What fruits are ripening where you live?
1y 1mon ago by slrpnk.net/u/wolfyvegan in asksolarpunk@slrpnk.net
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21477992
What did you harvest recently? Post photos if you like, and brag about what you grew or foraged.
Do cherry tomatoes count? Technically those are fruits.
I had the first harvest of those last week. Pretty nice 🤤
Yes, those count! Are they a named cultivar that you grew or volunteer bird poop tomatoes?
Some seeds that I bought from the local hardware store. Nothing special.
They can't all be winners, but you never know until you grow them. I once bought tomato seeds from a local hardware store. Best tomatoes I ever ate. Unfortunately, I lost that seed lineage years ago. Some days I still miss those tomatoes.
It is all flowers in every field right now. Beautiful but not edible yet!
In terms of "fruit", the only things I see ripening so far are strawberries and mayapples. I keep wanting to try eating mayapples, but they are toxic if you don't get them when they are ripe.
Mayapple... Is that a Syzygium?
EDIT: I looked it up, and apparently not. I've never heard of such a thing. Do you know what the fruit is like?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podophyllum_peltatum
The plants (around me, at least) generally have a single flower that when pollinated turns into a single green berry. The berry eventually turns yellow when it's ripe.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/podophyllum-peltatum
Seems like the taste is pretty mild. The toxin in it is used (in real medical sense) to treat warts, apparently, so that's cool.
Cool indeed!