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By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:43:11 +0000

Great post Fern. I’m glad you are bringing this to container gardeners attention. Asian vegetables can be a great way to beat the veggie garden blahs.
For a container garden I would do Mizuna in everything. It is so pretty when it gets going. The leaf color is a beautiful green and the leaves are wonderfully notched. They make a pretty filler (much like parsley does). Shiso is also a pretty plant. The purple leafed variety reminds me of coleus. And Vietnamese Corriander is easy to grow in containers and can give me a cilantro fix when I’m in between crops of regular cilantro because it bolts so fast here. I love using it in scrambled eggs.

By: Fern

Fern — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:05:02 +0000

Prue–Check out a variety called ‘Oregon Sugar Pod.’ It only grows to 28 inches.

By: Prue

Prue — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:41:13 +0000

Great post Fern, and cheers for the mention of Daikon. I am growing some more this spring alongside my cucumbers (apparently they are friends.) All you need is a deep pot and away youn go. But 2 foot snow pea vines??? I wish! Mine hit 2 metres and counting, giants on the balcony garden, but the snow peas were divine. I’ll be growing them again next winter for sure. Bok Choi was lovely too, but it did go to seed very quickly in the Aussie climate.

By: Collin

Collin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:26:00 +0000

I tried Bok Choy this year and it’s a fast and high yield plant. Almost every seed you sow will yield a plant.

And you can pik a few young plants after just 3 weeks (depends on the temperature though). A nice addition to what ever you have growing due to this speed.