Singapore Expats

1.The garden centres here tell me that I can't grow parsley cos it doesn't do well here. Back home we grow it all year round through all seasons. So I can only presume that it doesn't like humidity...anyone tried it?...
I grew some parsley from seeds a few months back and they were coming along well, about 2 inches high, and then while I was away they died at the hands of my replacement gardeners! So I'm not sure whether they would have died anyaway or not....

2. Can anyone suggest a plant that is ok inside in reasonably dark conditions? My living room is really quite dark and nothing seems happy growing there.
Thanks !

Try the small bamboo shoots which is available all over the island...i have one in my bedroom ~ local belief is that it will bring you luck, mine brought only mozzies
else you can also use mustard / coriander seeds which will dense and greenyyyy..

Cheers~

blue_thunder wrote:Try the small bamboo shoots which is available all over the island...i have one in my bedroom ~ local belief is that it will bring you luck, mine brought only mozzies
else you can also use mustard / coriander seeds which will dense and greenyyyy..

Cheers~

Well I/ve got bamboo shoots but they're really tall and they sit in wtaer but they don't like dark cos I've tried them. I know those little bamboo shoots- I've seen them in the supermarkets and everywhere, but I thought they were just baby 'tall ones' . Will check them out. Now mustard and coriander- as a decorative plant or as herbs though yeah, not as a house plant? Have you tried parsley? I would love to grow some parsley. Anyway I'm gonna try again cos I've got more seeds. Maybe I keep a fan on them!!! Thanks BT!

alternatively you could try a UV light, then you could grow what you want. within reason.

mrlily wrote:alternatively you could try a UV light, then you could grow what you want. within reason.

And I've seen a lot of walk-in closets converted into "greenhouses" in my time I guarantee you.

ozchick wrote:

blue_thunder wrote:Try the small bamboo shoots which is available all over the island...i have one in my bedroom ~ local belief is that it will bring you luck, mine brought only mozzies
else you can also use mustard / coriander seeds which will dense and greenyyyy..

Cheers~

Well I/ve got bamboo shoots but they're really tall and they sit in wtaer but they don't like dark cos I've tried them. I know those little bamboo shoots- I've seen them in the supermarkets and everywhere, but I thought they were just baby 'tall ones' . Will check them out. Now mustard and coriander- as a decorative plant or as herbs though yeah, not as a house plant? Have you tried parsley? I would love to grow some parsley. Anyway I'm gonna try again cos I've got more seeds. Maybe I keep a fan on them!!! Thanks BT!

Mustard & coriander will be decorative as well as herbs!! it will so greenish during the budding period and will be so dense ..will be very much refreshing for the eyes.

sundaymorningstaple wrote:

mrlily wrote:alternatively you could try a UV light, then you could grow what you want. within reason.

And I've seen a lot of walk-in closets converted into "greenhouses" in my time I guarantee you.

Farm boy!!

convict girl

Mrlily, I've been referring to myself as a good ole farm boy here for many years. Hence my 'tar. I grew up on a farm and still have one in the US (that I just returned from about 10 days ago).

sundaymorningstaple wrote:

mrlily wrote:alternatively you could try a UV light, then you could grow what you want. within reason.

And I've seen a lot of walk-in closets converted into "greenhouses" in my time I guarantee you.

wish i had one!!!

rrrr thanks for the info man... do you have crocodiles on your farm?

"convict girl"; ozchick = auzzie = convict, therefore "greenhouses"... u get the idea right?

mrlily wrote:rrrr thanks for the info man... do you have crocodiles on your farm?

"convict girl"; ozchick = auzzie = convict, therefore "greenhouses"... u get the idea right?

Never thought about the Aus / Convict connection considering how multilingual ozchick is! my bad.

As far as crocs on my farm, there's only a 'buaya putih' there when I'm home. The US only has Crocs in Zoos. Gators are our indigenous species.

sundaymorningstaple wrote:

mrlily wrote:rrrr thanks for the info man... do you have crocodiles on your farm?

"convict girl"; ozchick = auzzie = convict, therefore "greenhouses"... u get the idea right?

Never thought about the Aus / Convict connection considering how multilingual ozchick is! my bad.

As far as crocs on my farm, there's only a 'buaya putih' there when I'm home. The US only has Crocs in Zoos. Gators are our indigenous species.

NO gators , okay.

Do you have the ones in the picture you posted , in your farm ?

Moi?