Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere: (like lemons, limes, citrons, grapefruit, kumquats, sunquats, tahitian oranges, barbados cherries, figs, guavas, dragon fruit, miracle berries, olives, passion fruit, coffee, chocolate, tea, black peppe

by Byron E. Martin, Laurelynn G. Martin

Overview

Enjoy fresh java brewed from your own coffee beans or juice from the orange tree growing in a sunny corner of your living room. Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants — in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home. With plenty of gorgeous foliage, entrancing fragrances, and luscious fruits, local food has never been more exotic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603424653
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	01/02/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	31 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Byron E. Martin is president and co-owner of Logee’s Plants for Home & Garden, a business that has been in his family since 1892, offering fruiting, rare, and tropical plants. He is also an avid beekeeper who grows pollinator plants to help sustain the local bee population.

Laurelynn G. Martin is vice-president and co-owner of Logee’s Plants for Home & Garden, a retail and online business based in Danielson, CT that specializes in fruiting, rare, and tropical plants, as well as hardy garden plants, easy-to-grow houseplants, begonias, and many more rare and unusual plants, with customers across the United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Enjoying an Indoor Edible Oasis

Part 1: Citrus Fruits
Australian Finger Lime, Calamondin Orange, Citron, Citrumelo, Grapefruit, Kumquat, Lemon, Lime, Myrtle-Leaf Orange, Orange, Sunquat, Sweet Lemon, Tahitian Orange, Tangerine, Temple Orange

Part 2: The Rest of the Tropical Fruit Basket
Acerola, Australian Beach Cherry, Avocado, Banana, Dragon Fruit, Dwarf Pomegranate, Fig, Guava, June Plum, Miracle Berry, Naranjilla, Noni, Olive, Orangeberry, Papaya, Passion Fruit, Peanut Butter Fruit, Pineapple, Pineapple Guava, Rose Apple, Sapodilla, Star Fruit, Tree Tomato

Part 3: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate
Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, Yerba Mate

Part 4: Sugar and Spices
Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Sugarcane, Vanilla

Part 5: Plant Care
Getting Started from the Bottom Up, Maintaining Your Plants, Propagation, Pests and Diseases, Troubleshooting Guide

Glossary - Resources - Acknowledgments - Index