Gardening in Fuerteventura

[GMT]

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

They are native to the Mediterranean area so with the right soil and the right time I suppose they should grow here as well. Probably it's late for sowing; autumn may be the best time.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

I've seen wild red poppies growing here but had no joy with some seed I tried (large purple ones). Might have been wrong soil, wrong variety, wrong time of year .....

[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.

[TrickyFox]

Don't know if this is the best place to post, but when is the best time to water water? Early morning or evening?

[Johnrgby]

Don't know if this is the best place to post, but when is the best time to water water? Early morning or evening?

According to the Guru at Happy Plants early mornings.

[GMT]

They say early mornings so that the plant can fully dry avoiding so any development of fungal disease. I water in the evenings (early mornings I'm usually in bed) because I don't wet the foliage. Same if you have the dripping system, evening is OK. The only problem could be the snails, which enjoy the damp environment.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

My depuradora (dirty water) runs at night. My clean water irrigation runs at 8am. For the stuff not yet on a system that I water by hose I do late afternoon, often giving the foliage a wash while I'm at it. I've not had any problems.
One word of warning, if water sits in an irrigation system or hose during the day make sure to discharge the first bit away from plants - it can get almost boiling hot!

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

They say early mornings so that the plant can fully dry avoiding so any development of fungal disease. I water in the evenings (early mornings I'm usually in bed) because I don't wet the foliage. Same if you have the dripping system, evening is OK. The only problem could be the snails, which enjoy the damp environment.

If you have a problem with snails sprinkle used coffee grounds around susceptible plants - it's also a bit of fertiliser - snails don't like coffee! My local bar saves their coffee grounds for me and with the amount I consume there, that's quite a lot 

[Emmi Smith]

Coffee grounds also help stop cats from using your picon like a litter tray, they don't like the smell either

[TrickyFox]

My depuradora (dirty water) runs at night. My clean water irrigation runs at 8am. For the stuff not yet on a system that I water by hose I do late afternoon, often giving the foliage a wash while I'm at it. I've not had any problems.
One word of warning, if water sits in an irrigation system or hose during the day make sure to discharge the first bit away from plants - it can get almost boiling hot!

Why do you use two different systems (clean and grey)?
I've just had a gardener set up an irrigation system for me using clean water on a timer.
I have a tank which collects just waste water from our sink (long story) which I would like to use. My gardener is reluctant stating that any waste may clog up the irrigation points (don't know the actual name). Is this possible? Not much waste actually goes down there but there are coffee grounds, so could this be filtered out?
Sorry for the diverse questions.