Plant rescue service

Richard · 04-01-2009, 12:12 AM

Some of you will remember that several weeks ago I rescued a dozen banana plants from a collector in a remote part of San Diego county (California). Today I visited another site and obtained:
2 Kaffir Lime
2 Mango "Haden"
2 Mango "Ataulfo"
2 Catalina Cherries
3 Pineapple Guava "Giant Long"
3 Loquats -- "Strawberry", "Gold Nugget", and "Italian Giant"
4 Tropical Guava -- "Spangler Diamond"
2 Jaboticaba
2 Rio Grande Cherry
2 Surinam Cherry
2 Pitomba
2 Cape Gooseberry aka Poha (Physalis peruviana)

SOCALROCKER · 04-01-2009, 09:36 AM

Richard
Well all those sound really nice.I wish I could find some fruit tree's that need to be rescued.Good luck with those.

Mitch

jasonlotp · 04-01-2009, 11:22 AM

I wish I could rescue some of those, particularly the jaboticabas. Awesome

Richard · 04-01-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jasonlotp

I wish I could rescue some of those, particularly the jaboticabas. Awesome

Jason, from your post in "Greetings" I see you are from the Bay area ... feel free to add that to your profile!

As for Jaboticabas, there are a couple of CRFG chapters in the bay area which should be able to help you find them for cheap. Some members have seedlings which they give away.

lorax · 04-01-2009, 11:51 AM

Best of luck with the Uvillas (Physalis peruviana) - they're a bit of a bitch to start off, but once you've got them healthy again they're a no-maintenance plant. And they're also very tasty in salads!

Bananaman88 · 04-01-2009, 12:16 PM

Physalis? Are they a type of tomatillo? I'm planning to try some of those this year.

lorax · 04-01-2009, 02:41 PM

Related - they're much sweeter than a tomatillo, though, and you can eat them raw. (In fact, they're best raw.) The fruit is borne inside a husk, and is ripe when the husk is yellow/beige. They're kind of like cranberries in flavour, with a hint of pine.

GIS - to give you an idea what we're talking about.

In cooking, they're best in a coulis, like raspberries.

island cassie · 04-01-2009, 08:03 PM

Yes Lorax - we had a ton of them in Africa and they are delicious eaten raw when the covering turns straw coloured and papery. Sometimes you see them in supermarkets in the UK, but they don't taste as good!

lorax · 04-01-2009, 08:05 PM

I couldn't agree more - storebought ones even here lack a certain something. Fresh off the plant is the only way to go!

bepah · 04-02-2009, 09:41 AM

I think that 1/3 of my yard is populated by plant rescue. The ones I don't want, I give to my garden club for their annual plant sale.

Its a great deal for everyone. Both of my Monstera species are rescues.

jsvand5 · 04-02-2009, 10:51 PM

Wow, I have been looking everywhere for an ataulfo for two years now and you get to take them in as rescues. I really need to move to CA.

Richard · 04-02-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jsvand5

Wow, I have been looking everywhere for an ataulfo for two years now and you get to take them in as rescues. I really need to move to CA.

I couldn't believe it either. There was also a dead Fairchild ...

Tog Tan · 04-03-2009, 06:44 AM

Well at least the people in the States are considerate enough to put them up for adoption. Here, they are left outside the houses to rot away.

I use to pick them up and put them at my nursery. Then it was way too many and I get to choose and pick. You can get nice adeniums (desert rose), lots of bougaivilleas, dracaenas.... you name it.

There was a real weird place like a live plant graveyard in the neighborhood where people just dump the pots of nice plants there. It got so messy that the city hall came and cleared the place up.

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