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ClassicåÊvariety of basil. Large plant with dark green leaves. Often used for sauces and pestos.
Thrives in tropical weather. Very easy to germinate and grow. Shade cloth recommended to shield from afternoon sun.
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Latin Name:Solanum Lycopersicum L.
Open pollinated variety producing many small fruits of 20-30g each - 'pomodorini'. Oblong 'plum' sytle cherry. Bush, so ideal for containers and balconies too.
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Latin Name:Solanum Lycopersicum L.
Meaty mid-sized oblong tomato. Versatile as can be used for cooking or eating. Determinate. Quite resistant with fruits typically of 70-80g each in weight.
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Latin Name: Coriandrum Sativum L.
Fast-growing, aromatic herb that grows partial to full sun. Likes a sunny spot, well-drained soil and a steady supply of both water and fertiliser. Leaves can be frozen for storage.
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Large basil with blistered leaves. This variety is only found in Naples and is highly prized for it's flavour. Traditionally used to wrap the large leaves around mozzarella balls and drizzled with olive. 8 Grams of seeds.
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Latin Name: Hibiscus Esculentus L.
Classic lady's fingers. Grows well in nutrient rich soil and can tolerate tropical growing conditions.
Plants grow quite tall >4ft. Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. OKRA plants can handle full sun but use of shade cloth to block out afternoon sun (when its intense) is recommended.Germinate in cool area. Grow in cool area, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening.
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Latin Name:Solanum Melongena L.
Melanza: Violetta Lunga 2
The classic Italian eggplant. Long, dark and slightly curved.
Eggplants in general take well to tropical climates and can be grown as perennials. Just make sure soil preparation and moisture is adequate for fruiting plants and allow for protection during the hottest of afternoon suns and good air circulation in-between and amongst plants.
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Latin Name:Capsicum Annuum L.
Peperone:Padron
Hailing from Padron, Northwestern Spain, this plant produces small to medium sized elongated conical shaped peppers. It's flesh is thick and tasty. The heat levels vary from mild to hot. This type commonly fried in oil and served as tapas.
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Latin Name:åÊSolanum Lycopersicum L.
Classic Italian plum tomato from Naples used mainly for cooking as it has very little water inside, few seeds and is very meaty. Use for making Passata, cooking. 70-80 g.
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Latin Name: Peroselinum Crispum
Prezzemolo: Comune 2
Fragrant, thin stalked, flat-leafed parsley. National variety used all over Italy.
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Latin Name: Matricaria Chamomilla L.
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Latin Name: Ocimum Basilicum L.
Small, narrow leaves and purple stems, with a mauve (pink-purple) flower.Very strong, clove-scented basil popular in Thailand cuisine.Its flavour is more stable under high or extended cooking temperatures than that of sweet basil.
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Similar in shape to the Roma but more productive. Fruits typically of 70-80g each. Suited for cooking, sauces and preserving.
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Latin Name: Citrullus Lanatus
Dark green with lush red flesh to 25cm diam and 6kg. Early maturing and perfect for hot summer days.
Watermelons require warm temperatures and long growing seasons.Watermelon vines are very tender and should not be transplanted until all danger of frost has passed. Theyprefer a soil pH between 6 and 6.8 andlike loamy, well-drained soil.Water at the vine's base in the morning, avoid overhead watering andwetting the leaves, take note to reduce watering once fruit are growing. Dry weather produces the sweetest melon.As the fruit ripens, prevent rotting by lifting it and putting some cardboard or straw between the fruit and the soil.
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Perennial shrub with woody stems with long oval shaped green/grey leaves with a velvet like texture. Grows up to 2 - 3 feet tall and can be used fresh or dried. Plant in a partially shaded spot. Spicy aroma commonly used to season meat and pasta. Also used to make tea that has been used to sooth coughs and sore throats. Plant near rosemary, cabbage, and carrots, but keep sage away from cucumbers.
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Latin Name:Solanum Melongena L.
This heirloom varietal produces large black and glossy fruits. A common standard of market eggplants.
Eggplants in general take well to tropical climates and can be grown as perennials. Just make sure soil preparation and moisture is adequate for fruiting plants and allow for protection during the hottest of afternoon suns and good air circulation in-between and amongst plants.
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Lettuce-leaf basil.
