[Assam] Oxomiya Bagisa in Houston, Texas

Mon May 5 09:07:15 IST 2008

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: annasatin at gmail.com> To: assam at 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 <cmahanta at charter.net> 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 <cmahanta at charter.net> 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"> > >>> > >_______________________________________________> > >assam mailing list> > >assam at assamnet.org> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > >> > >_______________________________________________> > >assam mailing list> > >assam at assamnet.org> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > assam mailing list> > assam at assamnet.org> > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >> _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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