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john starts with ...
Bad investments ,mean and tasteless. Glengarry apricot , Chester thornless blackberry, Carissa, raspberry Heritage,Cape Gooseberry Aunt molly,Babaco, pitanga.

Time: 19th January 2012 11:16am

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Nick says...
Worst plant so far, cape gooseberry- great tasting fruit (i reckon the really ripe fruit taste like a good mango but more tart) but too rampant and vigorous for the veggie patch!

Time: 19th January 2012 5:50pm

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amanda says...
That's it Nick...u are off my friend list buddy! (lol) They are a pain in the veg patch...u will have seedlings popping up for quite some time now... :D

I class them as a winter fruit here..they taste best in milder weather with sufficient moisture and low N fert's.

They make wicked little "raisins" when they are dried - a real flavour bomb... :)

(ps - yes john - I found "Aunt Mollys" ground cherry pretty bad too..)

Time: 19th January 2012 7:11pm

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Nick says...
Hehehe I wouldn't mind if I found a more upright growing plant- I would probably plant the whole veggie garden with em and gorge myself every summer! Theyre a taste sensation, especially on a hot day (dont even mind the slightly green ones) :)

Time: 19th January 2012 8:59pm

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amanda says...
That's better Nick ;-) They have some natural chemical (can't remember it now) that my Mum's eye specialist recommends for her macular degeneration, incidentally.

I eat them half green, ripe, fermented and totally dried out :D No Mac degen' for me! :)

Time: 19th January 2012 10:34pm

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Nick says...
I completely take back anything I said earlier about the CGs, I had my 4th and largest harvest today and even made some delicious jam! I found out not long ago that theyre perennial in warmer climates so I'll cut it back later when I'm finished harvesting and maybe even plant another one- I just can't get enough of the fruit! :) Unfortunately the plants got plagued by Striped Cucumber Beetle this year...

Time: 3rd February 2012 4:13pm

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denise says...
I believe it is cape gooseberry being marketed dried as Incaberry, with nutritional benefits approaching that of gojiberry.

Time: 3rd February 2012 4:36pm

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john says...
Drum roll,please. The worst investment is the Natal Plum. Seductive red fruit that tastes bad and ,if cooked, will exude a gum that is hard to remove. Try and get rid of the plant and it stubbornly keeps coming back.(like herpes)

Time: 3rd February 2012 4:55pm

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Mike says...
Natal plum may have a few rivals.After waiting more than 3 years for supposedly lovely kepels the wildly growing trees produced bunches of tasteless fruit with very little flesh.My Wilson sapodilla never has fruit and became a big tree.Research showed that this variety may never have produced fruit in Australia.Unlike the sala varieties of Salacca wallichiana some rakum lines must be the world's thorniest palm.If you are fortunate enough to fluke a male and female in 5 years you can rake your teeth over a big stone which prior to peeling has tough thorny skin.The sour veneer of flesh would make anyone grimace.

Time: 3rd February 2012 5:42pm

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MaryT says...
LOL Natal Plum John? They have a pretty flower and nice looking fruit, don't they? What a shame it tastes so yukky.

Nick I so envy you your cape gooseberries - mine joined the "tried but died" list. It's a bit straggly for my liking anyway. I have little room. At least I ate a big bag of them once. Yum

Time: 3rd February 2012 5:56pm

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amanda says...
My cape gooseberries stopped flowering completely in the heatwave. I guess most plants would tho...

(ps Nick - I have cut mine right back and tried for a second season...but I didn't get nearly as many fruit...?)

Time: 4th February 2012 1:04pm

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Nick says...
Mine had a few fruit last summer but it didn't really like being in the greenhouse, didnt get enough water and probably got attacked by spider mites. It seems to love it outdoors much more- I dont think they like really hot weather!

Time: 4th February 2012 6:45pm

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Mike says...
It is telling that people have a many stories about their disapponting trees that have been poor investments.Plants and trees that exceed expectations by providing a bounty of delicious fruits with minumum care must be far more rare.

Time: 4th February 2012 7:24pm

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amanda says...
True Mike..but maybe we do have some happy stories?

In some marginal success/failurecases it could be the difference between soil, climate, variety and grower technique tho.

Some certainly seem dodgy tho - all round.

As "low"-maintenance plants (in my climate etc) with good yield and tasty crops - I would rate my white sapote as a definite winner. Also passionfruit, tangellos, acerola, west indian lime. There are others - but these have been a dream to grow and eat, and fit that criteria - and I rarely need to intervene in any way..including pruning. Just water and fert really.

There are some that haven't cropped for me yet (eg macadamia) - and I have no other nut trees to comment on tho.

Time: 4th February 2012 8:37pm

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