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Monday, June 15, 2009 11:21 PM |
Rather surprisingly, the Citrus seedlings that I planted, after receiving the pips in the post from Ivan Day, are still surviving and doing well. The seeds I got were from a Japanese fruit called Yuzu, sent to Ivan by the husband of the Japanese lady who makes Yuzu marmalade. Ivan shared them with me, I'll have to call him to see if his are still surviving.
As well as planting these seeds, I also planted some lemon pips and some Sevillle orange pips. The bad news is however that Yuzu's take about 15 years before they bear any fruit. The other piece of bad news is that the labels I put in the trays disintegrated and now it's impossible to say what is what. So I guess this citrus secret will unveil itself in time. Figuring out which one is the lemon should be pretty straight forward, but Seville versus Yuzu might prove much more difficult. I guess I'll just have to consult some experts.
I already have one citrus plant in the house, it's great and cycles between producing small white flowers, replaced by green fruit, that then grow larger and eventually turn into small orange type fruit. They taste pretty bitter and should be perfect to make marmalade at some point, once I have harvested enough. I have last years fruits in the freezer, about 10 small oranges, this year it looks like the plant has doubled the amount, so who knows maybe I'll enter a jar of it into the Marmalade competition.
Spurred on by the success of growing the citrus fruit from seeds, and probably more encouragingly keeping them alive inside our flat for over a year and a half, I have now planted several varieties of Chillis and some tomatoes. As you can see the common theme is, plants that produce things we cook with. It's a no brainer for me, I love plants and I love food, the only limitation is I have to use space by the kitchen sink as we have no garden, but what I have found is that because I'm always in the kitchen, I have no problem watering and misting these delicate plants. It just fits into my routines.
Martin
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