A Close Look at The Fig Collection - White Adriatic

I have been planning to update each of my figs for a long time now, especially as I am beginning to see fruit off of many of my trees. Today I will start with one of my favourites; White Adriatic. Summary Description; A vigorous plant that produced a number of breba and main crop figs. Performed poorly in 5-1-1 and enjoyed coconut husk chips in a larger pot. Breba Crop? Yes Breba taste? Sweet honey-nut Breba appearance? Mottled, areas of deep...

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An update on my super-hot Chillies

Last year, I posted about some chilli seeds I bought, and then I germinated a bunch of them under grow lights for this season. I also purchased some super-hot seedlings from a local store. In the last few weeks these chillies have started to produce pods, ranging from sweet and mild to blistering hot! Using some of my fataliis' I made a mango and peach chillie sauce yesterday, which I will put up in a separate post. Here are some pics; Fatalii My...

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Some garden updates

Garlic Way back in December I harvested my garlic. An afternoon of digging and tying yielded a good number of bulbs, and after giving some away and using a bunch, I still have a whole lot available today which I use almost every night. Garlic after harvest The garlic is sharp and flavourful and exceeds the garlic bought at the shops or markets by a long margin. I divided the garlic into bunches and store in my shed, hanging a bunch in the...

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The Great Container Mix Experiment Week 19

Well, it's been a fair few weeks and I have been very slack updating this. Well, mostly slack. Three weeks ago my wife and I welcomed into the world a boy and girl, twins, and I have been quite consumed by this over the last few months! I will endeavor to update this more frequently, before the cold hits in about 6 weeks. Week 19 - Summary of results In a nutshell, my chilis are doing great, and my okra are doing, well, not so great. I think...

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