Q&A
Grafed by a non-Jew, planted and cared for by a Jew
Hello, I am looking for information on the permissibility of the below scion/rootstock combinations for planting/maintaining outside of Israel:
- Southern King Pear (scion) / Callery Pear (rootstock)
- Sharanui Mandarin (scion) / Trifoliate Orange (roostock)
- Owari Satsuma (scion) / Trifoliate Orange (roostock)
- Miho Satsuma (scion) / Trifoliate Orange (rootstock)
If any of these are an issue, I would like also a directive on how to treat them. I am a home gardener and planted all of these myself from 3-gallon nursery pots. I did not do the grafting. This is when I mistakenly thought that the only issue on plants that are safek mino (which I assume at least the citrus are) is the grafting, not the transferring from the nursery pot to the ground itself. Do any of these need to be uprooted or can they be maintained? Again, they were all grafted by a non-Jew but planted and are maintained by a Jew outside of Israel.
Sukkut: weaving mats from lulav leaflets
Is it permissible to weave a mat from the lulav leaflets or, alternatively, to throw the lulav away in the garbage? Similarly, would it be permissible to build furniture from planks used to place sechach on?
How do I know which type of ma'aser (sheni/ani) to take from the fruit on my trees?
Sukkut: a grafted etrog
I see that it says on all the etrog boxes “not grafted.” What exactly does that mean?
Kilei zera'im: ginger and tumeric
Can turmeric and ginger be planted in the same planter together? Or do I need to create a physical barrier?
Planting grafted vegetables
If I want to plant seeds or roots from a vegetable I bought, do I need to worry it was grown from grafting? Such as cucumber, pepper, potato, lettuce.
Separating between plants in flowerpots - what do I have and is the separation sufficient?
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?
Criteria for plant classification and kilayim: Is the botanical definition sufficient?
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?
Are raspberries subject to orlah?
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?
Is monk fruit considered orlah?
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?