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Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Mon May 30, 05 11:22 am Post subject: Unusual edibles nursery
just came across this one, among more unusual perennials/trees they have a range of heirloom toms and slightly weirder peppers and aubergines for sale - a small quantity of each, it looks very small scale which could be nice: https://www.unusualherbsandedibles.co.uk/

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 9:05 am Post subject:
Pleased to see they offer my favourite chilli 'Tri Colour Variegata', the prettiest in the world, and the famous chilli 'Kondom'... Just don't confuse it with the other type...

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 9:16 am Post subject:
Oooh! They have Japanese Burdock! And a description of what to do with it! That'll be handy, I planted two and a half rows of the stuff, and it all looks happy

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 9:23 am Post subject:
Long Keeper Tomato looks good

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 9:48 am Post subject:
I have enough tomato plants... I have ENOUGH tomato plants... I have ENOUGH TOMATO PLANTS... I don't need any more tomato plants... I have no space for any more tomato plants... If I keep telling myself, I'll maybe start believing it. Seven varieties is enough.

Alchemist

Joined: 02 Mar 2005
Posts: 123
Location: Aberdeenshire

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 10:05 am Post subject:
I can sympathise Cab, i've already fallen victim, i'm just trying to limit the damage now Interesting set of links on this site too. Looks like the owner is a Downsizer.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 5:15 pm Post subject:
What a shame there are no pictures on the site. I have a couple of unidentified specimens on the plot!

herbsandedibles

Joined: 31 May 2005
Posts: 14
Location: wrentham, suffolk

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 8:29 pm Post subject: unidentified plants on the allotment

hi nettie, i have just discovered this site today! its great and i dont know why i didnt know about this before. i found this actually because someone from this forum bought some plants from my nursery. i am the owner of Unusual Herbs and Edibles. unfortunately, i dont have any pictures of the plants on my site yet, but will have some in the future. your unidentified plants that you were talking about, maybe you can take some pictures of them and i can probably tell you what they are.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 8:33 pm Post subject:
Hello Herbsandedibles, how lovely to see you here - you've got some really interesting stuff on your site and as Alchemist says it looks like you're "one of us" already! So, I wonder who fell for the temptation of your plants then? There's some really interesting things on there - have you always been in nurseries/horticulture or is it a hobby turned to a career?

herbsandedibles

Joined: 31 May 2005
Posts: 14
Location: wrentham, suffolk

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 9:14 pm Post subject:

hello , yes,i guess it started out as a hobby and also a means to save money on our grocery bill. i grew a lot of our own food when i first moved to England( from New York State). i then was missing alot of the foods from home, so i started growing foods from home, like squashes, pumpkins, mexican herbs and fruits, blueberries, cranberries... all the foods that i missed, then it went on to unusual varieties of each. i studied horticulture years ago and have been growing rare herbs and edible plants mainly from South America for years. and i think alchemist is right about me being one of you guys. i guess we are kind of 'downsizers' or at least are striving to be.....

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 10:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks herbsandedibles, been meaning to do that for a few weeks!

Maybe you can go on a description though, something not dissimilar in appearance to horseradish or dock, now grown to about 70cm high with lots of leaves, been planted in carrier bags by the previous occupant, it has long tap roots and the leaves are shiny, leaf stems are pale and all grow up from the same spot at ground level, leaves are slightly serrated around the edge and smell kind of cabbage-ey. The root has no discernible smell. Hope you can help!

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue May 31, 05 10:13 pm Post subject:
PS a very warm welcome to Downsizer, I'm sure we all look forward to picking your brains!!

Guest

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 7:03 am Post subject:

hmmm... youve got me on that one.... if it smells cabbagy, then it possible it could be a member of the brassica family- like maybe a kale. but if it has a long tap root, then it probably isnt a brassica. i thought at first it might be sorrel, but then sorrel doesnt have serrated leaves. do you have a digital camera?

how long has it been there and does it seem to be a perrenial. are you sure its definately not horseradish? what ever it is, it is probably invasive if the previous allotment holder grew it in bags. you can tell if it is horseradish by breaking a peice of the root and smelling it. in fact, it does sound an aweful lot like horseradish. i bet thats what it is....

herbsandedibles

Joined: 31 May 2005
Posts: 14
Location: wrentham, suffolk

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 7:06 am Post subject:
that last post was actually me. forgot to sing in first, so it came up as 'Guest'

herbsandedibles

Joined: 31 May 2005
Posts: 14
Location: wrentham, suffolk

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 7:09 am Post subject:
i just reread your post and you said the root has no dissearnable smell.... i mean, it sound very much like horseradish and i know in the early spring, horseradish roots dont have the pungent smell that it does in the autumn or winter. so it could in fact still be that. but a picture would tell a lot more about it. have you seen it flower? or havent you been there long enough yet?

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