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| About the Author Diego 28th February 2012 12:12am #UserID: 4715 Posts: 283 View All Diego's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 28th February 2012 12:33am #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie 28th February 2012 1:25am #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Xiem says... Yes Julie, kang kong. Lovely stir fried with oyster sauce and chilli. For your info SG I have moved to Sunshine hinterland and there are already some shallow ponds here. I may as well use them and yesterday I bought some mesh and frame timber to keep out the night munchers. Will the kang kong take root? It just floats at the moment and grows shoots, but no roots. (Shooting without rooting - is it just a wet dream for my morning glory?) | About the Author Diego 28th February 2012 12:11pm #UserID: 4715 Posts: 283 View All Diego's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 28th February 2012 1:18pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 28th February 2012 1:23pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... I guess so sg. It grows through summer, then goes to seed in cooler weather. If you have a shallow part of the pond, you could start it in a pot and then put into the pond. I built my pond with a sort of 'step' so any wildlife could get out if they fell in. Used to grow Japanese water iris there. | About the Author Julie25 Roleystone WA 28th February 2012 10:36pm #UserID: 6630 Posts: 13 View All Julie25's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 3rd March 2012 3:56pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author au0rey melbourne 3rd March 2012 4:18pm #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Xiem says... SG this morning we went to the local market and the missus asked the Thai stallholders who sell kang kong how they grow it. They said they just keep it in water until it grows roots then they plant it. I think we will continue to buy from them rather than try to grow it in our little ponds. The kangas or whatever are determined to eat it at night and my mesh frame is no barrier to them. Of course I can make a really strong barrier but when we can buy kang kong fresh for $2 a bunch I don't think its worth spending too much money for materials at Bunnings. What the kangas don't eat, the taddies do. They seem to like eating the new shoots as they grow. Good luck SG. | About the Author Diego 3rd March 2012 7:02pm #UserID: 4715 Posts: 283 View All Diego's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... Can't really answer your questions sg, as I've never grown it in a pond. Mine is not aerated, just relies on eel/ribbon grass for oxygen, which seems to work. The little pygmy perch have survived for a number of years. I don't think you would need a very large pond - you could keep the Kang Kong as large or small as you like by 'pruning' and eating the tips. | About the Author Julie25 Roleystone WA 3rd March 2012 7:09pm #UserID: 6630 Posts: 13 View All Julie25's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... It grows equally well in soil that is kept moist or watered well as in water.The broader leafed more tropical Thai types form floating mats better than the thinner leafed chinese style kang kung.I grow it with Limnophila which overwhelms the kang kung partly due to hoppers and caterpillars leaving it alone. | About the Author Cairns 3rd March 2012 7:25pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Xiem says... This YouTube demo might be of interest to potential kang kung growers.
| About the Author Diego 3rd March 2012 11:47pm #UserID: 4715 Posts: 283 View All Diego's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Diego 3rd March 2012 11:49pm #UserID: 4715 Posts: 283 View All Diego's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 4th March 2012 3:15pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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