What went wrong with my broad beans do you think? They grew well, flowered but there was hardly any action re pollination. Some of the stalks went brown and died and now there are new stems forming. I have picked maybe 6 beans. All malformed in one way or another. Do I just wait to see what happens with this lot of flowers or do I need to do something to help the plants along?
not warm enough?
pain master said:
not warm enough?
So you reckon I might do better when it warms up a bit more?
pomolo said:
What went wrong with my broad beans do you think? They grew well, flowered but there was hardly any action re pollination. Some of the stalks went brown and died and now there are new stems forming. I have picked maybe 6 beans. All malformed in one way or another. Do I just wait to see what happens with this lot of flowers or do I need to do something to help the plants along?
they grow like weeds down here. usually failure is due to excessive heat – but frost will kill the flowers.
i would wait and see what the new stalks do. am i right in assuming your subtropical spring is just beginning?
pomolo said:
pain master said:
not warm enough?
So you reckon I might do better when it warms up a bit more?
well I reckon’ they need some warmth in the soil, but I could be wrong, it has been many a year since I grew broadbeans… hang on, I’ll go ask GF.
BBeans can receive a setback if the weather starts to warm up and then goes cold again. They love the springtime, but apparently react pretty quickly to cold weather approaching…
I cleaned up all the leeks and got 2 bagfulls. I will make a coupla big pot’s of leek and potato soup and freeze it in one litre lots.
Saving some for our tea tonight with a crusty loaf :)
Gawd, wrong thread again!
pepe said:
pomolo said:
What went wrong with my broad beans do you think? They grew well, flowered but there was hardly any action re pollination. Some of the stalks went brown and died and now there are new stems forming. I have picked maybe 6 beans. All malformed in one way or another. Do I just wait to see what happens with this lot of flowers or do I need to do something to help the plants along?
they grow like weeds down here. usually failure is due to excessive heat – but frost will kill the flowers.
i would wait and see what the new stalks do. am i right in assuming your subtropical spring is just beginning?
You’re right Pepe. I’ll wait and go with the new stalks. We had no frost here this winter. I have been thinking that winter shade could have interfered. what do you reckon?
pain master said:
BBeans can receive a setback if the weather starts to warm up and then goes cold again. They love the springtime, but apparently react pretty quickly to cold weather approaching…
Now that sounds as though it’s might be what happened to mine. What a treasure that GF is. You better hang on to her. LOL.
Happy Potter said:
I cleaned up all the leeks and got 2 bagfulls. I will make a coupla big pot’s of leek and potato soup and freeze it in one litre lots.
Saving some for our tea tonight with a crusty loaf :)
I did french onion soup last night. It was yummy. We had it again tonight. Real soup nights ATM.
Happy Potter said:
Gawd, wrong thread again!
And you led me right into it. Not my fault Pepe. Blame her——————————————>
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
Gawd, wrong thread again!
And you led me right into it. Not my fault Pepe. Blame her——————————————>
Yup. Guilty as charged.
Gettin back on the right track..
Hey Pepe is that huge water tank full now then ?
pomolo said:
I did french onion soup last night. It was yummy. We had it again tonight. Real soup nights ATM.
Yes they are, aren’t they?
Coldest August I can remember for about 25 – 30 years
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
Gawd, wrong thread again!
And you led me right into it. Not my fault Pepe. Blame her——————————————>
madame presidents are never wrong – so i’ll let you both off with a warning -
- and a request -
- kaffir lime leaf recipes for vegos?
the peanut sauce (gado-gado?) is terrific with crushed kaffir leaves but are there other uses for a whole tree full of them?
Happy Potter said:
Gettin back on the right track..Hey Pepe is that huge water tank full now then ?
not overflowing yet but we can climb the ladder, open the hatch, and put our hand into water – so 95% full. we have been using it since it was a third full.
pepe said:
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
Gawd, wrong thread again!
And you led me right into it. Not my fault Pepe. Blame her——————————————>
madame presidents are never wrong – so i’ll let you both off with a warning -
- and a request -
- kaffir lime leaf recipes for vegos?
the peanut sauce (gado-gado?) is terrific with crushed kaffir leaves but are there other uses for a whole tree full of them?
Some kind of vego red curry? I love red curries but Mr Bon is never keen on making them =/
The other thing we use them for is thai beef salad.. not sure that would work without the beef.
I’ll try to remember to ask Mr Bon tonight, see if he comes up with anything interesting.
thanks for the red curry suggestion bon – i missed it earlier – and yes – ask mr bon for other kaffir uses.
this is a dead topic so hijacking is painless.
we’ve been walking down to the rehabilitated quarry near our place. it’s a deserted sand quarry that has featured here with shots of the the mud nests of the ‘tree martins’. they aren’t there anymore but two ‘brown eagles’ are hovering on the high thermals overhead. in future i will post shots of the water courses and dams they have built as part of the rehabilitation.
some might remember the photo i posted long ago of a peppermint tree had was dripping in case moths. the case moth caterpillars stripped the leaves and i thought the tree would die. it’s located on the roadside and is an unloved specimen. but hey!!! – the rosella parrots moved in a month or so ago and devastated the case moths. so the tree resprouts. all the trees look lush after the winter rains this year.
kennebec spuds – some of which are being made into a potato curry as i write.
pepe said:
thanks for the red curry suggestion bon – i missed it earlier – and yes – ask mr bon for other kaffir uses.
Aha, thanks for the reminder! I did ask him, but I forgot to report back :)
Mr Bon says the other thing he uses it for is roast vegie thai salads. He doesn’t use a recipe, but basically he makes up this dressing he always makes (probably the same as thai beef salad dressing) and then makes up a salad with some small greens, roast pumpkin/sweet potato/potato (depending on what’s around) and fetta, red onion, coriander leaves…
OK, Mr Bon has typed out the dressing ingredients for me :)
soy sauce fish sauce lime juice sugar (palm (if you can get nice palm), or brown, or just normal, in that order) garlic ginger fresh chilli kaffir lime leaves maybe lemongrass, if you have it coriander (just the stalks, chopped fine) spring onions and mix so that you get the salty, sweet and citrus flavours, with none overpowering the othernom nom nom.. love his thai salads :)