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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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Ok, you got me. I mispelled zucchini. So what's a courgette, a small French motorbike? I go with cilantro, not coriander. Must be a regional thing. Some people think of coriander as the seed, and cilantro as coriander leaf. You obviously don't. Others go with Chinese parsley.
Yes, the fellow farmers are friendly. They stop and stare a little to see what ole' Whitey is growing, but as I'm normally with my Korean wife, they go about their business. The random old ladies out for a hike who walk around and steal vegetables as if they were in their own little supermarket- well, don't ask me what I'd like to do to them. |
zucchini=courgette
and I always thought corriander and cilantro was simply a english/american difference
In NZ we use both zucchini and courgette but only corriander |
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Location: Here & there
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Are vege seeds easy to obtain in Korea?
I will be bringing a few seeds from my own garden over as well, but am hoping to be able to obtain a reasonable selection within Korea.
In (north) Aus we have zucchinis & coriander rather than courgettes & cilantro, we also have eggplant rather than aubergine. |
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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:21 am Post subject: |
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I think you can find seed selling sites on the internet pretty easily but actually buying them online might be a bit more problematic without a Korean's help.
www.gardentech.co.kr and www.asiaseed.co.kr
How do most people get their seeds here? Are there many shops that have a good range of fruit and vege seeds? |
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meta4play
Joined: 22 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:18 am Post subject: |
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hey guys, this is a very interesting thread. awesome websites posted, lots of information.
I am curious if there are any stores which deal in hydroponics, I do not have a rooftop to work with, or a great deal of space. I would love to have some baby tomatoes.
I checked out the yangjae flower marker, seems promising for random things, but as for indoor growing, information was scarce, they looked at me like i was a retard when I explained in my broken korean i wanted to grow indoors with my tomatos.
anyways, if u have any info post, or send me an email meta4play at gmail |
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howie2424
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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I've been container gardening on my outdoor veranda for a few years now. Tomatoes and flowers. I'd be interested in any club that might form. Here's a link to one of my favorite Korean garden supply places. They do have an English website but they won't allow you to order from it. You'll need a Korean friend to get anything.
http://www.danong.kr/
Anyone know a place to get flower bulbs other than flowerseedmall.com ? |
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meta4play
Joined: 22 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:39 am Post subject: nutrients? |
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hey guys, im curious about where to get nutrients for my tomato plants?
where is a good shop which carries nutrients? |
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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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I live in the country on a university campus so some of my roommates and I have a huge garden. Lettuce, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, green peppers, spinach, swish chard, sesame, cucumbers, peas, green beans, a lot of herbs, carrots, potatoes, strawberries, rhubarb. Maybe more that I can't remember. So far, just eating the lettuce, spinach and strawberries but other stuff will be ready in a couple weeks I think.
We get most of our seeds from home for the stuff that's not common here and we just buy the starter plants for the stuff that is. We probably spend about 100 000 won a summer on plants/seeds, but I estimate that we get at least 5 or 10x that much worth of produce. There's a long growing season here so things like tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants, and peppers can keep going for months. |
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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand
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I live in the country on a university campus so some of my roommates and I have a huge garden. Lettuce, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, green peppers, spinach, swish chard, sesame, cucumbers, peas, green beans, a lot of herbs, carrots, potatoes, strawberries, rhubarb. Maybe more that I can't remember. So far, just eating the lettuce, spinach and strawberries but other stuff will be ready in a couple weeks I think.
We get most of our seeds from home for the stuff that's not common here and we just buy the starter plants for the stuff that is. We probably spend about 100 000 won a summer on plants/seeds, but I estimate that we get at least 5 or 10x that much worth of produce. There's a long growing season here so things like tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants, and peppers can keep going for months. |
Wow, that's quite a range you had growing. My vege patch in Korea last year was pretty much a total failure. I tried growing sweetcorn beside one of the back roads in the campus and they all died. The rest of it was up in planter boxes up on the roof of the dorm room. They too were unsuccessful then, just as the carrots were starting to take off, the building manager came and removed the entire garden without warning. Next time I think I'll just rent some land somewhe |
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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand
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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| So, how are everyone's vege patches going? Not too badly washed out by the torrential rain I hope. Has anyone rented one of the ju-mal nong-jangs and how much did it cost them? |
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dalem
Joined: 30 Dec 2008
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| has anyone actually started a gardening group? I'd love to join a group in Seoul. |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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alwaysbeclosing100
Joined: 07 Feb 2009
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| There is a public gardening area with a few hundred small plots between the Subway station due east of Bukhaksan Mountain and the entrance to the park. On a weekend I saw about 100 people attending to their plot. |
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kiwiduncan
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link. Are there many ju-mal nong-jang areas up in Nowon Gu? Do you have to go far to get to your vege patch or is it relatively close to where you live?
Where are you getting your seeds from? I found one good gardening shop with lots of different seed varieties when I was living down in Yeosu, so I guess many places in Seoul might have similar shops.
Dalem, there's nothing yet set-up for foreign gardeners specifically, but I bet if you go to the Seoul Vege Club facebook group some of the members there might have some experience of, and advice about, gardening in Korea.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=11299200065
Another cool place I read about recently is a Korean group that combines vege growing with education about eco-friendly living and so on. Their garden is called "Ten Wells Garden" (열우물 텃밭).
The photos in the two links below will give you an idea of how they were set-up and what they grow.
http://blog.daum.net/_blog/BlogView.do?blogid=08EdJ&articleno=15070816&categoryId=#ajax_history_home
http://cityfarmer.tistory.com/23
And here's some more information in English
http://www.prkorea.com/engnews/index.cgi?action=detail&number=543&thread=10r02
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What if you could have a family vegetable garden in the middle of the busy city? You could farm and produce all year round with your children and make the healthiest table with organic vegetable, which you can trust.
Farms where residents of Seoul can cultivate and harvest organic vegetable in the middle of the city are being leased at a low price.
24 vegetable garden farms have been selected based on their specialty, owner's farming history, and convenience in order to guarantee user satisfaction. One can grow romaine lettuce, hot pepper, young radish, spinach, and potato in spring, and Chinese cabbage, radish, leaf mustard, and scallion in autumn. Annual rental fee varies based on the plot size and farm membership fee, between KRW 50,000 - 120,000.
Seoul Agricultural Technology Center offers technical training and consulting services for new farmers who have no prior farming experience. For detailed information and/or rental application, call the center at 02-459-6754 or visit the website http://agro.seoul.go.kr. |
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