I like nasturtiums.
Nasturtiums like "poor soil".

Last year I grew some in a window box with other annuals that like the odd
feed and I ended up with buckets of nasturtium foliage. (At least the
compost heap appreciated it)

So I am going to grow them by themselves this year and have planted some in
a tub of last year's compost.

Will this work d'you think?

SueW.


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Sue wrote:

I like nasturtiums.


I love them too Sue, but unfortunately so do the blasted black fly.
Mine looked beautiful growing up the trellis by the back door last
summer until they became invaded by black fly and as if that wasn't bad
enough then the caterpillars started to eat them!

As a result I am growing morning glory instead as I seem to have more
success with that! :-)

Gail

I once had some self-sown nasturtiums, that came up amongst my french
marigolds, and the nasturtiums did not get any black fly all season! Do have
another go, and try growing them right next to french marigolds.
John
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"tom&barbara" wrote:

Sue wrote:

I like nasturtiums.


I love them too Sue, but unfortunately so do the blasted black fly.
Mine looked beautiful growing up the trellis by the back door last
summer until they became invaded by black fly and as if that wasn't bad
enough then the caterpillars started to eat them!

As a result I am growing morning glory instead as I seem to have more
success with that! :-)

Gail

tom&barbara wrote:
Sue wrote:

I like nasturtiums.


I love them too Sue, but unfortunately so do the blasted black fly.
Mine looked beautiful growing up the trellis by the back door last
summer until they became invaded by black fly and as if that wasn't bad
enough then the caterpillars started to eat them!

I think the caterpillars are usually cabbage whites and they are
actually quite prety (even the ceterpillars themselves). When I last
grew them and got caterpillars, me and the kids had some fun collecting
the chrysalissesses and "hatching" them out. The black fly can be
overwhelming at first but may calm down if enough hoverflies and things
can get at them. They are tough ole plants and usually manage to look
after themselves after a while.

Morning glories are a different story though; the blue ones are
fabulous but we do not get enough sun here to do them easily. Good
luck with them.

Des in Dublin



As a result I am growing morning glory instead as I seem to have more
success with that! :-)

Gail

Yes I agree. Mine have lots og black fly on them but the plants are still going guns.

I bought some berries here in Bristol - with
"murallas" written on the box.

They look like red and yellow blueberries -
but inside the seeds are like little rocks -
more like a guava than a blueberry.

Photos:

http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_1.jpg
http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_2.jpg

They taste great - but again: not much like
the blueberries they rather resemble.

I searched for murallas without much success.

Can any kind soul help me to ID these berries?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Following up to Tim Tyler :

I bought some berries here in Bristol - with
"murallas" written on the box.

They look like red and yellow blueberries -
but inside the seeds are like little rocks -
more like a guava than a blueberry.

Photos:

http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_1.jpg
http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_2.jpg

They taste great - but again: not much like
the blueberries they rather resemble.

I searched for murallas without much success.

Can any kind soul help me to ID these berries?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Could it be a sort of medlar? (Mespilus germanica)
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Tim C.

In message , Tim Tyler
writes
I bought some berries here in Bristol - with
"murallas" written on the box.

They look like red and yellow blueberries -
but inside the seeds are like little rocks -
more like a guava than a blueberry.

Photos:

http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_1.jpg
http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_2.jpg

They taste great - but again: not much like
the blueberries they rather resemble.

I searched for murallas without much success.

Can any kind soul help me to ID these berries?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

My first thought (before looking at the pictures) was a bad
transcription of Morello (as in Cherry), but clearly that's not what
they are.

They look as if they might be a pome of some description (elsethread
medlar has been mentioned). You can presumably check whether they are
pomes by cutting them open.

A little while back there was a thread here about some exotic fruits
which turned out to be a Chinese variety of Crataegus (not either of the
British species, I think, but, IIRC, C. pinnatifida). You could see if
that thread gives any inspiration.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:55:33 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote:

I bought some berries here in Bristol - with
"murallas" written on the box.

They look like red and yellow blueberries -
but inside the seeds are like little rocks -
more like a guava than a blueberry.

They certainly sound and look like something in the rosaceae family.
Rose hips and hawthorn berried have hard seeds inside.
Where I used to work was a tree which had little red berries similar
to these.
Question; what are you going to do with them?

Pam in Bristol

"Tim Tyler" wrote in message
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I bought some berries here in Bristol - with
"murallas" written on the box.

They look like red and yellow blueberries -
but inside the seeds are like little rocks -
more like a guava than a blueberry.

Photos: http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_1.jpg
http://timtyler.org/temp/murallas_2.jpg

They taste great - but again: not much like
the blueberries they rather resemble.
I searched for murallas without much success.
Can any kind soul help me to ID these berries?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

I think I've seen these in my local supermarket............Mangosteen ??

http://www.consciousliving.net.au/products.htm?171

http://www.gotouring.com/razzledazzl...ruitindex.html
http://www.gotouring.com/razzledazzl...angosteen.html
Jenny

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:55:33 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote:

I bought some berries here in Bristol - with
"murallas" written on the box.

They look like red and yellow blueberries -
but inside the seeds are like little rocks -

I think I know what they are! Saw some very similar this afternoon,
and even tasted one!
Amelanchier. Can anyone confirm?
Same range of colour and same form.
The owner said they are also known as June-Berry.


Pam in Bristol

In article ,
"Sue" writes:
| I like nasturtiums.
| Nasturtiums like "poor soil".
|
| Last year I grew some in a window box with other annuals that like the odd
| feed and I ended up with buckets of nasturtium foliage. (At least the
| compost heap appreciated it)

They are good in salads. I can relate to your experience - mine do that
in wet years.

| So I am going to grow them by themselves this year and have planted some in
| a tub of last year's compost.
|
| Will this work d'you think?

Probably. A tub of sand with enough compost in the centre to get them
started might also do. Or it might be TOO dry.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Jenny (the Netherlands)
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"Sue" wrote in message
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I like nasturtiums.
Nasturtiums like "poor soil".

Last year I grew some in a window box with other annuals that like the odd
feed and I ended up with buckets of nasturtium foliage. (At least the
compost heap appreciated it)

So I am going to grow them by themselves this year and have planted some
in a tub of last year's compost.

Will this work d'you think?
SueW.

Should be fine. Maybe you could mix some sand in with the soil to make it
'poorer'
Jenny