambucus spp.): Take softwood cuttings in early summer from the tips of green, bendy shoots. Place in potting soil and keep moist so they can root. Plant outside after about three months.

Fig (Ficus spp.): Take 8 inch long cuttings in the early spring from branches that are 1/2inch thick. Root in potting soil and keep moist but not too wet. Store potted cuttings in a warm sunny window, greenhouse, cold frame, under a 2 liter bottle with the bottom cut off, or under a clear plastic bag to keep warm and humid. Plant outside in early summer once new growth has appeared.

Mulberry (Morus spp.): Take foot long cuttings from soft, bendy branches in the late winter. Root in growing medium. Store your potted cuttings in a warm sunny window, greenhouse, cold frame, under a 2 liter bottle with the bottom cut off, or under a clear plastic bag to keep warm and humid. Place the container outside in the sun once the weather gets warm AND your cuttings develop new leaves. Water daily. Fall of that same year, plant your cuttings outside. TIP: If you're cutting from wild mulberries, take several cuttings from different trees to help pollination and fruit set.

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[hqcreations]

Harvesting Sour Cherries

For the first time in my life, this June I experienced the joy of harvesting cherries...21 quarts to be exact.

I was told this year was an uncommonly successful fruiting due to the near ideal Spring conditions. The key to keeping your crop? Netting. It was a pain to put on the net and a bigger pain to remove, but if you want cherries left to pick before the birds get them, then invest in a proper netting system. Here we used 10ft to 15ft bamboo stakes on to which the netting was draped and secured with twist ties. Some bamboo were tied to the internal tree branches to prop up the net along the crown of the tree.

We harvested as much as we could all in one go as putting on the net would have been way too big of an effort. Any else left unpicked was gifted to the birds.

Hot tip: If you are in a hurry to cook with cherries and don't have the time to de-pit and de-stem them after harvest, try "slipping" off the cherry fruit with the pits left on stem. It takes a little practice with a firm, but gentle squeeze-push motion, but it can be done with minimal juice loss and damage to the pulp.