VEGE PATCH. What's growing in yours?

[sand surfer]

in the orchard i worked at the owner put up lights ,the same ones at the gabba but not that many
one or two globes here and there , the concept was to have no shadows in the orchard and it works a treat
when i was there he had done the lychee part of the orchard
he had not got to the mangos by the time i left

 

[Goldfreak]

Morello Cherry fruiting well this year. Actually planted it just to serve as a pollinator but very happy with how its fruiting even with out a bird net.

 

[Dave's Office]

The Million Dollar Peach Tree is in full production at the mo, they're big and fat and as juicy as ripe mangoes, our friends have been bringing thier buckets around and filling them up for a fortnight and there's still plenty on the tree.

 

[Dave's Office]

We've got a little lemon tree growing in a wine barrel and I thought I'd send a photo of it in full production, people are blown away that such a small tree can produce so much fruit and it does it every year, I'll also put a photo of our dwarf lemon that's in the ground for comparison, the one in the barrel is called "Lots Of Lemons" clearly for good reason

 

[sand surfer]

what are you feeding that thing dave
looks like you have a full time job squeezing the juice dave

 

[grubstake]

what are you feeding that thing dave
looks like you have a full time job squeezing the juice dave

 

[Dave's Office]

That might be the answer to all those lemons, I do play a fair bit of Led Zeplin from my Spotify Liked Songs

 

[nucopia]

Planted seeds and seedlings a couple of weeks back
pak choi is almost ready

 

[Bush]

Planted seeds and seedlings a couple of weeks back
pak choi is almost ready

Grows pretty much all through the year. I used to sell boxes & boxes of them to an organic food retail shop.
One time i was a little slack and some of the leaves had insect bites in them. My appology & she said that`s OK it shows that no pesticides have been used.

 

[nucopia]

Yep from seed to harvest in about 5 weeks the wife and I love it..

 

[Bush]

A good insect repellent is basil and the lemon basil as a tea is remarkable.
Kale a biennial more of a spinach is great also.

 

[nucopia]

Mature Pak Choi plants and 21 day old Pak Choi & Lettuce seedlings

Eggplant & Silver beat

Lettuce & Tomato

Carrots

Todays harvest after 37days.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

I've been trying to get some Tasmanian 'pink eye' potato seeds into WA but can't because of quarantine restrictions.
I was given some this week through a friend of a friend.
The question is because it's illegal to import them, can i legally grow them??

 

[Mackka]

I think that would be dependent on how you came to be in possession of the said seeds. If “ the friend” brought them onto the mainland and didn’t declare them at entry point or did you get them from a reliable source whom is a certified supplier seed supplier? Cheers Mackka

 

[Bully1]

Mature Pak Choi plants and 21 day old Pak Choi & Lettuce seedlings
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Eggplant & Silver beat
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Lettuce & Tomato
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Carrots
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Todays harvest after 37days.

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The Pak Choy look great. I love that stuff even the stems.
Tossing up putting things in where we are now. I did last two season's and I was watering every day and it drove me mad trying to keep up. North west kind of central Vic. Very dry and open to so much dry heat. It wasn't worth the effort and we could have got the things I grew cheaper at the grocery store.
But I like my chili plants so am putting a couple in big pots in semi shade. They just can't handle full sun where we are.
One very good trick I learnt. We grew them yr after yr and kept getting damn aphids all over them. Even the tomato plants. Tried this spray and that spray but I hate using strong chemicals. And even though I used them it didn't fully eradicate them and they kept multiplying soon after.
Then "bingo". Told about using iso alcohol mixed 70/30. 70 iso, 30 distilled water. Put it in a $5 trigger spray from mitre 10 and saturate them. It doesn't affect the plant. What happens is, the iso on the body of the aphids as it dries out super quick as iso does, sucks out the moisture from the aphids body and kills them instantly. Its amazing. It beat every spray I tried from oil ones and everything. You can get a 5 litre iso from mitre 10 for about $65 distilled water from coles for a couple of bucks a litre.
Basically you can make an aphid destroyer spray for a fraction of the cost of the commercial spray cans. Apply in the evening or whenever the sun is not on the plants, any plants, and its dried within no time. All that may stay for a bit longer is the distilled water.
Its amazing. Chemical free. And hey the same mix is the same as iso hand sanitiser without the fragrance. Kills everything even covid on your hands. I carry a small bottle in my detector bag for cuts and disinfecting my hands when I have my lunch out bush.

 

[Mackka]

That’s great Bully. During Covid, i made up a handwash using IPA and used it everyday when necessary and i had no idea it could be used on plants. Terrific. Cheers.

 

[sand surfer]

I've been trying to get some Tasmanian 'pink eye' potato seeds into WA but can't because of quarantine restrictions.
I was given some this week through a friend of a friend.
The question is because it's illegal to import them, can i legally grow them??

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i would say no evie/bee ,quarantine restrictions are there for a very important reason

to stop pest and the most important reason soil born disease's from being transported from state to state farm to farm
potato seeds can and will carry soil born diseases

they maybe alright to grow them in the state your friend of a friend lives in, but not your state as there may be a soil born disease that variety of spud can carry is not in your state

it only takes one small particle of soil transported from your garden to the shopping centre then transported from the shopping centre to the farm then they say wth where did that disease come from

that is why farms today are very strict with bio security

for argument sake lets say you work on a local ginger farm here ,all outer clothing is left at the gate ,shoes sox ,pants shirt ,then you step onto the property and you have to dress again in washed clothes that are placed there for you each morning
as there is soil born diseases on other farms in the district here that would totally devastate the ginger farm

a banana farm at bucca that closed down a year or so ago ,we where permitted to drive the cane locos through the farm as we did not leave the tracks ( well most times we stayed on the tracks )
but all railway maintenance crews had a wash bay the had to go through and totally clean the exterior and interior of the truck and also all footwear before entering the farm so there was no way of contaminated soil entering the farm that would destroy the banana plants ie soil born disease
so for the sake of a few spuds i would give them back