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Post by violet on Aug 27, 2007 14:45:12 GMT 10
Mine looks very cute in its (too) little pot. It's surrounded by baby spinach, which is also growing larger and faster than expected.
This was purely an experiment to see how it would grow. So far, so good, but I suspect it will make a very small and very expensive salad for one! ;D
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 27, 2007 15:40:56 GMT 10
It is funny how scared I am to grow something that we haven't grown before. Spinach is something we haven't grown. I am tempted to grow boc choy. Mum was telling me the benefits of growing nashis today in an orchard. I think it is great about your spinach Violet.
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Post by violet on Aug 28, 2007 16:27:58 GMT 10
Br, I figure the worst that can happen is that the plant will die. A waste of money, perhaps, but it could equally do really well. However, I do only plant one experimental plant so it's only $3 - $4 which is worth it to me.
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 28, 2007 16:59:14 GMT 10
It turns out after thinking about it, that we tried okra and greens the year before last. And our jam melons were a great success. Same with the winter squash, although they didn't yield a great many. I think we just have to try bits at a time, baby steps as they say.
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 28, 2007 17:01:28 GMT 10
Our daughter planted some carrots that have been growing over the winter, special cold weather ones. There are a few there, and hopefully she can have baby ones before we move to eat.
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rosebee
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Post by rosebee on Aug 29, 2007 18:32:43 GMT 10
I have some lettuce, corn salad and spinach seedlings coming up. Hopefully I will be able to have a few salads with these! You have to plant a lot to make it worth it - ie. cheaper than the store bought ones, with the seed, compost and containers all costing more than a few packets of salad in the shop! But at least you know where the food is coming from and what sprays and fertilisers (if any) have been used on them to control pests and/or diseases. Lettuces are usually not a problem with pests/diseases - the only problem I had earlier this year was that some of them bolted as it got too hot for them. I might have to try a warm weather lettuce this summer!
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 29, 2007 19:15:24 GMT 10
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Post by violet on Aug 29, 2007 21:27:46 GMT 10
That site looks very interesting, Br.
This little pot is purely experimental. It's very exciting watching it grow each day, which it seems to be doing. I agree, rosebee, that it would be nice to know exactly what's on our food.
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