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prawn_86 said:
What are the best vegies or herbs to plant in a pot that only gets about 2 hours of direct light every day?

And are there any good ones to put on an indoor window sill that gets about 5 hours of direct light a day?
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I wouldn't analyse, just put in your favourites and watch!
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prawn_86 said:
What are the best vegies or herbs to plant in a pot that only gets about 2 hours of direct light every day?
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If you like mint, that will do well in such conditions but needs plenty of water. Filtered light is good, not direct sun in summer. Most vegetables in a pot aren't really worth the trouble because you'd eat in probably a single meal what would be produced. Climbing cherry tomatoes do well in a pot if you put it against a trellis or plant inside one of those triangular tall structures which the plant will climb. Not sure it would fruit well with just 2 hours of direct light though.

And are there any good ones to put on an indoor window sill that gets about 5 hours of direct light a day?
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Perhaps baby lettuce varieties or the more woody herbs such as thyme, oregano, rosemary.
Anything in a pot requires quite a lot of attention as they dry out quickly. A good potting mix is essential and then fortnightly dressing of liquid fertiliser.

Probably more cost effective and a lot easier to just buy what you need.

burglar said:
I wouldn't analyse, just put in your favourites and watch!
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A guaranteed recipe to waste money and effort. Sorry burglar.
 
Julia said:
A guaranteed recipe to waste money and effort. Sorry burglar.
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I could have said parsley, rosemary and basil, but what is the point ... these are my favourites !!

No need to apologise, ...
Worst case scenario, I've still got the pots and quality potting mix.
Just have to wait for the next season, thats all!
 
If you know anyone that has these herbs, rosemary, sage, thyme etc, most strike off from cuttings. They are very easy to propagate, most plants are.

Interesting thread to read, I have the herbs just mentioned, as well as others, mint, parsley, basil.
A lemon and orange tree, and from my compost, when I spread some out, a peach and nectarine tree just decided to sprout, also a tomato plant -- I was happy with that.
 
mints can grow in shady areas so that might do for your 2h sun a day spot
(they are many mints: Vietnamese to European, choose based on your preferences, they also like water )
hope it helps
 
Hi Tink,

I once harvested rosemary for a friend.
He ground it into extra virgin olive oil (first press).
Then he basted the roast and vegetables.

Two hours later we were eating the best meal ever!!

I had a tomato plant sprout from the compost heap.
Grosse Lisse, great taste and a huge yield!
 
Tink said:
... A lemon and orange tree, ...
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There is no experience on the planet like walking near a citrus tree in blossom.

It's doubly good when it is a little bit humid and a light breeze is blowing.
 
burglar said:
There is no experience on the planet like walking near a citrus tree in blossom.

It's doubly good when it is a little bit humid and a light breeze is blowing.
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Hmmm, i think i just got a whiff! Nice olfactory rush there...Thanks Burgs!
 
Yes I say that too, burglar, I was near it the other day saying how nice it was.

Old fashioned roses do it for me though : )

My orange tree fills completely, mind you I dont give it that much care. My neighbour makes marmalade out of them every year, she loves it - I am not really keen on marmalade.
 
I remember a time when every backyard had at least a lemon tree, if not an apple tree and a few plum trees. I abhor the modern 'low maintanence' gardens - no fun at all. We have not long been in our current house and I was delighted to discover recently an apple and a lemon tree in the overgrown tangled mess! I'm not that great at growing veggie but I keep trying I have plenty of herbs and can ususlly manage to grow lettuce and tomatoes no problem. Nothing like home grown tomatoes - absolute bliss!

My Dad grew up suburban Melbourne and would you believe they had a cow
 
Yes agree, Miss Hale.
We have always had lemon trees, and I like my little patch of dirt to potter in.
Funny about the cow, just shows how much everything has moved out and changed.
 
Tink said:
Yes agree, Miss Hale.
We have always had lemon trees, and I like my little patch of dirt to potter in.
Funny about the cow, just shows how much everything has moved out and changed.
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I manage to keep the herbs and lettuce alive - love being able to pick what I want, when I want it! I love the smell and taste of rosemary and basil and luckily it grows very well in my area - Gold Coast.

Unfortunately my record with fruit trees is not so great - I'm good at planting them, but not so great at the spraying etc to keep the bugs off them. Mine weren't in the best of positions to start with (heavy clay/rocky soil) so stayed a little stunted anyway - but what fruit I used to get was rather deformed At a previous acreage property I did manage to grow fantastic lemonades, lemons, mandarins and limes - enjoyed a lot of homemade sorbet I may need to have another go with very large pots - if I put them near the back door I might be more likely to remember to look after them....
 
DocK said:
... Mine weren't in the best of positions to start with (heavy clay/rocky soil) so stayed a little stunted ....
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Gypsum is a "pH neutral" soil conditioner to break up the clay.
Compost is great, it adds organic material!

A cow will help too!
 
I have a couple of avocado trees in a clay based garden in NW Tasmania which have turned distinctly yellow and are not growing beyond a metre high and need help. Been planted 4 years and I thought we would be eating them now!! Any suggestions please re fertiliser and growing tips please?. Thankyou Chris.
 

Hey chris.

You a fighting an uphill battle!

After a little research on google I discovered that:
Avocadoes like warmer climes and free draining (limestone) soils.

Are they in full sun?

Clay soils can be conditioned with Dolomite
to make them more like free draining (limestone) soils.
I saw a recommendation to plant them on a mound in flood prone areas.

The yellowing of leaves? My guess is deficiency of Nitrogen.

http://www.dialatree.com.au/Fact sheets/fertilising fact sheet.pdf

Hope this helps.
 
Chris, as burglar has suggested, your climate will be too cold for avocados.
 

Some good advice. However...

My avocado tree drops its leaves after winter (I'm half way between GC and BNE). Obviously the leaves yellow first. Right now I have thousands of 'flowers' but half are fruit and beside the buds, the new leaves are coming on now too.
 
Does anyone know whether a mango tree's fruit depends on the previous year's rainfall? I was told this!

I gave up watering it as it hadn't had flowers in the 9 years since I planted at as a 5 year old.
Now it's set for a bumper virgin crop! Bowen mangos. Yumm!

My red paw paw tree has a dozen fruit on it. The perfect breakfast!
Lucky I have tank water. You have to water well when trees are in flower/fruit eh!
 
Doris said:
... Bowen mangos. Yumm! ...
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Hi Doris,

http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/fa...ition/2UE-mango-growing-tips-and-recipes/6027
 
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