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Pics from the garden.

This is what happens if you don't realise that this kind of flower (Bleiwurz) is not too resistant against frost:



I can't remember seeing them freeze spectacularly like this in autumn, so possibly it was just the time of year. They'll recover, though, and they still have some time to do so until they are scheduled to bloom.

I did take care to cover the fig for the last few nights, to protect them against the Ice Saints. Which is very important, because:



Figs!

There's also the first tomatoes hanging around in the winter garden. The plant is from last year, which explains why it's already working on fruit:



I managed to get another tomato plant through the winter as well, but since it didn't really get going, I finally threw it out. This one, though... definitely a keeper, if it will keep.



I have also finally done what I've been thinking about for years now: Try and raise some passionflower plants. They have beautiful flowers, and I find the fruit quite tasty. Our supermarket happened to have some purple passionfruit... so now I'm waiting for the seeds to germinate. Which can take a few weeks, according to the internet. We'll see!
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Bruce on Sonntag, 17. Mai 2020 14:00

So called 'cherry' tomatoes are very hardy and keep growing for several years as a bush - no spectacular big fruit but nice for snacking on or cut in half in a salad. Beware of biting them whole as they can explode and squirt seeds and juice between closed lips DAMHIK. They are slightly frost hardy but I don't know about German winters. Ditto 'Passionfruit' - they will grow all over the place then the vine dies back in winter - I think they will grow back from the root stock if the roots don't get too badly frozen - your local wild life will soon learn to help themselves to even green passionfruit.

So called 'cherry' tomatoes are very hardy and keep growing for several years as a bush - no spectacular big fruit but nice for snacking on or cut in half in a salad. Beware of biting them whole as they can explode and squirt seeds and juice between closed lips DAMHIK. They are slightly frost hardy but I don't know about German winters. Ditto 'Passionfruit' - they will grow all over the place then the vine dies back in winter - I think they will grow back from the root stock if the roots don't get too badly frozen - your local wild life will soon learn to help themselves to even green passionfruit.
Katrin on Freitag, 22. Mai 2020 09:38

This kind is usually called "Cocktailtomaten" in Germany, and yes, they are very nice. Eating them whole is a skill well worth learning - but at least you can do that, I find it much harder to eat a regular-sized tomato without making a mess!
German winters, though, will reliably kill off all tomatoes, passionfruit, peppers, chilis, or Morning Glories. We're getting temperatures below zero even during the very warm winters, and around zero for long enough so tomatoes don't survive.
The passionfruit will thus live in a pot and stay in the wintergarden during the winter. If, that is, the seeds do sprout... I'll know more in a few weeks' time.

This kind is usually called "Cocktailtomaten" in Germany, and yes, they are very nice. Eating them whole is a skill well worth learning - but at least you can do that, I find it much harder to eat a regular-sized tomato without making a mess! German winters, though, will reliably kill off all tomatoes, passionfruit, peppers, chilis, or Morning Glories. We're getting temperatures below zero even during the very warm winters, and around zero for long enough so tomatoes don't survive. The passionfruit will thus live in a pot and stay in the wintergarden during the winter. If, that is, the seeds do sprout... I'll know more in a few weeks' time.
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