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@PeterEntwistle yes I hope I can keep it alive over winter, battling spider mite and low light issues

Oh sorry to hear that Brett. They are definitely not the easiest plants to grow.

Yours has done really well, a good example of how to grow them successfully 👏

@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 one is doing well the other has drop is full leaf, just stem during summer time but its not dead yet, am trying to leaf it up but its not working yet

@@lyonheart84 I had no plan on buying them, and believe me I was stood there for quite some time, debating with myself whether to get them, knowing they will need to come indoors soon. Somehow I told myself if I don't buy them, come next spring/summer they won't be available at that price. The next hurdle will be finding space indoors and keeping them alive😁

@@markostipcevic not recently I haven't. The last one I think was when it developed root rot and I had taken cuttings from it and rooted them before the parent plant completely died. It also got scale infestation weakening it. The rooted cutting is growing well in a lighter substrate on my kitchen window. I'll do an update soon

@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 Thank you for replying! It is so sad to hear about the diseases it is facing. Happy growing, and I can't wait to see you harvest some peppercorns. I ordered some peppercorn seeds and cuttings from ebay, but both failed miserably. I think to find a good plant you need to pick one up in India personally.

@joestropicals6760 hopefully we get decent weather this September to allow them to ripen. The veg that did do well and continues are the beetroot, Kale and Swiss chard. Which I've been picking for the past 2 months, and I had a good crop of peas and beans and garlic.

@lyonheart84 terrible summer, my chilli plants have very few chillis, some are only starting to flower now. Usually I have a good crop around August. Aubergines are just beginning to fruit now. Hoping this month has decent weather .🙏

@PeterEntwistle thanks for the info on the Grand Nain Peter. I was really surprised to see these at B&M and for such a reasonable price. I think the Grand Nain there were only 2 pots left and the one I bought had a single pup. The Siam ruby which I've no experience of growing has 7 in one pot all of a similar size, so I'm unsure if they are individual plants or pups?

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 the Siam Ruby are likely all pups. When they’ve been tissue cultured (which I’m guessing they will have been) there is a greater chance of bananas producing pups at a younger age. I think most of mine have a pup or 2. I’d probably wait until next spring before separating them now. However, you could remove one from the outside carefully if you wish to have a backup plant.

@myexoticfoodplants6727 no greenhouse anymore, so they will remain outside. The only one that has edible size chillis are the Kala morich which means Black chilli a Bangladeshi variety I grew from seed.

@PeterEntwistle if the tomatoes fail to ripen, I'll cook them green, make a chutney, or relish out of them. The pumpkins I think are ornamental. The butternut squash and pumpkin are great for filling spaces and can hide all those weeds. The cucumber did well growing horizontally, and they were nice crisp, and no hint of bitterness in the skin.

@lyonheart84 I won't recommend the Egyptian Fozli, very unpleasant 🤮

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 lol given fruit variations here you could have another one and it might be delicious 😁

@lyonheart84 I bought 2 and hubby had the first one. He said it was nothing like the Fozli mangos from Bangladesh. Oh and they had a weird odour like cat pee!

@@MoebiusUK it's a manageable size, I got it last November. If you watch earlier episodes you'll see the first thing I planted was garlic in December and I harvested them in June. The butternut squash and most of the vining crops are very late this year, my aubergines at home also very late, but i have a few decent size ones almost ready to pick. Good luck with your allotment, hope to see a video of it soon 😊

@@lyonheart84 I know Brett, I said that in the video, here I am germinating seeds in Autumn 🍂 😄. Well hopefully the gro tent will keep them alive, and there is a bit more space in there for them.

@lyonheart84 yes I think I've seen that video of the grafts onto the cherimoya, did one of the grafts start flowering? Great idea to do that.

Peter i found using perlite is better for mangos than using compost. It's less likely to attract fungus gnats. You will need to keep the perlite on the wet side to stop the root drying out. I've bought some more mangos today a different variety, I'll do a taste test video tomorrow and upload it.

Lol save the perlite Peter, I can never keep them alive more than 6 months 😂😂

@@lyonheart84 Lol, well I can always reuse the perlite when I repot some plants 😂. I've currently got a seedling that has survived for over a year, but it's barely grown at all lol. My record was about 3 years 😂

Its my first time growing Atemoya. I did grow 2 cherimoya for about 2 1/2 years but they died after i repotted them, and maybe I didn't water them enough to get the roots established. Hopefully i can do better this time.

@lyonheart84 yes the same here Brett I lost those 2 last November. How is you newest Jackfruit doing Brett, did you repot it?

I was speaking to someone who grows Jackfruit in New Zealand the other day. Of course, they have much milder temperatures on the North Island than we have here, but she was able to get her jackfruit seedlings through the winter outside, although she said they didn't look very healthy, but they did at least survive. I think the lowest temperature she got was 4°C lol, but I was thinking maybe they would do better in a greenhouse over winter than indoors, as long as I can heat it to a minimum of 4/5°C 🤔. She has a huge specimen growing in the ground with fruits on it, which she said does suffer in the winter.

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 I did repot it and to be honest it's going downhill just the way the younger seedlings do 🙄

@@PeterEntwistle yes I think they'd definitely prefer the humidity of a greenhouse but winter minimum would be crucial 😁

​@@lyonheart84 oh no 😢. Are the roots damaged, or is it a change of temperature?

@PeterEntwistle I think the Bari 4 was a bit overripe for my taste, but my husband preferred the Bari 4. I liked the Katimon, nice and smooth slight tanginess and coconut aroma to it. One of the Bari 4 has germinated and has tiny leaves but no sign yet from the polyembryonic Katimon. I'll do an update soon.

@PeterEntwistle yes I hope I can get it through winter. If the cold air proves to be damaging the Jackfruit then I may for the winter period move it from there. I'd love to see how your Jackfruit are doing Peter, please do an update soon.

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 Yeah, I will do an update on them soon 👍

@@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 Yeah, I will do an update on my Jackfruit for you soon 👍. I probably need to get the seedlings repotted actually.

@MoebiusUK Thankyou. Hopefully it will make it through the winter and the cold air does not kill or damage the plant. 🤞

@@noelyboy6969 I'd love to see a video if you can share please on your channel

@@lyonheart84 thankyou Brett, at least they're growing well

@@PeterEntwistle I'm just puzzled as to why it looks exactly like the M. Sikkimensis. You can see on the video what the Helens Hybrid looked like back in 2018, not a single stripe on it. I'd be interested to see if on other websites they were selling it and what they look like.

I'm a glutton for punishment 😂. The Malaysian honey mango is still alive so far, but who knows what will happen come winter and the shorter day length.

@mohammedarif5246 I think you should be able to buy those seeds in India too. A quick google I found Sahavi seeds, Proline seeds company India, and Best Seed company. Visit your local plant nursery I'm sure you'll find them there

@@someblokecalleddave1 oh I got plenty of growth, lots of green leaves but with this terrible summer there are no flowers, there hasn't been enough sun up here in Manchester. In past years I've had them flower indoors but very late in the year or early spring..

@lyonheart84 my husband has tasted them and preferred the Bari 4. He had the Fazli mango this morning and said it was definitely the sweetest out of the 3. I was surprised at the coconutty flavour of the Katimon. Apparently these 2 are late season mangoes and can be the reason why they are not as sweet as the ones that are ready in July.

@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

@shamsgardeningcrafts Please check your message on Instagram and let me know.

@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😊

😂 I replied to his comment on X he can have a cutting if he wants

@@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.