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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 12, 2021 0:32:20 GMT -5
Back in September, a few seeds finally started ripening on my curry tree - seeds that showed up on the plant way back in June! They stayed green all summer, and I finally got them totally ripening at the end of September. Seeds of the curry tree, from the spring, just now starting to ripen. 9-15 by pepperhead212, on Flickr The seeds are actually the fruits of the plant, with a single seed inside, starting to root, by the time they get dark, and soft: Seed, squeezed out of a curry tree fruit, showing the root already started! 9-29 by pepperhead212, on Flickr This one is eventually the largest of the 5 seedlings: Curry tree seedling, growing from a seed. 10-15 by pepperhead212, on Flickr Here are those curry tree seedlings more than 3 months after planting! I had a couple more than the original 3 germinate, and two of these were actually came up late, in the pots with 2 of the others, and I left them, since they were an inch or so apart. I had them under a blue LED light, and they seemed to grow well, though slowly (probably the norm), not getting leggy. I re-potted them today, wetting the mix with some dilute hydroponics nutrients, also adding a few drops of Bt israelensis, for the fungus gnats. I transferred them to sit under a stronger LED 5,000k bulb - I'll see if they grow faster. All 5 of the curry tree plants, started from seed, re-potted 1-11-21 by pepperhead212, on Flickr Largest of 5 curry tree plants, started from seed. 1-11-21 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 13, 2021 9:22:32 GMT -5
Are you growing those little curry trees to give away? Seems like I remember your fall pruning/harvest when you brought your curry tree in for the winter was huge. I can't imagine what in the world you'll do with the leaves from four more trees.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 13, 2021 12:13:09 GMT -5
Laura_in_FL The large plant I'm going to give to the owner of that Indian market that I take my excess curry leaves to, when I trim all those branches from my tree. He gives me good deals, in return, and often a free piece of food from their take out kitchen. He said that he knows some people who will buy them from me.
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Post by farmerjack41 on Jan 13, 2021 17:29:40 GMT -5
Dumb Dumb here! Have not heard of curry trees. Are they a more southern plant? Maybe they don’t like twenty below weather.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 13, 2021 18:29:08 GMT -5
farmerjack41 That's why my curry tree is inside for more than half the year - they don't like cool weather! As soon as it will start getting below 50°, it comes in. In India they are used mostly in southern cuisines, as that's where it grows. Back when I started growing mine, even the Indian markets around here didn't have them fresh, which is why I started it, but they have since started growing them in the hottest areas in this country, due to the demand increasing, but the fresh in the stores still aren't as good as fresh cut, as with any herbs.
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Post by farmerjack41 on Jan 13, 2021 22:28:36 GMT -5
pepperhead212, thanks. Pretty limited knowledge about different foods.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 16, 2021 21:43:42 GMT -5
Those small seedlings just stopped growing, and then died! This time I'm trying again, and I had a lot more ripe berries this year. I even sprouted 2 of them in just 2 days in that Instant Pot, and they came up today, but so did one of the 6 that I planted without sprouting them early! Took just over 2 weeks to come up - about what was normal when not started early. Here's a photo - I have it under my new LED, but since it is dimmable, I turned it down, but put it up close. Here are the 3 seedlings, so far: Curry tree seedlings, finally, on 10-16, planted on 09-29 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 17, 2021 14:14:17 GMT -5
I hope these work out better for you, Dave. Fingers crossed!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 14, 2022 18:05:10 GMT -5
In late October - when I trimmed the curry tree to bring inside - I tried rooting some cuttings, but like is done with many hardwoods, with no leaves. I had a few hints of growth on two of them, but I finally gave up on trying to root those cuttings - even those ones with minute growths never developed any more leaves, and nothing had any roots on them. Maybe I'll try again, if there's a market for them! Ten curry tree cuttings, and two kaffir lime tree cuttings, put in the soil mix on 10-20, attempting to root. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Amazingly, all but one of the seeds from 9-29 nsprouted, the last 2 much later than the rest. So I got 7 of 8, but two were much smaller, and very few roots, so those I threw out. Those two that I sprouted before putting them in the soil were 2 of the largest, but one of the soil planted ones got the largest mass of roots of any. I transplanted 5 of them - I added a bit of worm castings to the mix, and wetted it down with some hydroponics mix, plus some Bt israelensis, to prevent fungus gnats. I'll see if they grow faster now. Curry tree seedlings, started from seed. Ready to be transplanted. by pepperhead212, on Flickr One of the larger curry tree seedlings, showing the roots on it, before transplanting. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Curry tree seedlings, transplanted, 1-14-22 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 15, 2022 12:46:03 GMT -5
So you have five curry tree seedlings from those seeds? Nice! I never would have thought of New Jersey as a place to propagate curry trees.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 15, 2022 14:44:08 GMT -5
Laura_in_FL There are some fairly large Indian populations here in south Jersey, and a good number of markets. One small market, where I shop the most, is run by a family from South India, and the fellow there was shocked the first time I went in with a bag from my trimmed curry tree, to share with them. Originally, curry leaves weren't available to the stores all the time, and even now, when they always have them, they aren't the greatest quality - like the kaffir lime leaves in the Asian markets. As always, nothing is like freshly harvested. A couple of years ago he asked if I could get him a plant, which is when I started experimenting. Last time I was there, I told him I had some growing, and he told me that he could sell them for me, if I got them growing by the spring. He always gives me deals for the curry leaves and peppers I share with them.
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Post by ponyexpress on Jan 24, 2022 8:47:31 GMT -5
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