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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 17, 2024 10:20:51 GMT -5
My entire back fence/hedge is podocarpus. I aske the lawn guys to leave it alone so we could get some fruit off of it. Just a little bit I picked this weekend. It's loaded and they are delicious.  |
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Post by bullfrog on Jun 17, 2024 10:38:27 GMT -5
Never heard of those. Does their flavor compare to anything else?
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Post by 1outlaw on Jun 17, 2024 10:43:12 GMT -5
I have about a 100 podacarpus on my property never seen berries on them.
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 17, 2024 10:43:16 GMT -5
Never heard of those. Does their flavor compare to anything else? Little like a grape with a hint of cherry. They are super sweet but sweet enough. They are a very common shrub/hedge in landscaping.  |
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 17, 2024 10:43:41 GMT -5
I have about a 100 podacarpus on my property never seen berries on them. How big/old are they? |
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Post by stc1993 on Jun 17, 2024 17:25:29 GMT -5
I tried them a few times when I was a kid. Didn't like them. I liked guavas though the red ones they used for hedges too. Red ones made good jelly.
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Post by TRTerror on Jun 17, 2024 18:21:42 GMT -5
Guavas use to fall in and float down the small river I fished as a kid for Snook in Miami.
Ate some fresh blueberries off bushes round my house yesterday. Found some Poison Ivy there as well.
I eat every Berry I find in the woods if I can.
Good Find there Spicer..
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Post by tankered on Jun 18, 2024 11:21:14 GMT -5
They're OK. Not bad, not really all that good.
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Post by bullfrog on Jun 18, 2024 13:04:35 GMT -5
I recognize the hedge. I did not know they made edible berries.
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 18, 2024 13:07:01 GMT -5
I recognize the hedge. I did not know they made edible berries. My neighbor has two hedges that are loaded with younger fruit than my hedges. Going to have fresh berries all summer it looks like. |
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Post by bullfrog on Jun 18, 2024 13:10:41 GMT -5
Any drawbacks to the species you can think of? Any reason not to use them in a food forest?
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 18, 2024 13:13:01 GMT -5
Any drawbacks to the species you can think of? Any reason not to use them in a food forest? Not that I'm aware of. They do really good in Florida and are pretty hardy plants/trees. I believe it takes some years for them to start producing fruit. That's assuming it's a female variety. |
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 18, 2024 13:15:51 GMT -5
They're OK. Not bad, not really all that good. They aren't overly sweet but sweet enough for me. |
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Post by wildman on Jun 19, 2024 6:49:14 GMT -5
I have several but never knew they were edible. Our chickens love them and wind up screwing up the flower beds to get the berries and I wind up with more mulch outside the flower bed than in it.
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Post by 1outlaw on Jun 19, 2024 7:49:37 GMT -5
I have about a 100 podacarpus on my property never seen berries on them. How big/old are they? About 3 years old. We have them as privacy hedge from the street. |
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