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[cunning kayak]

there is also smth simlar called butterfly pea or so, and you can make blue ta out of it

[tiny needle]

oml those are stunning.
I used to call my firstborn sweetpea. I'm obsessed, I wonder if they'll do well in my climate.
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WARNING: Do NOT plant sweet peas near edible garden peas. All parts of the sweet pea plant are poisonous.

I doubled checked this fact, and confirmed: All sweet peas plants are toxic. You’ve probably heard that pea vine can be eaten but that is in reference to the English pea (Pisum sativum), completely different than sweet peas.

@lean frost

[cunning kayak]

if you want an non toxic one, take the butterfly pea. you can make tea out of it. Clitoria ternatea

[tiny needle]

I'm glad these pea plants are all cold climate, that means I can grow it (if I can find some)!

[eternal oyster]

These are yummy ^-^

[lean frost]

Haha guess I started something

The ones im growing are less showy, but they grow these beans pea things

[tiny needle]

civ did you see my warning that sweet peas are toxic!
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[lean frost]

https://makkelijkemoestuin.nl/en/knowledge-base/sugar-snap-sowing-and-growing

This is a vegetable you buy at the store though

I bought seeds specifically for consumption vegetables

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_pea

The specific seeds I bought

[cunning kayak]

ohh i think we had them as a kid

you can eat them right from the bush or? no cooking etc?

[lean frost]

Raw, cooked or stir fried ye

Tho cooking time is like a few minutes

Not long at all

[cunning kayak]

but its not the one used for edamame or?

but yeah i think i ate them as a kid, but than never again. i wanted them for the garden too

[lean frost]

Edamame is soy i think

[cunning kayak]

we sadly only have beans planted and no peas

[lean frost]

Maybe next year?

[cunning kayak]

yes!

[lean frost]

Omg just noticed beans

[final zodiac]

pretty bean!!!

[halcyon meteor]

my dream would be to have a garden and have my own flower shop basically

[tiny needle]

oh sugar snap peas, pisum sativum! excellent.

sweet peas are lathyrus odoratus and can cause toxicity over longer periods of consumption (a few weeks, rather than immediate). so don't eat sweet peas!~

[cunning kayak]

we had our first strawberries yesterday and they are yummy. i ate them so dnaiels dad wont

[lean frost]

Awe does he eat all your strawberries usually

[cunning kayak]

he got them all, so its technically all his xD but i wnated to try really abd

[lean frost]

https://tenor.com/view/steal-it-back-gif-3806770763996174383

Wait idk what the raccoon is holding

I just thought it was a mood

[cunning kayak]

xD its a person or so xD

[lean frost]

Strawberries are tasty though so understandable

[young hull]

First lettuce harvest

[sweet forge]

Aerogarden!! Lovelyyyyy

[cunning kayak]

We just harvested our first two cucumbers, and our second small pumpkin is growing

[tiny needle]

niice. that's a whopper!!

[dark trail]

Sprouts!!!!! The flowers are coming in

[lean frost]

Ayyyy

[lean frost]

Niceee! I planted mine last month so they're still sprouts.

Do you have to pollinate the flowers?

(Cucumber)

[cunning kayak]

I think my bf doesnt, only on the pumpkin, idk if the cucmbers pollinate themselves. I will ask him and come bak xD

[lean frost]

Yeahh we have zucchini and cucumber

I thought the zucchini at least needed pollination but idk about cucumber

[cunning kayak]

i asked him, i ll ping you wiuth answer as soon as i have one xD

[lean frost]

Tyyy

Forgot to take a pic but the zucchini now has one big flower. Only a female though so I'll have to wait a bit till I can pollinate

[cunning kayak]

some people tie them up, but i dont know if the male or the female to wiat for the other one. but you can also eat the flower (fun fact) some michelin restaurants use them

[cunning kayak]

so all species of pumpkin plants (cucumber, zucchini, melon...) need to pollinate, whats done with insects outside and in a greenhouse you have to play insect with a brush.

if they are bought ones, check if they are selfpollinating. if yes, you also cant take seeds from them

[lean frost]

Tyy

[lean frost]

Update: looked at the package and googled the info from the supplier. They're self pollinating

[cunning kayak]

then there is nothing to do, just waiting and watering xD

but that also means you propably cant take seeds from the mostly to replant

[lean frost]

That's ok I have a ton of seeds I bought

Probs for multiple years

[cunning kayak]

a seed package is always still cheaper xD

[lean frost]

The zucchini I do have to pollinate it seems

The thick ones are the ones I need to pollinate with the ones from the thin stems

[cunning kayak]

we use a brush for that, thats the easiest way

[lean frost]

Nice nice I already have a bunch of brushes, the tomatillo also needed pollination

The other tomatoes didn't

Only sad bit is that atm only a female flower bloomed, but there's a lot of male ones so I hope that those bloom soon

[cunning kayak]

snails ate our tomatillo plant, it seems really yummy for them sadly

you can read into step of closing a flower with a zip tie, but i bet you zip tie the male one when its first to save it for the female

[lean frost]

This is why I am glad our greenhouse is tiled and has this rubber like grit between the tiles and we have a screen door. Its because our ground was bad anyhow so either we tiled and made raised beds, or we needed to dig like a meter in compacted clay and sand

Less chance of getting snails at least. But if there's snails it is controlled and easy to get rid off I hope

Ahh

Eihter way I read the zucchini plant gives enough veggies to last 3 generations if you're not careful, so we will see how this first try goes

[cunning kayak]

yeah thats a big pro about greenhouses, we dont ahve much issues with snails in the nromal garden, only in riased beds in the garden

[lean frost]

That's why I only grew one plant

[cunning kayak]

we had 2 zucchini plants last year and go so much zucchini we didnt wnate dto eat them anymore

it was os much xd

We also already have some first tomato’s

[lean frost]

i=oooo

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mine are still unripe

[cunning kayak]

those are the hydro ones we have indoor. its more experimenting of my bf

[lean frost]

ahhh

[cunning kayak]

he does every kind to take the seeds, thats the main focus, and the rest you can eat

[peak zenith]

I didn't know this plant had flowers 🥹

Something vibrant and orange is showing

[lean frost]

Awee

Sadly both seem to be female flowers

Hope the males bloom soon too

[final zodiac]

females always bloom faster. so the flowers aren't wasted, you can cook them! You can cut them off until you get both female and male that way the resources aren't going to those female flowers that will eventually die off if not fertilized

[lean frost]

Ahh I see

What about the stem under it?

The unferrilized one

[final zodiac]

you can leave them until they blossom and once you've identified male and female, if only female, you can remove them. if you get a male, you can collect the pollen with a qtip and put in a jar for the next time you get females if there are none blossoming with the male.