tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post3486174640914711497..comments2024-02-24T15:08:37.067-10:00Comments on A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: Growing Gourmet Salad GreensJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05438167207270942090noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-7859344591677228112013-10-24T17:27:26.293-10:002013-10-24T17:27:26.293-10:00Take a photo and email it to me if you can. Arugul...Take a photo and email it to me if you can. Arugula is in the mustard family and the bugs in my neighborhood don't normally bother the mustard greens. Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438167207270942090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-3198265057473492902013-10-24T10:14:22.822-10:002013-10-24T10:14:22.822-10:00All my mixed greens, kale, mustard ect get this li...All my mixed greens, kale, mustard ect get this little white grub/worm with a black head that like to live in the center of the plant where new growth starts. I have tried to check everyday to keep under control but it's too much work. Pluse it's really small untell it's dined for a day or two then its fat and larger. I'll be watching everything grow and think there doing well and when I go to harvest a few leaves realize nothing new is growing. Arugula seams to be less affected.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01265547223997224605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-47185296072004492022011-10-02T15:19:21.504-10:002011-10-02T15:19:21.504-10:00Hi Robin! Mache should grow beautifully in your co...Hi Robin! Mache should grow beautifully in your cool fall climate. Wow you've had your share of radical weather this year - I hope you have a beautiful fall to make up for hurricane Irene!<br /><br />Hi Julie! You're right about greens - I rarely buy them for this same reason. This year, I let the chard, mizuna and Italiko Rosso I planted last October grow as I was hoping to get them to go to seed. The baby leaves were decent salad greens during the summer. Eventually the mizuna bolted but to my amazement the chard and Italiko are still growing.<br /><br />That's a great idea having 2 packs of seeds for a mesclun mix! I didn't think about staggering the planting dates...duh..I'll have to try it this month.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438167207270942090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-59233568111282906382011-10-02T08:38:34.898-10:002011-10-02T08:38:34.898-10:00Good topic Jane. Greens are so expensive and poor ...Good topic Jane. Greens are so expensive and poor quality at the store and so easy to grow at home. They make a great gateway crop : ) <br />There's a company that divides their mesclun mix into two packets. Pkt#1 contains the slower growers in the mix and the directions are to plant it a few weeks in advance of Pkt#2. I think it might be Frank Morton's company. Such a clever idea.<br />Like you i find that beets almost aren't worth growing just for salad greens. They take a long time to get growing and the window for the smaller leaves is really short.<br />That last container of mesclun is pretty enough to be given away as a gift!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02961191716286809220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-66909161786534165222011-10-01T21:59:07.123-10:002011-10-01T21:59:07.123-10:00Beautiful greens. I haven't grown sorrel in ye...Beautiful greens. I haven't grown sorrel in years. I planted mache for the first time earlier this week in the cold frame bed. I am sure that I will have to sow it again. It's has been raining buckets all week!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.com