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@shamsgardeningcrafts I'v read about Bari 4 mango, and when I was in Dhaka there were trees at the nursery with Bari 4 but not fruiting. Never saw the fruit there either. And Katimon too. Today the guy unloading the van showed me the variety so I thought why not try it. The Bangladeshi shop was charging £20 a box buy I got them for £11 at Appna

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@district5inlondon the amount of seeds it had if you watched the video would make eating it extremely unpleasant, that is what's meant by inedible

​@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 So are you saying despite the fruit having edible flesh, It is full of hard inedible seeds. If I tried a pink banana I would take a small bite out the fruit, get the pulp off the seeds spit out the seeds and swallow the pulp. P.S can you give me more information so I can understand more about Musa Velutina😊

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@@lyonheart84 oh thats good to hear. I'll keep on top of the fertiliser and watering as I didn't repot it, as per the instructions that came with it and it dries out quickly.

@@myexoticfoodplants6727 I decided to get this after I saw the video you posted on the London Citrus with the yellow fruits. The mystery citrus. I think that was a Yuzu as the leaves had a large petiole, and not the Bangladeshi Shatkora or C. Macroptera, as someone said, because its leaves are double exactly like the Makrut lime. Or it may be a grapefruit.

@@PeterEntwistle I'd love to get some mature fruit off it, but no idea how long they take from this stage to maturity

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 Yeah, it's probably going to take several months. I'd imagine it might be similar to how long lemon takes.

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@lyonheart84 I've never had a guava seedling this slow Brett. It had 2 sets of leaves for 8 months, the pink guava I grew were not as slow, they had grown a foot by the 5th month.

@shamsgardeningcrafts the pot is not very big as the compost mix is only an inch and a half off the bottom of the pot. I would hope in the next four weeks it's roots will expand and the plant gets alot bigger. I thought it was interesting to read about the Egyptian guava has a very slow growth rate in the initial seedling stage, that would explain 8 months of practically no growth on this plant, and then it has an accelerated growth stage, which I hope it's at now.

@PeterEntwistle I hope so too, make up for the past 8 months of practically no growth. I'm glad I found the information on the Egyptian guava being extremely slow growing at the initial seedling stage to then change to accelerated growth, which I hope it's in that stage now, and try and get it as big as possible before things slow down in Autumn/Winter.

@RussellBooth1977 I envy the weather you have over there. I did manage to grow a mountain papaya from seed and got it to flower and produce tiny fruit, and then I was away for 6 weeks and the plant suffered and eventually died. Definitely I will bring it indoors before the cold weather starts. Problem with growing indoors is the spidermite issue.

@PeterEntwistle I've nowhere to put the Musa basjoo in ground except for my front garden a narrow strip which gets the most sun but not much shelter as only a small fence to the side. The back garden gets a bit wet and boggy during winter, I think if I planted it there the corm would rot. If I can over winter it and the pups survive I may try and plant one in ground near my plum tree which died a couple of winters back and that part is a bit drier due to the tree roots.

@@lyonheart84 oh I might consider getting one . The Bornholms Diamond apparently is from Denmark, I didn't know they grow them there!

@@PeterEntwistle I thought I might as well get all 3 as that's how many were left, just in case 1 died. Hope the weather improves, they need lots of sun to grow those big leaves.

@@PeterEntwistle oh I thought they were suitable for outdoor growing, but yes your right Peter they were probably in a heated greenhouse in the NL before arriving here, and only arrived here in the last few days. I was thinking of getting one, but changed my mind now as I won't be able to put it in a greenhouse. Thanks for letting me know. I'll keep popping back to the nursery every week to see if they import any unusual fruiting plants.

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 I have heard they produce breba as well, but mine hasn’t produced any yet. Although that might be because it’s still very small.

@@shamsgardeningcrafts they dried up a month ago I forgot to keep on top of the watering. I'm not trying again, they are too fussy. Right now I'm concentrating on the Jackfruit, Mango and Atemoya, also trying to get the soursop to get bigger, I might move one of them to the bathroom.

@lyonheart84 I'd only gone to the garden centre because I was bored and i went to see what fruit trees they had and ended up with 6 plants. 😁I had seen some of these earlier a few weeks back and they were more expensive then, so I snapped them up.

@lyonheart84 i hope it keeps growing, since the repot I've been worried, but it's early days yet it's nearly 4 months old so I don't want to jinx it.

