Good tour. I learned that my kind of Chaya is "not for eating". I have eaten of it. Please explain the "not for eating".

The blooming kind,fiddle leaf can be eaten how ever the other one tastes a lot better and the leaves get bigger.

Chaya is called Spinach Tree. Unfitting name for my kind, given that it tastes nothing like spinach. Does the other taste like spinach?

No it tastes a lot like squash. You know your eating a leaf because of the chlorophyll tastes up front them it tastes like squash on the back end.

Very interesting tour... the real Florida. Glad to hear you say plants do get sunburned here... thought mine were the only ones!

Irma they most definitely get sun burn and this year was worse than most for my plants. For some reason people don't believe me and I have had several clients think that it was the person who trims there plants that was at fault.

Glenn, I know to ask you about ginger because there are many in your tour :-) . Have you found that ginger leaves are especially prone to sunburn?

Great tour!

Do you have an area set upto do propagation and growing your seeds and without the squirrels destroying them? Since I've lived here for about a year the squirrels destroy all my seedlings which I'm not used to that but I came from Virginia and the squirrels never touched any of my stuff but here they dig up bulbs and . I live in Palm Bay Florida now.

Four, ginger should be grown in the shade.

Cghpnd yes I have three areas set up for propagation. 1 inside bye a large window, 1 on my porch were I do most of my seedlings on shelves and one under a oak tree. Most gardeners in Florida have problems with squirrels and their are a variety of ways to deal with them. Some people have water out for them because often they are interested in the water in the plant because they are thirsty. Some people do their starts in side or on a screened porch and put up netting to keep them off fruit trees and veggie beds. Others shot a few with pellet rifles or have a predatory cat or dogs out to keep them at bay. Or a mix of them all.

My situation and experience are consistent with the water theory. Many trees, many squirrels, always many plant starts around big tree, always some water there, infrequent disturbance of plant starts.

Glenn, I like the taste of the ginger that is served with sushi, and of ginger teas. My plant, purportedly culinary species, grew beautiful healthy rhizomes that taste like dirt. Grated in tea, grated cooked in food, grated marinated in vinegar. (Yes, very clean.) What do you think?

Nice work Glenn! I may steal some of your ideas.

Some really nice stuff! You're right about sunburn. It can hit almost anything here.

Glen thanks for sharing. It’s such fun to “visit” other gardens. I eny your tomato plants right now. I planted some seedlings for a fall crop and some damn caterpillar, probably cutworm, ate all the leaves overnight. All six tomato plants! I left them in hoping some may recover.

Deb I so agree about the full sun comment. I remind people that we are 800 miles closer to the equator here in North FL so the sun is more direct.

Corky of course you can, kinzyjr thank you. Four when it comes to eating ginger I buy it at the store and if I like it I plant that one. That way I know its exactly what I wanted. Bea thanks for visiting. So far my tomatoes are doing well this year even have some fruit. But the cabbage has been getting eaten pretty bad.

> if I like it I plant that one

Of those that you did not like, did any have dirt taste included with ginger taste?

Four, not that was for cooking. Tasted a ornamental once that tasted like dirt and another that tasted very bitter.

Thanks for sharing Glenn.

Very nice! TY for sharing :)