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Post by SA Hunter on Apr 8, 2015 18:47:09 GMT 10
Yeah, I was told this by some Thai friends who have a mixed Asian food farm, and this is what they do to get their chillis hotter!!!!! It seems to work, cause our chillis are HOT!!!!!
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Post by StepfordRenegade on Apr 10, 2015 8:14:44 GMT 10
Hubby doesn't like anything spicy so my tolerance to chillies etc. is slowly decreasing as well I just recently got an order of seed potatoes, I'm so excited but I've never grown them before. Any tips/tricks from people who have had some success with them? I'm a bit worried they won't get enough sun during winter. Is that a big deal?
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Post by VegHead on Apr 10, 2015 16:14:38 GMT 10
This week planted out two cultivars of garlic (enough for two years supply), carrots, turnips.
In the hothouse in soil blocks/seed trays are onion, kale, beetroot, mizuna, Swiss chard, silverbeet, and Kohl Rabi.
In the ground are peas, broad beans, carrots, celery, potato, spring onion, french beans, capsicum and chilli.
StepfordRenegade: I plant my potatoes late August through to late September her in southern Vic using either the traditional trench method or buy just 'dibbling' a deep hole and dropping the tuber in. I do not cut my seed into pieces nor do I chit them. I always plant into ground that has had a green manure crop grown then chopped, dropped and dug in with the ground rested for about one to two months. I use no fertiliser nor do I water the rows once they seed is in the ground. As for sun, I often grow patches of spuds in full shade to no detriment. Hope that all helps.
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Post by StepfordRenegade on Apr 11, 2015 7:29:34 GMT 10
This week planted out two cultivars of garlic (enough for two years supply), carrots, turnips. In the hothouse in soil blocks/seed trays are onion, kale, beetroot, mizuna, Swiss chard, silverbeet, and Kohl Rabi. In the ground are peas, broad beans, carrots, celery, potato, spring onion, french beans, capsicum and chilli. StepfordRenegade: I plant my potatoes late August through to late September her in southern Vic using either the traditional trench method or buy just 'dibbling' a deep hole and dropping the tuber in. I do not cut my seed into pieces nor do I chit them. I always plant into ground that has had a green manure crop grown then chopped, dropped and dug in with the ground rested for about one to two months. I use no fertiliser nor do I water the rows once they seed is in the ground. As for sun, I often grow patches of spuds in full shade to no detriment. Hope that all helps. Veg. Thanks heaps, it really does
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Post by sleepydude on Apr 17, 2015 13:22:00 GMT 10
i just planted potatoes and i have a few chilli plant but that about it, i hope to get more going later on in the year i used a black plastic tub with some holes drilled on the bottom and put a few inches of potting mix in the tub and mixed it up with a little bit of rabbit poop and then plant them and put some potting mix over the top potatoes and then as the potatoes grow u add more dirt over the top i like to grow stuff semi portable if i can so i can move it if need, so if they need some more sun light or if there a bad frost they can be moved
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Post by VegHead on May 12, 2015 8:26:52 GMT 10
Picked these yesterday so these are what are currently growing very nicely
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Post by SA Hunter on May 12, 2015 16:55:40 GMT 10
Planted radish, garlic & peas, as well as some more coriander!!!
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Post by VegHead on May 15, 2015 11:32:11 GMT 10
I have the following seedlings in the hothouse up and running ready for planting out when the Moon Calendar date aligns for them (starting on the 20th).
Celery, cabbage, kale, cauliflower, brown onion, silverbeet, and strawberry.
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Post by SA Hunter on Aug 10, 2015 20:00:12 GMT 10
In the shed, have planted these seeds after watching a gardening show last night;
1. Red Russian Tomato 2. Black Russian Tomao 3. Xtra HOT chili seeds 4. More chili (hot) seeds 5. Cucumber 6. Thai Eggplant. 7. Capsicum
(need a bigger garden)
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Post by SA Hunter on Aug 11, 2015 20:57:16 GMT 10
.....and, today found cucumber seeds for growing in a pot - can't wait to see how they turn out!!!
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Post by wellrounded on Aug 13, 2015 9:07:54 GMT 10
I've just started toms, chilli, capsicum and eggplant. I don't plant out frost tender veg until the third week of October and they will be in 4 inch pots by then. I sow pumpkin, cucumber, rockmelon, watermelon, zucs etc the last week of September - first week of October, they will be in 4 inch pots 3 weeks later. I'll also start sowing all the not so frost tender stuff over the next couple of weeks, have a lot to go in this year if my health holds out so I'll set up my big heat bed for a few months
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Post by SA Hunter on Oct 11, 2015 3:28:21 GMT 10
This week put in 7 Black Russian tomatoes, 2 Grosse Lisse tomatoes, 2 x yellow cherry tomatoes, 1 x cherry black Russian tomatoes, lots of basil (thai, sweet & Greek ), climbing beans, capsicum, and strawberry.
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Post by SA Hunter on Nov 4, 2015 19:35:42 GMT 10
Went to Mitre 10, found some really cheap, reduced seedlings - yellow mini globe tomatoes - 1 punnet $1. - 12 plants in the tray; red globe tomatoes - 1 punnet $1 punnet- 11 tomato plants; well established tomato plant, also $1. Then a punnet of coloured capsicum - $4.75 ( no chance of a reduction at all ).
Pays to shop around - just hope they all take!
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Post by Frank on Nov 9, 2015 10:02:26 GMT 10
Picked out first snow peas over the weekend! Been getting usable lettuce for a week or two which has been good. Spuds and beetroot aren't far off either but will be a while for the cabbages, onions, carrots and leeks yet. The blackberries, young berries, red current and black current bushes all have fruit appearing, so shouldn't be long until they can be picked.
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Post by Fractus on Nov 9, 2015 12:01:48 GMT 10
I planted some Amish paste tomatoe seeds but then found some advanced seedlings from Bunnings. I grew one last year and was very impressed. They score well on Google. I plant the seedlings very deep and remove lower leaves so I can put them about 150 mm deep. They are an heirloom seed type. Will post a photo when they are up and producing. As I have planted several other typeset tomatoes I will not be able to use the seeds for next year if I want true to type plants. I will have to buy seeds again and separate the plants by a distance that will reduce cross pollination.
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Post by thereth on Nov 9, 2015 12:47:33 GMT 10
all gardening is put on hoold until we find out about the house we put an offer in on. I cant justify the soil conditioning costs on the good chance we wont be here come xmas.......
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Post by Peter on Nov 9, 2015 13:44:58 GMT 10
thereth, is that the house we previously spoke about? I thought it was settled...
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Post by tyburn on Nov 9, 2015 14:38:46 GMT 10
My small rooftop garden is bare, apart from a few self-sown leafy greens that have come up.
Anyone have recommendations for veg or other edibles that can be grown indoors in pots (as it looks like we will be having a long hard winter -- its early November and we're already having daytime temps as low as 10 degrees)?
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Post by Peter on Nov 9, 2015 16:09:14 GMT 10
tyburn, have you thought about sprouting seeds inside? Radish and broccoli are my favourites but heaps can be used. Sprouting increases the nutritional value of seeds, although it's hard to grow enough - and lack variety in themselves - to be self sufficient. As a supplement, however...
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Post by thereth on Nov 9, 2015 20:09:14 GMT 10
thereth, is that the house we previously spoke about? I thought it was settled... yeah its the same place, the offer has been accepted, waiting for the banks to do their thing now, miserable bastards want everything except your undie size
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