Fruits or vegetables?

[claudine]

I had heard about the tomatoes, but not about the cucumbers I guess avocados are also a fruit? I know someone who has made sweet pies with it Also smoothies

An avocado sweet pie doesn't sound like a dessert I'd like to eat
As far as I know, all fruits have seeds in them. If something doesn't have any seeds, it's a vegetable

 

[Trellum]

An avocado sweet pie doesn't sound like a dessert I'd like to eat
As far as I know, all fruits have seeds in them. If something doesn't have any seeds, it's a vegetable

What about chillies? They have plenty of seeds! Lol, now I'm confused Are chillies considered fruits as well?!

 

[claudine]

What about chillies? They have plenty of seeds! Lol, now I'm confused Are chillies considered fruits as well?!

I think they are. I'm not sure though. I'm confused too. We need an expert here! If it's true that only fruits have seeds, then there are much more fruits than vegetables in this world.
What about green peas? Do peas count as seeds?

 

[Trellum]

No need to, Claudine, it turns out chilies are fruits I just read it in wikipedia! Wow, so I've bene doing things right by eating a lot fruits... aka chilies I make a lot sauces often I swear I never stopped even thought they were fruits, lol. Specially the chilies I often consume... so been eating a lot fruit

 

[Cassie K]

Pros and Cons of growing fruits versus vegetables? Is it easier, any specific ones, perhaps weather environment?

Fruits like cantaloupe and watermelon are more maintenance because they require much more watering and much more sunlight and fertilize, compared to other fruits and vegetables. But fruits like strawberries are easy to grow, they put off the year that you plant them. Birds and ants love strawberries though!
Blueberries will produce the same year you buy them, if it is an older blueberry plant. (The birds eat the blueberries too). But really, keeping birds away is very easy and you do not need netting like some people think.
Grapes are quick to grow after a year, but the darn Japanese beetles usually eat at their leaves...Also my cherry trees have this problem with the beetles.
Of course apple trees, plums, peaches, pear trees are going to take several years (4+ years) but it's well worth buying one or two fruit trees every year as an investment. They are not any maintenance really besides the initial planting: Dig a large hole, add compost and other soil, plant your tree, cover with more dirt and mulch. Before the winter, add mulch every year to your fruit trees; and that's really the only maintenance!

Tomatoes are the best crop to grow for beginners. They produce well even if you only have a plant or two. The really do not have pest problems. They hardly need any water and do not require extra nutrients. Beans are also like this.
Peppers, cucumbers, and melons require extra watering than beans, tomatoes, and corn and usually require added nutrients to the soil. The good aspect about peppers, cucumbers, melons, beans, tomatoes, and corn is that there are hardly any pests that will demolish them. Lettuce is like this too, they have bugs on them but never eating the lettuce. Bugs prefer broccoli, cabbage, turnips, brussels leaves to any other vegetable. For this very reason I do not grow them any more. I stick with vegetables and fruits that do not have pest problems.

 

[leahlane]

I'm a bit of a beginner but I always have much better luck with vegetables. Growing more fruits (successfully) is a goal of mine for next year. So far I've only had luck with strawberries and blueberries. I'd like to try peaches and watermelons.