Congratulations Richard. Do keep us in touch with how it gets on. I am currently growing one or two of the Taro that you mentioned above. I am...
[IMG] Beat that - this is the Musa '1000 fingers' cultivar. The fruit continues growing until it reaches the ground. The fingers are small but...
Excellent LongK. I have never had B. sanguinea flower at this time of the year before - it must depend very much on how it was overwintered. I...
What are you growing - and are you overwintering anything? By contrast - we are much warmer than usual this year.
I temporily moved a lot of the plants out of my garden room today, where they are very cramped (but warm). This allowed me to get at them and...
I am afraid to say Kristen that I think you are being too optimistic. I have grown loads of Allium christophii from seed and they haven't flowered...
Taro (or Colocasia esculenta) is said to be the oldest known cultivated crop. Wikipedia quotes it as being cultivated in India earlier than 5000...
Lovely Victoria - I can just feel the warmth from those pictures. - bring on global warming. :SUNsmile:
Good idea John. You could probably use a copper compount as an alternative. There seem to be two main varieties - small and somewhat egg shaped,...
Interesting Kristen. I can't work out exactly how bananas cope with winter. The method of cutting off all leaves and roots and thoroughly drying...
That looks pretty exotic to me LongK. Its not one I know. I was looking at my Arisaema speciosum today, which has the same long "mouse tail". I am...
I grew Mina lobata from seed last year and was not overwhelmed. However it started life in the very cold period - so more heat might make a big...
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