OK After having received a heap of carob tree pods or also known as St Johns Bread (I wonder if reduced to a fine powder it made bread?) I have planted out a heap of seeds into containers and will now see what happens. Same time I planted out some Kurrajong tree seeds, Curry tree seeds and white Ceder seeds.
I will keep you informed on how it all goes though it might be a while.

drylander1 said:

OK After having received a heap of carob tree pods or also known as St Johns Bread (I wonder if reduced to a fine powder it made bread?) I have planted out a heap of seeds into containers and will now see what happens. Same time I planted out some Kurrajong tree seeds, Curry tree seeds and white Ceder seeds.
I will keep you informed on how it all goes though it might be a while.

We’ll be ready when your trees are DL.

All the best drylander! We recently planted out some Candlenut Trees and they have now grown large enough, we have planted them into the ground. The first leaf to emerge was such a fat, fleshy leaf, we thought Aliens had taken over, and even now, the growth rate has been remarkable!

drylander1 said:

OK After having received a heap of carob tree pods or also known as St Johns Bread (I wonder if reduced to a fine powder it made bread?) I have planted out a heap of seeds into containers and will now see what happens. Same time I planted out some Kurrajong tree seeds, Curry tree seeds and white Ceder seeds.
I will keep you informed on how it all goes though it might be a while.

its autumn and that’s the best time to plant.
your enthusiasm is inspiring.
i hope to plant more natives in may myself.
the downside is water – i hope we have enuff.

pepe said:

its autumn and that’s the best time to plant.
your enthusiasm is inspiring.
i hope to plant more natives in may myself.
the downside is water – i hope we have enuff.

Of course we will it will be a wet winter .
ok dreaming over :)

well I can report that today the 3rd carob tree emerged so fingers crossed for the other seeds as nothing else has emerged as yet

drylander1 said:

well I can report that today the 3rd carob tree emerged so fingers crossed for the other seeds as nothing else has emerged as yet

Some seeds take quite a long time to germinate and I have at times dug them up once a month and scraped more of the outer covering off until the seed is able to germinate. This worked well with baobab, Andersonia. My motto is to never throw the pot away because I didn’t think the seeds germinated. Sometimes I sow something else on top only to find the others coming up under.

drylander1 said:

well I can report that today the 3rd carob tree emerged so fingers crossed for the other seeds as nothing else has emerged as yet

Congratulations Drylander! One up is very encouraging…sometimes I think we gardeners are like Pavlov’s dogs: we get a couple of successes and that’s what keeps us going in spite of the failures LOL

roughbarked said:

My motto is to never throw the pot away because I didn’t think the seeds germinated.

I’m a bit like that, but I tend to re-use the soil and charcoal in the pot as I figure that whatever was in there has died of thirst (and not disease)…haven’t started anything off in pots, ever, but might give it a go this winter…

drylander1 said:

well I can report that today the 3rd carob tree emerged so fingers crossed for the other seeds as nothing else has emerged as yet

beauty – and well done.
so those little mustard coloured seed inside the tough shell are ready. i still have some dried bean shells sitting in the pantry and they haven’t opened yet.

roughbarked said:

drylander1 said:

well I can report that today the 3rd carob tree emerged so fingers crossed for the other seeds as nothing else has emerged as yet

Some seeds take quite a long time to germinate and I have at times dug them up once a month and scraped more of the outer covering off until the seed is able to germinate. This worked well with baobab, Andersonia. My motto is to never throw the pot away because I didn’t think the seeds germinated. Sometimes I sow something else on top only to find the others coming up under.

you’re right – my pea seed are emerging now – after 4 weeks and because of the recent 14mm of rain.

pepe said:

drylander1 said:

well I can report that today the 3rd carob tree emerged so fingers crossed for the other seeds as nothing else has emerged as yet

beauty – and well done.
so those little mustard coloured seed inside the tough shell are ready. i still have some dried bean shells sitting in the pantry and they haven’t opened yet.

These were broken out of the pods so they must be mature ….I left a couple pods alone and they haven’t opened so I will do it for them :)
a fourth is up now plus either a kurajong or curry tree forgot to label those pots :( …ahh well it will be identified soon enough

drylander1 said:

pepe said:

drylander1 said:

well I can report that today the 3rd carob tree emerged so fingers crossed for the other seeds as nothing else has emerged as yet

beauty – and well done.
so those little mustard coloured seed inside the tough shell are ready. i still have some dried bean shells sitting in the pantry and they haven’t opened yet.

