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Nurturing fruits of your labour
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 11/09/2016
» Many gardeners could not get their plants to bloom, much less bear fruit. Reader Murray Thomas' problem is just the opposite. His potted lime tree is exploding with fruit and more flowers are on the way. "As many as 15 small fruit on a single small branch," he wrote. "The tree is about 1.5 metres tall.
Government stumped on tree pruning
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 18/10/2015
» I had a strange dream last night. The mahogany trees along Rama IV Road from the railroad crossing to the Klong Toey market were so huge that their branches reached to the middle of the road, providing much-needed shade for motorists stopped by the red traffic light. In reality the trees are spindly for their age.
Don’t waste a drop
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 12/04/2015
» It is a Thai custom to make merit on religious and other important holidays. This Songkran, three days of celebration which starts tomorrow, you can be sure that large crowds will be converging on Sanam Luang and major temples in Bangkok and the provinces to make merit by giving alms to monks.
For plump fruit, Starve the tree
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 29/09/2013
» Five years ago I planted a Moringa oleifera tree, known in Thai as marum, on one side of my house. It began flowering when it was about three years old and since then has been flowering heavily most months of the year. Although I have seen insects pollinating the flowers, they never developed into fruit.
Grow your own when prices go bananas
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 20/05/2012
» During my last visit to the Philippines in November last year, I bought bananas for 100 pesos (73 baht) a hand or bunch. I thought those were the most expensive bananas I had ever bought. I told my sister, who simply loves the fruit, that they would have cost me only about 20-25 baht in Bangkok. I never dreamed that only six months later, I would see bananas of the kluay hom variety selling for 75 baht a hand at Klong Toey market, and 80 baht at Pak Klong market.