Pips and Stones

Anyone tried growing Pips and Stones?

I have grown all the citrus (grapefruits even flower as small houseplants)damsom, plum, avocado, in fact I have tried most fruits, some make nice bonsai

 

I am also trying figs, and have banana and pineapple plants (the pineapple is a nice variegated type)

I can recommend an excellent read,
The Pip Book - Keith Mossman. Penguin Books, 1973. ISBN: 0-14-046.255-4

only a paperback but all about what you can grow from pips, stones nuts etc

 

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Steve W
This should show a picture of a pineapple I grew a couple of years ago from the top of a pineapple. I have never been able to get flowers on my citrus from seed.
Ihave grown avacardo stones but a good one is papaya (paw-paw). Makes a great fast growing foliage plant but very tender. What banana are you growing is it basjoo japanese banana?
Figs are good much hardier than you would expect.

 

Thanks for the info. Nathan.
As it happens yes, I have grown kiwis.
Long twining bright red bristly stems and fairly large bristly leaves. Pretty hardy grew out doors for about 10yrs. No fruit though not even a flower. Havent got them anymore.
I bet the rest of the family were glad when you moved and didn't have the right conditions for the bananas.
By the way the pineapple was suprisingly sweet.

 

I grew a kiwi at the last house, surprisingly hardy and a very fast grower when established, yes it had hairy red stems, not bad to look at for a freebie

The pineapple was a shop bought variegated, I have rooted tops before but never kept them for a deal of time,

The banana was from Ikea so unsure of its variety other than it seems to be very productive offshoot wise, always loads of pups at the base

One novelty I have in the garden which has took me a while to grow is a goosebery tree!

I rooted a long stem, then kept nipping side shoots off like when growing a standard fuchsia and did this for a number of years...its currently just over 6 foot tall...a long stem with a ball of leaves (and fruits in summer) at the top

 

Standard gooseberries thats a good idea saves bending down to pick them bet they need staking though?
Pomegranate plants make an unusual hedge or large bush. Pretty hardy but dont expect much fruit. Dwarf pomegranate (you can buy the seeds) flower well for me and make a nice bushy but spiney shrub.

 

YES I have grown Kiwi plants , anyone grown Peanuts and got Nuts ? I have, to my astonishment, late in year after having such a lovley foliage plant, was just 'chucking' it out and then saw this slim tendrils coming from soil and true enough Peanuts attached to them, full size.My Chipmonks loved them lol

 

Never got any peanuts, plants grew well, but so did the red spider, end of plants.

 

That beats me Pete,

Sciari fly grubs ate the nuts before germination!

 

Got another one on the way. Pineapple that is.

 

Steve you didn't use roasted ones did you?