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Exotic vegetables redux
Total Failures -------------- Bunium bulbocastaneum (pignut) - no germination Vigna sesquipedalis (yard-long bean) - it really DOES need much higher temperatures than we get; it grew slowly indoors, but stopped when planted out. Not Optimistic -------------- Campanula rapunculus (rampion) - it took ages to germinate, and is growing terribly slowly, which doesn't bode well for a crop Chenopodium giganteum (magenta spreen) - much the same, plus very attractive to slugs :-( Basella alba (malabar spinach) - it took ages to get from starting to germinate to showing cotyledons, but I have now got two plants; however, I suspect that it needs more heat than we get (as my wife said "And where's Malabar?") Still Optimistic ---------------- Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacon) - attacked worse by snails and slugs than any other plant I know, but otherwise growing Cherokee Trail of Tears bean - OK, but seems to want a bit more heat than we get Cyclanthera pedata (achocha) - growing well, so far Melothria scabra (mouse melon) - growing fairly well, so far Greek Gigantes bean - growing well, so far; it makes ordinary runners look like joggers :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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