baobab #2

[jason biggs]

gonna start a new thread for this tree... it is on it's way to be a show stopper....hell heavy

 

[Daniel son STL]

It’s a beast!

 

[TrevorLarsen]

Very impressive trunk. How long have you been growing it? Also Jason you look like David Locke the announcer for the Utah Jazz NBA team. Just a fun fact, I had to do a double take.

 

[Kievnstavick]

Can't wait to see how this progresses.

Did you bend the trunk to look like that?

 

[jason biggs]

i have had the tree for 21 years ... apparently grown from seed in 1973... you can see it in my first post 2012 'check my baobabs ' thread... here's really hoping David Locke isn't an ugly mother

 

[jason biggs]

the canopy is filling in nicely - a vigorous grower... this is now my favourite tree

 

[Kievnstavick]

The canopy is growing great!
When you prune the tree, Do you leave a certain amount of nodes? Lately I have been experimenting with leaving 3 nodes to see how it affects the growth in the future.

 

[gooeytek]

I need one of those to go with my ginkgo. I'm starting to get an infatuation with prehistoric trees

 

[jason biggs]

The canopy is growing great!
When you prune the tree, Do you leave a certain amount of nodes? Lately I have been experimenting with leaving 3 nodes to see how it affects the growth in the future.

not really kievn... they do tend to backbud nicely

 

[MMJNICE]

I've seen Nigel from the bonsai zone eat leaves off his baobab.. have you ever made a salad with a branch you pruned off.. I normally eat the clovers in my growing pots and put them in salad so a baobab would become dinner too if I had one.. they look like cool trees in nature. And 20. Some years that impressive.

 

[jason biggs]

I've seen Nigel from the bonsai zone eat leaves off his baobab.. have you ever made a salad with a branch you pruned off.. I normally eat the clovers in my growing pots and put them in salad so a baobab would become dinner too if I had one.. they look like cool trees in nature. And 20. Some years that impressive.

everything on this remarkable tree is edible... the leaves are fresh and crispy, the tubers are crunchy and don't taste like much... the seeds are awesome to suck ( i believe the kids up in Africa suck the seeds like sweets)

 

[Kievnstavick]

I have read that everything was edible on the tree. So last year during one of the up-pots, I sampled everything.

I also consumed the fruit in Hawaii to collect my seeds. People walking by seemed to find it weird haha. I have sucked the seeds to remove the pulp. I just haven't consumed the seeds or extracted oil from them as of yet.

Anyways...the roots tasted like wet dirt (Not bad. Just not good) and the leaves taste pretty close to spinach. I have in fact made a salad or two when I de-foliate or heavily prune for the putting them in my grow tent.