{"id":14359,"date":"2012-10-06T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14359"},"modified":"2012-10-06T10:37:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T17:37:16","slug":"funky-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/funky-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Funky Growing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going to the theater used to mean a trip out to see actors performing. Then someone built a stage to show off Auriculas and they called this an Auricula theatre.
\nVictorians and Edwardians grew some fine plants shown off in these neat custom built arenas like the one at the Geffrye Museum in London.<\/p>\n

\"London<\/a><\/p>\n

So what has this to do with funky veg or the Hot Chilli & Sweet Pepper Kit by Plant Theatre – 6 Different Varieties to Grow?<\/a>. Well I have given it away as these are products sold by Plant Theatre and available as gifts via Amazon.<\/p>\n

More About Funky Veg<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

The kit is promoted as a really novel gift and would work for gardeners or cooks with just a window box.
\nThe kit contains 5 distinctive and unusual vegetables including the following varieties: Purple Carrot seeds, Yellow Courgettes seeds, Stripy Tomatoes seeds, Red Brussels Sprouts seeds and Multi Coloured Brightlights Swiss Chard seeds
\nAlso included in the box are: 5 starter growing pots made from peat 5 peat blocks which expand when watered 5 plant markers and Sowing & Growing Tips.
\nAll the seeds are of UK origin.
\nI would be a bit worried about the extent of the companies disclaimer of responsibility which says ‘The germination and growing results are the purchasers responsibility and depend on many factors such as planting time, seed depth, watering, light and weather conditions. These factors are out of Plant Theatres control and Plant Theatre or any company selling this product can not be held responsible for non germinating seeds. This kit is deemed as a novelty gift and is sold as such.’<\/em>
\nA cynical gardener may think they doth cover their muddy footprints too much.<\/p>\n

\"cosmic<\/a>
\nCosmic <\/em>(and funky) purple carrots by kthread CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Funky vegetables and cosmic chillies can feature in a theatre of garden exotics. I will probably stick to Auriculas in my theatre of dreams but if someone wanted to send me a gift well……..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs","category-garden-equipment-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}