Wednesday 10 August 2022
Daffodil breeding - first attempt
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I have done a lot of vegetable breeding over the years. I have developed some excellent new varieties of tomatoes, potato, corn, berries, ...
Saturday 6 August 2022
Purple asparagus spears
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I grow a few different varieties of asparagus, most I grew from seed . Asparagus is a perennial vegetable that can produce for decades. By ...
Monday 25 July 2022
Vietnamese coriander flowering
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Vietnamese coriander ( Persicaria odorata ) is an edible perennial herb from south east Asia. I wrote an earlier post with Vietnamese coria...
Tuesday 19 July 2022
Venus Flytrap variety comparisons
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Venus flytrap is a single species ( Dionaea muscipula ) that can not hybridise with anything else other than venus flytraps. All of the ven...
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Wednesday 13 July 2022
Utricularia sandersonii - rabbit ear bladderwort
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Years ago when I first started to grow carnivorous plants I heard about Utricularia, the bladderworts. Bladderworts are a genus of carnivo...
Thursday 7 July 2022
Black Nebula Purple Carrots
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I have never been overly good at growing carrots ( Daucus carota sativus ). For me they always take a long time to produce decent sized roo...
Saturday 2 July 2022
Praying mantis
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I like praying mantis, they are formidable predators killing and eating many pest insects in my vegetable garden. They are also fascinating...
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