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Post by orflo on Nov 27, 2008 11:33:07 GMT -5
Michel, I'll send you some small Sarpo tubers , also siquinchilla, A 16 , paka taka, and probably others, also a thing called mulln which is in fact a local name for donkey poo ;D ;D ;D Don't get inspriration!!!!!
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Post by canadamike on Nov 27, 2008 11:42:36 GMT -5
Since all others are edible, would that mean you vegetarian belgians eat donkey poo??? I am asking that stricly for documentary purposes!
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Post by hiven on Nov 27, 2008 16:37:38 GMT -5
Nevi, hoi! This is turning in to a European forum ;D ;D ;D he hee he, looks like it or at least we can hangout virtually . I got my tree onios/Egytian onions yesterday (thank you again for your offer back then). When should I plant them ? Groetjes, Nevi
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Post by hiven on Nov 27, 2008 17:01:43 GMT -5
Michel, I have no experience with TPS,it will be my first time growing them next year. I got 3 types of TPS to try next year (Highland Burgundy red, a New Zealand Purple flesh type & a red flesh type from Tom Wagner) plus 4 or 5 types of other spuds (vitellote,salad blue,la ratte,Highland Burgundy Red & perhaps the ajanhuiri too). If you have some spare red fleshed TPS, yesss please ? I don't have any sarpo seeds (sorry), would you like some new Zealand unidentified purple fleshed TPS ? I got it from a friend living in NZ (Medbury Garden). I wish to grow some coloured mini corn, is blue jade a good one ? I heard it beign rated as a sweet corn but also good for pop corn and it has short plant, sound so good ...help... Well Frank, that was the plan Alan and I discussed. The more international we are the more we all get richer from it You tend to have less room than us and to be more into wild ( in both senses) collecting, we tend to be more on the farming side. Both can complete each other beautifully. Hiven, I'll pm you my addy, but do you want some TPS? If anybody else reads this ( ;D ) I would love to have some Sarpo seeds.
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Post by hiven on Nov 27, 2008 17:13:14 GMT -5
Welcome. I am a newbie myself - these folks have been great and I just know I am going to learn a lot. Also my non gardening friends will be so happy to get me off their backs with my gardening yak yak yaking! So glad you came to continue the great diversity of this place. Thanks you for your welcome Swisscharrd. I know how it felt but here we can hang around and share our gardening passion. I just realized we are gopher
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Post by orflo on Nov 28, 2008 14:51:52 GMT -5
Nevi, you can plant your topsets now, or you can wait until spring... normally they will start growing in april or march if the weather is mild
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Post by hiven on Nov 29, 2008 12:48:49 GMT -5
Thanks, will plant them all (topsets and underground bulbs) .
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Post by crazytomato on Dec 21, 2008 17:40:39 GMT -5
Hi everybody just joined this bunch of green lunitics,i am also from the netherlands.There are folks overhere who knows me from tomatoville were i also be famous as crazytomato.
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Post by canadamike on Dec 21, 2008 19:19:54 GMT -5
welcome crazytomato, glad to see another european here...
Hiven, my TPS are a mix that included reds and purples, so you would have to try gowing a certain number.
I grew Blue Jade but got nothing out of it, so I can't tell. I guess all flints can be considered sweet to a certain extent, not around here ,but the folks in the south eat corn we would not even look at, the further north you go on this continent the sweeter people like their corn...
I have some Pickanniny corn that is real small and has blue kernels once dried, but it is eaten white at milk stage. I have seen more reds at milk stage than any other color. I could spare a few seeds of Pickanniny, but not much, I have to grow it for Heritage Harvest Seeds.
One way t get one to your liking would be to grow some astronomy domine besides a dwarf white, cut the pollen heads of the white and let the kernels dry, then select. We could arange something I am sure...
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Post by johno on Dec 21, 2008 19:23:36 GMT -5
Ever have a dsylexic moment?.. I just did. I read the title of this thread as "Hello from the Neanderthals." lol
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Post by canadamike on Dec 21, 2008 20:21:56 GMT -5
That's just cause you saw Bush on TV minutes before...
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Post by grungy on Dec 21, 2008 22:45:21 GMT -5
Welcome, crazytomato. Sounds like you can fit right into our "not so little" family of gardeners. Cheers, Val (grungy) and Dan (grunt)
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Post by hiven on Dec 30, 2008 7:52:59 GMT -5
Welcome Crazytomaat, I am Tomaat at the Tomatoville . Greetings to Diana! Hi everybody just joined this bunch of green lunitics,i am also from the netherlands.There are folks overhere who knows me from tomatoville were i also be famous as crazytomato.
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Post by hiven on Dec 30, 2008 7:54:07 GMT -5
;D ;D, I like bigfoot better . Ever have a dsylexic moment?.. I just did. I read the title of this thread as "Hello from the Neanderthals." lol
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Post by hiven on Dec 30, 2008 7:58:14 GMT -5
Yes Michel, I would love to try your Pickanniny corn, just small amount will do for me, many thanks . By the way, Netherlands simply means "Low land" and we need (and have) lots of dikes as some of the city in NL is simply lower then the sea level (such as Amsterdam). This global warming will surely drawn us soon or later!
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