I’m ordering my seed and was wondering if anyone can recommend the following
-tatsoi – pak choi – winter purslane – radicchio – collards ?
also birds got to my table grapes and i need a bag cover. cloth bags are dear but exclusion bags are only $10 per 50 bags and i’m wondering if these will prevent the blackbirds from pecking?
thanks for any advice.
Do you have a sewing machine??? Get some netting from spotlight and make some bags up….
I’m a fan of Pak choi and Radicchio :)
Lucky1 said:
Do you have a sewing machine??? Get some netting from spotlight and make some bags up….
it would need to be close weave netting – but good thinking L1
pepper said:
Lucky1 said:
Do you have a sewing machine??? Get some netting from spotlight and make some bags up….
it would need to be close weave netting – but good thinking L1
I’d also look at using a wooden stick to just keep the netting off the fruits as well….
pain master said:
I’m a fan of Pak choi and Radicchio :)
right – so pak choi takes longer to go to seed than bok choi – i hope?
and radicchio is a sort of red cabbage (palla rossa and red verona from eden seeds)?
i have never grown either – so can you say why they are your favourites PM?
pepper said:
pain master said:
I’m a fan of Pak choi and Radicchio :)
right – so pak choi takes longer to go to seed than bok choi – i hope?
and radicchio is a sort of red cabbage (palla rossa and red verona from eden seeds)?
i have never grown either – so can you say why they are your favourites PM?
Perhaps the versatility of your choice? Young leaves of both go well in a salad of either asian or mediterranean influence. Hey, even mature leaves of both go well in a salad.
And then you can steam ‘em…
Speaking for myself Pepe, I wouldn’t bother with Collards. I grew them last year and found them as tough as leather even when they were quite young. You can cook them for ages to get them tender but they lose their colour, flavour and, I imagine, food value.
You might get a different opinion from someone else though.
Perhaps the versatility of your choice? Young leaves of both go well in a salad of either asian or mediterranean influence. Hey, even mature leaves of both go well in a salad.
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they do sound versatile and thats what counts – eating them.
so good – they’ll be my newbies.
thanks OC40 – collards are out.
is anyone planting coriander and taragon this autumn ? – i think i might invest in a seedling of each.
My brother really, really wants to grow purslane (or me to grow it for him – he is lazy!). It’s really high in those omega oils you get in fish (except I don’t eat fish).
I’ve never seen seeds in the shop though, and I haven’t gotten around to ordering online yet.
If you grow some, I’d love an update on how it goes and how it tastes :)
bon008 said:
My brother really, really wants to grow purslane (or me to grow it for him – he is lazy!). It’s really high in those omega oils you get in fish (except I don’t eat fish).I’ve never seen seeds in the shop though, and I haven’t gotten around to ordering online yet.
If you grow some, I’d love an update on how it goes and how it tastes :)
Me too!!
CollieWA said:
bon008 said:
My brother really, really wants to grow purslane (or me to grow it for him – he is lazy!). It’s really high in those omega oils you get in fish (except I don’t eat fish).I’ve never seen seeds in the shop though, and I haven’t gotten around to ordering online yet. If you grow some, I’d love an update on how it goes and how it tastes :)
Me too!!
oi you two – i was asking the question. i’ll be ordering this week – so if anyone has grown it before ……please illucidate.
currently its not on my list.
pepper said:
CollieWA said:
bon008 said:
My brother really, really wants to grow purslane (or me to grow it for him – he is lazy!). It’s really high in those omega oils you get in fish (except I don’t eat fish).I’ve never seen seeds in the shop though, and I haven’t gotten around to ordering online yet. If you grow some, I’d love an update on how it goes and how it tastes :)
Me too!!
oi you two – i was asking the question. i’ll be ordering this week – so if anyone has grown it before ……please illucidate.
currently its not on my list.
We have here in weed proportions even the chooks and giggle pig are sick of it.
be careful for which you ask lest it becomes a curse.
We put another 2 garbags into the compost heap it hasn’t seeded yet thanks to whoever looks after gardeners.
that might have been a bit rude – sorry.
kale has plenty of antioxidants – i don’t know about omega 3 although the doc reckons i should be having fish oil. so much depends on how it tastes – its useless growing stuff you aren’t going to eat and we have never cooked or eaten it before.
We have here in weed proportions even the chooks and giggle pig are sick of it.
be careful for which you ask lest it becomes a curse.
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hello DL – hey this isn’t water weed – portulacea is it ? i’ve got that as a weed too.
Wikipedia said:
Portulaca oleracea (Common Purslane, also known as Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed or Pusley), is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae, which can reach 40 cm in height.
bluegreen said:
Wikipedia said:
Portulaca oleracea (Common Purslane, also known as Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed or Pusley), is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae, which can reach 40 cm in height.
thanks BG – nope thats out.
the cook has expressed interest in ‘samphire’ – a kind of coastal, salty pigface which might be of culinary interest.
pepper said:
We have here in weed proportions even the chooks and giggle pig are sick of it.
be careful for which you ask lest it becomes a curse.
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hello DL – hey this isn’t water weed – portulacea is it ? i’ve got that as a weed too.
No pepe its definately pursalane and I have tried it in a salad and cooked but no thanks not my food group at all.
sorry about the lateness of the answer but I was watching Miss Marple :)
CollieWA said:
bon008 said:
My brother really, really wants to grow purslane (or me to grow it for him – he is lazy!). It’s really high in those omega oils you get in fish (except I don’t eat fish).I’ve never seen seeds in the shop though, and I haven’t gotten around to ordering online yet.
If you grow some, I’d love an update on how it goes and how it tastes :)
Me too!!
I pull it up as a weed all the time here. I’m really careful because if you drop a leaf then it will take root and off we go again. I’m not sure if this is the one that you are both after or whether it’s suitable for eating but I will send some to anyone that wants it. I’ll be glad to get rid of a bit.