Other Fruit Vegetables.
#1
Posted 24 January 2012 - 06:31 PM
Can't help myself but started my hands on tomatoes n chillies, capsicum , brinjals.
Some of them bearing some flowers and hopefully fruits.
Not sure if this chilli or capsicum as i forgot to tag the pot. juz have to wait for the fruits.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030726.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030724.jpg
some tomatoes flowering,
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030722.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030723.jpg
of course brinjals.
found new flowers
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030731.jpg
Happy CNY
Some of them bearing some flowers and hopefully fruits.
Not sure if this chilli or capsicum as i forgot to tag the pot. juz have to wait for the fruits.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030726.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030724.jpg
some tomatoes flowering,
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030722.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030723.jpg
of course brinjals.
found new flowers
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/P1030731.jpg
Happy CNY
#18
Posted 15 March 2012 - 12:04 PM
mv3i, on 27 February 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:
Ladyfingers aka okra :wub:/> ....
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/Edibles/2012-02-27144211.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Garden/Edibles/2012-02-27144211.jpg
Hi
I am thinking of going back to grow ladies fingers. Done it many years ago on the ground but the veg were too big and hard....didnt think they could be eaten.
Few days ago saw some potted ones at Goodwood with ladies fingers hanging down the plant but looked big and hard to touch...so how does one pick the ones good for cooking and eating.? If one wait till it grows to a decent size then it may turn hard.
Also could they be grown from seeds of fresh ladies fingers? I am hoping to grow from pots this time.
Bridgehous.
#19
Posted 15 March 2012 - 07:04 PM
bridgehouse, on 15 March 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:
Hi
I am thinking of going back to grow ladies fingers. Done it many years ago on the ground but the veg were too big and hard....didnt think they could be eaten.
Few days ago saw some potted ones at Goodwood with ladies fingers hanging down the plant but looked big and hard to touch...so how does one pick the ones good for cooking and eating.? If one wait till it grows to a decent size then it may turn hard.
Also could they be grown from seeds of fresh ladies fingers? I am hoping to grow from pots this time.
Bridgehous.
I am thinking of going back to grow ladies fingers. Done it many years ago on the ground but the veg were too big and hard....didnt think they could be eaten.
Few days ago saw some potted ones at Goodwood with ladies fingers hanging down the plant but looked big and hard to touch...so how does one pick the ones good for cooking and eating.? If one wait till it grows to a decent size then it may turn hard.
Also could they be grown from seeds of fresh ladies fingers? I am hoping to grow from pots this time.
Bridgehous.
Hi there,
i'm juz sharng my experience here and there are more gurus out there
mine are all grown fm seeds in pots.
example : :hysterical:/> :hysterical:/>
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/legacy7773/Coleus/2011-12-04142019.jpg
We normally pluck the okras juz before it turns hard. Sometimes, pluck before it change to a dark green colour. If i has gone beyond that, you an use the seeds in the okra.
:rolleyes:/>
This post has been edited by mv3i: 15 March 2012 - 07:05 PM
#20
Posted 15 March 2012 - 09:05 PM
bridgehouse, on 15 March 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:
so how does one pick the ones good for cooking and eating.? If one wait till it grows to a decent size then it may turn hard.
Also could they be grown from seeds of fresh ladies fingers?
Also could they be grown from seeds of fresh ladies fingers?
At what length to harvest depends on the variety you are growing. Bend the tip of the okra. If it snaps off easily, the okra is still good for cooking & eating. If the tip is already hard, it's too "old" & very fibrous.
White seeds from fresh okra are not viable. You need to use the black seeds from the okra that has totally dried up & turned brown on the plant.