My back porch update - August 18th, 2005 at 09:43 AM
Hi, Big Jim here.
I just wanted to fill everyone in on the goings of my back porch. I owe many thanks to the people of this forum.
First off, my one strawberry plant I planted has 5 runners growing. It is an everbearing and seems to be doing great! I have grown two calamandarins from seed, and one of them is almost a foot tall now. It really helps to put them in a sealed fish tank with some water in it. I also have a lime tree with a whole lime growing on it, I am very proud.
Oh, and I am growing upside down tomato plants now for the first time, I am hanging them from the roof and they are growing down like wild. I love it!
Questions:
1) My lime tree got 100 blossoms on it, but only one lime. I tried polinating them by running an electric toothbrush through the flowers. Is there a better way to do this next time?
2) My strawberries often have the same problem. Flowers but no fruit. Any thoughts?
Thanks to everyone for helping my back porch!
Big Jim
I just wanted to fill everyone in on the goings of my back porch. I owe many thanks to the people of this forum.
First off, my one strawberry plant I planted has 5 runners growing. It is an everbearing and seems to be doing great! I have grown two calamandarins from seed, and one of them is almost a foot tall now. It really helps to put them in a sealed fish tank with some water in it. I also have a lime tree with a whole lime growing on it, I am very proud.
Oh, and I am growing upside down tomato plants now for the first time, I am hanging them from the roof and they are growing down like wild. I love it!
Questions:
1) My lime tree got 100 blossoms on it, but only one lime. I tried polinating them by running an electric toothbrush through the flowers. Is there a better way to do this next time?
2) My strawberries often have the same problem. Flowers but no fruit. Any thoughts?
Thanks to everyone for helping my back porch!
Big Jim