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Rhubarb 02 Sep, (Australia - temperate climate)
I always cook my rhubarb in lemonade, that way there is no need to add sugar and it isn't so tart.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 05 Jul, vidhi (Australia - temperate climate)
Is there any chemical that change capsicum colour?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 09 Oct, Wim (Australia - temperate climate)
Yeah sunshine and time
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 04 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Poor pollination
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 05 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Agreed! All of my zucchini flowers died :( This is not normal. When I was a child my Dad grew zucchini without an ounce of trouble with pollination. Not a bee in sight nowadays. I'm scared to plant pumpkins now too.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 11 Aug, Chris (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Now a days you have to hand pollinate zucchini, pumpkin, squashes, anything that has a large male flower just poke it into a female flower. Male flowers appear first and females on the side shoots, in pumpkins. I also do cucumbers and rockmelon (cantaloupe) with a paint brush, just brushing every flower if I don't see signs of anything happening.
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 04 Jul, Kai (Australia - temperate climate)
can you plant potato sin Northern Territory
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Asparagus 03 Jul, carly (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Ruth, If you are still looking at asparagus crowns, The Diggers Club in Dromana has them. We were there last weekend and they had 3 varieties of crowns- Fat Bastard, Purple and Mary Washington. They do post also. Carly
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Tomatillo 02 Jul, Patricia Dunsky (USA - Zone 7a climate)
Where can I buy tomatillos in New England area?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 02 Jul, Gordon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Best time to prune and what type of fertiliser
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 Jul, Raelene Gavin (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I've just received some yacon rizomes and live in Geelong, Victoria. They are currently wrapped up in coco fibre and peat moss or something similar and in a plastic bag. I want to plant them in pots. If the best time to plant is October / November, what can I do with them now? Can I store them the way they are or should I plant in pots and keep under cover so they won't get frost on them? Thank you
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Tomato 02 Jul, Godwin Dimech (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
For those who have trouble planting tomato, dry tomato onto hand paper towel space out the seed when dry close to end of year cut every dry seed without having to move them and plantin a deep tray about 4 inches under the house or in a shed keep the tray moist see how u go and let me know. When it comes to veges or summer fruit I have many ideas keeep lin touch and see if I can help anyone
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 01 Jul, Katie N (USA - Zone 9b climate)
I want to plant the 3 sisters, corn (maize), beans and squash, for my zone (9b) both beans and squash can be planted in Aug/Sep but I've missed the cut off for sweetcorn. Has anyone had experience of planting maize in this climate at this time? Will it work or am I likely to be disappointed? Thanks for any help. Katie
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 30 Jun, Kerry (Australia - temperate climate)
Good morning Hanna, May I ask please if you have some salsify seeds for purchase? I love watching River Cottage and saw Hugh with the vegetable and would love to plant my own to enjoy the vegetable like he did. I wish you a lovely day, I look forward to hearing from you. kind regards Kerry
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 04 Jan, Hanna (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello Kerry, I am so sorry I missed your post of 30. June 2016. I just discovered it tonight. I suppose by now you have obtained some salsify seeds, but if not, I am only to happy to send you some. I live in Kelmscott a suburb of Perth. Best regards, Hanna.
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Radish 30 Jun, Gomoco (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
already in the ground, thanks for you tip and weekly updates
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 29 Jun, Maeve Murphy (Australia - temperate climate)
I am in Dublin, Ireland. I have the golden berry plants in a greenhouse. Do they need to be sprayed against any pests?.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Jul, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi Maeve, they're pretty hardy, but might get some of the same pests as tomatoes (white fly, etc). I don't think you need to spray them until you see a problem.
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Kale (also Borecole) 28 Jun, Nadira (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Hi . I'm a garden lover and wish to grow my own herb garden and veg but I don't no where to buy seeds .I'm in durban. Please help.
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Kale (also Borecole) 10 Jul, eddie (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
check out grovida huge selection look in checkers/pick n pay Builders express in Pinetown also has large selection
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 28 Jun, Emily Chu (Australia - temperate climate)
The Rosella trees grow very well. However the flower buds very tiny and fallen off after a while. Why is it so?
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Horseradish 28 Jun, Debbie (Australia - temperate climate)
Geelong - buy a root from Geelong Fresh and plant- I am trying this Deb
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 26 Jun, lee (Australia - arid climate)
They are a small bush but put a stake in to help the bush stay firm and upright.
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Garlic 26 Jun, kevin wang (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Our question is how to enlarge of cultivation?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 26 Jun, Julie (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
I have Bischops Crown, Jalapeño, Hungarian Hot Wax and Zim Birds Eye chilies growing in my veggie garden. They grow well and bear a lot of chilies, however the birds seems to love nipping at all of them except the Birds Eyes. Is there anything I can do to deter them, they take a bite out of every chili and leave the bushes looking terrible.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 17 Jul, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Birds, the feathered variety, are a big problem in my area of Centurion. I brought the winter surviving plants into the north facing patio and in pots this year and the birds are waiting at the front door already in mid-July as I begin to plant out the August plantings, but this year, I am blesseed with glass houses. Last season,, when birds became a major nuisance, I found some old CD discs and hung these up on strings from the surrounding trees just above the vegetable garden. It worked just as well as shade/ frost cloth that I removed. Secondly, my wife and I adopted a cat, this worked even better!. Good luck!
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Cucumber 24 Jun, Tumahole Wilson Tumahole (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Hi there I am in Lesotho and would like to know if there is a place in Ladybrand or Bloemfontein were I can get cucumber seeds? faithfully Tumahole Wilson Tumahole
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Rhubarb 22 Jun, Alan (Australia - temperate climate)
My dad was a market gardener in England all his life. He told me they never "pulled" rhubarb after 1st June. The plant needed its leaves to build up root growth. This kept the plant healthy for next year. I suggest growing enough plants so you don't feel a need to "strip the plant bare" but only take a few stems from each plant. Here in southern Tasmania I plant to not harvest too late and will allow the plant to make full recovery before autumn sets in. Nutrients will then have time to drain back into roots before winter sets in.
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Rhubarb 27 Oct, Tempest (Australia - temperate climate)
My mum taught me the same. She only had one rhubarb plant, so we'd only ever be able to use about half of the stalks available so we didn't deprive the rhubarb plant of its means to get energy to continue growing. Of course this meant less rhubarb crumble than we would have liked. When I left home, she kindly split her rhubarb crown into several pieces so we each have at least two. I also helped build her rhubarb collection by buying new crowns of different varieties for us both. I think I have about eight or nine just on my own now. Should be plenty to keep us in rhubarb crumble without taking too much energy away from each plant!
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 22 Jun, Ray Smith (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
If the radish bolt and flower what's next pull the Radish up.
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