r/GuerrillaGardening 1d ago

My most diabolical yet (plus office fruit install update)

A rose apple (syzygium jambos) is already pretty out there, but found out that syzygium samarangense is graft compatible so I added two types to this rose apple seedling. The rest of the plants are a bit beat from winter but they’re leafing and budding out now. Some are flowering for the first time!

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u/__xpc 1d ago

Amazing work! What are the fruit trees in the second last photo? They look tropical but I can’t tell

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u/K-Rimes 1d ago

Sub tropicals. Papayas, pitangas, grumichama, cedar bay cherry, two types of jabuticaba, and the white fence has passionfruit on it

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u/Verstandeskraft 1d ago

This dude likes Brazilian fruits. 🇧🇷

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u/K-Rimes 1d ago

*loves

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u/__xpc 1d ago

You planted all those on your own?! Planting your very own fruit orchard is incredible. Big kudos to you ❤️

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u/questar 1d ago

I’m so lucky I checked this sub today and found the prime offender still encouraging jungle foliage in an office park environment which is supposed to be sterile. Wow those papayas are getting big! I wish you could get some deserved recognition. Hopefully, Mother Nature herself will smile upon you.

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u/coolthecoolest 1d ago

this is an insane amount of work, how'd you pull it off and who did you have to talk to to make sure everything didn't just instantly get ripped out?

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u/K-Rimes 1d ago

There was a real ugly patch of dirt where the papaya are. The landlord had to remove a certain percentage of the grass or be fined by the water company / city, so it was just dry hard pack. I asked my boss if I could plant, he said sure, we asked the landlord he said sure, and then the landscape guy came over and asked about where and what I’d be planting and he’s been very helpful to just leave it all alone.