sounds interesting.I like nectarines.
this is a link to fruit hybrid pics:
http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=2853&display=photoshop#entries

Dolittle: I never heard of them not around here anyways.Mangos are my fav. and watermelon i love to juice those.

Foxy Lady: I live in Mango country :) well all tropical fruit grows here LOL...I just love slurping on watermelon...seedless....wonderful...have never bothered juicing them....

BerniceC: I love watermelon juiced and Mangos yummy i'll get my full when we go on vacation.
Juicing can run into alot of money,you don't get very much,but it's all power pack with vitamins.

I love watermelon too { steve pinches watermelon seeds like tiddywinks..shoots a few at Dolittle & Foxy Lady }
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hey,seriously.this is a refreshing treat in summer.
get SEEDLESS green grapes.
wash & separate them.
freeze them,they are like little real fruit popsicles.

Dolittle: do these pluot's develop true seeds? hint hint

nobleheart: One of australia's top sportsmen had gotten overweight in the off season and put himself on the frozen grape diet....yep he only ate frozen grapes for however long and lost weight...I havent tried it because Im a guts and like to put 2-3 in my mouth at a time LOLOL,

ewwwwww.... I found this...dont sound to appetising

With the grape cure eat black or purple grapes. Eat them with skins and pips. Preferably chew some of the pips to release their antioxidants. Soak the grapes with the addition of some hydrogen peroxide to kill and remove any fungi.

Eat about 1 kg daily according to appetite. If a temporary aversion to grapes develops, have a few days of juices with plenty of beetroot in-between. Eat only a few grapes at a time to avoid a strong rise in the blood sugar level. Be very careful to store grapes cool and dry, a good way is to hang them over a washing line in a garage.

BerniceC: LOL I also freeze grapes for a treat for my oldest.For some reason the dark color are good for you,which is why my granfather uses only the red ones to make homemade wine.I read somewhere the darker ones are good for your heart.

Soak in peroxide uhhhhhhh yukky

nobleheart: Careful with those seeds I'll hit you with my Mango's((((((Splat))))).

nobleheart: Tell Dolittle you'll steal all her Tootsie Roll Pops.

nobleheart: The pluot does have a pit similar to a plum. Since it is from grafted trees, I don't know what you would get. If they have them at the market this year I will save you some seed!
BTW, pay no attention to Foxy...my Tootsie Roll Pops are locked up in a safe place!!

Dolittle: I found them

Foxy Lady: I freeze grapes near halloween.. easier to peel them for eyeballs in the guess the body part game! LOL

Foxy Lady: you keep your mangos in their basket!!

Dolittle: thank you,I would really appreciate that.

ScarletRose: u r a sick puppy...lol

{ steve pinches watermelon seeds like tiddywinks..shoots a few at ScarletRose }

has anyone ever had fresh lychee nuts?:
http://www.lycheesonline.com/origin.cfm

if you are familiar with them,do you know their are many varieties:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lychee.html#Varieties
this one is great:
'Kwai mi' or 'Kuei Wei', (cinnamon flavor) which came to be called 'Mauritius' is smaller, heart-shaped, with rough red skin tinged with green on the shoulders and usually having a thin line running around the fruit. The seed is small and the flesh very sweet and fragrant. The branches of the tree curve upward at the tips and the leaflets curl inward from the midrib.

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PS
http://www.well.com/~peoples/strangefruit.html

there is also the related Rambutan and Pili Nuts.

ScarletRose: grapes for eyeballs oh yuk,but i've seen that done.

My roses are blooming! I cut one and have it on my desk.

..puts them in his eyes...lifts his arms out like a zombie & walks around the garden making weird noises.

Eriisa: Great, bet they are pretty and smell wonderful!

Eriisa: Roses oh i wish.Do you ever get little green wormes? I have a problem every year with them.

I haven't seen any Foxy. Last year, when I moved in, these bushes were some 8 feet tall and oh so straggly! I trimmed them back a couple weeks ago to about 4 - 5 feet, and should have trimmed them more, but the weather's been so crazy here in Dallas.

Eriisa: We trim ours in the fall.If i have trouble this year with the green worms i'm digging up that bush and stating over.LOL we got snow showers coming can ya beat that.

Foxy Lady: Do you sprinkle that one bug dust on it.. Hmmm I will have to look that stuff up.. don't have the stuff at this house.. it is in storage.. It is a popular name though..

Is it Sevin Dust Scarlet?

ScarletRose: No i tried home remedies that seem to work for awhile but they came back.

Dolittle: It could be.. will have to go to the storage and look.. it just sprinkles onto the bushes.. leaves a white dust.. but, it kills the insects and doesn't hurt the bushes..

crushed garlic in water...very effective.....also

Bi-Carb Soda....(baking powder)....in soapy water even more effective :)

(this one is how I got rid of the first 3 husbands...sprayed em while they slept) hahahha

lol Bernice!

BerniceC: I tried the Garlic that worked.

Now for your hubbys

LOL@Bernice.....feeling fiesty on your birthday eh!!!

Dolittle: Oh it's Bernices birthday?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BERNICE

Happy Birthday Bernice!!!

.....GRRRRRRRR......who told

Thanks you lot :) much appreciated :)

Had the BIG party on Sat night and today went for luch with my GF and her hubby and of course Vern...It was nice.....
So as to make thins as NOT OFF TOPIC....she gave me an aged bottle of whiskey/scotch, which I will plant and see if I can get seedlings hehehehe...

Sorry Foxy :)

BerniceC: Well if the seedlings grow you can send us all a bottle.

Bernice, do you cut your pawpaws tops off? I heard that if you do that they branch and won't grow any taller. Oh a tin can is placed on top of the trunk to stop water getting into the trunk.

skipinnz: You are correct....I have seen where the tops have been cut and they spread rather than grow tall. I havent cut mine as yet because we are still getting fruit from the top :)
and yes a tin or plastic bucket over the top to prevent water getting in and rotting same :)

Foxy Lady: Love your new pic :) and if the bottle grows I would of course send you all one :)

BerniceC: Ok we'll all be waiting to hear. Hmmmmm i see the old pic oh well.

Foxy Lady: now i see it i had to reboot.Couldn't resist that pic.

yes, nice pic Foxy. Control F5 will also refresh pics to show the new one.

Eriisa: Thankies

Oh i'm so excited my grapevines are all in buds.I should get grapes this year,i hope.

Foxy Lady: I have a Muscat grape growing and this is the 2nd year and I actually got a bunch of grapes HAHAHAHA...it had 10 grapes on it ROFLMBO...but god they tasted beautiful :)
cant wait for next year lOLOL
I hope yours are more successful Foxy:)

BerniceC: Ten will do, yup for the first year.I'd be happy with that.This vine was given to me and it's quite huge and has already produced so i'm keeping my fingers crossed.My husband built gee i can't think of what it's called, but anyways,were going to put our picnic table under it.That brings me to memories of the one my Granmother had not a hint of sun on her picnic table,and about 10 degrees cooler.

Foxy Lady: we would call that an Arbor, or a pergola...if it is a frame for passionfruit or grapes to climb over :)

BerniceC: I knew that .

Foxy Lady: I knew you did, thats why I posted it cause there are people that didn't know hahahaha