Q&A

Shalom Uvracha!

Attached are two pictures of flowerpots which were planted with spices (a few weeks ago).  The flowerpots are mounted on a stone fence.  I was told that the spices are at least 15cm apart (does it look it?). I don’t know which spice is which.  The gardener gave the following list (although I’m not sure that all of the list is in these 2 specific flowerpots):

לואיזה
מרווה
גרניום לימוני
בזיליקום
אורגנו
טימין

Can you tell from the pictures which is which? And is there a problem of kilayim (or something else)? Kilayim now or kilayim in the future when the leaves grow and overlap?  And what I should do to resolve the problem, if any?

I have two questions: 1) What are the three categories according to which you can classify different types of plants vis-à-vis kilayim? 2) According to which categories are different types of plants classified today in terms of kilayim?

Question: I saw that a green grocer's kashrut certificate in Jerusalem stated that only non-mehadrin stores are allowed to sell raspberries. Why is that?

A mashgiach of a large kashrut organization, who works in China, checked a company growing monk fruit in a greenhouse onsite. He found out that since monk plants produce the most fruit the first years, the company harvests the fruit only from monk plants during their first three years. In light of this, is monk fruit considered orlah? 

I want to grow a blueberry bush at home. You wrote that orlah applies to hydroponically grown trees. What about aeroponics?

 I want to grow a blueberry bush in my house hydroponically, using water and fertilizer. The bush produces fruit by its second year. Does orlah apply to trees grown hydroponically?

Are trees grown indoors, in unperforated pots, subject to orlah laws?

I heard that passionfruit is treated like a tree by Ashkenazim and thus obligated in orlah laws. So, my question is if we're allowed to eat passionfruit products (not the fruit - the products), like ice cream, juice, and the like when they are imported from outside Israel?

I planted a passionfruit vine as a living fence. Do I have to wait three years to eat the fruit?

There are avocados in the supermarket (I live in New York) stamped "Israel." Should I be concerned about orlah? I know it's de'oraita in Israel, and safek de'oraita lechumrah.