Re: was weather/ now mystery herb

That looks just like the perilla that grows wild here, and is everywhere. It has to be a different cultivar, though, because the plants here smell awful -- like some kind of nasty petroleum product. I can't find which cultivar online, but I'll around.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa W." <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] was weather/ now mystery herb


I think I found it!  Perilla frutenscens

http://altnature.com/gallery/perilla.htm

Mine is actually much more attractive than this picture, but it
certainly sounds like the same plant.  On of my herb books calls it
"shiso", and in another place "zi su", and does indicate both medicinal
uses (since AD500 in China) and that the leaves are used for cooking.



Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
Did he tell you what to use the herb for? I always like growing different
stuff but with veggies and herbs sometimes you don't know what to do with
it. The tomatillo thing sounds interesting too. And I bet I know what they
do with the produce...they eat some, they preserve some, and they give it
away to nice people like you. My co-workers are not yet sick of zucchini as
I'm being careful not to overload the same people all the time.
I don't plant anything here after about mid-June, even if it lives it won't
do much. Doesn't always stop me from buying stuff but I'll leave them in
pots until September.
106 here yesterday too. And still the clouds. I just can't get over this
weird monsoon weather, it is just going on and on this summer. Yesterday the
clouds were very black off in the distance as I drove home, and I saw
multiple lightning strikes in one particular area - one after another, very
quick. A little worried since that's where I was heading! While I got rained
on as I neared the area it must have been very bad a little earlier. I
stopped at the optometrist's office and the intersection there was literally
under water, cars up to their bumpers and all sorts of debris in the street.
Five miles away at my house it was bone dry.
Forecast is the same for today and the weekend, 110 and clouds.
Well...whattya gonna do.

Cyndi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Theresa W.
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:24 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather

I created my own rain in the backyard- turned on the sprinklers when I got
home from work and just went out into the yard and stood there. 106 today.
(107 tomorrow and Sat). Everything is hot. My nextdoor neighbor gave me a
couple of plants on Wednesday when I stayed home. His gardens all look
great- don't ask me what one older Asian couple and do with all of the
veggies and fruit that man manages to grow on his tiny little yard.
Amazing! Well, I left his house with a zucchini, an asian squash of some
kind, some kind of funky hybrid that is kind of like a tomatillo (but isn't)
that tastes kind of fruity like tangy cherry/mango/tomatillo blend and is
the color orange. Also, 2 pepper plants (one looks like a Thai devil, and
the other he called an Australian bell (the peppers are actually the shape
of bells). Also an Asian herb called "geesu"- and yes that is a phonetic
spelling since neither he, nor I know how to spell it using the English
alphabet. Amazingly they all transplanted
OK- I guess since they already were surviving in pots in this heat.
Stay cool everyone. And for those of you who actually get any rain in
summer, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Theresa

james singer wrote:

Not raining yet, but a 70 percent probability for today--and every day
for a week. We seem to be averaging about 2 inches per day, which must
be soaking in. At least I don't see it puddling up anywhere.

On Jul 20, 2006, at 8:30 AM, Donna wrote:



raining here today.... wish I could share with those who need it, we
all need it, but why buckets worth? Do we really need that light show
to go with? Street infront of work is once again flooded. sigh.


Anyways, as I was driving into work, the sky is really scary....
reminds me of a twister forming. Not established enough here, but
those to the
south- southeast... watch it... stay safe...


Hopefully if it does form, it will touch down in some remote field.

Donna

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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