Comments on: It’s a Tropical Affair, Gardening Belize Style

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:51:48 +0000

Mary: you should be able to get bougainvillea in Belize we have it.

By: Mary Loan

Mary Loan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:10:23 +0000

Dear Folks,
In a few months we (my husband and I) are planning to move to Belize.
We have lots of expired (by date) seed packets.
Are there regulations about bringing seeds into the country? We bought a farm with Tamarind, coconuts, jungle plums, avocados and some citrus. We would love to grow a long hedge of bougenvillia (sp?).
We will be moving to the San Ignacio/Cayo area.
Thanks in abundance and advance for any/all help!
From, Mary

By: alixander hunter

alixander hunter — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:40:56 +0000

barbara: if you are having trouble still with the ants, go to the pharmacy and purchase boric acid. mix 2 mixtures make a paste one with bacon grease and one with honey. put some of this on a piece of tin foil. lay the foil in the path of the ants. they will either be sweet ants or grease ants, they will take one or the other and take it back to thier nest. it will kill the nest. it will not hurt anything else. also we are building a resort in belize we would be interested in purchasing some of your plants, would you please email me back at alixhunter@aol.com and let me know if this would be possible, and where you are located. are you able to order other plants from other countries and get them in so i could order more of them from you? thank you alixander

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:43:44 +0000

We will be moving to Belize hopefully next year so how about vegetables? Tomatoes, lettuce, peas, beans, etc? Woman cannot live on fruit alone…although it would be nice.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:15:30 +0000

To Minki: We are certainly aiming for self-sufficiency. No, the gray water is not filtered. We do not particularly like the breadfruit, although the tree is marvellous, we heard the jackfruit’s taste is similar to the breadfruit. So, not considering it but thanks. As to the leafcutter ants… it is a never-ending saga, the jackbean planting around the citrus trees only helped to a certain degree. Any hints/tips/advice/help?
To Hetta: Yes, the sunflowers did get a few hours of shade a day, I’ll try the rest of the seeds in full sun… which can be real fierce here. The Ceiba tree is truly magnificent, so huge. When it blossoms, the flowers are so high one cannot see them but the tree is visited by bees and wasps which make the tree sound as if it is humming. Gorgeous!

By: hetta

hetta — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:56:22 +0000

Maybe you did not plant the sunflowers fully in the sun? Or overwatered them? But tell me please, why a humming Ceiba tree? I am so very curious.

By: Minki

Minki — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:24:21 +0000

What a diversity of fruit trees! It sounds like self-sufficiency gardening. But it is very difficult keeping things alive when it is so dry. Is the gray water filtered first? Get a Jackfruit tree, the fruit is very large and it ought to grow there. It will be interesting to have updates on the leafcutter ants situation!