Volunteer plants are always fun. Nature has done the selection process for me. I don’t have to cull or deal with failed germination–just transplant and be rewarded with a hardier stock, already more adapted to my specific micro-climate. I mentioned these plants previously, but now I have actual fruit.
I still don’t seem to be having major problems with the vine borers either, so maybe everything’s happily maintaining in symbiosis. I’ve also been pretty generous with the nitrogen additives, given through foliar feeding, which has yielded giant leaves, resembling tropical undergrowth.
I have two promising jack aspirants:
–Simon