This is a vigorous plant with large leaves and a milder taste than Italiano Classico. Use it to put on a sandwich, wrap a slice of tomato with mozzarella cheese, or on bruschetta. Can be grown in containers. 75-80 days from direct seed. Sow seeds in a sunny spot when weather has warmed up, or start in a seed box and transplant. For transplants, sow 5-6 seeds in a 10cm pot six weeks before setting out. 8g about 5,600 seeds.
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Latin Name: Latuca Sativa
LolloBionda (Spumiglia)
Classic Italian pale-green lettuce with a lovely mound of ruffle-edged leaves.
Growing lettuce plants in the tropics generally require more care. They are delicate plants that are sensitive to heat and humidity. Grow with care.Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun.Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening. Not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name:Cucurbita Pepo L.
'Black of Milan'. This variety has a very dark green skin, making it look almost black. Regionally found in the Lombardia area of Italy. Productive plant with open plant habit making it easy to harvest.
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Latin Name: Anethum Graveolens L.
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Smallest of Basil leaf family but carries very intense flavours. Plants grows in a small compact bush and grows well in pots.
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A light green, easy to grow and sweet tasting cutting lettuce.
Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun.Germinate in cool area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening.
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This is an Annual variety, upright about 170cms tall.
Striking effect.
To Sow from February to June.
Recommended for cutting
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Fresh green, frizzy leaves form ruffled heads. Fairly resistant to bolting. Great for salads.
Growing lettuce plants in the tropics generally require more care. They are delicate plants that are sensitive to heat and humidity. Grow with care. Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun.Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening. Not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name: Latuca Sativa
Green oak-leafed cutting lettuces.
Growing lettuce plants in the tropics generally requires experienced care. They are delicate plants that are sensitive to heat and humidity, particularly if the heads are closed or tightly bunched together. Loosed-leaf and oak-leafvarietiesgenerally fare better ashumidity increases.
Grow with care.Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun. Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening.
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Latin Name: Cucurbita Pepo L.
UFO shaped courgette which has a firmer consistency when cooked (more like white fish). Just cut into 'steaks' or slices and fry.
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Latin Name: Lactuca Sativa L.
BisciaRossa
'Red Snake'. Early lettuce which forms rosette shaped heads for cutting.Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun.Germinate in cool area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening. Not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name: Latuca Sativa
Classic deep red coloured cutting lettuce with ruffled leaves.
Rosette lettuce with (wait for it): red leaves. Also great for your (wait for it): salad bowl! Known to be slower to bolt in hot weather.
Growing lettuce plants in the tropics generally require more care. They are delicate plants that are sensitive to heat and humidity, particularly if the heads are closed or tightly bunched together. Grow with care.Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun. Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening. Not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name:Melissa Officinalis
Perennial herb with a strong lemon fragrance is versatile and easy to grow. Plant in full sun to partial shade.Grows to 70-150 cm tall. Bears mall white flowers full of nectar appear. Leaves that look like oversized mint.Garnish sorbetto ice-cream and cocktails, or dry to make herbal tea
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Compact plant with greeny-violet leaves. Produces dark green fruits which grow pointing upwards and ripen reddy-violet. Can also be grown ornamentally in a container. Local Italian Production. Voted 10th hottest by BBC Gardeners World in the 2006 Hottest Chilli Trials.
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Latin Name:Cucurbita Moschata
Zucca: Lunga Cilindrica Napoletana
The same shape as a butternut squash, but mottled green outside with thin skin, yellow flesh and a delicate flavour. Can grow to 1 metre in length. Made in Naples.
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Latin Name:Capsicum Frutescens
Medium heatchillithat measures between 100mm - 150mm in length. Slightly tangy-sweet with that mild heat layered on top.Serve fresh in salads and salsas, or as a pickled appetizer.
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Lollo Rossa (Spumiglia)
Classic Italianwith tightly ruffled, purple-red edges forming a mounded, round shape.
Growing lettuce plants in the tropics generally require more care. They are delicate plants that are sensitive to heat and humidity. Grow with care. Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun.Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening. Not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name: Citrullus Lanatus
Early large, round variety with thick, light skin with green with dark green stripes.Firm and fine textured sweet, juicy dark red flesh.
Watermelons require warm temperatures and long growing seasons.Watermelon vines are very tender and should not be transplanted until all danger of frost has passed. Theyprefer a soil pH between 6 and 6.8 andlike loamy, well-drained soil.Water at the vine's base in the morning, avoid overhead watering andwetting the leaves, take note to reduce watering once fruit are growing. Dry weather produces the sweetest melon.As the fruit ripens, prevent rotting by lifting it and putting some cardboard or straw between the fruit and the soil.
