CHAYAMANSA RETURNS

 SOME time ago I wrote a post about this edible and medicinal tree:
 http://caribbeanbotanicalreview.blogspot.com/2011/05/chayamansa-exits.html
Well, it has returned to the collection in east garden for the record.


Cnidoscolus chayamansa is the name. If you do a little research you will find not all look the same.

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CUCURBITA UPDATE REPORT

AFTER  failed attempts  to grow Cucurbitas in the north/east, one in the south garden,  finally reached adulthood.  Pumpkins are expected to grow flat on the ground.  Well, that is  the case if the sun is not obstructed as  it happens on any side of our house

Our pumpkin, about ten pounds,  stretches the vine as it gains weight.  It will soon become part of a ham/lentil or seven bean soup or just boiled and eaten with butter. 

I did not know it until last night, but the leaves of pumpkin are fine food for Phyllophaga portorricencis. These insects were discovered  feasting on it, while another culprit was in my dear Capsicum frutescens. 

The damage is aesthetic. These beetles were featured before munching on Coccoloba uvifera and all my Hibiscus. 


As I grow older, at this stage I care not if they chew or not. I am not going to get rid of them.
If you are interested in  pumpkins and other Caribbean produce visit: lavidaenmipatio.blogspot.com

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