beckygardener said:Mary - That is weird. Maybe too much water or something? Sounds like root rot perhaps.
With the greening disease, I decided against growing a citrus tree here. Wished there was some other fruit to grow instead. I would love to grow grapes. But any varieties that can grow in Florida? Plums? Apples? I don't know.
I have no idea what happened, Becky. I just find it strange that there are 2 plants in the same earthbox and 1 died like that and the other one still looks great. I wonder if perhaps it was just bad stock. Regardless, I'm moving on ... I've spent too much time already fretting about things going wrong this past summer. I'm ready for some success this fall.
As for the fruit trees, have you looked at Stark Brothers website? Evidently there is 1 variety of apple that will grow here ... Cinnamon Spice. I was surprised to see that since I thought all apples needed the cold/freeze to do well. Same with peaches and pears ... I didn't see any that will grow in our climate. And, I haven't seen any fruit trees like that at Lowe's or Home Depot.
I too have had good success with broccoli in the earthboxes. I got started too late last spring to start my own seeds but bought some Packman plants at Home Depot and they did very well. Same with the cauliflower.
I grew California Wonder and Fat 'n Sassy peppers in an earthbox last spring/summer. Once I got rid of the aphids, they did very well.
I also tried cantaloupe in an earthbox .... as Elaine as pointed out and both our efforts have supported that, evidently vining crops aren't the best choices here in FL. The cukes did OK until powdery mildew hit. Two tries at zucchini were not successful, so I'm trying one last time on that with a new (for me) hybrid variety this fall.
