Selecting your tomato seedlings for planting – 8 October 2021 Hobart Show day is on the horizon and thus it is getting close to that time when tomato seedlings will be everywhere. Given we are really a marginal climate for tomatoes, it is important to look for a few things when picking your …
New Seed Packets uploaded recently: Lettuce Bronze Mignonette Cucumber Redlands Long White Black Salsify Squash Cucuzza Carrot Danvers 126 Organic Tomato San Marzano Tomato Ice Cauliflower Selection 174 Cabbage Red Ball F1
New Seed Packets Sunflower Solar Flash F1 Salsify Mammoth Sandwich Island Fenugreek Wormwood Lebanese Zucchini Swede Tasmanian Butter Cosmos Versailles Flush Calendula Touch of Red mix Basil Dark Opal
Growing Cauliflower in Tasmania (my way) Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea, Botrytis group) is one of my favourite vegetables. It prefers the cooler weather but a summer crop is possible in Tasmania. Cauliflower has a distinct nuttiness and is similar to broccoli in flavour. The main edible part of the flower, of which we don’t want coming too soon …
New Seed Packets uploaded today (25 Aug): Lebanese Zucchini https://www.davesseed.com/product/lebanese-zucchini/ Radish Hailstone https://www.davesseed.com/product/radish-hailstone/ Bush Bean Royal Burgundy https://www.davesseed.com/product/bush-bean-royal-burgundy/ Celeriac White Alabaster https://www.davesseed.com/product/celeriac-white-alabaster/ Lettuce Iceberg https://www.davesseed.com/product/lettuce-iceberg/ Spring Onion Tokyo Long White https://www.davesseed.com/…/spring-bunching-onion…/ Watermelon Golden Midget https://www.davesseed.com/product/watermelon-golden-midget/ Onion Red Rippa https://www.davesseed.com/product/onion-red-rippa/ Mustard Green Yukina Savoy https://www.davesseed.com/pro…/mustard-green-yukina-savoy/ Sorrel Red Vein https://www.davesseed.com/product/sorrel-red-veined/
Growing Asian Greens in Tasmania Growing Asian Greens is quite new to many Australian gardeners, well quite new to me over the past decade anyway. I first started with Mizuna and Mibuna and was surprised at the high yields collected over that winter. Since then I have been experimenting with many different varieties with failures and …
New seed packets uploaded last couple of days Sunflower Radiance https://www.davesseed.com/product/sunflower-radiance/ Tomato Black Russian https://www.davesseed.com/product/black-russian-tomato/ Silverbeet Ruby https://www.davesseed.com/product/silverbeet-ruby/ Cauliflower Purple Sicily https://www.davesseed.com/product/cauliflower-purple-sicily/ Komatsuna Red F1 https://www.davesseed.com/product/komatsuna-red-f1/ Viola White Perfectionhttps://www.davesseed.com/product/viola-white-perfection/ Salvia Tricolour mixhttps://www.davesseed.com/product/salvia-tricolour-mix/ Cosmos Sensation Dazzler https://www.davesseed.com/product/cosmos-sensation-dazzler/ Tomatillo Peubla Verde https://www.davesseed.com/product/tomatillo-puebla-verde/ Carrot Atomic Red https://www.davesseed.com/product/carrot-atomic-red/ Carrot Paris Market https://www.davesseed.com/product/carrot-paris-market/ Hon Tsai Tai https://www.davesseed.com/…/hon-tsai-tai-purple…/ Pak Choy Chokito F1 https://www.davesseed.com/product/pak-choy-chokito-f1/ Cabbage Savoy Vertus https://www.davesseed.com/product/cabbage-savoy-vertus/
New Seed Packets uploaded today 4/8/2021 Mustard Ruby Streaks Beetroot Chiogga Cucumber Muncher Burpless (Lebanese) Cucumber Crystal Salad Basil Thai Mexican Sunflower Pak Choy White Stem Leek American Flag Batavian Broadleaf endive Chicory witloof Chicory Red Dandelion Melon Mountain Sweet
Creating a no dig garden bed in Tasmania. Over the years I have created many garden beds, mostly via a rotary hoe. Over the past 4 years I moved away from the use of a rotary hoe to creating a no dig garden bed. There are a few advantages I have found to this newer …
How I grow Potatoes in Tasmania. (Note this is just how I do it, there are many great growers who have their way) Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is in my opinion the most important food plant in my garden. Who doesn’t like spuds on the dinner plate. There is a reason the spud spread quickly around …