Saturday 14 October 2017

Custard Apples & Little Critters.

After I have harvest the first 2 fruits from my Custard Apple plant, I trimmed off all the branches. Even though it was planted in a big pot, it grew tall. To control its height, I cut and shortened the plant.
Very soon new branches started to grow and once again it was covered with lush leaves.
Then followed by many small buds.
Hopefully, some of these will not drop but will turn into fruits.
Ahh! I caught sight of one small fruit here!
And another 2 fruits further up!
After some time, it grew to this size.
Another one up here!
Keeping a look out. This one is going to ripen anytime now.
So is this one!
I received some baby Adenium plants from a friend.
These are all grown from seeds.
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The following photos are for joining Saturday's Critters.
This week the focus will be on these tiny critters.
A baby grasshopper on my garden fence.
Another grasshopper clinging onto my papaya tree trunk.
A baby dragonfly on the side wall.
This butterfly came into my hall and landed on the floor.
We were in a car show room looking at some new cars. Spotted this lizard on a brand new red car. It too wanted to show off its beauty!

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

A lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet it is found in kings' palaces.
(Proverbs 30:28, New International Version-NIV)

53 comments:

  1. Great and fun insect pictures! We do not have Custard apples here. They do not look like a regular apple, maybe they are some other kind of fruit...

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    1. The name is custard apple but it is not an apple. The inside is soft and with many black seeds.

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  2. Have never seen custard apples in my life..so exotic!

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    1. They have soft white flesh when ripe and with many black seeds. They are very sweet.

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  3. Now i want to taste a custard apple someday.

    The lizard is very handsome.

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  4. I love to eat custard apples. so nice to grow your own!

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  5. Hello, the custard apples are new to me. Great collection of insects, the grasshopper is cute. Love the dragonfly and butterfly. The lizard is my favorite, it picked a pretty red car. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

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    1. Thank you, Eileen. Have a beautiful new week!

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  6. ..you seem to grow just about everything!

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    1. Thank you, Tom. Not everything, some only. Lol!

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  7. I never heard of an apple custard. Your little friends sure look interesting and quite funny.
    Coffee is on

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  8. Hello. I have never seen custard apples. Great serie of critters!

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  9. Your love for nature and your success with gardens, plants and flowers is amazing, dear friend.

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    1. Normally I don't like lizards, but this one really caught my attention.

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  11. Your custard apple looks so healthy. Love these photos especially the last one, very cute. Have a great Sunday. Diane

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  12. Love your greenery shots and the grasshopper is very nice.

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  13. How nice! I do enjoy buah nona buat can't eat much due to the creaminess.

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  14. I love custard apples, Nancy. You are really amazing in the garden!

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  15. I have never come across a custard apple plant before so I found it fascinating. Great photo of the grasshopper.

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  16. I like custard apple, nice, but quite long time no eat already..

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    1. It is not often we see these fruits being sold in the fruit shops.

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  17. I scare of all kinds of insects

    Oh gosh, you said beauty of lizard? Not me, I don't know how to "admire" beauty of lizard, I will run at first glance of it

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    1. Ha ha! I too don't like lizards but this one had my attention. I didn't expect to see a lizard on a brand new car in the show room!

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  18. Looks really interesting! Have a nice day)

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  19. Precioso todo. Feliz semana.

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  20. Oh I love it the nature and this looks so pretty
    xx

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  21. I love custard apple.... here in US I miss the fruit..

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    1. I think the fruits are not suitable for export.

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  22. Thank you, Francisco. Have a lovely new week!

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  23. Your custard apples look good and healthy even it was sustained as pot plant. There’s a custard apple tree in front of our house, outgrown from the neighbour’s house, but it rarely ripe fruits because the monkeys destroy the fruits or it become parched.

    And nice click on critters and one should be careful with grasshoppers as they eat plant leaves… I have seen those redesigning leaves at our home plants.
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    1. Thank you, Jeevan. We don't have monkeys here but we do have birds and insects. I am always on the lookout for grasshoppers, so far they are not a big threat.

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  24. Love the crawlies.... the lizard reminds me of Florida. I like seeing insects and am not nervous about them at all.

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    1. Hi Sallie, I welcome the butterflies and dragonflies into my garden but not the grasshoppers or lizards because the grasshoppers will eat up some of my plants and lizards can be a nuisance in the home.

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  25. The baby custard apples were so cute, and glad they grew well.

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    1. The fruit of the mother plant grown in the ground was double to size of my custard apples.

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