Whats your favourite fruit?

[~Obsidian~]

Rather random I know, but what is your fav fruit? Do you grow it? Do you have plans to grow it?

Am I crazy for asking? :confused:

Anywhoo heres mine...LOQUATS! :D Luv em, when they're sweet, when they're sour, its all good! Lovely and soft :D:sunny:

[Kirsten]

I LOVE mangoes - but we all know my track record with those.

I LOVE avocadoes - so far those plants are doing well :)

I like apples - I tried to grow one but not much luck.

I love strawberries - definitely plan to grow them next summer :)

I LOVE watermelon, but sadly, no space.

[Riz]

i have to say mangoes as well and also peach, and i love bananas.

not exactly an exotic list from me :)

[edibles]

salaam
i love fruits ( hate veg though)

but my absoloute very ultimate defintite favourites are:
pomegranates- 99999999 dead sprouts and 1 dieing one
mangoes-yes but not in uk
pineaplle-1 failed attempt
dragon fruit- yes practically unkillable(great for beginners e.g. me)
and watermelon- yet to try (next summer)

i want to try loquats i have a tree but cant get past flower stage(any help)
next year im thinking of hand pollinating then wrapping them in plastic bags at night to protect from harsh weather

[Riz]

i forgot to mention a pistachio bush /tree i would love to grow that in uk :)

[Foz]

i love mangoes, strawberry and kiwi fruit!

[globalart4u]

tried to grow mangoes - no luck yet in three years

my sister sent me dates from the prophet's (SAW) date tree a few years ago when i was ill and i planted one seed which is growing - slowly

loquat is still alive but small

grapes - will not cut it down this year but leave it as is except put lots of newspaper as usual on the ground around it

olive tree - still alive after 3 three years outside but hasnt grown very much - i think it is a slow grower

strawberries - overgrown with them now so need to weed them out

kiwi - still alive outside = planted this year inshallah next year we should get fruit

gooseberry - gave 3 fruits this year but it is the first full year

raspberry - gave a lot of fruit this year

pears - lots of pears

apple trees - one gave one apple the other lots

cherry tree - dwarf - gave two fruit which i ate before they ripened - quality control :-)

inshallah next year we shall see what other fruit to grow

[Hannah_B]

Sharon sharon sharon sharon sharon! I love sharon fruit sooooooooo much that Im guna name my daughter Sharon. :cool:

[Riz]

Sharon sharon sharon sharon sharon! I love sharon fruit sooooooooo much that Im guna name my daughter Sharon. :cool:

goodness..

ill have to try them now... never ever heard of them until you mentioned them..

:potflowers:

[Hannah_B]

goodness..

ill have to try them now... never ever heard of them until you mentioned them..

:potflowers:

:eek:Riz Khan you should be embarrassed, even your mod Obsseedy knows what a Sharon fruit is and you the ADMINISTRATOR don't know what it is. TOBAH TOBAH X 100.

[Riz]

:eek:Riz Khan you should be embarrassed,

Riz khan reporting live from Islamabad for al jazeera. :)

Ill check them out Hannah bibi. they don't stock such exotica in my neck of the woods or maybe they do and i am not looking hard enough, they better be bloody good after all this hype hannah bibi.

[Kirsten]

OOOOOOOOOOH I had never heard of them either until I googled a picture. We call them persimmons here and I thought you guys on the other side of the ocean did too! I agree, they taste amazing :)

By the way, what other fruits/veg have different names in the UK? Thanks to muslimgrower, I've already learned about the aubergine (eggplant here...)

[Riz]

We call them persimmons here


oooooh get you.

By the way, what other fruits/veg have different names in the UK? Thanks to muslimgrower, I've already learned about the aubergine (eggplant here...)it was only recently i found out that in America they call a water melon a cantaloupe :)

you know we call zucchini`s " courgettes"

cilantro = coriander/ dhaniya

^ vegetable/herb though :)

[~Obsidian~]

Seriously? Cantaloupe's are not watermelon...they're little and yellow...aren't they? :confused:

[Kirsten]

No no no , Cantaloupes and Watermelons are definitely not the same thing here.

Watermelon --> http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ADaBpLWQ5HzRfM:http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Watermelon.jpg

Cantaloupe --> http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:KoL9b-zsqhmQGM:http://mysistersjar.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/cantaloupe.jpg

Interesting about the cilantro though, I always thought that coriander was just the name for the seeds... do you call the plant coriander too?

[Riz]

No no no , Cantaloupes and Watermelons are definitely not the same thing here.

Watermelon --> http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ADaBpLWQ5HzRfM:http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Watermelon.jpg

Cantaloupe --> http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:KoL9b-zsqhmQGM:http://mysistersjar.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/cantaloupe.jpg

oh yes of course, i meant to say "melon" and not watermelon :D

Interesting about the cilantro though, I always thought that coriander was just the name for the seeds... do you call the plant coriander too?i think we do just call them coriander.... or dhaniya which is an "hindi/urdu" word

[Hannah_B]

OOOOOOOOOOH I had never heard of them either until I googled a picture. We call them persimmons here and I thought you guys on the other side of the ocean did too! I agree, they taste amazing :)

By the way, what other fruits/veg have different names in the UK? Thanks to muslimgrower, I've already learned about the aubergine (eggplant here...)

Isn't It! Sharon or whatever they call It In your ocean has an exotic taste! A sample of fruit in heavan that god has sent on earth. :)

[Hannah_B]

Riz khan reporting live from Islamabad for al jazeera. :)

Ill check them out Hannah bibi. they don't stock such exotica in my neck of the woods or maybe they do and i am not looking hard enough, they better be bloody good after all this hype hannah bibi.

Riz Khanom, you first taste them and then the next thing on your agenda would be how to grow 'em! and then come back and teach us, I will give you extra eidi ok?

[Riz]

Riz Khanom, you first taste them and then the next thing on your agenda would be how to grow 'em!

i cant wait to taste them now...

so colddddd outside...:freezing:
.:90

[~Obsidian~]

I bought one today :butterfly3:

[Hannah_B]

I was rushing to uni tis morning and when i walked past the fruit stall I saw the amazing Sharon babies sitting there waiting for Hannah to pick 'em up! But I didn't :( cuz I was getting late, gosh they looked sooooo succlent! :p

[farah]

favourite fruit.... hasta be honey mangoes and pomegranates cos they're sorta a rarity... i'm not sure whether it would be possible for mangoes to flourish in this :freezing: sorta climate... bananas, grapes, pears, nectarines are fab as well :)

[Riz]

i love mangos, the Pakistani mango is the best.. i like grapes as well the sweeter the better and of course pomegranates rule the world :)

[aamirc]

Pomegranates are my favourite and yes i'm growing a seedling as we speak... no surprise there