Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: pompeylee on April 17, 2017, 12:14:50 PM
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Have planted today mostly in pots runner beans, broad beans , chillies (8 different types as I like it hot), Mongolian giant sunflower, glass corn, morning glory(think I've seen this growing wild) , nasturium, Livingstone daisys, choclate dahlia & a solitary pear seed from our tree we had in the UK, fingers crossed for some success.
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Good luck with all that Lee, keep us informed how things are going. I have planted lots in our garden, but often it depends on how much the Gardener waters them, so you are lucky you will be able to do all your own watering.
Hibiscus grows well as do Oleanders we have a yellow Oleander we planted about 8 years ago and it is like a tree now.
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Carefull of the morning glory it takes over the garden and can be the devil to get rid of
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Update, a couple of the runner beans are up & the majority of the broad beans, 1 (seeds were old so happy with this) of the 3 Mongolian giant sunflower is up, glass corn, morning glory, nasturium, livingstone daisys all doing Well, nothing from the chocolate dahlia or pear :'( yet but don't expect to see the chillies until another week but the 5 chilli plants I brought from the UK are doing Well, planted some red sprouts last week that have all started to grow just need some land for when they are bigger :o Now, off to koco calis tomorrow to give/plant some glass corn in there land.
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Along the covered kanal path at the Tuesday Market there are locals selling all sorts of young plants, for anyone that
fancies growing their own fruit, veg & flowers. They also sell Tobacco in black bags but iv'e heard varying reports on the quality.
Good luck with your seeds Lee and keep us up to date.Sounds as though you're settling in well. ;)
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Cheers Kevin bought some chilli plants from the Tuesday market last week & a couple of strawberry plants at calis market last Sunday, don't expect the chillies to be as hot as the ones i am already growing, also have some parsnip seeds but going to wait until I have decent enough soil to be successful with.
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You'll be everybody's friend if you're growing parsnips. Expats are always on the beg for 'em. ;)
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We have successfully grown parsnips and are doing so now,also celery,curly kale,our Turkish neighbors love it,we have Rhubarb stalks just about ready for pulling,the biggest problem is the summer heat officially Rhubarb doesn't like temps above 30,ours which we grew from seed isn't aware of that! and in the winter, water logging after a number of try's we now grow it in big pots and move into shade.
Not having much luck at the moment with Goose berries or blackcurrants,we think the plants may have suffered being bought over as hold luggage with the cold.
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Bit of an update for those who are interested, no luck with the chocolate dahlia seed & the livingstone daisy turned out to be electric daisy seeds (used by some country's in food or mild tooth ache relief) but i grew for fun as chewing the leaves & especially the petal less flower heads is a bit like the effects of putting a 9 volt battery on you're tongue if you have ever tried.
Runner beans despite growing well & flowering I think it's too hot for runner beans to set :(
Purple sprouts germinated well & have planted some among the roses were we currently live.
Mongolian sunflower 2 of the 4 old seeds I had have grown.
Nasturium germinated well & gave some plants to a neighbour.
Pear & cherry seeds no luck but will try some more cherry seeds later this year.
A few broad beans & flowers still coming, French beans doing Well, chillies I bought at calis market have had chillies from & have flowers appearing again, 4 of the 5(1 didn't survive) chillies doing Well, 3(Trinidad scorpion, fatalli, scotch bonnet) have fruit & flowers & the white jalapeno flowers about to turn to fruit.
Chillies grown from seed all apart from 1 type I was given by Omar in Joseph's last year have grown with only the pink tiger chilli producing one plant, 2 of these have flowers already.
Next month intend to start swede but ideally need a frost for these to taste best.
Mongolian sun flower
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Nasturium
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Red sprouts
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Broad beans, sunflower, glass corn
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Wife's wellies from age 2
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Continued
Runner beans
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Trinidad scorpion chilli
(https://s10.postimg.org/vuqcli7bp/20170625_152911.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/vuqcli7bp/)
Scotch bonnet chilli
(https://s1.postimg.org/rkbbol9pn/20170625_152930.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/rkbbol9pn/)
Fatalli chilli
(https://s23.postimg.org/fgt1nfdtz/20170625_153004.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/fgt1nfdtz/)
White jalapeno
(https://s22.postimg.org/wpdwsaz1p/20170625_153018.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/wpdwsaz1p/)
Chillies grown from seed
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I've had some luck with planting "birds of paradise" took about five years from seed to them flowering but worked ok. Planted cherry tree in the shade in Calais but weather to hot down here, would be more successful up in the mountains. Good luck with your other planting.
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I would love a pomegranate tree. I see lots around, but never seen them in the garden centres. Perhaps you will see them somewhere Pompey?
I would also love one of those trees with the purple flowers to grow in Scotland. We have one in our garden in Calis. I have taken home the seeds, but they never grow. I wonder what those trees are called?.
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I would also love one of those trees with the purple flowers to grow in Scotland. We have one in our garden in Calis. I have taken home the seeds, but they never grow. I wonder what those trees are called?.
Post a photo and we'll have a CBF session of Gardener's Question time.
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Does it look like this ?
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Not looked in any of the garden centres yet for plants as waiting until we move into our more permanent home that has enough land for me to experiment with seeds in, may try and get a blackcurrant bush over here as not seen the juice anywhere & I like a pernod(will sub with raki) & black, asked mustafa in Adrians if you could get blackcurrant here said yes & brought out black carrot with chilli juice which they drink after raki, not that pleasant although I found it slightly simaler to Tomato juice. :-\
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I remember Migros stocking a blackcurrant liqueur many years ago but the only blackcurrant cordial I've seen was in one of the pork shops and it was very expensive.
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No that is not like our tree and we are not in Turkey just now to photograph it. I brought a seed back and put it somewhere really safe to travel back and now I cannot find it. :( :o :-[ :-\
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Jacaranda tree
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Menthol, you had a slash in the wrong place. ;)
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Cheers, KKOB. But when you got to go, you got to go. ;D
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Thanks once again :D ;)
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Just a little update after the Turkish neighbours had mentioned they like hot aci biber I gave them this little scorpion chilli, earlier tonight I heard my name being screamed in pain and the word hospital being mentioned ;D think they will try to get me back somehow
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Pop a few Toilet Rolls in the fridge. ;)
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quick update, below is my recent chilli harvest & repotted chilis, have 2 veg beds started, one with white Lisbon spring onions , leeks (Turkish call them something else), onions,cabbage , cauliflower , tomatoes & cucumber in & the other with peas , broad beans, leeks , onions , cucumber , kale, beetroot , carrots & lettuce in, hope to update more soon, have recently bought another climbing rose, Camilla & a lime tree from Saffet.
(https://s1.postimg.org/5ad7max1m3/20171013_122143.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/5ad7max1m3/)
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:D Well done you! I don't suppose you have any parsnips that you will be selling do you. Love parsnips.
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You have defeated the new radar system..... ;D
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Thanks for the re~opening Scunner
Pics below of my lime tree & recently acquired peach and apple trees, few other pics of my little veg patch and my wall of chillies that I hope to keep fruiting into the new year, OH is currently using the hot ones in chilli scotch eggs that some friends and neighbours are finding hot.
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:D Well done you! I don't suppose you have any parsnips that you will be selling do you. Love parsnips.
sorry Bernie started garden a bit late for Parsnips but will definitely have some next year and Swedes, I have planted some parsnip seeds to try out of season so will try to keep an update on these.
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First sign of French beans & a rain soaked veg patch
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