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  1. rosa

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    will have to get a bag of monkey nuts wonder iff one would grow ok on my balcony :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
     
  2. Sunshine P

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    you will not need to buy any cos i will send you some from me plant looking forward to watching the monkey trying to find his nuts :eek: :D :eek:
     
  3. rosa

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    mind everything else edible on my balcony has been a disaster, but then again could put it on my kitchen sill
     
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    is this what he planted and did he leave the nuts in :D :D
     
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    does he not think it would be better to plant a load of these things :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
     
  6. Sunshine P

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    just asked him rosa, yet it is and yes he left the nuts in, ooh hope get some off them on my plant, then i wont be the only nut in the house [​IMG] :eek: :D
     
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    then he could make a load of these

    peanut butter
     
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    then you could feed a load of these with them :D :D
     
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    sunrise look what i found on the balcony from a bird feeder i had ages ago, going to plant a couple and see what happens
     
  11. Sunshine P

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    well if you do i will not have to give you a bag of my nuts you will have plenty of nuts your own :eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D
     
  12. rosa

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    correct just came across them in a corner
     
  13. Sunshine P

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    plant them hun and see what happens but dont forget, forget about them like i did and see what happens got a lovely plant dry roasted as you and BM said but watered it and seems to be okay for now god help it :eek: :eek: :D :D
     
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    Hope you all realise that they are not nuts but are actually legumes? They are related to peas and beans. Also the plant buries the seeds foritself. When the flower is fertilised and the embryo nut is formed, it bends over and is pushed into the soil alongside the plant!
     
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    Yep and that is why the alternate name is "ground nuts"
     
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