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Harvested gandules and carambola (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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Pulled these today. Only got through peeling half of the gandule pods. I'll be handing out starfruit to the neighbors.

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[–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Nice harvest! I heard starfruit's grow a huge amount of fruit each time, and here in Malaysia we have to wrap it else it will get lots of pest. Originally i wanted to have one in my garden but after hearing that, i really have no time for that. Too bad cus i really like starfruit

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    We're way too far north for starfruit, but you're coming at this from the right angle. Our local fruit trees (apple, pear, peach, etc) produce a ton of fruit. Like 100-200 pounds / 45-90 kg worth for a single teenage tree. If you don't stay on top of them they'll attract yellow jackets and the trees themselves require a decent amount of pruning annually.

    Fruit trees sound fantastic to have, but they're a lot of work.

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