@shamsgardeningcrafts hope I can keep this lot alive, I've not had much luck with Jackfruit and mango, unlike you, yours are amazing . If not I might need another trip to B/desh, visit a few nurseries, but not right now with the current situation maybe at the end of the year 🤔

@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 the best is to get airlayed ones not grafted ones from Bangladesh or get the branches and do bud grafting on the seedling

@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 how your pomelo doing?

@shamsgardeningcrafts oh the pomelo is long gone. I replaced it with a Yuzu, which I think is the closest to a Shatkora. Very similar leaves and the fruit also similar flattish top to them and bright yellow skin. It's got flower buds so I may even get fruit. I agree about getting airlayered plants in the future and or mature seed grown like mangos. The nursery in Dhaka Gulshan had hundreds,of seed grown mangos which were set aside for grafting purposes and were not for sale. Some were already flowering. I tried to buy some but the nursery said they were reserved. Next time I go, maybe the end of this year I'll try and persuade him to sell me some.

@@SussexTropicals I may squeeze in another plant if I can 😁

@PeterEntwistle yes the Atemoya is bushing out, and the guava has grown alot too. Mango is the slowest, but as long as it keeps growing that's ok, and the Jackfruit has survived the repot thankfully.

@baganrbagan I've only managed to get Mountain papaya to flowering and fruiting stage, and Oak leaf to flower but that has male flowers only. The normal standard papaya I've never got past seedling stage. I bought this one as its a named variety, the Tainung/ Formosa, supposedly these have more chance of bearing male and female flowers hermaphrodite. 🤞

@joestropicals6760 this will be my 3rd Helens Hybrid, I've not done well with them in the past. I thought I had ordered Chini Champa which was available on the website, but must have got confused and clicked on HH instead. I've seen your HH Joe it looks amazing, but in my garden here in Manchester the ground is wet for most of the year, plus I'm.right near the river mersey, so I can't plant these directly in soil. Even my musa basjoo failed after a couple of winters. But I keep trying, hopefully I will get better results this time.

@PeterEntwistle I've put them near my front door, under the eaves so partially sheltered. They will get morning sun, but not afternoon sun as I'm a bit wary since the last musa velutina got scorched badly, and never recovered when I had it positioned in my back garden, which gets midday and afternoon sun. 🤞

@PeterEntwistle oh thats good to know they can recover from the leaf snapping off.I hope the potting mix is right for them, I've watered them with miracle gro to help ease them in with the transplant

@@GupshupCookingvlog thankyou

@MoebiusUK Thankyou, I hope I can keep them alive!

@lyonheart84 I'm no expert either Brett, but I do like the look of them. And like the Jackfruit and mangoes, I'll keep trying until I get it right 😁

Thanks Peter, I'll get some compost tomorrow . I'll probably use the same type for the papaya too, and I've got plenty of perlite for drainage.

@lyonheart84 I've been giving the citrus potassium as well as the nitrogen feed so that may have helped it with flower buds I think

@myexoticfoodplants6727 what compost are you using for the P. Nigrum Michael. I've got mine in just orchid bark. As you know mine almost completely died back and its recovery has been slow. I water frequently as the orchid bark does not hold onto the moisture so I keep the pot moist but not soaking wet

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 I am using orchid bark mixed with “Special Mix” (a blend of peat cut from a thick structure of high-quality perlite, suede clay, lemon and minerals Organic fertiliser. It incorporated high quality virgin white peat from Sweden, this soil can absorb a large amount of water, up to 10g of water.)

The papaya was quite pricey Brett at £5 but it is a hefty size and it feels heavy. The Atemoya was £3 and I think the Assamese Nemu or lime was about £2. They are seedless from what I can remember, when I brought one back from Bangladesh 2 years ago.

@@joestropicals6760 Thankyou Joe, I hope I get at least 1 to root.

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 that would be fab if you do Louise 🙌🏾🌱

@@lyonheart84 I hope I get at least one to root, then there's the tricky part of transferring from water to perlite.

@@barrycartwright8400 the lady was selling her purple guava seeds on Ebay that's how I found her. Then I contacted her through her Instagram. So she did sell seeds, but these stems I did a swap for them as she wanted some tropical vegetable seeds. Are you on fb messenger I can give you more details on there.

@@PeterEntwistle thanks Peter