CAN YOU DEVELOP EXOTIC VEGETABLE GARDEN?
R. G. Iyer
Do you know the technique of growing exotic vegetable gardens?
Here are few
guidelines.
The main point behind growing your own
vegetables is how much better they taste fresh from the garden. The only failsafe way to guarantee harvesting vegetables at the optimal time is to taste test. However, there are some guidelines for judging when vegetables are ripe and ready for harvest. Keep in mind that great flavor isn’t a simple matter of size or color. Without the right combination of soil, sun and water many vegetables can vary greatly in taste and performance.
There are no precise guidelines as to when to harvest your vegetables, but there are some rules of thumb to guide you. Most vegetables are harvested just before full maturity, for maximum flavor and the most pleasant texture. The following are vegetable harvesting criteria for judging whether your vegetables are ready for picking.
It's hard to believe there was a time when garlic wasn't a staple in the kitchen. Today there are over 600 cultivated sub-varieties of garlic throughout the world. How many have you tried?
All garlic belongs to the genus Allium and the species sativum. The species is further divided into softnecks var. sativum and hardneck var. ophioscorodon.
Garlic originated in central Asia, where they have cold winters and damp springs. Today's hardneck varieties still prefer these conditions and are favored by northern growers. Luckily softneck varieties developed from the hardnecks and are able to be grown in warmer climates.
Hardneck Garlic
Hardneck garlic gets its name from the stiff stalks, or neck, of the garlic plants. Hardneck garlic tends to have fewer cloves than softneck varieties, with the cloves circled around a central stalk and rather uniform in size.
So why don’t you try for an exotic vegetables garden?