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Solanaceae
Botanical name : Solanum melongena Synonyms : Common name : Eggplant, Aubergine Images Growing for seed As eggplants can successfully self-pollinate it is possible to grow multiple varieties by using netting or caging to exclude pollinating insects. Individual blossoms can…
Description Botanical name : Capsicum spp. Synonyms : Common name : Capsicum, Peppers, Bell Pepper, Chilli, Chili pepper, Paprika Images Cultivation Capsicums and chillies are warm season crops. They prefer soil temperatures above 24 C to germinate. In cooler Southern areas…
Botanical name : Solanum lycopersicum Common name : Tomato, Cherry tomato, Paste tomato Images Growing for seed When growing tomatoes for seed, the main thing we need to know about our tomato variety is whether it is one of the rare…
Images Background description Potatoes primarily come from the South and Central Americas – Peruvian and Bolivian Andes highlands – but have been cultivated and moved around by humans for many thousands of years. True Potato Seed is the actual seed…
A Dwarf Tomato Project variety
A mid-sized orange/yellow tomato
Peruvian Traveller is a very old variety. It was believed to have been selected over time by locals in the Andes. It is made up of a cluster of smaller fruits stuck together. You pull each segment apart and eat…
An overview of tomato varieties.
Botanical name : Physalis pruinosa Synonyms : Multiple other closely related species including Australian Natives Common name : Ground Cherry
Botanical name : Physalis peruviana Synonyms : Physalis esculenta, Physalis latifolia, Physalis tomentosa Common name : Cape Gooseberry, Poha, Golden berry, Inca Berry, Uchuva, Peruvian Ground Cherry
Botanical name : Physalis philadelphica Synonyms : Physalis ixocarpa Common name : Tomatillo, Mexican Husk Tomato
Botanical name : Solanum pimpinellifolium Synonyms : Common name : Currant Tomato
Solanum family overview The solanum family is often referred to as the ‘nightshade’ family and contains some very commonly home grown food plants – potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers like capsicum and chili along with some very large industrially cropped plants…