@cain posted:

We got  a couple called crab apple, very small and sour tarasss, wouldn't eat it.

I have never eat crab apples .

@cain posted:

We got  a couple called crab apple, very small and sour tarasss, wouldn't eat it.

My gf from BC makes jam with crab apples

The green sour kind is GRANNY SMITH..

the lighter green with yellow tinge is GOLDEN DELICIOUS n it is sweet(we have a tree in our yard but it hardly bears fruits)

@Lynn posted:

The green sour kind is GRANNY SMITH..

the lighter green with yellow tinge is GOLDEN DELICIOUS n it is sweet(we have a tree in our yard but it hardly bears fruits)

Cut it back to 6 to 8 ft in the fall. See what happens next year.

Drop a couple big nails through the trunk....fruit like raaassss...next year it might dead though.... but dem is the breaks.

I know someone who tried it lil while ago....same thing happened...peaccchhh taraassss......baddam dead.

Cain, so dem big nails caused the apple tree to bear peaccchhh taraassss......

Anyway some peeps allow dem apples tree to grow too tall. My neighbor has his about 6 feet tall so that he spray it early spring before it blooms and then during the blooming. He uses a mixture of Dawn and Garlic. It's the red delicious. I get 5-10 pounds every year from him. We make some jam and fillings for the pie. Stores well. The apple pie goes good with my home made Brown Betty Ice Cream.

@Mitwah posted:

Cain, so dem big nails caused the apple tree to bear peaccchhh taraassss......

Anyway some peeps allow dem apples tree to grow too tall. My neighbor has his about 6 feet tall so that he spray it early spring before it blooms and then during the blooming. He uses a mixture of Dawn and Garlic. It's the red delicious. I get 5-10 pounds every year from him. We make some jam and fillings for the pie. Stores well. The apple pie goes good with my home made Brown Betty Ice Cream.

We trim ours..it isnt  huge tree but more than 6 ft for sure(maybe 10 ft)

thnx for the tips

@Lynn posted:

We trim ours..it isnt  huge tree but more than 6 ft for sure(maybe 10 ft)

thnx for the tips

Try cutting back to 6ft. It will spring back  8 to 10 ft. Also use 10-10-10 fertilizer at about 2 ft radius from the trunk with a pinch of bone meal.

@Mitwah posted:

Try cutting back to 6ft. It will spring back  8 to 10 ft. Also use 10-10-10 fertilizer at about 2 ft radius from the trunk with a pinch of bone meal.

Thnx Mits bhaiya..will pass on info  to hubby

Time to join this cooking thread.......been away for a while, busy with summer and the 5 grandbabas.

Pouring rain right now.......we really need it, especially the farmers!

My veggie garden is a total failure this year.....not sure why .  Used cow and sheep manure, watered regularly, pulled weeds.......and nothing!!

I usually get zucchini and tomatoes galore! even my herbs are stunted

For today's dinner......roti with dhaal and stewed salmon (from can)

I bake a really good carrot cake.....have leftovers and will finish off after dinner with cream cheese icing!

My Tomatoes are blooming but the fruits are not that in abundance. Roma and Romano are starting to ripen. They are doing better than the other varieties. Shrub type Seims, Bush Beans, Bora and Poi very bountiful. Picked a few baigans but the squirrels are enjoying the cucumbers.

@Mitwah posted:

Try cutting back to 6ft. It will spring back  8 to 10 ft. Also use 10-10-10 fertilizer at about 2 ft radius from the trunk with a pinch of bone meal.

Good advice there Mits! I used to put the fertilizer/bone meal where the branches end also. If the branches stuck out six feet from the trunk that's where it was placed.

I think the nails in the trunk scenario was a bit much,but when a tree or plant seem to not do good, I would take my fork and stick it into the ground around the plant to break up the roots a bit, that shocks the plant.

So you see Mits, you might not only get peach from the apple tree, if lucky you might even get grapefruit.

@cain you are right about putting the fertilizer where the branches end also. I would thin out some. Actually, I have seen the apple and pear production after successful grafting. I also know how to graft. I'll try it on my neighbor's, since he has both types. Guava wouldn't survive.

Great tips..thnx Mits bhaiya n Mista Cainsta

@cain posted:

Good advice there Mits! I used to put the fertilizer/bone meal where the branches end also. If the branches stuck out six feet from the trunk that's where it was placed.

I think the nails in the trunk scenario was a bit much,but when a tree or plant seem to not do good, I would take my fork and stick it into the ground around the plant to break up the roots a bit, that shocks the plant.

So you see Mits, you might not only get peach from the apple tree, if lucky you might even get grapefruit.

Talking abt nails in tree trunk..

i remember my dad doing this at home but I am not sure which tree n for wht reason..

somehow im thinking it's the coconut tree …n maybe whn the coconuts were falling whn they were too young..???

I must ask my brothers…

(my parents were farmers..buti was too young to learn all abt agriculture from them..ie ask questions etc.  My bro who died last OCT knew a lot as he planted lot of fruits n veggies like my parents did, so i started to ask him a few questions last yr…(hope my other brothers, who r not into farming now, can shed some light )

@Mitwah posted:

My Tomatoes are blooming but the fruits are not that in abundance. Roma and Romano are starting to ripen. They are doing better than the other varieties. Shrub type Seims, Bush Beans, Bora and Poi very bountiful. Picked a few baigans but the squirrels are enjoying the cucumbers.

Squirrels eat out our baigan..

—insects eat out leaves from seim n bora n poi so i told hubby to stop planting these.

We have too  much shade in our yard..the karaila tree bore 2 last yr..hahaha n the ochro trees had 1 ochro each ,

—-the plum tomatoes r growing..but they r so low to the ground, i worry that they might drop on the actual soil by the time they r ripe.

The cooking thread got derailed..hehehehehe

i think we shud start a new thread abt summer garden..!!

@Former Member posted:

the green apple curry, do you add any meat or seafood?

I think some fat shrimps might wuk nice with this dry curry ..

good idea Prezzo…I will try next time!!

@Mitwah posted:

@cain you are right about putting the fertilizer where the branches end also. I would thin out some. Actually, I have seen the apple and pear production after successful grafting. I also know how to graft. I'll try it on my neighbor's, since he has both types. Guava wouldn't survive.

I wish if I can get guava to grow here..lol

@Lynn posted:

Squirrels eat out our baigan..

—insects eat out leaves from seim n bora n poi so i told hubby to stop planting these.

We have too  much shade in our yard..the karaila tree bore 2 last yr..hahaha n the ochro trees had 1 ochro each ,

—-the plum tomatoes r growing..but they r so low to the ground, i worry that they might drop on the actual soil by the time they r ripe.

I made a powder from dried habanero. I sprinkled on the baigan and at the base of the baigan plants. I sprinkled some at the top of the fence. This works for me.

In the evening, I water the seim with Dawn + veg oil and spray under the leaves. My Ochro  was not growing. So I moved them and watering them with lemon water since they need acid and I can see some progress.

With Karela, pick one flower and go around and touch the other flowers. This will trick the plant into producing fruits. Remember to pollinate the ones with baby Karelas.

With the plum tomatoes, cut pieces of cardboard and place them under the fruits so that they don't touch the soil. Feed them with egg shells or mix "tums" in water and give them a drink. The calcium will prevent the fruit from rotting at the bottom.

Poi will love the shade.