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Loquat fruit is delicious by the way. When do they ripen in the UK? Over here in the Southern US they are the first fruit in spring. When I was in Columbia SC in late January they were already visible on the tree but small.
They flower in the winter and ripen in late spring/early summer, around May-June.
They flower in the winter and ripen in late spring/early summer, around May-June.
Despite Spaniards feeding them to rats whatever, they are quite tasty as I've had them. Very sweet. Japanese love them as they are native there. They are called Japanese plums. Try one when you get a chance. Make sure it is ripe.
Despite Spaniards feeding them to rats whatever, they are quite tasty as I've had them. Very sweet. Japanese love them as they are native there. They are called Japanese plums. Try one when you get a chance. Make sure it is ripe.
lol the one who said that is from New Zealand, not me lmao...
in Spain the loquats are quite appreciated and they're grown in very large scale in lots of parts for national export or international export. I like them.
lol the one who said that is from New Zealand, not me lmao...
in Spain the loquats are quite appreciated and they're grown in very large scale in lots of parts for national export or international export. I like them.
Oops my bad. Saw the J and assumed you for some reason.
Oops my bad. Saw the J and assumed you for some reason.
They probably taste lousy in NZ that's why.
No, they're alright in my opinion, but not amazing -like a weak nashi taste. I did read a survey, that said an incredibly small percentage of household produce ever gets consumed. The idea of have fruit and vegies is more appealing than the reality, for many - We had so many strawberries this year, but I think I would have eaten only a handful -great for the critters though.
Joe - i would have cleared your garden out for sure
And you would be welcome to. I usually let some of the backpackers from work camp near the garden for a few weeks, and they make sure nothing goes to waste.
Slim pickings now though, just a bit of corn outside, with a few tomatoes, spinach and lettuces in the tunnel house.
I do like that you can grow some subtropical plants and trees in London
that would impossible in Chicago but I don't like that London is a bit too cloudy.
Chicago is like my climate on steriods, heatwaves stronger, temp swings a bit more wild.
Actually not much of a different climate to extreme SW Ontario, Windsor Riverside matches up nicely.
Chicago is sunnier and has a much warmer summer....maybe even a bit too warm.
And I don't mind snow, Chicago doesn't get much anyway, about 36 inches (less than a meter) annually.
To whomever compared Nice and London in winter - I'm from the former and live in the latter - yeah the difference in average temps is not extreme, but a strong specificity of Nice's winters I'd like to point out in regards to palms etc. is that despite average January lows which are not that warm, Nice hardly ever gets below freezing and when it does it's around -1°C - at the airport station which is located in a notoriously cool and exposed area. I believe the last freeze was this January, then you'd have to go back to 2012. Nice's 5°C Jan low is very different from Tallahassee's Feb low for example.
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