The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: YorkshireLass on January 12, 2012, 09:28:43 pm
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Google offers different opinions....
Do they need or prefer a saline environment (in which case I'll plant them in containers) or will they be fine in the normal, as-far-inland-as-you-can-get garden?
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Well samphire naturally grows in the salt mudflats, pretty wet. Seakale grows a bit further inland and drier. At a guess I'd say seakale will probably manage (and maybe enjoy) ordinary soil, samphire might need saline and a lot of water - but I've only ever picked them at the beach, never grown them in my garden.
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I've grown seakale for a few years now in ordinary garden soil, and it seems fine. :)
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Might pot the samphire and plant the sea kale then
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Might pot the samphire and plant the sea kale then
That should work. I would love to grow samphire - haven't had it since I was a child in Norfolk where we used to serve it in vinegar. Totally delicious :yum: so please let us know if it's a success.
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Might pot the samphire and plant the sea kale then
That should work. I would love to grow samphire - haven't had it since I was a child in Norfolk where we used to serve it in vinegar. Totally delicious :yum: so please let us know if it's a success.
Yes, please do! I used to forage for food quite a bit when I lived in Devon - it had never occurred to me I could maybe grow some of those foods in my own garden now I live a long way from such wild delights!
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I've never tried it/them, just fancied something different... seeds are from http://shop.otterfarm.co.uk/collections/all (http://shop.otterfarm.co.uk/collections/all)
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Thought you might be interested in this page http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/advisor/gardening-tips/forcing-of-seakale/ (http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/advisor/gardening-tips/forcing-of-seakale/)