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Don
Rosebud, Victoria
21st June 2007
Greg
Kyogle
22nd June 2007
Don
29th June 2007
Jan says...
Hello Don, I have a peppino in full fruit varying from small to large but I'm unsure when to pick the plant has grown very large and sprawling my area of the Hunter Valley is experiencing quite a cold and wet winter but the plant is in sun for most of the day. I'm looking forward to a taste but when do I pick. Thankyou Jan.
Hello Don, I have a peppino in full fruit varying from small to large but I'm unsure when to pick the plant has grown very large and sprawling my area of the Hunter Valley is experiencing quite a cold and wet winter but the plant is in sun for most of the day. I'm looking forward to a taste but when do I pick. Thankyou Jan.
Jan
rothbury n.s.w.
19th July 2007
Anonymous
19th July 2007
Reg Wong
Sydney Northern Beaches
26th July 2007
Anonymous
26th July 2007
Correy says...
Reg,
You could always buy the Pepino from Daleys:
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/pepino.htm
It is only $9.90 but you might like to get a few other things to make the freight worth your while.
Or perhaps ask one of the retail nurseries that Daleys supplies which can be found here:
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Rec%20retailnur2.htm
Reg,
You could always buy the Pepino from Daleys:
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/pepino.htm
It is only $9.90 but you might like to get a few other things to make the freight worth your while.
Or perhaps ask one of the retail nurseries that Daleys supplies which can be found here:
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Rec%20retailnur2.htm
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Correy
Woolloongabba, QLD
27th July 2007
bill barnes says...
Bought a small peppino plant from a local garden centre here in the East of England.I was not really expecting it to do much,but wow.Loads of large fruit and masses of flower and lush green foliage.
My plant has grown like wildfire even though we have had a wet and mostly sunless summer.This thing would be massive if i lived in a warmer region like Sydney or southern Europe.
Good fun.Try it out.
Bought a small peppino plant from a local garden centre here in the East of England.I was not really expecting it to do much,but wow.Loads of large fruit and masses of flower and lush green foliage.
My plant has grown like wildfire even though we have had a wet and mostly sunless summer.This thing would be massive if i lived in a warmer region like Sydney or southern Europe.
Good fun.Try it out.
bill barnes
uk
2nd October 2007
Leona
Perth
3rd October 2007
Tran says...
I had so much problem with snails so one night we decided to do snail hunting.It was so success that we continued for a week and almost the entire population were caught and placed in soapy bucket and we have not had much problem since.
Tran
PS: they come out in wet whether so spray your yard with a bit of water pretending it rains then they come out.
I had so much problem with snails so one night we decided to do snail hunting.It was so success that we continued for a week and almost the entire population were caught and placed in soapy bucket and we have not had much problem since.
Tran
PS: they come out in wet whether so spray your yard with a bit of water pretending it rains then they come out.
Tran
VIC
3rd October 2007
Reg Wong says...
Bill
When my peppino was gowing it, too, like yours, was massive and very productive. The fruit was as big as an egg plant except that its skin was yellow with attractive purplish tinges. At that time I was a "green" gardener who avoided (chemical) spraying and also I was completely ignorant of the advantages of setting out fruit fly traps. I was so disappointed by the fruit fly infestation, I took out my lush peppino vine (in a rage, as I now shamefully recall). Now that I have learnt about fruit fly traps, I can't find a nearby nursery that sells peppino!
What part of the UK is your garden? I have visited the UK 4 times but spent all my time in the big cities where I hardly saw any decent-sized gardens (except the public ones such as what's on display near Hampton Court). In going towards London from either Gatwick or Heathrow, the train passed many (what I call) housing estates with enless rows of tenement houses probably built after either the 1st or 2nd WW. The gardens I saw were quite tiny and didn't appear capable of sustaining a warm-climate peppino.
If you could see pictures of my dahlias, azaleas, hydrangeas and tangeloes to demonstrate what we can grow here in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, you'll surely want to migrate!
Reg
Bill
When my peppino was gowing it, too, like yours, was massive and very productive. The fruit was as big as an egg plant except that its skin was yellow with attractive purplish tinges. At that time I was a "green" gardener who avoided (chemical) spraying and also I was completely ignorant of the advantages of setting out fruit fly traps. I was so disappointed by the fruit fly infestation, I took out my lush peppino vine (in a rage, as I now shamefully recall). Now that I have learnt about fruit fly traps, I can't find a nearby nursery that sells peppino!
What part of the UK is your garden? I have visited the UK 4 times but spent all my time in the big cities where I hardly saw any decent-sized gardens (except the public ones such as what's on display near Hampton Court). In going towards London from either Gatwick or Heathrow, the train passed many (what I call) housing estates with enless rows of tenement houses probably built after either the 1st or 2nd WW. The gardens I saw were quite tiny and didn't appear capable of sustaining a warm-climate peppino.
If you could see pictures of my dahlias, azaleas, hydrangeas and tangeloes to demonstrate what we can grow here in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, you'll surely want to migrate!
Reg
Reg Wong
Sydney Northern Beaches
3rd October 2007
Reg Wong says...
Jan
Don't be too impatient. When the fruits start to come, you'll have more than you can eat. Think of the largest tomato you've ever seen or a small egg plant - that's how big they'll grow. The fruits become yellow when they are ready for harvesting. As one correspondent mentioned, "it tastes like water melon" except that it is softer and always sweet.
Good luck.
Reg
Jan
Don't be too impatient. When the fruits start to come, you'll have more than you can eat. Think of the largest tomato you've ever seen or a small egg plant - that's how big they'll grow. The fruits become yellow when they are ready for harvesting. As one correspondent mentioned, "it tastes like water melon" except that it is softer and always sweet.
Good luck.
Reg
Reg Wong
Sydney Northern Beaches
3rd October 2007
Reg Wong says...
Don
Put your peppino in well-dug ground and position it near a supporting fence or trellis in full sun. Avoid a high nitrogen fertilzer as you'll grow a massive vine with very heavy foliage. Instead, select a fertilzer with less emphasis on nitrogen but more attention to potassium and phophorus to encourage fruit crop and quality. Put out a generous number of fruit fly traps. The sweet ripening fruit is irresitable to fruit flies, flying foxes, possums, currawongs ... and (dare I say) rats.
Good luck.
Reg
Don
Put your peppino in well-dug ground and position it near a supporting fence or trellis in full sun. Avoid a high nitrogen fertilzer as you'll grow a massive vine with very heavy foliage. Instead, select a fertilzer with less emphasis on nitrogen but more attention to potassium and phophorus to encourage fruit crop and quality. Put out a generous number of fruit fly traps. The sweet ripening fruit is irresitable to fruit flies, flying foxes, possums, currawongs ... and (dare I say) rats.
Good luck.
Reg
Reg Wong
Sydney Northern Beaches
3rd October 2007
ev
Parkdale, Melbourne
3rd October 2007