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Tropical/Sub-Tropical Perennials that can set seed first year grown from seed

 
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I am interested in Perennial tropical plants which could be grown in colder climates as annuals and also produce seed which can be saved and used for the next year. I am thinking of plants like Moringa or Popcorn Senna, Senna alata

I would like to use them as chop & drop plants while also possibly selecting for more frost tolerance or cold hardiness, potentially ending up with a hardy variety.

Any ideas would be helpful. Edible or ornamental value is ideal.  
 
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The book "Push The Zone" by David the Good has a lot of info on that sort of thing...mostly fruit trees but it makes one think and there are sooo many possibilities.
 
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Thanks! That one has been on my list of books to purchase for a while, good to know.
 
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Tomato, tomatillo and tamarillo.
 
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Pigeon pea.  I'm trying some from seed I got out of Texas.  I'm hoping I can mulch it heavily and overwinter it here in panhandle Florida.  Not sure yet about how much biomass they will provide, but they are a legume and the peas are edible (see Caribbean peas & rice).

Banana!  Oh, not from seed, I suspect.  From pup you might get more pups from a dwarf variety in one year.  Great biomass.  Big in agroforestry systems in the tropics.

Roselle might work.  Grows pretty fast, a lot of biomass, and you should get seed within a year.  I did here.  Suspect it will overwinter for me with heavy mulch too.  Last year's didn't get mulched and didn't make it, but it was a cold winter here.  6 or more hard freezes which is very unusual. The pods are used for juice/tea,  The leaves are edible.  And definitely ornamental.
 
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By Pigeon Pea I assume you are talking about Cajanus cajan? There are 3 or 4 different plants called pigeon peas. That is one I have considered.

I am working on trying out some of the different hardier edible bananas. Roselle is one I have been curious about but haven't tried yet, will probably get some seeds for that next year. Edible hibiscus/Silk flower, Abelmoschus manihot is another similar plant I plan on trying.

 
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I just ordered some northern adapted pigeon peas from Truelove seeds. I used to grow them when I lived in West Africa. Glad to see someone has selected a variety more amenable to northern day length.

https://trueloveseeds.com/products/northern-adapted-pigeon-peas-gandules
 
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