Lol yes if i get them out too early here they either defoliate from cold shock or sunburn after being in very low light levels inside 🙄

@EastsideGardening

Ай бұрын

I was watching some videos about people growing bananas and other tropicals inside geothermal heated greenhouses in Iceland The gardener there was mentioning how once the spring comes and the days stretch to nearly round the clock, the plants inside grow twice as fast as normal, and flower profusely to catch up.

The "leaf burn-off transition" has been a bit of an issue with my passionflowers and peppers that I overwinter too in Ontario. Even if they don't get sunburn, the old leaves just aren't the same as the new ones.

@EastsideGardening

9 күн бұрын

@@Lochness19 I sometimes need to resort to removing old leaves manually before some plants will start regrowing and flowering. Especially sone that really love heat; they won't shed and grow unless they're forced to. I think removing the old leaves is a necessary, but sometimes harsh transition the plant needs to go through to have a productive summer.

@Lochness19

8 күн бұрын

@@EastsideGardening I do have a fair bit of growth on all my plants, but it depends on the vine. Some vines within an individual plant have new growth on them, others not so much. The shoots that are growing grew about 2-5ft since mid-May. Mainly, it's the lack of serious flower buds that has me a bit frustrated. I did get one little flower bud a month ago on my p. edulis var edulis but the flower bud got aborted, and haven't had any since.

@EastsideGardening

8 күн бұрын

@@Lochness19 I wonder if it's possible that your plant has too much nitrogen available to it. I've had Passiflora edulis var flavicarpa (yellow) that only grew and grew, never flowered after 2-3 years. I gave up on it, not enough room.

@Lochness19

8 күн бұрын

@@EastsideGardening I think I'll give them at least another year. They're supposed to bloom after 2 years, but maybe that assumes a warmer climate, that has a longer growing season, or even a year long growing season. Although my plants did grow indoors over the winter, I'd say they're only barely at that size where you'd expect it to start producing. Might be a pruning/insufficient sun issue too, so I'll try and prune and trellis them so as the maximize sun expose next year. Did you start your plants from seeds or from cuttings? I've also found that plants started from cuttings bloom earlier. My passiflora caerulea barely bloomed at all on the first season grown from seed, but then after taking cuttings, those bloomed profusely beginning in late July. And now on the second season, the plants from cuttings bloomed profusely beginning in mid June. My edulis and ligularis, as well as manicata and tripartita were all started from seeds, but I've also taken some cuttings from them that I plan to grow in 2025.

Tropical fruit tree boot camp

@EastsideGardening

Ай бұрын

Survival training. Some sink, others swim.

You said loquat but you meant longan :)

@EastsideGardening

Ай бұрын

@@Myth1n My goodness. Age is creeping up on me.

@Myth1n

Ай бұрын

@@EastsideGardening haha no worries, weve all had little brainfarts like that. We know you know the difference lol

You do not get any freezes? Even during winter?

@EastsideGardening

Ай бұрын

@@LoganShelton-rh3lp I meant to say we don't get freezes in April when I brought them out

@LoganShelton-rh3lp

28 күн бұрын

@@EastsideGardening oh ok. Man that would be nice though!

@EastsideGardening

28 күн бұрын

@@LoganShelton-rh3lp this winter was pretty mild. We had a really cold week in early January, but after that basically didn't get any real freezes, maybe a few hours of 31-32F in the early AM a few times. I put my citrus trees outside in mid January and they've been outside since.