Gardening in Fuerteventura

[GMT]

Seeds on order 

Edited to add a warning:
If you try to order seeds online be very very wary! Only order from reputable companies, never from individuals. There are a lot of Asian (not racist, pure fact) people offering seeds for all sorts of wonderful plants that just don't exist or can't be grown from seed. If you are lucky you will get a small packet containing grass seeds or similar, more likely you will get nothing. Examples are blue roses, all sorts of orchids, luffas! (by the way, Orchid seeds can be bought online, for a lot of money, from specialist vendors, but it's not like growing sunflowers - a lot of equipment and knowledge is necessary!)

Talking about ordering seeds (and I agree with the above), I recently ordered 10 seeds of Moringa oleifera from Amazon ES at €3,76 and the seller was Nicks Asianshop (nothing to do with Asia, they are Germans in Germany), I placed the order on 20/12/20 and I received it today. It was my first order and now I know that things ultimately arrive in Fuerteventura, good things come to those who wait.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Interesting GMT! Is that the medicinal moringa?

[GMT]

Interesting GMT! Is that the medicinal moringa?

I guess so, they call it 'The Miracle Tree'. I watched a few videos on You Tube, this plant should grow without any problem here in Fuerte. All the parts of the plant are edible. I'll give it a go soon, once the sun is back.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

I've got a moringa tree reserved at HP but it's not the medicinal one. I just had to have it for the amazing seed pods. I'll be picking it up when the hole is ready. 
And, I've cancelled my online order for luffa seeds as I found a packet in Oasis! 👍

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Beautiful blooms on this climber at the entrance to Oasis in Puerto although close up they were a bit rain damaged, not something we say here very often!

 

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Got 2 more holes filled with mix and edged with rocks, ready for planting in next few days 

Red banana, datura and kangaroo apple (not a fruit!) going in the bigger one, moringa in the other.

 

[GMT]

Good luck with your trees Tamara. Where do you get the grey plastic pipes? I have looked around a few shops but coudn't find any. I was thinking of using the black pipes (with a bit smaller diameter) used for the irrigation system of the depuradora, as I have a few metres left.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Sanitation pipe from a ferreteria, comes in 3m lengths. I get them to cut in half to get in car and then I cut at home with hacksaw into 50cm pieces. I like this diameter as the end of my hose sprayer fits inside so I can leave for a few minutes rather than just standing and holding it.

[Tardis]

Is it possible to buy Poppy seeds?  If so, are they easy to grow here?

[GMT]

Sanitation pipe from a ferreteria, comes in 3m lengths. I get them to cut in half to get in car and then I cut at home with hacksaw into 50cm pieces. I like this diameter as the end of my hose sprayer fits inside so I can leave for a few minutes rather than just standing and holding it.

Thank you