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Posted by Jai_Ganesha 6 (Kentucky/WV) (My Page) on

Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 13:52

I would like to hear from anyone who has attempted growing sesame in the US.

I use it for a lot of dishes, and I know it has a long growing season (110+ days without frost). Is it possible?

I know I won't get a world-class crop, I just want to experiment next year. Your thoughts?

Thank you!

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Posted by daninthedirt 8b / HZ10 Cent. TX (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 15:26

I would be interested to know why you want to grow them. Is there something special about home grown sesame seeds? Now, if you were using the leaves, that would be different. I keep hearing about "sesame leaves" being used in Korean dishes, but my understanding is that those greens are not really from the sesame plant. Kind of confusing. Are sesame leaves any good to eat?

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Posted by zensojourner (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 16:05

Korean "sesame leaves" are a particular type of perilla (aka shiso).

I have some - allegedly - but since they came from Evergreen and I've had such awful germination from everything else I got from them so far, I'm not sure anything is going to actually come up, nor that they are the right plant to start with.

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