Posted by David Hare-Scott on July 27, 2010, 11:05 pm
Dan wrote:
>>> I put in some asparagus peas for the first time. Some thing came up,
>>> but it looks like no peas I've ever seen - looks more like pigweed.
>>
>> I have never tried them.
>>
>> I
>>> also tried Baby Bear pumpkins. There were four seeds in the packet.
>>> So far none of them have come up.
>>
>> Where are you? What is the temperature like at the moment? It may
>> be too cold for them to germinate. Pumpkins are a warm season crop,
>> you would normally not put them in the ground until after the last
>> frost and the ground has warmed up.
>>
>> I think I'll stick to buying Yates
>>> - at least you get enough seeds to have another try.
>>> Lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beetroot, beans, snowpeas all doing
>>> well. Cheers,
>>> Dan.
Try Diggers Club and Eden Seeds for internet mail order. You will get a
much wider range than Yates.
>>
>> You aren't in Tasmania then.
>>
>> David
> Hi David,
> I'm in Atherton, on Atherton Tablelands, west of Cairns in far North
> Queensland. Winter is our main vegy growing season. Summer the bugs
> eat everything unless you use poisons which I try to avoid.
> Cheers,
> Dan
Have you tried net cages to keep out the bugs?
David
Posted by Lionel on July 28, 2010, 4:17 am
On 28/07/10 13:05, David Hare-Scott wrote:
> Dan wrote:
>>>> I put in some asparagus peas for the first time. Some thing came up,
>>>> but it looks like no peas I've ever seen - looks more like pigweed.
>>>
>>> I have never tried them.
>>>
>>> I
>>>> also tried Baby Bear pumpkins. There were four seeds in the packet.
>>>> So far none of them have come up.
>>>
>>> Where are you? What is the temperature like at the moment? It may
>>> be too cold for them to germinate. Pumpkins are a warm season crop,
>>> you would normally not put them in the ground until after the last
>>> frost and the ground has warmed up.
>>>
>>> I think I'll stick to buying Yates
>>>> - at least you get enough seeds to have another try.
>>>> Lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beetroot, beans, snowpeas all doing
>>>> well. Cheers,
>>>> Dan.
> Try Diggers Club and Eden Seeds for internet mail order. You will get a
> much wider range than Yates.
Or www.greenharvest.com.au
Most of these are heirloom seeds too.
would be worth saving your own seed, picking out the ones that are more
bug resistant.
Posted by Dan on August 2, 2010, 7:19 am
> On 28/07/10 13:05, David Hare-Scott wrote:
>> Dan wrote:
>>>>> I put in some asparagus peas for the first time. Some thing came up,
>>>>> but it looks like no peas I've ever seen - looks more like pigweed.
>>>>
>>>> I have never tried them.
>>>>
>>>> I
>>>>> also tried Baby Bear pumpkins. There were four seeds in the packet.
>>>>> So far none of them have come up.
>>>>
>>>> Where are you? What is the temperature like at the moment? It may
>>>> be too cold for them to germinate. Pumpkins are a warm season crop,
>>>> you would normally not put them in the ground until after the last
>>>> frost and the ground has warmed up.
>>>>
>>>> I think I'll stick to buying Yates
>>>>> - at least you get enough seeds to have another try.
>>>>> Lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beetroot, beans, snowpeas all doing
>>>>> well. Cheers,
>>>>> Dan.
>>
>> Try Diggers Club and Eden Seeds for internet mail order. You will get a
>> much wider range than Yates.
> Or www.greenharvest.com.au
> Most of these are heirloom seeds too.
> would be worth saving your own seed, picking out the ones that are more
> bug resistant.
Hi all,
My Baby Bears have come up. all four of them. They were just a bit slower
than other pumpkins. But then you would expect bears to be slow in winter
wouldn't you.
Cheers,
Dan
Posted by FarmI on August 22, 2010, 2:22 am
> I'm going to plant some broad bean seeds today.
Well I did plant my Broad Bean seeds and today I've come back to check what
date I said I'd planted them. Today, I see little broad bean noses just
peeping out of the soil- so it took nearly 4 weeks for them to decide to
come up.
Hip-hip-hooray! spring is almost here.
Planted some peas today using the CuppaTea Cundall method..
Posted by John Morrison on August 23, 2010, 5:26 am
wrote:
>> I'm going to plant some broad bean seeds today.
>Well I did plant my Broad Bean seeds and today I've come back to check what
>date I said I'd planted them. Today, I see little broad bean noses just
>peeping out of the soil- so it took nearly 4 weeks for them to decide to
>come up.
I'm glad your Broad Beans have decided in your favour. :-)
I planted an Eureka lemon tree in a large concrete tub possibly 24
Months ago under a fibreglass veranda in my drive way.
(Bay side Melbourne, Victoria.)
The Eureka lemon tree is getting the sun from mid morning and continues
to receive the sun until sunset. I'm training it mainly as an Espalier
on a trellis with a maximum 3 metre height. During the current Winter it
first started producing Lemons which I'm now harvesting.
I considered a Lisbon lemon tree but decided on the "Eureka" as I had
enormous success with a Eureka that I had planted at a previous
Melbourne address.
(So much so that the new owners of my previous address, bulldozed my old
house, a garden shed and a couple of chook sheds, but left the Eureka
lemon tree standing proudly)
>Hip-hip-hooray! spring is almost here.
My Airedale Terrier would probably agree with your 'spring is almost
here' comment while wishing her master would also agree. Based on
weather reports I took a marrow bone out of the freezer last Wednesday
and placed it in the fridge to thaw as a reward anticipating a bit of a
snip of an Airedale Terrier on Sunday.
Making sure my post is still on topic, :-)
The woolen coat of my Airedale had a small tidy up on Sunday and wool
was sucked up by my vacuum cleaner and emptied into my worm farms.
My electric clippers will be produced in November which will attract
huge smiles from the inhabitants of my worm farms. :-)
--
John
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>>> but it looks like no peas I've ever seen - looks more like pigweed.
>>
>> I have never tried them.
>>
>> I
>>> also tried Baby Bear pumpkins. There were four seeds in the packet.
>>> So far none of them have come up.
>>
>> Where are you? What is the temperature like at the moment? It may
>> be too cold for them to germinate. Pumpkins are a warm season crop,
>> you would normally not put them in the ground until after the last
>> frost and the ground has warmed up.
>>
>> I think I'll stick to buying Yates
>>> - at least you get enough seeds to have another try.
>>> Lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beetroot, beans, snowpeas all doing
>>> well. Cheers,
>>> Dan.