Dear Aradhana:
We too had a Kaath-Aalu gos here in Houston. My mother started it here from a
'guti' from her garden, when she visited us years ago. We ate the Aalu for a
few years, and when we moved, we didn't get to bring a puli, and was sad that
we won't have it anymore.
All of a sudden, a few weeks ago, I found it in a tin and put it in a tub and
it is shooting up now. It grows wild in Houston.
We shared the "seed" with a few Assamese in Houston.
Good to hear about growing the vegetables and also about 'rohor-dail' in your
house - gives me hope. :)
Good luck with Kaath-Aalu. It's a hardy plant, so it should grow well during
the summer. All you need is to save one little 'guti' from the tree for next
year.
-Alpana
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble
like a blade of grass”.
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 20:29:57 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> assam@assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] Oxomiya Bagisa in Houston, Texas> >
> Dear Dil, Dilip & Chan:> > It was real nice to see those Assamese plants
> growing so well in Texas. I> just hope their US> visa status is up to
> date!!> > Believe it or not I was able to smuggle in and then grow Kath Alu
> in good> old NJ! That is the> good news. The bad news is that it never did
> come back the next year.> > Two winters ago I brought a Kath Alu from my
> parents house in Assam to NJ> in mid-winter. I planted it> indoors in a pot
> and left it in a sunny place. It took almost two months> for the plant to
> peek out from> under the soil. Then it grew and grew. Well, it was too cold
> outside to> plant so I started giving it very little> water and kept it in a
> less sunny location. Then in mid-May with much> fanfare we planted the> very
> first Kath Alu in NJ. Of course we had to protect it from the ever> present
> deer population! Also,> we had to use strings to attach the plant to its
> foreign partner - the pine> tree. But unfortunately, once> outside the Kath
> Alu did not grow as vigorously as it did indoors. At the> end of that summer
> I did not> dig it out thinking may be it will resurface next spring (i.e.,
> in> 2007). Well, it did not! But I plan to> patiently wait for it this
> spring. If it does not sprout by June end then I> plan to dig it out and do
> some> detective work as to what happened. Will keep you all posted on my
> Kath Alu> adventure> in NJ! Incidentally, over the years I have done quite a
> bit of reverse> transplanting. My parents are> really igrowing flowers and
> vegetables (they even grow garlic, rohor dail,> etc.). They have been quite>
> successful in growing many vegetables I took from here including lima
> beans,> zuchini, brocolli,> Chinese snow peas, Chinese Bok Choy, Chinese
> winter melon, Chinese white> gourd, etc. It seems> seed packets from Chinese
> groceries do quite well in Assam!> > Oh well, I can go on and on but happy
> gardening to all....enjoyed those> pics!> Aradhana B. Satin> > On 5/1/08,
> Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > O'Deka:> >> > Assamnet has a
> limit on the size of attachments.> > So, unless you re-format the digital
> camera image> > to a low res one, it won't go thru as an> > attachment. I
> re-formatted the pics down and> > posted them.> >> > O'm> >> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> >> > At 6:49 PM -0700 5/1/08, Dilip&Dil Deka wrote:> >
> >O'Mahanta,> > > Thanks for posting the pictures. Assamnet> > >never got
> around to doing it - may be the files> > >were too big.> > > The first
> kazinemu we got from the garden was> > >great in gin and tonic. I invite you
> and others> > >to come to Houston and take some of the nemus> > >from the
> trees.> > > O"Deka> > >
> ============================================================> > >> > >Chan
> Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > The following Oxomiya plants
> flourishing in Dilip> > >and Dil Deka's yard in Houston:> > >> > >A: Oxomiya
> Nemutenga> > >B: Kazi nemu> > >C: Bhedai-lotaa> > >> > >I got a cutting for
> my bhedai-lotaa from them.> > >And they got their nemu and kazi nemu from
> us.> > >> > >cm> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> > >>X-YMail-OSG:> >> >
> >>Y7X0akkVM1l49cW.Ki7pw2.60a7ZX3w0EK2NYNEy5aGqqP57.SE58fV9r3ltC_4oA0DI2yeYFq7ToRo0cnhAkM1YteRosOKEge7Ek37_FW_4w2mYlCZkKpZxKWiYe_HolZWl8g-->
> > >>Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:14:31 -0700 (PDT)> > >>From: Dilip&Dil Deka>
> > >>Subject: Oxomiya Bagisa in Houston, Texas> > >>To: ASSAMNET> > >>Cc:
> Chandan Mahanta> > >>X-Chzlrs: 0> > >>> > >>Oxomiya Bagisa in Houston, Texas
> --> > >>Kazinemus growing,> > >>Nemutenga blooming,> > >>Bhedailata
> spreading its tentacles wherever there is water.> > >>> > >>All authentic
> Oxomiya - collected from various sources, no names.> > >>> > >>Content-Type:
> image/pjpeg; name="kazinemu 2008.JPG"> > >>Content-Description:
> 2666690502-kazinemu 2008.JPG> > >>Content-Disposition: inline;
> filename="kazinemu 2008.JPG"> > >>> > >>Attachment converted: Macintosh
> HD:kazinemu 2008.JPG (xxxx/«IC»)> > (00A6906F)> > >>Content-Type:
> image/pjpeg; name="nemutenga flowers 2008.JPG"> > >>Content-Description:
> 1867378092-nemutenga flowers 2008.JPG> > >>Content-Disposition: inline;
> filename="nemutenga flowers 2008.JPG"> > >>> > >>Attachment converted:
> Macintosh HD:nemutenga> > >>flowers 2008.JPG (xxxx/«IC») (00A69070)> >
> >>Content-Type: image/pjpeg; name="bhedailata 2008.JPG"> >
> >>Content-Description: 4174641754-bhedailata 2008.JPG> >
> >>Content-Disposition: inline; filename="bhedailata 2008.JPG"> > >>> >
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