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Quinoa was links to good photos?
BTW can you tell me a bit more about the quinoa you grew? What conditions does it like, how does one harvest it and prepare it to eat etc and anything else you can think of. I got a small amount of seed from Plants For a Future which I planted, of this only 3 plants made it maturity (problem is it closely resembles Fat Hen, to which it is related, and which is endemic on my plot as a weed). I saved most of this as seed, and the following year thickly broadcast it in my garden, and had a really high germination rate, it was everywhere and needed loads of thinning out... Even some soak water that I'd poured onto the ground germinated. anyway, i harvested the heads again, used most of it but kept some seed, however ever since have had very poor germination, maybe it was a freak year that it did well?? I must admit that I havn't tried it the last couple of years, tho small scale grain growing is something I'd like to try again... PS: send rain urgently, creek has dried to a few permanent water holes and "they" are now saying this is the worst drought since 1902. Any bushfires this year will be truly disasterous (AND I live in an area which is supposedly not officially in drought). Well your welcome to some of ours at the moment... high winds blew my shed down last weekend and I havn't had a chance to sort it out yet. Unfortunately it's now dark by the time I usually leave work, so I explained to my boss that I had a 'domestic crisis' I had to deal with and he let me leave work early to sort it out the other day (I think he found it quite funny that I considered a shed on it's side a 'domestic crisis...'), but it was absolutely chucking it down so all i could do was salvage a few tools and stash them temporarily in my compost bin... Today I was hoping to get down the allotment but again it's hacking down outside.... And I've got loads of potatoes that need to come out.... Arrggghhh!!!! Cheers for now Graham |
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I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from your PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have tried to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and pay for import into oz. Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is drying up the small amount of rain we have had this year. I read that in 'El Nino' periods winds are stronger. Graham , losing your shed is a problem with winter not too far away, I hope its righted now. Cheers Wes BTW can you tell me a bit more about the quinoa you grew? What conditions does it like, how does one harvest it and prepare it to eat etc and anything else you can think of. I got a small amount of seed from Plants For a Future which I planted, of this only 3 plants made it maturity (problem is it closely resembles Fat Hen, to which it is related, and which is endemic on my plot as a weed). I saved most of this as seed, and the following year thickly broadcast it in my garden, and had a really high germination rate, it was everywhere and needed loads of thinning out... Even some soak water that I'd poured onto the ground germinated. anyway, i harvested the heads again, used most of it but kept some seed, however ever since have had very poor germination, maybe it was a freak year that it did well?? I must admit that I havn't tried it the last couple of years, tho small scale grain growing is something I'd like to try again... PS: send rain urgently, creek has dried to a few permanent water holes and "they" are now saying this is the worst drought since 1902. Any bushfires this year will be truly disasterous (AND I live in an area which is supposedly not officially in drought). Well your welcome to some of ours at the moment... high winds blew my shed down last weekend and I havn't had a chance to sort it out yet. Unfortunately it's now dark by the time I usually leave work, so I explained to my boss that I had a 'domestic crisis' I had to deal with and he let me leave work early to sort it out the other day (I think he found it quite funny that I considered a shed on it's side a 'domestic crisis...'), but it was absolutely chucking it down so all i could do was salvage a few tools and stash them temporarily in my compost bin... Today I was hoping to get down the allotment but again it's hacking down outside.... And I've got loads of potatoes that need to come out.... Arrggghhh!!!! Cheers for now Graham |
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from "Graham Burnett" contains these words: There's also this from Plants For A Future's database... http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/...opodium+quinoa Chenopodium quinoa (snip) The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline and saline soils.It requires moist soil.... Well which does it "prefer"....light or heavy; sandy or clay; acid or neutral or alkaline? Does it require well drained, or moist soil? Can the Leeds author distinguish an arse from an elbow, one wonders? :-) Janet. |
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Graham Burnett" contains these words: There's also this from Plants For A Future's database... http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/...opodium+quinoa Chenopodium quinoa (snip) The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline and saline soils.It requires moist soil.... Well which does it "prefer"....light or heavy; sandy or clay; acid or neutral or alkaline? Does it require well drained, or moist soil? Can the Leeds author distinguish an arse from an elbow, one wonders? :-) Blimey you mean somebody actually READS that stuff I copy and paste!! Well done! The 'Leeds author' was probably Ken Fern, however I think I might just pass your comment back to the PFAF yahoo list and see if they can spin doctor their way out of that colemanballism.... Cheers Graham |
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Blimey you mean somebody actually READS that stuff I copy and paste!! Well done! The 'Leeds author' was probably Ken Fern, however I think I might just pass your comment back to the PFAF yahoo list and see if they can spin doctor their way out of that colemanballism.... Cheers Graham In fact I might even send it to Lord Gnome Himself and see if I can win a fiver... |
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"Graham Burnett" wrote in message
