Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Clerodendrum Question, 1 by rjuddharrison

rjuddharrison wrote:
since you mentioned the seeds, I went out and checked today-- it is forming seed pods!
I usually just throw that and the minahasse in the house if the temps get below 45. They stay nice and warm, then I put them back out on the deck. It's funky this time of year...move stuff into the green house, move it out- the leaves haven't fallen yet, so there isn't the preffered sunlight into the green house. I think I am going to have to do that drill tonight as a matter of fact...85 and summer humid today, low 60's and 50's tomorrow. I leave everything that's planted..right there in the ground- plumerias, planted clerodendrums, bird of paradise...(it's too big and heavy anyway...) My neighborhood has a canopy that keeps the area a few degrees warmer- use to be a pecan grove...lots of huge oaks and pecan trees.
It stays warm enough to grow papaya trees, although I treat them like anuals. I keep a copy of everything in the green house in case of freaky weather.
I will save you seeds, and try to grow some for you if you like.
Here is a pict of the largest papaya...we had to cut off 8 - 10 papayas because it was dragging the tree down.