Food Gardening

[seamad]

Warm days and cold night to develop the red , if your in a tropical area the red colour won't develop very well

That's what I've read but could be wrong

My cara cara goes nice a dark pink down on the south coast of WA

Are you sure, just that the best red papaya I've had have been from places like Vanuatu, SE Asia ?

 

[Spohaw]

Blood oranges I was talking about

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I will give it a go for one row, not high hopes for Victoria.

 

[seamad]

I will give it a go for one row, not high hopes for Victoria.

It gets hot down there doesn't it ? One row is plenty ( about 2m high), they are prolific and grow whilst you look at them, 4-6 plenty for 4.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Been having a good read about snake beans, full of confidence now, soaked some beans for a couple of days put them into pods this morning.

Took up the masters offer of 5 bags of cow manure for $20 would not recommend. Bunnings cow manure is far better.

 

[Bridges]

A standard marsh grapefruit is absolutely fantastic and yours look great Weal, shame you can't enjoy them. I eat them like an orange just peel them and straight in. One of my favourite ways to start the day.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I must admit I juiced a load the other day day for my wife, got 21/2 liters, couldn't resist 1 small glass and it was delicious.

 

[Bribie G]

When I lived in SEQ I could get dwarf snake beans, they were brilliant. They formed low bushes that would send up a "mast' which ended in a series of flowers that shot out two bean pods
As you carefully picked each brace of beans without damaging the tip of the mast, pairs of beans would keep coming from each set of buds down the mast - massive yields and no need for trellises.

However I haven't been able to get them for years.



Mate of mine from Zimbabwe, when I asked him what the population was:

"Population of Rhodesia? About a hundred and fifty thousand. Oh, and about twelve million kaffirs. "

 

[Brew Forky]

Any one know the secret to Holy Basil? I grow every other Basil without issues, but have only managed a crop of Holy basil once in the last 5 years. What a beautiful tasting herb.

I plant them in trays, they sprout, they look good, I get excited and then they all Cark it. Tried in the ground too on a couple occasions and same story.

Edit: In South Australia

 

[Airgead]

"Population of Rhodesia? About a hundred and fifty thousand. Oh, and about twelve million kaffirs. "

Mate of mine is from Sth Africa... they used to call Zimbabweans "wenwes". Every time you spoke to them you would hear "wenwe lived in Rhodesia..."

Back on topic... seeds leaping out of the ground. Pak choi is looking awesome. Beans are leaping along. Melon seeds have sprouted. The rhubarb is going crazy (not seeds obviously)

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Harvested a pot full of beetroot this morning, boiled prior to pickling, when cutting them up found a lot of them to be woody, believe it to be because of our dry winter we had in Vic.
Checked on the last row of Cauliflower wondered why the had extraordinarily large leaves parted the leaves to check for the flower center had been cut out with a knife, must have been cut out before a flower had formed by SWMBO probably thinking they were cabbage, almost as good as when she pulled out all the salsify and binned them after thinking they were parsnips gone wrong. :unsure:

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Getting the ground ready for the next lot of crops, ready for a couple of rows of tomatoes.
Peas delicious to eat, pain in the arse to pod.
Seven 30 liter pots of spuds, applied first side dressing today.
Kale (dwarf) soon be ready.
Snake beans sprouting.
Made good use of a roller shutter rescued from the tip, Purple King climbing beans support.

 

[Spohaw]

What's growing next to cabbage wide ?
Looks familiar .... Not some sort of spice ? Ginger or something ?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Mmm....Purple King beans...small ones are awsome in salad

 

[wide eyed and legless]

What's growing next to cabbage wide ?
Looks familiar .... Not some sort of spice ? Ginger or something ?

You got that right it is something, and very close to ginger, I have had that Galangal in a pot and it was as pot bound as it could ever get, split it into two clumps and planted, so hopefully will be able to make use of it now.
Love cabbage only, only the two left now though I have planted more seeds, I get a lot of seeds off eBay UK generally the hybrid tomatoes for the green house, but I got some hybrid beetroot which resists going woody, even though the woodiness has only happened once I don't want to go through it again.
Also sent for some King Cobra climbing beans which has been bred from Blue lake, but is more prolific and disease resistant.

 

[Airgead]

I get a lot of seeds off eBay UK

You might want to be a bit careful importing seeds. If quarantine (now part of Border Force) get wind of it you may be in some deep fertilizer...All sorts of agricultural pests and diseases can come in on seeds. Most stuff you can get from local suppliers anyway and save the hassle.

I tend to go heirloom rather than hybrid as I can save the seeds year to year.

Cheers
Dave

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I only get the hybrid toms and cucumber for the green house, I save my Moneymaker and Rouge De Marmande seeds, they are usually D T Brown or Mr Fothergills seeds I get from the UK (same company) and same as we get here but more variety.
What Border Security do is destroy anything they aren't sure of a few of my fishing mates have attempted to bring in European fishing bates and they haven't made it past them unless they have an accompanying letter from the manufacturer stating what they consist of.
Here is a link to D.T Brown seeds highly recommend the St Valery carrots, they only ship to Europe but you can get them from a supplier to ship to Australia.
http://www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk/Vegetable-Seeds-1/Exhibition/#.Vhrrzuyqqkp

 

[Curly79]

Noticed this on our pear trees last night. It's never had this pest before?
Any help would be appreciated? What is it and what should I treat it with? Cheers

 

[LiquidGold]

Can the lumps be scraped off? Kinda looks like scale but I'm not too sure because of the way its deformed the leaves so much. Most of the time I've seen scale it hangs around the central leaf vein and along the stems. Hope someone else can identify it for you.

 

[Curly79]

No they can't. It's pretty much over ever leaf and all the fruit. Shattered! We did a good job with our pruning last winter too. Was looking forward to a decent crop of fruit this season [emoji20]