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Hakurei
Japanese Turnip - Hakurei - tiny and delicious....
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Yacon
Apple of the earth...
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Gingers
Russel Fransham who has a subtropical nursery in Matapouri, Northland says “Why do we import ginger from Australia and Fiji when it grows perfectly well here?” He also says “It is no more tropical or difficult to grow than potatoes or capsicums.”
So I'm having a go!...
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New Zealand Spinach
Tetragonia tetragonioides
NZ spinach is a mouthful. Well, its botanic name is at least. Tetragonia tetragonioides - try saying that fast ten times. It sounds like an extinct dinosaur!...
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Malabar Spinach
This is a climbing vine. It’s not spinach but is in the Basellaceae family The flavour is similar to spinach. It’s fast growing too - my climbing vine photo was taken 37 days after the seedling was planted....
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