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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 07 Aug, la potager dreamer (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Im looking to have a go at growing purple kumera. My fatherinlaw would cut them in half flat side down in saucer of water to get it sprouting then plant. Which is best horse or chook manure?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 27 Aug, Gerard Plant (Australia - temperate climate): It's best to use dried out cow manure, which has been broken up into a almost powdered state and dug into the soil below where you are going to put the sprouts, before planting. You can do this by putting the cow pads into a cement mixer with a few old 1/2 bricks and tumbled for 1/2 hr or so, or just using a shovel on a hard surface. Concrete path etc. Just bust them and pulverise as best you can. Don't use fresh manure under any circumstance. Horse manure is pretty useless and has too much acid, while chook manure is best just laid on top of soil around the plants after a good showing of leaf from the runners. Best to use something like Organic Life or Dynamic Lifter, chook manure that has been treated. So every time you water, the nutrients will just seep into the soil at an even rate. A small sprinkling of garden lime dug in with the cow manure is a good idea too. If you ever come across the original white sweet potato, plant them too. Much better texture and taste, than the purple. Anyway....best of luck !
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 07 Aug, Yvonne (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, I have been given lots of dried corn from bird mix Can I grow them? I mainly want them for bird and guinea pig food.. If so, when do I plant them in South Australia and what distance apart?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 14 Aug, Chrostopher White (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Yvonne, I am inQld Childers and have grown corn that lasted us a year. The temp here is spring 15-18 min to max 27- 30. Your seed should be viable, worth a go, good luck
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 06 Aug, rad (Australia - temperate climate): How easy is it to grow peas eggplant (solanum torvum)
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Pumpkin 06 Aug, Paul (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Growing pumpkins here in Gracemere CQ. Has always be a difficult crop because of the powder mildew fungi , over watering the soil seems to be the main action that is the cause of this problem .pumpkins need to be kept moist but not damp. This year I am trying to water under ground method and covering the soil around the plant so as to stop the damp rising towards to plant leaves . . I will see if this will help ?
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Pumpkin 19 Aug, Rob (Australia - temperate climate): Paul, try spraying the leaves with a mix of 1 tablespoon of full cream milk to 1ltr of water to get rid of the powdery mildew. The underground watering should help also. Cheers, Rob
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Kale (also Borecole) 05 Aug, Heather (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Were can I but Scottish Kale seed in Gauteng
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Garlic 05 Aug, ray (Australia - tropical climate): Is it true you must plant garlic during the time of a full moon, would be interested to hear any comment. Thanks in advance. Ray
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Horseradish 04 Aug, Suzanne (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Ulla I buy my horseradish plants from a nurserywoman at the Hawkesbury Farmers Market. I have taken her advice and always planted my horseradish in a deep pot into the soil as it can become rampant and hard to remove if it gets away. Best wishes.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 04 Aug, Yoko (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi! I live in Brisbane. The eggplant I planted 2 years ago stil fruits all year and has become like a small tree. Can someone tell me about the other vegetable plants that you can leave and survive in Brisbane? The normal perennial such as rhubarb and asparagus are already in my garden. Something you tend to pull out thinking it is just an annual, but still survive as perennial in Brisbane?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 27 Aug, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate): Peppers and chillies and tomatoes are all from the same family as eggplant and can survive mild winters to deliver for several seasons.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 09 Aug, Ann-Marie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I live near toowoomba so we get much colder winters than you. This year my san marzano tomatoes not just survived but fruited heavily all winter. This varity is the best tomato I've ever grown.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 07 Aug, rad (Australia - temperate climate): Eggplants are great I planted one last year and picked lots of big eggplants off it,it survived the cold weather and still growing strong and looks like a small tree now.same with my chilli plants two years old and still going strong
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 29 Dec, daisy brown (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, it is amazing to know an eggplant can survive winter. Do you grow the eggplant plant on the ground or in a pot?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 04 Aug, Bettina (Australia - temperate climate): Would like to grow a yacon rhizome. Where can I buy one. We are living in north east Victoria.
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Ginger 03 Aug, Ken (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): What is "hidden ginger?". Is it also edible? I have grown ginger in containers for some years. Generally I have only had small rhizome develop. What should I do to increase their size? Thanks for all your help. Ken
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Rhubarb 03 Aug, Chrostopher White (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi I have just found the site and have a packet of seed, do I plant direct or trays.
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Pumpkin 03 Aug, John Bushell (Australia - temperate climate): Hi y'all, What is the reason that pumpkins should not be grown in the same plot as potatoes? How far separated do they need to be? Best wishes, John
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 03 Aug, Wendy (Australia - sub-tropical climate): hi there can anyone tell me where i can buy the Yakon tuber Thank you Wendy
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Broccoli 02 Aug, Ron (Australia - temperate climate): We just bought broccoli seedlings from our local hardware's nursery, but your info says plant in spring or autumn. Should we return them or is there somewhere they might grow, under the back patio in a pot with winter sun on them perhaps? Please help.
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Broccoli 09 Aug, Ann-Marie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Broccoli need cold to grow. Put them in the coldest spot in the garden. My broccoli is already going to flower but as flowers are edible i dont mind. You may find that you get very little from them this late in the season. Try approx 4 hrs of sunlight per day then the coldest part of garden for the rest of the day. Broccolini might be a better choice this time of year as you pick much earlier.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 01 Aug, Deon (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): hi do capegoose beries require full sun?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 01 Oct, May (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): In my experience, they grow fine in full sun, but they bear more fruit if they have a bit of shade. I plant mine in flowerbeds and sheltered behind taller trees/plants, so they get morning sun and then dappled shade for the rest of the day.
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Horseradish 01 Aug, Ulla Jakobsen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I bought 2 roots at my greengrocer, and put them in water. Do I just put them in soil and what end in the soil.
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Ginger 31 Jul, Sara (Australia - temperate climate): I live in south west Sydney can grow it in the garden and when
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Ginger 25 Sep, Michelle (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Sara, You can! I grew it for a couple of years in a pot when I lived in Panania (low-on-space-rental) and also the last few years in the Hawkesbury. It grows well in Sydney, we got a bumper crop from just 3 store bought pieces, harvested a year later. We would have gotten even more kgs if I have know it doesn't like direct sun, ours was a little sunburnt. We ended up making about 100 bottles of ginger beer and sharing them around :-) I'm going to plant again this weekend, close to a nice warm fence but out of direct sun. I'm also going to experiment with water loving herbs as a ground cover. I hope this will increase humidity and allow me a second crop for the space. Since ginger is upright, I can plant a companion ground-cover. Maybe strawberries or tarragon? Something that can handle lots of water. Cheers and happy gardening, Michelle
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 31 Jul, Robyn (Australia - temperate climate): Just planting lots of different capsicum in next few days - seedlings. Previously have had lot of bugs attack them...after all Port Macquarie is bug central so would appreciate any hints - will put them near the parsley and basil that might help? Don't like sprays or poisons. Hope you can help thanks.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 30 Jul, Glenn (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I live in North Lakes, Brisbane and would like to get hold of some seeds or seedlings or a plant. Does anyone know where I can get them from
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 18 Nov, Simone (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Glenn Ebay has seed supplier in SA. Littlebee*2010 Simone
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