RE: hello from Sydney

Hi, David.

Glad to see someone close to home (relatively) on the list. We could do with
a bit of your rain over in Adelaide; we've just had one of the lowest April
rainfalls on record and I've recorded a total of only 68mm (less than 3in)
for the first 4 months of this year.

I've only recently started to grow chillies. I have a couple of plants which
supply most of my needs. The seeds were given to me by a friend a couple of
years ago. I put a few plants at the edge of the veggie patch and just left
them to do their thing. Two survived and for the last two summers I've had
about 20 chillies per plant. At this time of year, they start to go dormant
as the cold nights have arrived, but around spring they seem to pick up
again and by November will be flowering well. I don't know the variety, but
I suspect they might by jalapeno (or something similar).
By the way, you might like to try Eden Seeds at Gympie in Queensland (Phone
1800 188 199); they have at least a dozen different varieties
(open-pollinated). I've ordered two or three interesting ones from Eden to
try next season. Also, our local organic green-grocer has a large variety of
unusual chillies, most of which are open-pollinated, and the seeds from
these could be used; there may be such a source near you.

Regards

David Burton (Adelaide, South Australia)
Email: Burton.David@saugov.sa.gov.au
(Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed are personal and not
those of JIS Services or the South Australian Government).

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Berg [SMTP:dberg@start.com.au]
> Sent:	Monday, 3 May 1999 9:18
> To:	veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject:	hello from Sydney
> 
> Hi Veggie people, I've just joined this list. I'm in Sydney, in an inner
> city suburb called Canterbury. Our summer is over, it was a disaster
> growing wise, we had probably 20 inches of rain in the last 4-5 months so
> everything turned into goo. Weirdly though, the pumpkins didn't get mildew
> this year. The only success was with snake beans and chillis. Snake beans
> are great, 4 plants kept our family of 5 supplied from December to April.
> i didn't have to feed them or anything. I think they'd grow in warmer
> parts of the US, i don't know about England though. The only chillis i
> grew were cayenne this year, I still have a freezer full of last years
> jalapeno, habanero, yugoslav, bullet, thai and serrano. Its hard getting
> interesting seeds for chillies here, our quarantine laws prevent you from
> importing anything. Anyway, hello again, looking forward to communicating
> with you all.
> 
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