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.

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

.....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 :)

Happy Birthday Bernice!!!

Dolittle: Oh it's Bernices birthday?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BERNICE

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

BerniceC: I tried the Garlic that worked.

Now for your hubbys

lol Bernice!

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

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..

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

Is it Sevin Dust Scarlet?

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..

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

ScarletRose: u r a sick puppy...lol

Dolittle: thank you,I would really appreciate that.

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

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

Dolittle: I found them

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!!

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

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

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: 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.

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

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.

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.

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....

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

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

Has anyone tried a pluot..they are delicious. It's a cross between a plum and apricot!

http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/ansample.html

nobleheart:I believe in the olden days quinces were used to help make the apples go further when making jams. All the old orchards [1800's] all have a quince tree in them

there is an lonng abandoned overgrown apple orchard I know.one of the tress,the fruit was weird..after closer idenetification,it turned out to be a quince tree.

skipinnz: My sister has oranges,apples,kumkwats and bananas in her yard no bug problem.I hate them bugs they got down there,their at your door with suitcases.

Foxy Lady:only problem with a warmer climate is that there are more bugs that want to help you eat all that lovelly fruit. Better to stay in a cooler climate, you get to keep a little more fruit.

nobleheart: Thats very interesting reading.

As far as the joke i'll leave it this time.

Dolittle: Oh great,i'd have to plant them in the house they'd never live here.My banana tree is doing great and we put it outside in the Summer.I love to go pick fresh fruit everyday.Maybe i'll move to Fla lol.

I got my paw paw seeds and planted half of them yesterday. Would like to get some seeds from bwildman..
so maybe I could have two kinds!!

dumb joke delete it.
back to ubject:
http://www.heritageseeds.com.au/
http://www.forgetmenotseeds.com/
http://www.enscseeds.org/aboutourseeds/
http://www.perc.ca/PEN/1999-09/s-ewing.html

nobleheart: Ok i can't see the Bernies to well with the web......Do i dare ask for you to explain

there are many things that attract flies if left out too long:

http://www.dvd365.net/images/bernies.jpg