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Discussion in 'Indians in Boston' started by auserid8, Apr 13, 2009.

  1. vaidehi

    vaidehi Silver IL'ite

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    Thanks for the info Tina, its very helpful. Will checkout the direction on the bag.
     
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    auserid8 Senior IL'ite

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    even I got to see the directions on the packet... All I saw was it was a Miracle Gro potting soil and Organic in nature... :)

    has anyone of you'll tried to grow curry leaf at home?
     
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    vpriya Senior IL'ite

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    Hi auserid8,
    How are ur veggies doing? i didn't plant any , too tired to get started.
    few of my friends have curry leaf plant at home, i think u can get small plants from friend's or they sell in temples. seeds didn't work out, i tried. it is better to get baby plants. but in winter u have to keep it inside the house.
    Priya
     
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    auserid8 Senior IL'ite

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    My veges are doing good.. mint is coming out.. got a couple of tomato plants.. flowers have bloomed.. need to see if they will fruit....Also waiting for my chilly plant to fruit.. hmm.. havent found a curry leaf plant yet.. need to buy some flowering plant as well.... have got marigold.. but wanna keep something that blooms lot so that can offer flowers to god.. :)
     
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    tashidelek2002 IL Hall of Fame

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    As to flowering plants for an apt, geraniums are good if you have a really sunny spot and begonias are good if you have little sun. Both are hardy and bloom continuously.

    Glad to hear you are progressing on your other plants.

    We had a near freeze up here 2 nights ago and everyone was running around covering their gardens. Luckily my flowering plants made it through.
     
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    Last yr i had marigolds, petunias, daisies and zinnias. daisies were supposed to be perenials but haven't come out yet. i suspect the rabbits and squirrels are not letting it grow. becos the same happened with black eyed susans which i planted few yrs ago.

    Good to know ur veggies are doing good.
     
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    tashidelek2002 IL Hall of Fame

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    Actually I am really spoiled here. My next door neighbor plants a BIG organic garden and they let me take what I want in the summer. I try not to take advantage. They also give me a little area for myself near my gate to their yard. I then can special stuff for them and give in the fall. So far so good.

    The plants I have here are bleeding hearts, silver bells, kalanchoe (a super good plant for survival in NE!!), daffodils, hosta, Japanese blood grass, grape hyacinths, and a few more I have forgotten the names of.
     
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    auserid8 Senior IL'ite

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    Hmm..with regards to getting sunlight.. Our balcony gets sunlight mostly in the afternoons and evenings. so need to see which one would come out. I was so happy when flowers started blooming from my tomato and chilly plant.. but they havent bourne a fruit yet... Is it due the sunlight??? Cos yday my cousin was telling me that her tomato plant has already bourne a fruit.. But she lives in the west coast. I am so upset about the climate here... every now and then it keeps changing :( Its really upsetting to see a plant dry off before your eyes..:(

     
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    Don't worry about it yet: you will see fruits in a couple months. NE harvest season is aug and sept. When you buy a plant, they will have on the sticker or plastic tab the time when it will bloom: it will be listed in weeks to harvest and so count from when you plant. Some plants are early bloomers and some are later. If you have a house garden, you plant some early and some late so you harvest as long as possible.

    The cloudy weather has been hanging on this spring. Even I am sick of it and I am (theoretically) used to it.
     

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