Does anyone know anything about these two? I've planted some galangal in my greenhouse (just to see what happens).
I got some pea aubergines from a chinese supermarket the other day and don't know whether to keep them safe and dark until spring or chuck them in the greenhouse (unheated) and trust to luck. Any ideas?
Pea Aubs? Fruit, seed, plants??
Galangal? Lovely stuff!
" If you live in a frost-free area, ie if you have a frost free greenhouse, try growing galanga to assure yourself a continual supply of fresh rhizomes. Buy a very fresh rhizome with unbruised pinkish shoots and plant shallowly in moist, well-drained soil. Like ginger, it grows into a lovely tropical plant for the garden, producing sweetly fragrant, white orchid-like flowers atop lush four-foot stems over many weeks in late summer and autumn. It grows very vigorously once established."
Thanks for that: I'm not sure how fresh mine were but I've put 'em in anyway!! Some each way up just to be sure...
The pea aubergines are fruit, so I'm assuming they'll be full of seeds (but I haven't looked yet.
Don't know if the aubs are fully ripe??
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/aubergines.html