Ok, what's so special about Lincoln pea? Well, Lincoln pea adalah antara jenis shelling peas yang tahan hot weather. Hopefully that includes weather di Negara kita Malaysia. Most shelling peas adalah cool weather crops. Give it a try.
Growing tips: Do not over water during germination period sebab peas sangat mudah rot. Usually, saya akan siram sekali semasa mula semai dan biarkan dalam 3 hari or bila Tanah berasa kering. Germination time lebih kurang 1 minggu or so.
Armenian Cucumber (RM2 - 4 seeds)
It's actually a melon tapi rasa cam cucumber. I haven't yet given it a try - baru je semai. From reviews, ramai yang give thumbs up on this cukes. This cuke, the longer you leave on the vine, the longer it gets and seedier. The recommended length adalah 12-18 inch saja kalau nak makan.
Germintation tips: It's good to soak the seeds first for 12 hours and sow. Takes up to a week to germinate.
Some petua: Ada kalanya kita semai benih cucumber and it refuses to sprout. This is what I had done (It was an experiment actually). Untuk benih timun yang degil tak mahu sprout perhaps kita boleh 'pujuk' dia sikit. Apa yang saya buat adalah saya semai dalam peti sejuk, yes peti sejuk. Bukan freezer tau. Letak benih dalam medium semaian dah spray dengan air supaya medium semaian lembap. Then tutup (semai dalam bekas plastic bertutup) and biarkan selama seminggu. Periksa sekiranya belum tumbuh, biarkan lagi seminggu. In my experiment, benih timun degil (bukan benih Armenian cucumber ya hehe), it took me 2 weeks to see the seeds (all of them in my case) to break open. Then, bila dah mula sprouting, boleh la cuba letak di luar.
Trick ini juga berkesan untuk benih bunga matahari.
Tapi kalau benih tak bercambah juga, ada kemungkinan benih dah mati.