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Tomato 13 Feb, SarahM (USA - Zone 10b climate): In 10b here. You can grow either. Determinate only grow to size, produce fruit then die off. You would grow them in succession to get get tomatoes all season. Indeterminate tomatoes require space as the plants just keeps growing [kinda like a vine] while we have long days of sunlight. Better to decide what type of tomato fruit you want [paste, slicer, etc...].
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Tomato 12 Feb, Colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): You can grow any tomato your heart desires in your zone! Do you like great big beefy slicing tomatoes? Little cherry tomatoes to eat like snacks? Plum tomatoes to make into sauce or sun-dry? All will do great. You may need to use shade cloth in the hottest months to keep them from scorching (I get 40 percent shade cloth from San Diego Seed Company but Amazon has lots of cheaper ones too). If you try to keep them alive through winter, assuming they don't have blight, you can string incandescent Christmas lights around them and cover with fleece if frost threatens. Indeterminate types are basically perennials and will get huge and possibly survive the winter in your zone, so space may be an issue. I usually have ONE big indeterminate sprawler like a Juliet or a Sungold, and let grow as big as it wants on a tower made of cattle panels, and then grow a number of compact bush tomatoes to get some varied crops for slicing, drying, saucing, etc. In your zone you can constantly start new
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Cucumber 08 Feb, Lisa (USA - Zone 9a climate): I heard they, like peas, don’t transplant well BUT you could start them in peat pots so the process of transplanting is less stressful. So I guess the answer is, “Yes, sow them indoors in peat pots.”
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Peas 07 Feb, Mimi (USA - Zone 7b climate): How tall do pea vines grow? I am trying to determine how tall my supports need to be. Also, what kind of soil and how much sunshine do they prefer? Thanks!
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Peas 08 Feb, Anonymous (USA - Zone 4a climate): 5-6' tall, good rich friable soil and sun most of the day.
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Peas 30 Jan, Renee (USA - Zone 5b climate): Depends on the type. There are "bush" peas that only get 2-3' foot tall but still need support. Then there are "climbing" types that can get up to 6'. The short ones produce peas sooner than the tall types.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 05 Feb, Sue (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Would I be able to grow a choko in stanthorpe qld
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 10 Feb, Karen (Australia - sub-tropical climate): yes, but it will die off in Winter - just trim, leaving root in the ground, cover with straw, and it will shoot up again in spring
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Peas 05 Feb, Kirsten (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Is February too early to Plant peas?
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Peas 15 Feb, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Check the planting calendar for your climate zone.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 05 Feb, SHIRL (Australia - temperate climate): Hi there, Can I plant a sprouted choko into a pot/ground in February in Sydney? If not how can keep this to be planted later. Thanks for any advice.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 20 Feb, bushgirl (Australia - temperate climate): If you have a warm corner, and can protect it from frost, you may be able to encourage it to grow for a couple of months. The idea is to help it mature enough to over-Winter and sprout again in Spring. Chokos can be temperamental in pots and planting direct in the ground, now, may expose it to being chilled earlier but the temperature in the earth will be more constant. Do not cover the crown of the choko with earth as your choko will rot. Leave top exposed a couple of centimetres and water around your choko, not on it, as this can also cause rot. Once they are established, with healthy leaves, they should withstand the odd over the top watering. They thrive is you have plenty of humus in the soil.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 08 Feb, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): It says to plant Dec for temperate. If you are on the sub tropical side for weather MAYBE. If you have cooler weather probably not. You can give it a try.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 05 Feb, Jess (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hi, what can I plant with my collards to deter small white flys that seem to be All over the underside of my collards?
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 20 Apr, Alison (New Zealand - temperate climate): Pyrethrum might work
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 08 Feb, Anonymous (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Look up the internet for an organic spray.
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Ginger 04 Feb, Daryn Foxon (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): I would like to start farming ginger. (Gardenate says This site is intended for home gardeners - contact your local agricultural advisor for farming advice)
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 04 Feb, Helen Tapper (New Zealand - temperate climate): This is my 2nd season of growing corn, last season was very successful, this year - not so. I have planted them almost exactly in the same spot as last season. Was that the right thing to do or wrong. The other point is that we have had some pretty crazy summer temperatures, high 20's then low to mid teens. I fertilised the garden during the winter/early spring.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 05 Feb, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Better to plant in different spot. Corn is a big user of fertiliser and water. When preparing the soil add compost/manures if possible, Soils always need some fibre replacement each year. Then mark out your rows about 50-60cm apart, Scratch a furrow in the soil and run some fertiliser in the furrow - I use Bunnings rooster booster. Have the soil wet before starting, after planting give another watering. Don't water again for 3-4 days. Too wet seeds will rot. When plants are 45cm high run some more fert down each side of the plants and hill the soil up around the stalk. Corn pollinates for 5 days and you pick it approx 21 days later. I just picked 28 cobs last week. S
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Onion 03 Feb, Sky Kell (USA - Zone 7b climate): Perennial onion that multiplies for 7b zone
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 03 Feb, Debbie Millington (Australia - temperate climate): learning to grow rocket. When flowers appear, should I pluck them off? When picking rocket to eat should I pluck off individual leaves or snip off a stalk? Many thanks
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 05 Feb, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Pick before flowering ans just take few leaves or stalks at a time.
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Potato 02 Feb, steve (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Can anyone recommend a good place to buy seed potatoes and seeds in general - prices seem to vary hugely
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Potato 28 Mar, Lyall (New Zealand - temperate climate): I picked mine up from Mitre 10 Mega - they gave me an excellent harvest, but I don't recall the specific variety (there was more than one variety available).
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Potato 03 Feb, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Farming produce agencies sometimes have seed potatoes. Research the internet for seed selling companies, they have potatoes also. I have a small family seed seller who charges 1.25 to 2$ for small quantities of seed, other companies up to 3-4-5$
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Potato 04 Feb, steve (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): thanks
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Potato 04 Feb, Ruth (Australia - cool/mountain climate): we have good results with seeds potatoes from taspotatoes.com.au and garden express!!
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Horseradish 01 Feb, Andree (New Zealand - temperate climate): Looking for a couple of horseradish plant if anyone has any. Can't seem to get it from the local plant shops. cheers
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Horseradish 13 Mar, Don McLeod (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi Andre have you managed to get the horse radish yet . Am in the waikato and will be harvesting say July/ August if you would like some crowns
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Horseradish 29 Aug, M H And D I Clear (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Do you have any horseradish crowns. I live in upper hutt
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