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 I am growing sesame for the first time this year. It's a beautiful and very useful plant. I never grew it before so i made lots of mistakes. I planted them into the ground while they were still very small and then i lost 15 out of 20 seedlings to slugs and snails in the polytunnel. This one is about to flower soon and the next one too. I have only 5 plants from 4 different varieties (one variety i have two plants left) whereas i planted 20 plants 4 each of 5 different varieties With a bit of luck i might get some seeds of all remaining plants i hope.
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Feijoa. Photos of my plants, planted very close on pourpose thanks to Miyawaki. They will create a hedge and since all plants are seedlings the close planting miyawaki style will enable much easier selection. Anyone can enhance/adapt/make grow better any given plant by sowing diverse or cross-pollinated seeds from several varieties grown together and then selecting the best fruiting individuals and either taking them out or cutting back the other less good ones around it.