Re: Corn flowering
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- Subject: Re: Corn flowering
- From: M* L*
- Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:50:54 -0600
- Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:49:57 -0700
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At 12:29 PM 4/1/01 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi Margaret and Arzeena, I am in Singapore where its summer all year. I
>was referring to the tassles when I said "Flowering". Leaving one for seed
>sounds fine to me. I didnt expect much of a harvest cos I'm short on space
>and am actually keener on other stuff like beans, tomatoes , peppers, okra
>and eggplant- all of which I'm growing with lots of other veg too.We are a
>small family and just want some homegrown veg to supplement what we buy.
>Besides we have all year and I can start more corn soon, even before I
>harvest this lot.I do the same with other plants, start them at different
>stages for a continual supply. Right now we are eating fresh bittermelon,
>tomatoes, basella, wild eggplant and kangkong. We hope to eat beans,
>peppers and okra soon. Last year we had lots of pumpkin and okra- both of
>which I've started again. The okra is producing buds.
What is kangkong? How do you use bittermelon? Do you grow any leafy
greens? What kind? Margaret L
