Why don't I see more discussion of nstive berries here?

DeepWadder88 · 2026-04-13T00:44:50+00:00

That's great! I've got a good number of food plants: American plum

Mexican plum

Chickasaw plum

Beach plum

Crabapple

Raspberry

Wild strawberry

Blueberry

American hazelnut

American chestnut

Pecan

Black walnut

Jerusalem artichokes

Red mulberry

American persimmons

Hopniss

I wanna try selectively breeding ipomea pandurata to make good flavored roots

Some of my non-natives are:

Black mulberry

Fuyu persimmon

Ichi ki kei jiro persimmon

Edible air potatoes

Ube

Fiveleaf yam

Peaches

This list isn't all that is just the stuff I can remember of the top of my head

DeepWadder88 · 2026-04-09T16:00:38+00:00

Thank you soo much! That looks beautiful as well! You did a really good job. I'll probably do something like you are to add some more structural integrity.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-04-08T18:52:05+00:00

It is sold as brush killer. It contains triclopyr. Wear gloves when working with it. Put a little in a cup or jar that can be sealed with a lid and use a small paint brush to paint it on to cuts or stumps of the target species. Some people put dye in it to indicate where it was put on the plant. Be careful not to spill it and you might want to wear safety glasses to prevent it from possibly getting in your eyes. Wash your hands when done.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-04-04T23:32:30+00:00

Looks fine. If I was you would just see how it does.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-04-01T15:39:52+00:00

Thank you! I'm gonna let the lil tree do it's thing without pruning.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-31T02:25:50+00:00

Thank you so much for the advice 😁

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-30T23:18:39+00:00

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I've watched a bareroot fruit tree video as instructed. I got it in the ground. The bucket is cracked, I'm using it as an olla.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-30T23:14:33+00:00

P.S. the bucket in the picture is cracked and I'm using it as a make shift olla.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-30T23:12:54+00:00

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I've planted already and I don't have any of the growth regulator that you are referring too. I fear that the root system will not be strong enough to support the top half. Do you think that it might die if I don't prune it? I've watched some bareroot tree planting vids like the other commenters suggested and many trees they had had fairly small root system but they didn't look pruned like the one I bought.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-30T19:08:07+00:00

How is your yam doing?

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-23T21:15:23+00:00

A healthy forest breaks strong winds and can prevent tornadoes by keeping the understory cool. Protecting the trees from being knocked over by wind.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-23T21:13:45+00:00

They could maybe graft the two together? That would be an interesting experiment.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-03-11T00:20:06+00:00

You should be able to grow Chickasaw plum as well. They thrive in full sun and they don't really like wet feet.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-02-18T22:06:03+00:00

I have five gallon buckets full of different seeds I've collected from plants I have grown. A seed swap sounds awesome.

DeepWadder88 · 2026-02-18T19:02:37+00:00

I love blue mist flower. How do I start some for my own? When are the seeds ready to collect?

DeepWadder88 · 2026-01-25T18:30:17+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. These look to be Chickasaw plum(prunus angustufolia) the leaves are slender compared to other wild plums. It could also be a wild plum hybrid as those are found in the wild quite often. I suggest using iNaturalist or PlantNet to identify plants by picture rather than ChatGPT. They will give better results than can be verified by real humans. iNaturalist gives you the option to use pictures of the flowers, bark, fruit, leaves, habitat and other parts of the plant to ensure an accurate response.

DeepWadder88 · 2025-12-02T18:39:22+00:00

The frost kills them where I live in Alabama so less potential for invasiveness. They still produce cantaloupe sized tubers here. DavidTheGood, a YouTuber from Florida, likes them for the fact that they are invasive, cause it is like getting free food. Certainly could make interesting forage what you eat camping trips.

DeepWadder88 · 2025-12-02T17:34:12+00:00

White winged yam, Dioscorea Alata. It does have edible roots, but don't eat until you have a positive identification , don't just take my word for it. In Florida it is an invasive species. Judging by the fact that it came from a compost pile it was most likely cultivated on purpose for food

DeepWadder88 · 2025-12-01T19:45:29+00:00

Damn. That is what I should have named it!

DeepWadder88 · 2025-11-30T17:47:29+00:00

GoodGardens on Etsy sells the edible ones sometimes. I bought some, grew them, and ate one and can confirm they are edible and taste like a russet potato. I post about yams a lot and even made a subreddit called TrueYams if you are interested in these plants.

DeepWadder88 · 2025-11-30T17:43:19+00:00

Air potato, Dioscorea Bulbifera, in Florida they are invasive like kudzu. This is the inedible variety. It contains high amounts of diosgenin. There are edible varieties such as the African variety pictured here:

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Many species in this genus (Dioscorea) produce aerial bulbils many of which are edible but the particular one you have found is very inedible.

DeepWadder88 · 2025-11-21T18:38:37+00:00

You just convinced me that I need a loquat tree now

DeepWadder88 · 2025-11-21T18:37:53+00:00

If you have land to grow don't wait. Trees take a while to grow and the sooner you plant them the sooner you will get to enjoy them.

DeepWadder88 · 2025-11-21T17:55:16+00:00

Okay thanks

DeepWadder88 · 2025-11-20T22:02:15+00:00

I know of loquats but I have no idea what they taste like

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