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Seasonal planting
Thailand's cool, hot and rainy seasons: what to plant when, so it grows well with fewer problems.
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Hot nights drop more flowers than hot days: what research shows, what to do
In controlled-climate trials, tomatoes set far less fruit once nights reached about 26 °C, even when days were moderate, and Thai nights are warming faster than days.
5 min readRoof rainwater for vegetables: first flush, which roofs work, and mosquitoes
Roof rainwater suits a vegetable bed if you divert 0.4-0.8 litres per square metre of roof first, water the soil not the leaves, spare salad greens, and seal the tank.
6 min readVegetables in the Thai hot season: mulch depth, shade cloth % and watering
The Thai hot season wilts vegetables by afternoon. What to mulch with and how deep, which shade cloth percentage, and a watering schedule that uses less water.
5 min readRainy-season vegetables: raised beds, drainage, fungus, snails, what to plant
In the rains, vegetables die from waterlogging, not thirst. How high to raise beds, draining them, cutting fungal disease, snails without chemicals, what to plant.
5 min readThai vegetable planting calendar: central Thailand month by month
What to plant each month in central Thailand across the hot, rainy and cool seasons, which crops don't suit the rains, and how to stagger sowings of greens.
5 min read