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mariolo



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:02 pm    Post subject: cotton candy bean? Reply with quote

Has anyone try growing one of these trees? Saw it on a documentary[/list]
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Bkaus



Joined: 31 Jul 2012
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Location: North Phoenix

PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you mean ice cream bean tree the pulp is very sweet, somewhat fibrous, and melts in the mouth like cotton candy and taste like vanilla ice cream. Last summer I came across a tree in San Diego and ate some of the pulp. Planted some seeds for the club. There might be some plants at the spring plant sale. So far only growing them in pots.

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mariolo



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah ghats what i meant. Well ill have to try and grow one. Its worth a try
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Datropicalman



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mario, Ive got a few extra
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mariolo



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok thats awsome:). Ill see youbthis weekend hopefully
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Sardonic_007



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have one I got from dato - really small to start and its in partial shade with filtered Afternoon sun. Didn't do much first year, looked like hell after the cold snap, but is now pushing out dark green leaves.

I dug the hole normal like, back filled a bit with compost, coffee and native soil. I understand they don't love nitrogen fertz so I created my water well a few inches deeper than the surrounding soil and mulched the heck out of it with leaves that fall from near by trees. 3 inches or so? Seems to like it. I water bi weekly in summer on a long slow hose trickle.

Only a year old but its alive and well.
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