Post B1thP2aT0gI2kGOfYW by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
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(DIR) Post #B1tJryHVhSBmtBnBjc by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T00:36:28Z
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Food production: perennials vs annuals... This is fascinating... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LItFWbCAjY wondering if Good King Henry is available in Aotearoa or would be seen as an invasive?! Anyone know?
(DIR) Post #B1ta5GhS899D2nHzSy by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
2026-01-03T02:14:21.705554Z
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@lightweight closely related and edible weed Fat Hen is growing about 3m away from me right now...
(DIR) Post #B1ta5I1LDgeP8lbO6a by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
2026-01-03T02:15:47.708460Z
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@lightweight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_album
(DIR) Post #B1ta5IgojTpNDP0Vkm by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
2026-01-03T02:16:38.274942Z
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@lightweight hmmm maybe not closely related, WP is telling me Good King Henry is classified in another genus these days after DNA studies.
(DIR) Post #B1ta5JIOTlsx5waWK8 by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
2026-01-03T02:20:39.750044Z
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@lightweight but anyway good (or bad) news: https://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=6803&taxon_id=507134
(DIR) Post #B1ta5K9DJO8VjlIhea by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T03:37:28Z
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@stephen thanks for doing so much research! Interesting.
(DIR) Post #B1takLRDQ2Xfc0HUGm by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T03:45:56Z
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@stephen so crazy, this weed has only been spotted growing in Aotearoa in two fairly remote locations in south Otago near Queenstown? Huh. Wondering if it's hiding in plain sight, unappreciated, elsewhere? Wonder if it's native? Guessing probably not...
(DIR) Post #B1tegsUcykfkmxTmxk by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
2026-01-03T04:19:54.730084Z
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@lightweight this kind of plant thing is so up my alley, I'm interested in growing it too!
(DIR) Post #B1tegteafCEgO99G88 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T04:29:33Z
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@stephen same! There was another plant which was common in the US south west and was credited with keeping entire pre-Columbian civilisations alive through droughts, etc. Ah, found my bookmark (on my Readeck) - it was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaseolus_acutifolius - there's a similar Youtube video explaining what happened to it.
(DIR) Post #B1tf7qsB6uz3aBMCno by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
2026-01-03T04:20:48.464213Z
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@lightweight I've just been reading that the seeds need at least 8 weeks of 4degrees C or below to germinate so I'd guess you need alpine locations in NZ to get that.
(DIR) Post #B1tf7s4ce8X3J4Beq0 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T04:34:31Z
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@stephen that's a tricky condition to meet in NZ - one wonders how the seeds found those microclimates way down south like that?!
(DIR) Post #B1thP2aT0gI2kGOfYW by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
2026-01-03T04:40:56.356973Z
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@lightweight pretty sure I've seen tepary beans for sale here in Chch in an Indian grocer or similar...
(DIR) Post #B1thP45hQ2rpPQ17sO by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T05:00:29Z
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@stephen let me know if so! By the way, I'll have to post some recent photos of my experiments with making my own dosa (including the aloo filling, 'gunpowder' (dry spice & legume mixture) and tomato and fresh coconut chutnies)... So good, and effortlessly vegan except for a bit of ghee.
(DIR) Post #B1uqyFEd4TaSqv0IRU by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T18:22:24Z
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@jonathanharker whoa, cool! I gather it's allowed here then. How do you achieve the cold requirements.
(DIR) Post #B1v02wiKG5aQRiD7lA by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-01-03T20:04:05Z
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@jonathanharker huh, very cool! Will look around for some.