Re: Corn flowering

Margaret,

Kankong is also known as water spinach. When I lived in Thailand, it was my
absolute favourite vegetable (pak boong). It requires quite a lot of
moisture to grow but very yummy.

I'm not a big fan of bitter melon. It's usually prepared with pork & used in
soups.

Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret Lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Corn flowering


> 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
>
>
>
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