Thread: In the Garden 2018

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Ron I thought halls farm was in Iowa, is where your at in Mn. That close? Tc

I don't know what you mean by halls farm. The farm I grew up on is about 25 miles south of my current home in MN. My youngest brother is running the farm.

Wow, that is crazy. It is exotic so most people likely don't know what it is. If you get a chnce try one. It is not strong tasting, a mixture a tropical fruits tastes all in one. If they are organic then they even have a more exotic flavor profile. It is commonly mistaken and called pitaya even by fruit profesionals but it actualy called pitahaya. Real pitaya is actualy more rare and even more expensive(in my experience even better). Not many will get the chance to even try that one. That one requires special growing coditions I can't replicate but found out pitahaya can grow in my area. Thanks for your link I will definately look it up. They flower at night because they get polinated by fruit bats. Their guano(bat that is) is considered the best thing you can use for flowering fertilizer in the high end organic production garden. If you you grow your own chiles,tomatos, flowers etc..( high phosphorus loving plants) nothing will give you a combination of flavor and yield. With flavor being first priority yield second. Well except properly made aerobic compost but that is a whole other subject. Most people will not have access to. Fruit bat guano you can order on the internet.

Here's a quick list of some exotics (at least to most people around here) that most if not all was regularly thrown away:

Guava
Cactus Pear
Nopales
Jack Fruit
Cheremoya
Habanero Chilies
Kiwano
Yellow Chilies
Passion Fruit
Tamarillo
Chayote
Kumquates
Lychee
Star Fruit
Sun Chokes-Jerusalem Artichokes
White Asparagus

I wish that I had just what cost was on all of above that I personally tossed that had gone bad over my 36+ year carer working in produce. I'd be much better off financially than I am now!

One product that if I could get a customer to try they would buy it was UGLI Fruit. UGLI Fruit is a registered trademark and it has to be grown in Jamaica . Oh you can find the same or at least very similar but it's usually sold under the name of 'Homli Fruit'.

Living in California for 38 years, I have tried all those except jack fruit. I see it many times but never tried it because I have been warned about the smell on that one. I like to try exotic food at least once. White asparagus and jerusalem artichokes I did not like at all.
That ugli fruit I had never even heard of. I learned something new. Did you try it? Can you describe the flavor please. The name is funny, makes me want to try it just so I can say I ate some ugli fruit.Lol! Thanks Cuda! Stay cool!

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

Living in California for 38 years, I have tried all those except jack fruit. I see it many times but never tried it because I have been warned about the smell on that one. I like to try exotic food at least once. White asparagus and jerusalem artichokes I did not like at all.
That ugli fruit I had never even heard of. I learned something new. Did you try it? Can you describe the flavor please. The name is funny, makes me want to try it just so I can say I ate some ugli fruit.Lol! Thanks Cuda! Stay cool!

UGLI fruit is a Wonderful Citrus Fruit! It peels like a Satsuma, the sections separate like a Satsuma or a Clementine. The flavor is sweetish and kind of like a cross between a grapefruit/tangerine. It's a bit hard to describe but I do believe that you would enjoy it. The picture doesn't show it but they are quite large about the size of a good size grapefruit.





Back about '85 or '86 the UGLI fruit was on a big special at 3 for a dollar. I was sampling them and people were buying them left and right. One older woman bought three. However the next day she was back asking if she could get her money back and I told here that wasn't any problem but I did ask why she wanted a refund.

She said when her husband saw them he said he wouldn't eat it as it was nasty looking. I took her to customer service and had them refund the $1.00 and I then told her to keep one of the fruits, take it home, hide it from her husband, then peel it and segment it and serve it to him in a bowl for breakfast.

She returned the next day and bought 3 more UGLI fruits saying her husband loved them!

I can't say the same about opening up a Passion Fruit! I never had anyone every buy a passion fruit once they saw the slimy mess inside.

NOTE: The UGLI Fruit was one item that if they were priced right and you sampled and sampled them then people would buy, however if they were overly priced then they sat until it was time to toss them. Such a waste!

It's official just planted my first seeds of the year! Beautiful 72° just a perfect day!

Love the UGLI and SUMOs, my favorite time as they are available in the local stores.

You southerners are lucky, I was greeted with over a foot of snow in our yard this morning.
Cheers to the growing season, not quite yet!

Tomatoes are up, peppers to follow

Looking good guys!

I've got strawberry plants blooming--not a lot but a few



Dave--how are the onions doing? Just wondering

Oh man you guys are Killing Me !!!

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Oh well planting some seeds on April 1st in the house regardless