I got a small amount of seed from Plants For a Future which I planted, of this only 3 plants made it maturity (problem is it closely resembles Fat Hen, to which it is related, and which is endemic on my plot as a weed). I don't know this "fat hen" stuff (we probably have it here but probably use a different name for it - will do a search later to see if I can figure out what it is). I saved most of this as seed, and the following year thickly broadcast it in my garden, and had a really high germination rate, it was everywhere and needed loads of thinning out... Even some soak water that I'd poured onto the ground germinated. anyway, i harvested the heads again, used most of it but kept some seed, however ever since have had very poor germination, maybe it was a freak year that it did well?? That is quite an amazingly differing rate! I must admit that I havn't tried it the last couple of years, tho small scale grain growing is something I'd like to try again... I picked up a 2nd hand book at our last library booksale day about growing wheat: I've never gotten around to trying to grow wheat but I can understand why you are interested. Were you put off trying to grow the quinoa again because of the results of the germination tribulations or because the product isn't worth the effort? I guess with such a touchy germination/production rate it is much easier to give the space and effort to something where you know htat the results will be more rewarding. PS: send rain urgently, Well your welcome to some of ours at the moment... We'll have some please! high winds blew my shed down last weekend and I havn't had a chance to sort it out yet. Unfortunately it's now dark by the time I usually leave work, so I explained to my boss that I had a 'domestic crisis' I had to deal with and he let me leave work early to sort it out the other day (I think he found it quite funny that I considered a shed on it's side a 'domestic crisis...'), Bummer - still, it's better than your dunny lying on its side. but it was absolutely chucking it down so all i could do was salvage a few tools and stash them temporarily in my compost bin... Today I was hoping to get down the allotment but again it's hacking down outside.... And I've got loads of potatoes that need to come out.... Arrggghhh!!!! Well if you send us some rain you should have enough of a break to get those pratties under cover ) |
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message The
message from "Graham Burnett" contains these words: There's also this from Plants For A Future's database... http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/...opodium+quinoa Chenopodium quinoa (snip) The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline and saline soils.It requires moist soil.... Well which does it "prefer"....light or heavy; sandy or clay; acid or neutral or alkaline? Does it require well drained, or moist soil? Can the Leeds author distinguish an arse from an elbow, one wonders? Thanks for the cite Graham, but must admit I also did a double take at the preferences. :-)) Surely it would have been much easier to say that it tolerated all soils. |
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"Wesley Trotman" wrote in message
I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from your PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have tried to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and pay for import into oz. Have you ever eaten it Wes? Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is drying up the small amount of rain we have had this year. Same here in the East Wes. The local news reported that the evaporation rates are twice the previous record level ie 15mm/week!!!!! We have only had 19.5 mm rain for the whole of October and that is VERY low for this time of year. |
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from "Graham Burnett" contains these words: Blimey you mean somebody actually READS that stuff I copy and paste!! Well yes, Graham, and while I'm doing so,I analyse it...rare and scarey,hm? The 'Leeds author' was probably Ken Fern, however I think I might just pass your comment back to the PFAF yahoo list and see if they can spin doctor their way out of that colemanballism.... Cheers Graham In fact I might even send it to Lord Gnome Himself and see if I can win a fiver... Don't forget to forward it to me, then :-) Janet |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
In fact I might even send it to Lord Gnome Himself and see if I can win a fiver... Don't forget to forward it to me, then :-) I probabably won't actually (seemed a good idea on Saturday night after a few bottles of winter warmer beer), but if I do and it wins I'll send you two pounds fifty :-) I did however forward your reply (minus your addy) to PFAF and I await their response... Cheers Graham |
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Quinoa was links to good photos?
WE bought some quinoa from a health food shop. I havent tried to sprout it ,
perhaps thats worth a try but it was dehusked, whtaever difference that makes. Fat hen grows here like weed, did some one detremine whether that is the same palnt or perhaps related? The fat hen bends to the ground with its seed load near the time of dropping it. We have had 30mm of rain for October which is Ok as our average is 35mm /. But other months have been consistantly down. Lucky for us we have caught some showers so there will be some crops and hay around here . I cant say the same for areas 100km away were most stock has been sold and machinery has stayed in the sheds. It seems the message of Oz's declining fertility may have gotten through to our government but I listened to some economists being interiewed. Their solution was to do nothing as the economy will respond and the problems of land degradation and climate change will be fixed. Oz has seroius problems of loss of fertility and salinity and we are approaching crunch time. Wes. For others not intune in Oz, The Fran Higham wrote in message ... "Wesley Trotman" wrote in message I had thought that quinoa grew in cold climates(needed), but I see from your PFAF info that its is primarily a temperate/equatorial plant. I have tried to obtain some seeds in Oz but no luck. Tara gave me a contact in NZ but they did not respond to a letter. probably its too difficult to pack and pay for import into oz. Have you ever eaten it Wes? Winds: In South Oz we have been having a lot of strong winds which is drying up the small amount of rain we have had this year. Same here in the East Wes. The local news reported that the evaporation rates are twice the previous record level ie 15mm/week!!!!! We have only had 19.5 mm rain for the whole of October and that is VERY low for this time of year. |
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