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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Fruit and Vegetables => Topic started by: Himbeere on March 19, 2013, 12:03:28 AM
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Hello, I am new to this group and will be spending 2 months + on one of the Ionian Islands, I am planning to start a garden patch there, as you can imagine the weather is very hot and dry from June - Sept. What type of veggies are good and easy to start in a dry climate? Is it better from a seed or a plant?
Thank you ....Looking forward for your suggestions... :)
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I have limited experience growing vegetables in a mediterranean climate, as we are not there for long enough stretches. But peppers, bought locally as small plants and watered twice weekly by automatic drip irrigation, did very well in a really hot area of the garden.
A lot would depend on how long you are there for and during which season.
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Seed takes time..however you can try all sorts of lettuce, spinach, herbs, mash or rampon in the autumn. I like to seed broadcast in small 1mx1m beds, in succession. This alows a succession of young and old plants and helps keep weeds under control. I simply cut young lettuce with scissors- For most the rest tomatoes, pepèpers, aubergines, squash,brassicas, beetroot, you can grow from plants. Buy and transplant the young plants when they become available in you local market. That is the best time. Watch and follow your neighbour that is the best advice.
Potatoes grow well as do globe artichokes and J. artichokes. There must be others.
Water as necessary.
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There is another thread on this forum which might give you some information, see: Growing vegetables in Cephalonia (http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=689.0).