Updates in the Backyard Orchard: Che, Pawpaw, Muskmelons, etc...

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[@Ikamchannel]

yumy 👍

[@oregonfigs3314]

Bumblebee whisperer Ross at it again!

[@nmnate]

You have a macro setting for your camera? Nothing you do close-up really wants to focus well.

[@PlanetaryAwareness]

My corn does well with woodchips!

[@Figamico]

Ross is it too late to feed my fig tree. I haven’t fertilized yet. I used fish emulsion and I thought it worked great last year. Made me a least 50 figs last year. Could I just start with the fish fertilizer again? Any suggestions? I use 5- 1-1 can I use that all season round ?

[@Stardust_4300]

Do you fertilize now that it's got figs on it? I should have asked. Thanks 💖💖

[@RossRaddi]

Feeeeed!

[@RossRaddi]

I stop once they set fruit.

[@slipknot95maggot]

Didn't even mean to but I moved into a house with a mature white mulberry tree. When they blush fully 'purple' they're sooo good... I'd only ever had them when they were white, turns out they get even more ripe. Silly me, white mulberries aren't white. Why would I think that?
I'm pretty sure that lil bee was trying to be your badge of honor. Lost in a haze of agrostis or whatever, stumbled across your yard almost starving in his quest for pollen. Found all your weird stuff and then landed on you like 'no dude, listen; I love you, dude.'
.....either that or you're covered in pollen and he was feelin himself

[@junglejarred6366]

was so excited to get our che. it died right after planting

[@kievgarden]

A corn needs very fertile soil with organic matter to grow propperly well.

[@wysiwygcanada]

Raccoons pick and eat my corn before i can. Sunflowers work in their place for me as companions and bean poles.

[@justinfiorini3142]

Whats your water bill like?

[@RossRaddi]

Considering I don't water anything in ground. Not much. Potted trees got watered beginning June 19th this year.

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

My che tree did the same thing until it got some size to it. Now it fruits profusely. Beware that tree will want to get really large. Mine is in the ground and I don't think I would've been able to keep it happy in a pot. If you haven't ever sampled the fruit I could send some in the fall.

[@RossRaddi]

I would love that!

[@hunam3876]

how many years did it take to fruit properly from the year of planting?

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

@hunam3876 hi Hunam 👋. I think it took a good 3-4 years before I started getting decent fruit set and crops. Thanks for watching!

[@kievgarden]

Why do you grow mulberry in pot?

[@RossRaddi]

That's morus Nigra. Not cold hardy to my zone.

[@kievgarden]

@@RossRaddi , Morus nigra is hardy to zone 5.

[@Allamericantournaments]

che update?

[@RossRaddi]

Nothing.