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Post by rowan on Mar 19, 2019 16:33:00 GMT -5
I planted some but they tasted so terrible that I ended up ripping them all out. They are no use to me if I am not going to eat them.
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Post by rowan on Nov 5, 2018 1:54:29 GMT -5
Hi Keen, I haven't been able to get it to fruit since I first got it so I am guessing that it is not self fertile and there was another plant nearby where it was originally growing that I didn't see. It will cope with -3 degree frosts but in winter mine always look ragged as it is a magnet for snails. It is flowering right now and is a day flowerer. I have moved my main plant from my polyhouse to my shadehouse to see if it makes a difference and attracts the right type of pollinator (have also tried hand pollinating it yesterday). Here are a couple of pics of the flower and stems.
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Post by rowan on Oct 10, 2018 2:01:09 GMT -5
Joseph, let us know when registrations are open please
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Post by rowan on Jul 25, 2018 14:16:13 GMT -5
Welcome Woz, Glad to have you here.
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Post by rowan on Jun 20, 2018 16:42:38 GMT -5
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Post by rowan on May 24, 2018 23:43:41 GMT -5
Last year I grew speckled snow peas for the first time. They were the only peas I have ever grown that coped with my main pest - Red Legged Earth Mite. Anyway, I was really impressed. They only have small pods but there was no fibre at all in the pods and they were just as good used as snow peas, snap, and shelling. The seeds are cream covered with brown speckles. The only references I can find to them on the web is for using for sprouting. i.imgur.com/EosHLDS.jpgimgur.com/LLNzp3P
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Post by rowan on May 24, 2018 14:24:57 GMT -5
philagardener : The heat of summer is well before the tubers start developing, and the plants are kept under shadecloth until the weather cools down. The plants don't mind the heat as long as they are shaded. billw : I will always get one or two, but it is only about once in every three years that enough varieties flower at once to think about pollinating them. I just can't seem to figure out the circumstances that make them flower, it is all over the place as far as timing and weather is concerned. Those pics only show a couple but most of them have good size tubers and are good producers at up to a kilo of tubers per plant, and two produce over a kilo. I have three now that are relatively heat tolerant but this was an exceptional year so only one of those survived the higher than normal heat (though I had some plants of the others under shade so I still have them for next year).
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Post by rowan on May 24, 2018 3:00:11 GMT -5
I wanted to wait at least another two weeks to harvest my oca as the plants had not died down yet, but substantial rodent damage meant that I had to harvest them early. I didn't get a lot due to a heat wave in January with record temperatures up to 47 C, but I was surprised that I only lost a couple of varieties. One even survived the heat without any protection (unfortunately it is not a great producer). I learned that fertilising them later than I normally do creates a substantial increase in tuber size so I am happy about that. I usually fertilise them at planting (October) and then if I think they need it at Christmas, but this year I delayed that one till the temperatures started to cool down in late March.
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Post by rowan on May 20, 2018 15:14:09 GMT -5
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Post by rowan on May 20, 2018 14:56:12 GMT -5
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Post by rowan on May 15, 2018 14:26:09 GMT -5
The science on global warming is not in dispute, except by this think tank whos focus is on economics and the cost of implementing change. Much of the stuff they have come out with over the years has proven to be wrong. Even in the very small chance that they are right that global warming will cause less damage than predicted, isn't it better to be safe than sorry and implement change even if it does have some costs involved?
Anyway, the predictions are showing more or less on schedule which already shows that the model of this think tank is possibly wrong. None of their scientists have had peer reviewed studies that show what their thinking is correct - from the links and studies I have read so far. I don't trust these people at all, they get paid by governments for their thoughts with puts in doubt their claim that they are non-political - well perhaps they are non-partisan, they will sell out to any parties or ideologies.
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Post by rowan on May 9, 2018 0:57:37 GMT -5
Since peanut plants grow to around 50 cm across that is how far apart I plant them.
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Post by rowan on Apr 19, 2018 14:15:31 GMT -5
I know you are all sceptical but I am going to continue this thread just to see where it goes for the year. If I am wrong them no harm.
Autumn is continuing to be unusually hot with record breaking temps for this time of year. A few showers but no real autumn break yet.
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Post by rowan on Apr 7, 2018 2:30:49 GMT -5
Pick them young Shmack and you don't have to double peel them. I never have and thought it was a weird fad when someone suggested this.
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Post by rowan on Apr 5, 2018 14:18:09 GMT -5
I have been noticing over the last few years that up in the Northern Hemisphere you tend to follow our weather patterns and I have started this thread to see if this is actually the case or I have been imagining it. I thought I will describe the seasons here and if it corresponds with yours six months later someone would remember to say so. Keeping in mind that I have a mediterranean climate.
Starting off. The Autumn here has been very late. The deciduous trees have changed colour a month later than usual. I have never seen them this late. The nights are cool but the days are still unusually warm for this time. Still no sign of autumn rain apart from the occasional light shower.
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