Whats Looking Good in October 2019

They go slightly yellow, slightly squishy and very fragrant when they're ripe The flesh is like very thick banana/vanilla flavour custard Bon appetit

 

I just tried the smallest one.
As you say it had a nice smell that I hadn't noticed, and the pulp was nice tasting.

Got a couple of big seeds out of it.

I have had these a few years ago, but never actually bothered trying them, as they never looked ripe,.

 

@noisette47 very kindly sent me a sample fruit and it was lovely, so I was interested to see if yours tasted as good as the ones from sunny France! I am now considering getting named varieties from the german nursery I found http://www.lubera.co.uk/search?sSearch=pawpaw

 

Must admit when I grew mine I just bought some seed on the off chance, never realised there were named varieties etc.
I'll be out with my paint brush pollinating again next spring.

They taste ok, better I would say than Feijoa (Acca), which I've also got , to me that one would be better as juice.

Just as a sideline, I find it really strange that the crushed leaves smell almost of Diesel, well that's what I think they smell of.

 

I have only eaten feijoa petals. They aren't bad. The pawpaw from @noisette47 was really good - I think better than a peach. A USA forum I looked at warned that seed grown are usually very inferior in flavour to named varieties.

 

Salvias






Dianthus





Aster



Diascia

 

Another Salvia



Still loads of colour around

 

@KFF what is the name of the top salvia with white calyx please? It looks very different

 

@KFF I love that red and white Salvia, love any flower red and white. They are so striking.

 

Hi @CarolineL

Hi @Victoria

It's called "Sangria ". It's a half hardy, grown from seed this year. I'm gonna pot half up and keep inside and leave half out to see how they do ( I don't usually have any losses but I'm not gonna risk losing them all ).

There's also another one called "White Surprise" in which the calyces are a purer white with a hint of pale green and the flowers are more a reddish orange, but that one hasn't flowered.

 

I shall look that up, also the 'White Surprise' as Salvia are Perennial here.

 

You should be ok then Victoria. I rarely suffer any losses. Even my " Amistad " which is supposed to be border line hardy comes up every year and makes 5' easily, it's still covered in buds now.

I forgot to say .... the seeds are from Thompson & Morgan, I think I paid £1 for them.

 

How about I send you some scions of A.t. Prima and Sunflower? You could use yours as rootstocks . They're fertilised by flies, perhaps that explains the smell?

 

Well its a thought, thankyou, but mine are pretty big now both are over 10ft, I could try grafting onto branches but I'd be reluctant to cut them right back.
I'd be willing to give it a go, but my grafting is not something that I excel at

 

I've been looking into grafting recently, as a way of saving 2 sick apple trees. It's done in winter? Just say the word when the time a right if you want to try