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Radio program Sydney, Australia. Garden Design, Growing Vegetables Trees and Flowers, Garden Tools, Plant Care and Plant Health, Attracting Wildlife to your Garden.
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26 Jun 2023
Mushroom Plant on Real World Gardener radio show
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Scientific Name: Rungia klossii
Common name: Mushroom plant
Family: Acanthaceae
Origin: New Guinea
Rungia klossii is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.6 m x 0.6 m at a medium rate.
Soils: Suitable for: light or sandy, medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils.
Habitat: Mushroom plant can grow in semi-shade but not full sun in an Australian summer. It prefers dry or moist soil if grown in the ground otherwise growing in a pot is very successful.
Description:The shiny mid green have a yellowish mid-rib.
The elliptic leaves are arranged in pairs with adjacent pairs perpendicular to one another (decussate leaf arrangement mush like in a hydrangea).
Flowers: Blue flowers that appear in a cluster in ideal positions.
proteins.Harvesting: The Mushroom plant can be harvested all year round, but the best is to harvest during the active growth period to provide a bushy growth.
Uses: In the kitchen it's used in salads, soups and wok dishes, a small cooking even increases the mushroom aroma.
Frosts: Low frosts are tolerated but lead to leaf loss.
Fun fact: Higher in protein that actual mushrooms.
What is it exactly and why is it called mushroom plant.
Let's star with, how do you love your mushrooms?In a risotto, sautéed with scrambled eggs, in soups or salads?Perhaps you don’t like them at all.Here’s a way to enjoy the taste without the texture and it’s all natural.
The leaves are somewhat stiff and lightly curled at the tip.
Yes, the leaves taste like mushrooms with a crispy texture and nothing more.
Rungia klossii: Mushroom plant
Mushroom plant Photo: M Cannon
So, let’s find out how and why, by listening to the podcast.I've been talking with Corinne Mossati, founder of the gourmantic garden. /https://thegourmanticgarden.com/Corinne's favourite use of the plant is finely chopped into salads for that burst of flavour.Mushroom plant is a perennial that although it grows well in tropical and sub-tropical areas, it needs protection from frost in cooler climates.The best way to grow it there is in a pot, which by the way, has served me well over the years.If you have any feedback email realworldgardener@gmail.com or write in to 2RRR PO Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675
6 Feb 2023
Growing Dwarf Beans in the Kitchen Garden on Real World Gardener
KITCHEN GARDEN
Beans and More Beans
What is your favourite warm season vegetable or are there too many to choose from?Top of the list for many a gardener is the humble bean, because in warm weather, they’re so easy to germinate.In fact my bean crop was directly sown on a Monday and they were up by Thursday.But how do you get a continuous crop of beans?
Corinne mentions bush beans, but we're not talking some sort of wild bean that grows on a bush, in fact bush beans is another name for dwarf beans.
More along the style of French beans such as butter beans or Cherokee Wax butter beans.
Scientifically beans are Phaselous vulgaris which covers just about every type of bean seed that you can buy.
Dwarf or bush beans grow into a small, bushy shape, usually 60cm tall or less and don't need staking.
This year I planted my bean seeds closer together than normal on using the premise that if we had a run of cloudy days and they started to climb, they would support each other.This season we did have lots of cloudy rainy, days, they didn't start to climb, but did in fact support each other at around 50-60cm.The only tricky part was needing to carefully pick your way through the thicket of bean foliage to harvest the beans without breaking any branchlets.
Let’s find out more about tips and tricks with bush bean planting by listening to the podcast.I’m speaking with Corinne Mossati founder of https://thegourmanticgarden.com
TIP:
Sow another crop in 6 weeks time after the first crop then the big tip is after the first harvest, apply a side dressing of blood ‘n’ bone.
Beans should be ready to harvest as soon as 65 days or 9 weeks after planting
If you have any questions why not email us at realworldgardener@gmail.com or write in to 2RRR PO Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675
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