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Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 7:38
| Has anyone tried growing chia as a garden crop in Florida? Any words of wisdom appreciated. |
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 8:45
| I didn't exactly grow this as a crop "on purpose." I bought Chia seeds at a local health food store, soaked them and spread them onto a ChiaPet for fun. They grew quickly and then started to decline. So I peeled the "coat" off the ChiaPet and laid it on the ground in my garden. It grew so fast! It got dappled sun from early morning until around noon or so. Nothing here seemed to bother it (pests, disease, etc...) Very easy to grow, as long as you soak the seeds first. A friend of mine tried to get his ChiaPet to grow faster, so he skipped the soaking and just wet the seeds and spread them onto his "pet." The difference was shocking! Definitely soak! |
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