I'm a bit late to the party! Only just seen this thread. It's been very enjoyable reading what others have been growing and harvesting. I grew all my own veg and most of my fruit when I lived in the UK, now I have had to change my ideas completely as my current climate is so different and harsh.
Someone mentioned the Surinam cherry. In my first garden here I had a lot of success with it. I had 3 large bushes which grew from small plants very quickly and gave loads of dark, sweet fruit. They seem to like the heat and plenty of water. Heat is not a problem for me but water is! I'm about to plant 3 new bushes in this garden.
In my current (and final - I'm not moving ever again!) garden I have a tall Cavendish banana. This variety was a mistake as it is too windy here and I've had to prop it up from all directions. It's fruiting at the moment (205 bananas nearly ready for picking!) but then I am going to replace it with Canarian bananas which are a lot shorter.
I have 12 pineapple plants growing well but they only went in this year so no fruit yet - I have great hopes for next year.
My friends and I all grow different varieties of chillies and then share them. I do the Habanero chilli, 11 on the Scoville scale, rubber gloves a must for picking and preparing!
I can grow garlic all year and it's done well this year.
Papaya tree produced 120kg of fruit and then rotted through at the base but I have several more grown from seed ready to go in to replace it.
Pitahaya - haven't seen anyone mention that? I had a great crop and then I had to cut the plant back to near ground level so my garden wall could be repaired. May be a couple of years before I get more than 1 or 2 fruit again.
Figs - didn't get many this year but what I had were scrumptious. The tree has never been very happy so I'm going to replace it shortly.
Citrus - I have oranges, a mandarin, a lemon and 3 limes. The limes have been amazing this year. I've been making lime marmalade and key lime pies. The other trees are very new.
Pomegranate - planted this year, hopeful for fruit next year.
Mulberry - due to be planted shortly.
Mangoes - still in pots, will be planted in ground soon.
Maracuya - passionfruit - my first plant in this garden grew well with plenty of bloom but not one ever produced a fruit. I planted a new vine this year and it has 6 fruit developing which I'm looking forward to tasting. I think my original was a cultivar grown for the flowers rather than the fruit.
Herbs: basil grows like a weed, sage has had a good year and not been attacked by whitefly, rosemary grows like triffids, 3 varieties of chives all do well, especially the garlic chive. Parsley & Thyme I've given up on.
Tomatoes - I didn't even bother this year, so many bugs last year. Same with cucumbers, courgettes, beans.
When we first moved here getting a variety of fresh vegetables was almost impossible but we now have several supermarket chains on the islands who import regularly from mainland Spain and our diet has improved enormously.
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