Oddbean new post about login | logout FREE SEEDS 1/ 🧵 Eastern North America, zones 9-6 for easy native edible pest resistant plants whose crop is not sensitive to freak seasonal weather. Asimina triloba Boehmeria cylindrica Diospyros virginiana Physalis grisea Please read whole thread and all the AltText. #FoodSecurity #NativePlants #rewilding #ClimateChangeGardening #gardening #permaculture https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/731/894/797/144/original/6189f1e882296e3e.jpeg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/732/018/507/259/original/db873bd93bcdcead.jpeg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/732/170/983/566/original/7a9c54d6ae6ee62f.jpeg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/732/283/761/857/original/3049a4c5f1c980ab.jpeg
2/ Asimina triloba, pawpaw tree Smooth, custardy fruit that tastes like banana with vanilla. Expect fruit 5-7 years after germination. Not self-fertile, need two trees. Very easy to hand-pollinate. Note: Don’t eat skin or seeds. Skin easily peels away and fruit doesn’t cling to seed. You can eat it like a burrito or cut it in half and spoon out the insides. See more info in AltText. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/817/845/246/154/original/162a1b408f3ccd3b.jpeg
3/ Boehmeria cylindrica, false nettle Easy to grow, grows in shade and part-shade. Tastes a little like spinach and can be used similarly. (In salad, best as mixed green bc leaves are fuzzy.) This is a shade-growing plant. See more info in AltText. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/905/176/848/404/original/8ea5bdc0dd7b547f.jpeg
4/ Diospyros virginiana, American persimmon tree (Sorry for underwhelming pics.) Fruit is only ripe when it falls to the ground and is very soft. You can set up a net to catch them. Firm or picked off a tree, they are very astringent. Ripe, they taste like dates and honey. Expect to fruit between 4-9 years after germination. Mostly dioecious but can easily be trunk-fused. See more info in AltText. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/931/383/777/952/original/ca42e7a49f858608.jpeg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/931/585/935/406/original/662d890eca317594.jpeg
5/ Physalis grisea, native ground cherry Annual. Sow in place or in starter pots in late spring. Stagger planting through summer for continuous berries. Germination depends on warm soil. Plant continues to grow and fruit until it collapses under its own weight. Berries are ripe when husks turn papery. They taste like banana when fully ripe with tomato aftertaste. When still a little green, like pineapple with tomato. Heated, just tomato. See AltText for more details. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/997/823/081/119/original/8f14c5ef43ce36cc.jpeg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/998/033/800/814/original/6515a7c71d754e57.jpeg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/030/998/171/717/779/original/900042d8723eafa0.jpeg
