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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / chaya/cnidoscolus aconitifolius
« on: January 07, 2025, 08:31:11 PM »
Chaya or cnidoscolus aconitifolius/chayamansa (two species) contain cyanogenic glycosides and therefore must usually be cooked. However, there are plenty of recipes for drinks made with raw leaves. Some sources say that around 5 leaves a day raw should be fine (I still wonder whether is has an accumulative effect) or is it the acidic fruits they put in the drink? Most recipes ask for orange juice, pineapple lemon alone or in combination. Often traditional recipes eliminate certain toxins. Recipe (or one of them) Chaya or cnidoscolus aconitifolius/chayamansa (two species) contain cyanogenic glycosides and therefore must usually be cooked. However, there are plenty of recipes for drinks made with raw leaves. Some sources say that around 5 leaves a day raw should be fine (I still wonder whether is has an accumulative effect) or is it the acidic fruits they put in the drink? Most recipes ask for orange juice, pineapple lemon alone or in combination. Often traditional recipes eliminate certain toxins.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hose end sprayer 1:10 dilution needed for fertillizer, suggestions?
« on: November 18, 2024, 04:24:52 AM »
I would love that too! I can't imagine dragging a big trash can with me around the garden.

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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / cordyline - edible- best variety?
« on: November 16, 2024, 11:01:28 PM »
Cordylines are edible at least the c. fruticosa, indivisa australis and others are medicinal. Has anyone tried cooking it? Is it worth growing cordylines for food? Also, the green cabbage trees look pretty ordinary are the pretty cultivars worth eating? I searched google up and down and could not find good information!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help with chilean guava / ugni molinae dyoff issues?
« on: February 18, 2024, 05:38:27 PM »
I have the same. Our soil is unforgiving and the recent heatwave killed it nearly. Also we don't have a lot of water. This tree is probably better for cooler climates. I had it before in a climate which gets frost and it was very happy.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Just a mini Rant about Youtube
« on: February 18, 2024, 05:36:48 PM »
Making videos is very time-intensive. Youtube algo favours those who post often. Most people don't work 16 hours a day, so you either farm r make videos or your videos are not that great. I follow Geoff Lawton, there is this Canadian soil scientist  (forgot her name) and there are other videos but they are more like lectures, these are the best. Many of those gurus (permaculture and otherwise) start with a good soil, so beginners think they do magic. Then they try the same in their shitty soil and it does not work.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ice cream bean questions
« on: February 18, 2024, 05:29:07 PM »
I grow them as permaculture plants. Mine hasn't fruited yet. They cope with our horrible clay soil. In the right climate (subtropical) they grow super fast but here in warm temperate it is a bit slower. But maybe it is the clay soil. They do need water and are absolutely not drought-resistant. I don't think they are regarded as prime fuit.

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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Prepare Pandan plant for winter
« on: February 17, 2024, 05:34:39 AM »
Sorry no reply here, but do you grow it in a pond?? I have it in a pot, is it better in water?

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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Vernonia amygdalina Bitter leaf recipes
« on: February 17, 2024, 05:32:58 AM »
I have a bitter leaf tree growing but I haven't got suitable recipes. The only recipes I find are African recipes of some irresistible soups or dishes with all the ingredients I can't find. crab powder? Some special spices? Stcokfish we don't have that!! I need a recipe I can make with locally obtainable ingredients even if it's a bit less yummy. Yes we have a butcher and we can buy fish cheap but nothing fancy like stockfish (I love stockfish!). I can buy prawns.
My tree grows nicely and is quite adaptable.

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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Perennial vegetables that are not spinach substitutes?
« on: February 17, 2024, 05:25:34 AM »
yacon, sweet potato,gynbura procumbens and crepioides (sorry spinach) rhubarb, mauka, perennial beans, taro, water chestnut,  arrowhead, hausa potato, pigeon pea, stachys affinis...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: avocados in a lemon growing area?
« on: February 17, 2024, 03:34:02 AM »
Not necessarily. I lived in an area where lemons could be grown but not avocados. We got up to minus 5C at night.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / There's something not working with the sign in process!
« on: February 17, 2024, 03:31:18 AM »
I tried to recover my account or sign in but it was not working correctly. I never got the emails when I wanted to recover my account and when I tried to set up a new account the names were already taken which is highly unlikely. Then suddenly I was logged in. Highly mysterious! Sometimes simple machines are not that simple at all...(or what IS simple these days??)

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