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How To Grow Pepino via Cutting
I’ve that Pepinos are very easy to strike - quite like mint. For the featured picture, I just placed the pepino cutting in a pot of water and waiting two weeks.
I found that it grew rapidly in the areas that were submerged in water.
I’ve tested this by placing a cutting in a pot. I found [...]
Where To Buy Pepino Plants
I love my pepino bush. I purchased it for $15 from a nursery on my 21st birthday. Since then, I haven’t seen it anywhere in shops. It is available from the following online stores:
Daleys Fruit
Green Patch Seeds
All Rare Herbs
Diggers.
If you have found it elsewhere, please let us know in the comments section.
How To Save The Seed Of A Loquat
I wasn’t able to grow a loquat as a suburban gardener.
I did find this answer to whether or not you can save the seeds.
The consensus from multiple sites was that while it was easy to save the seeds, it wasn’t recommended that you do so. It is best to buy a juvenile loquat or take [...]
Where To Buy Brahmi.
I’ve had a lot of difficulty in sourcing Brahmi. I’ve only found it stocked in two stores in Australia. They are:
Herbalistics
All Rare Herbs
If you have managed to find it elsewhere, please add your comment below. Notes on plant quality and delivery would be greatly appreciated.
Where To Buy Saffron Crocus
Saffron Crocus is a delightful plant but not practical if your growing it for culinary use. However, because its a bulb, you will have more luck finding it online.
The following stores stock it:
Vogelvry
All Rare Herbs
Eplants
Garden Express
Its very easy to propagate so you only need to buy a couple
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How To Save The Seed From Vanilla Grass
In Late October, the vanilla grass develops green tufts as featured in the opposite picture. These are the seed heads waiting to form.
Saving the seeds is simple. I just wait until they are brown and chop them off. I trim the stems down to the dirt and place the seed heads in a paper bag.
Its [...]