These were broken out of the pods so they must be mature ….I left a couple pods alone and they haven’t opened so I will do it for them :)
a fourth is up now plus either a kurajong or curry tree forgot to label those pots :( …ahh well it will be identified soon enough

kurrajong are easy to recognise

These were broken out of the pods so they must be mature….I left a couple pods alone and they haven’t opened so I will do it for them :) a fourth is up now plus either a kurajong or curry tree forgot to label those pots :( …ahh well it will be identified soon enough
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i’ve got a year to figure out how to use several hundred beans that are forming on the tree now. can i live on carob cake? it’s terrifically good in protein and minerals.
actually the j. artichokes, kale, lemon balm, lemon verbena, horse radish and pomegranates are all being grown here without any real end use in mind.

pepe said:

These were broken out of the pods so they must be mature….I left a couple pods alone and they haven’t opened so I will do it for them :) a fourth is up now plus either a kurajong or curry tree forgot to label those pots :( …ahh well it will be identified soon enough
————-
i’ve got a year to figure out how to use several hundred beans that are forming on the tree now. can i live on carob cake? it’s terrifically good in protein and minerals.
actually the j. artichokes, kale, lemon balm, lemon verbena, horse radish and pomegranates are all being grown here without any real end use in mind.

Thought about eating them?

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

These were broken out of the pods so they must be mature….I left a couple pods alone and they haven’t opened so I will do it for them :) a fourth is up now plus either a kurajong or curry tree forgot to label those pots :( …ahh well it will be identified soon enough
————-
i’ve got a year to figure out how to use several hundred beans that are forming on the tree now. can i live on carob cake? it’s terrifically good in protein and minerals.
actually the j. artichokes, kale, lemon balm, lemon verbena, horse radish and pomegranates are all being grown here without any real end use in mind.

Thought about eating them?

now there’s an idea LOL.
i have eaten them all but 90% of the crop is wasted. the horse radish is very sick due to the drought and can be used as sauce provided someone makes it.

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

These were broken out of the pods so they must be mature….I left a couple pods alone and they haven’t opened so I will do it for them :) a fourth is up now plus either a kurajong or curry tree forgot to label those pots :( …ahh well it will be identified soon enough
————-
i’ve got a year to figure out how to use several hundred beans that are forming on the tree now. can i live on carob cake? it’s terrifically good in protein and minerals.
actually the j. artichokes, kale, lemon balm, lemon verbena, horse radish and pomegranates are all being grown here without any real end use in mind.

Thought about eating them?

Carob “chocolate” buds springs to mind, but might be rather fiddly and otherwise complicated….

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

pepe said:

These were broken out of the pods so they must be mature….I left a couple pods alone and they haven’t opened so I will do it for them :) a fourth is up now plus either a kurajong or curry tree forgot to label those pots :( …ahh well it will be identified soon enough
————-
i’ve got a year to figure out how to use several hundred beans that are forming on the tree now. can i live on carob cake? it’s terrifically good in protein and minerals.
actually the j. artichokes, kale, lemon balm, lemon verbena, horse radish and pomegranates are all being grown here without any real end use in mind.

Thought about eating them?

Carob “chocolate” buds springs to mind, but might be rather fiddly and otherwise complicated….

Carob and chocolate just don’t fit into the same sentence space tastewise or healthwise.

I’ve actually seen people knock back carob even when told it contained hashish. er.. that’s people who would ave smoked it if they could.

and another is up and running :). plus another stranger is up …..I think its a kurajong tho.
BTW I love carob much better taste than chocolate.

Great effort by your seeds, DryLander! ;P

Seriously, it must be heartening to have your tree seeds put forth such a good result…lurve currajongs…I haven’t seen carob buds for years (chocs): used to put them in my scroggin for bush walks…that’s going back about 30 year or more…

Dinetta said:

Great effort by your seeds, DryLander! ;P

Seriously, it must be heartening to have your tree seeds put forth such a good result…lurve currajongs…I haven’t seen carob buds for years (chocs): used to put them in my scroggin for bush walks…that’s going back about 30 year or more…

scroggin, there’s a word I haven’t heard in a long time :)

bluegreen said:

scroggin, there’s a word I haven’t heard in a long time :)

Been a long time since I’ve been bushwalking, BlueGreen…they were good times…

drylander1 said:

and another is up and running :). plus another stranger is up …..I think its a kurajong tho.
BTW I love carob much better taste than chocolate.

There’s a new local produce market in Gawler. Carob trees in 4” pots are selling for $6.

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

scroggin, there’s a word I haven’t heard in a long time :)

Been a long time since I’ve been bushwalking, BlueGreen…they were good times…

the same. My parents met through bushwalking, and we went bush every holidays and a lot of weekends as I grew up.