Okra - Page 2

 




    I leave the native purslane AKA "rose moss/moss rose" that
volunteers in my raised beds. It thrive only in those spots where
sunlight penetrates and any of _that_ is too much so the purslane is a
living mulch which also retrieves nutrients that might otherwise be
lost. Have tomato volunteers in kitchen compost but nothing will come of
them; except compost, of course!

 

balvenieman@invalid.net wrote:

The purslane I have doesn't seem to bloom, although obviously it
does because it gets seedy.  I see flower buds and seed pods but no
blooms, so they must be tiny and yellow-green.  I pull some of the
purslane if it gets in the way, but mostly i leave it.  I eat some
of it because it's supposed to be really healthful, and it doesn't
taste objectionable -- but it's not very good.

I transplanted one of the volunteer tomatoes (probably a "Porter"
variety) and gave it a drink of liquid fertilizer and put a cage
around it.  The others, I'll delay pulling them up in case on of my
"real" tomato plants dies, so I'll have a spare.  It will probably
catch up with the ones I set out last week. (Stupice and Roma.  The
Better Boys were set out 2 1/2 weeks ago during a hot spell and are
growing pretty good.)

Bob

 

says...



The wild purslane around here has bright yellow flowers that are so tiny
you don't see them unless you are looking right at them. Magnification
helps.