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Friday, 8 June 2018

Veggies for Autumn/Winter ; and how other plants are doing

I have just planted:
- Timor lettuce (into straw bales - from seeds sown into punnets about 3 weeks ago)
- Fennel (into the ground - from seeds sown into punnets about 3 weeks ago)
- Daikon (direct into ground)
- Beetroot (direct into ground)
- Garlic (direct into ground)
- Fresh load of broad bean seeds (from Bunnings, direct into ground)
- amaranth (seedlings that were sowed into a punnet about 3 weeks ago)
- some bee-attracting flowers (into straw bales and ground, from seed planted into punnets)

2-3 weeks ago (early May), I planted:
- garlic (direct into wine barrel) - these are doing well already
- daikon (direct into straw bales) - seem to be doing well, although leaves exhibiting some deficiencies
- beetroot (direct into straw bales) - taking awhile to get going
- burdock (direct into straw bales) - poor germination rate, 3 are growing slowly
- broad beans direct into ground (very poor germination rate)
- snow peas (direct into ground - OK; straw bales - NOK)
- shallots (direct into straw bales) - doing well
- bush beans (killed off by the cool temperatures, only one surviving is in a hot-house)

4-5 weeks ago
- bok-choy direct in raised bed - doing well


Other Plants

- Choko harvested and put into shaded area inside. They are all sprouting well. Put one in the sun (as this was advised from one site on the internet) but this is doing very poorly and getting sun burnt, so I recommend the shade. Have now potted up some of these, and put some others in the ground and we'll see which ones survive the winter
- Albizzia seedlings in pots - going yellow and losing leaves; not clear if they will survive the winter
- Tipuana tipu seedlings in pots - going yellow and losing leaves; not clear if they will survive the winter

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