Planting star anise seeds
I thought I was buying star anise blossoms and I got the seeds instead.
$6.60 for 6 seeds all the way from Greece. Can one grow these indoors? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
Planting star anise seeds
"theChas." wrote in message .. . I thought I was buying star anise blossoms and I got the seeds instead. $6.60 for 6 seeds all the way from Greece. Can one grow these indoors? I have never grown it so I am not speaking from experience. It comes from south east asia and likes warm and humid conditions and bright light. So I am thinking not much chance as indoors would be too cool, dry and dark, unless you live in a sweat bath and shoot your own movies :-) David |
Planting star anise seeds
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.. . . .It was minus 20 F three nights ago. ********* * "David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... "theChas." wrote in message .. . I thought I was buying star anise blossoms and I got the seeds instead. $6.60 for 6 seeds all the way from Greece. Can one grow these indoors? I have never grown it so I am not speaking from experience. It comes from south east asia and likes warm and humid conditions and bright light. So I am thinking not much chance as indoors would be too cool, dry and dark, unless you live in a sweat bath and shoot your own movies :-) David -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
Planting star anise seeds
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:02:06 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote: "theChas." wrote in message . .. I thought I was buying star anise blossoms and I got the seeds instead. $6.60 for 6 seeds all the way from Greece. Can one grow these indoors? I have never grown it so I am not speaking from experience. It comes from south east asia and likes warm and humid conditions and bright light. So I am thinking not much chance as indoors would be too cool, dry and dark, unless you live in a sweat bath and shoot your own movies :-) David I easily grow ginger, galangal, turmeric, etc, by summering them in a shaded area outdoors and putting them in a southern exposure in the kitchen in the winter. Never tried star anise, but now I must... Boron |
Planting star anise seeds
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:16:09 -0500, Boron Elgar
wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:02:06 +1100, "David Hare-Scott" wrote: "theChas." wrote in message ... I thought I was buying star anise blossoms and I got the seeds instead. $6.60 for 6 seeds all the way from Greece. Can one grow these indoors? I have never grown it so I am not speaking from experience. It comes from south east asia and likes warm and humid conditions and bright light. So I am thinking not much chance as indoors would be too cool, dry and dark, unless you live in a sweat bath and shoot your own movies :-) David I easily grow ginger, galangal, turmeric, etc, by summering them in a shaded area outdoors and putting them in a southern exposure in the kitchen in the winter. Never tried star anise, but now I must... Boron Ahh...I see it is from China, although now grown elsewhere (cultivated, not wild) an evergreen, and distantly related to magnolia. http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Illi_ver.html Boron |
Planting star anise seeds
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I see on the packet its latin name is, 'illicium vernum'. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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