December 2012 - Costa Calida Chronicle
December 2012 - Costa Calida Chronicle
December 2012 - Costa Calida Chronicle
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The first meeting of the winter season took<br />
place on Thursday Nov 8 th . Thirty two members<br />
met at the Deitano Semilleros in Totana, where<br />
we were taken on a tour of the premises. The<br />
main business is industrial scale propagation<br />
of vegetables and herbs which are sold to<br />
agriculturalists to be grown on in fields and<br />
greenhouses. Seeds are grown literally by the<br />
million, and we were amazed to be told that<br />
every tomato seedling consists of a hybrid<br />
variety manually grafted onto a vigorous root<br />
stock, and that an experienced operator can<br />
graft up to four thousand plants per day. There<br />
is also a retail shop with a large variety of<br />
garden plants which we were able to buy.<br />
In association with <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida International Radio and www.angloINFO.com<br />
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The second part of the visit was to the nearby<br />
Coato which is a growers’ co-operative of some<br />
three thousand members from the Murcia<br />
region and other provinces which border<br />
Murcia. Here they process almonds, peppers,<br />
olives, honey and vegetables. Our guide<br />
showed us the almond plant, with all the stages<br />
from shelling to final products, including finely<br />
ground almonds, and chopped almonds of<br />
various grades for use in cakes, ice cream and<br />
turron, as well as the product of the ground<br />
up shells which is used in animal feed. Next<br />
was the peppers department where we saw the<br />
processes involved in milling the locally grown<br />
peppers to produce pimentón or paprika. After<br />
an excellent lunch in the on-site restaurant<br />
we visited the factory shop and were also<br />
presented with complimentary packs of honey,<br />
oil, vinegar and paprika.<br />
Altogether a fascinating insight into local<br />
industry.<br />
The next<br />
meeting<br />
o n<br />
Saturday<br />
Dec 1 st is<br />
a visit to<br />
an olive<br />
pressing<br />
p l a n t<br />
near El<br />
Pareton, followed by the bedding plant nursery<br />
at La Majada and lunch at Bar Puente, also at<br />
La Majada.<br />
For further information and a warm welcome<br />
email darwiniangardeners@gmail.com<br />
or phone 669 338 885 or see our web<br />
page at www.bolnuevo.com/social/<br />
darwiniangardeners<br />
Please tell our customers where you saw their advertisement in the <strong>Costa</strong> Cálida <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />
Sales Contact Teresa 619 199 407 or for the Editor Contact Patti 646 005 017<br />
www.costacalidachronicle.com<br />
email: costacalidachronicle@gmail.com
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