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Latin Name:Solanum Lycopersicum L.5
Flat, scalloped beefy tomato with thick flesh and sweet flavour. A favourite of many gardeners. Indeterminate. 150-170g.
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Latin Name:Capsicum Annuum L.
Peperone:Goccia D'oro(Drop of Gold)
Long bulls-horn type pepper that's slightlymisshapen. Thin-skinned andgreat for frying.
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Latin Name:CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.
Short for Corno Di Toro or "bulls horns", these red and sweetish peppers are mild in heat.
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Latin Name: Citrullus Lanatus
An oval shaped variety, juicy with sweet red flesh.
Watermelons require warm temperatures and long growing seasons.Watermelon vines are very tender and should not be transplanted until all danger of frost has passed. Theyprefer a soil pH between 6 and 6.8 andlike loamy, well-drained soil.Water at the vine's base in the morning, avoid overhead watering andwetting the leaves, take note to reduce watering once fruit are growing. Dry weather produces the sweetest melon.As the fruit ripens, prevent rotting by lifting it and putting some cardboard or straw between the fruit and the soil.
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Rossa A Foglia Riccia Da Taglio
This loose, elongated, rounded and curly leafed varietal is commonly used for cutting (from the top).
Growing lettuce plants in the tropics generally require more care. They are delicate plants that are sensitive to heat and humidity, particularly if the heads are closed or tightly bunched together. Grow with care. Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun. Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening. Not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Dwarf puffball sunflower ideal for windy gardens and containers.Suitable for beds or pots. Final height depends planting method.4" flowers will grow smaller in pots than if grown in a bed. Can grow up to 24" - 30" sown in grown.
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Fast growing dark green cutting lettuce with frilly leaves- an excellent cutting lettuce.
Growing lettuce plants in the tropics generally requires experienced care. They are delicate plants that are sensitive to heat and humidity, particularly if the heads are closed or tightly bunched together. Grow with care. Will bolt faster as temperature rises and duration of sunlight increases. Use shade cloth to block out afternoon sun. Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Suitable for container gardening. Not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name:Rumex Acetosa L.
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Latin Name:Capsicum Annuum L.
Peperone:Lombardo
Very long, thin sweet green peppers native to the Lombardia region of Italy
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An early, productive courgette from Genova with light green fruits.
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Latin Name: Anthriscus Cerefolium
Hardy annual plant with bright-green, flat leaves.Grows to about 1 foot during their leaf stage, but reach 2-12 feet in flower.Mild flavor with hints of liquorice oranise.Moist, fertile soil and high shade suit chervil best. Dried chervil may be used to scent potpourris. Fresh leaves and stems are used to flavor soups, casseroles, salads and sauces.Suitable for container growing.
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Latin Name:åÊCucumis Melo. L
Melone: Cantalupo Di Charentais
Hailing from its namesake region in France, these famous melons are small with light green skin. The flesh is rich orange, sweet and fragrant.
Growing melons in the tropics generally requires experienced care. Although they can grow well in heat and humidity, the time taken to fruit (especially for larger fruits) leaves the plants moreåÊsusceptible to plant diseases than the shorter harvesting cycles of leafy vegetables. Fruiting plants also require much more nutrients and water (especially when fruiting) than non-fruiting plants.
Grow with care. Although a full day's sun is required, useåÊshade cloth to regulate excess afternoon sun. Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Larger fruiting varietals are not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name:Cucumis Melo. L.
Melone: Retato Degli Ortolani
This netted skin varietal is has sweet orange flesh.
Growing melons in the tropics generally requires experienced care. Although they can grow well in heat and humidity, the time taken to fruit (especially for larger fruits) leaves the plants moresusceptible to plant diseases than the shorter harvesting cycles of leafy vegetables. Fruiting plants also require much more nutrients and water (especially when fruiting) than non-fruiting plants.
Grow with care. Although a full day's sun is required, use shade cloth to regulate excess afternoon sun. Germinate in cool, dark area. Grow in cool area, shaded from afternoon sun, good air circulation and water often. Larger fruiting varietals are not recommended for beginner guerillas.
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Latin Name:Solanum Melongena L.
Melanzana: Prosperosa
Round egg plant, large, light mauve eggplant you often see at the greengrocers
Eggplants in general take well to tropical climates and can be grown as perennials. Just make sure soil preparation and moisture is adequate for fruiting plants and allow for protection during the hottest of afternoon suns and good air circulation in-between and amongst plants.
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