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[Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>]

Hi Ginda,
I'm thinking Figs...yummmy indeed and very unique foliage. Up here in Maine, 
we
have one inside that does okay, probably better if we didn't ignore it 8/9 of 
the
year. It can go outside here in the summer. Our neglect causes it to not 
produce
much, but  a friend of mine in Mass takes very good care of his 10 or more 
plants
and gets a good batch every year. Ours has stayed small and cuddly, but some 
of
my friend's varieties get tall and he trellises them on a supportive lattice.
Another idea that might be interesting would be growing some of the alpine
strawberries or more tropical Rubus species types. How about Passion Flower?
Avacados can do very well inside, and I have even seen very dwarf bananas 
making
fruit. Pomegranate can do it too. If I had a green indoor thumb (which I do 
not)
Pomegranate would be my dream. 
Let us know what you decide, and whether it works!
Heron Breen
zone 4 Maine

On Mon Jan 10 21:43 , list@ginda.us sent:

>I have room for one more medium-sized plant in my bay window, and I'm 
>looking for suggestions.  (Fruity suggestions, of course.)  The window 
>has an eastern exposure, and gets full morning sun when the oak leaves 
>are down, but only filtered sun in the summer.  It also has a bank of 
>fluorescent lights on a timer year-round.
>
>My meyers lemon does well here in the winter, but goes outside in the 
>summer.  Ideally, I'd prefer a plant that could stay in the window all 
>year, although taking out in the summer is a possibility.  The pot 
>could be a gallon or two, and I'd prefer the plant to be no more than a 
>couple of feet high.  (A foot of pot and two feet of plant would be 
>perfect.)  Another citrus would be fun, if anything fits the bill.  I 
>was looking with interest at the dwarf citrus offered by Stark.  But it 
>doesn't need to be citrus, just a dual purpose ornamental/edible.  Any 
>suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Ginda Fisher
>eastern Mass., zone 6
>
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