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Horseradish 05 Jan, Robert (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Hi Tshidi, you can buy it here online "livingseeds" web site
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Horseradish 05 May, Ica (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
HI Robert, I'm also looking for fresh horseradish. Please give website link , you're referring to. Thank you
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Basil 18 Dec, mavis buckmeister (Australia - temperate climate)
i crush garlic and mix it up into a spray with a few drops of lavender oil and nothing eats my basil - its a trick my grandfather taught me many years ago - don't know how or why it works - just know my basil keeps growing beautifully year after year after year.
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Basil 06 Jan, Corindikids (Australia - temperate climate)
Wld you mind being more specific about your garlic spray? How much garlic? Do you mix with water as well as lavender oil? If so, how much water?
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Rhubarb 18 Dec, Bev OMullane (Australia - temperate climate)
My sister gave me some stalks of her rhubarb, which is green and she doesn't like it. I cooked it and put red food colouring in it. Looks like red rhubarb, same taste. I didn't know that there were two types of rhubarb, red and green. Where does the green variety come from?
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Rhubarb 17 Dec, Clara (Australia - temperate climate)
There are tiny white-ish flies eating the leaves of my rhubarb. They seem to prefer the smaller leaves and have completely decimated several leaves to the point that the plants are really struggling. I have tried pyrethrum but it is not helping. Does anyone know what these flies are and how to get rid of them?
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Rhubarb 26 Dec, Peyton Mills (Australia - temperate climate)
They sound like aphids to me. Try planting garlic near it will help. A mix of garlic, chilli powder, coffee in soapy water make a good pesticide for them. Neem oil and soapy water is another recipe, as well any herbal oils with soapy water. If none of these work then try water pressure or removing them yourself, then re-locating or replanting your rhubarb. If you have aphids then usually ants come along with them since they are attracted to the honeydew secreted by the aphid, so planting peppermint will repel ants.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 17 Dec, Mick Dodd (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can i purchase a cape goosebery bush in Perth area ??
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Jan, Jess (Australia - temperate climate)
If you know anyone with a plant they are easy to grow from seeds or cuttings. Occasionally I see them at nurseries or even bunnings. Or apparently you can get them from The Lost Seed Company (though I haven't checked for WA restrictions). If you get stuck and if you're anywhere near Mosman Park I can give you a couple of little seedlings
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 23 Jan, Sara (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Jess do you still have seedlings? I am growing my first ever gooseberry this year and it started off growing amazingly well. Very healthy, but I went on a holiday and when I came back it was overrun by red spider mites and is having really bad leaf curl now. Would be great to get hold of a couple of seedlings and give it a fresh start. Would be amazing if you could help me out. I live in Mosman too :)
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 17 Dec, Doug ridge (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Dad has a very healthy looking rockmelon in a raised bed...gave the vine two buckets yesterday of diluted power feed...the flowers now look brighter an there are a lot of them...but know sight of any fruit forming yet???also noticed today a few leaves with a greyish looking mould on some of the leaves...hasn't been a lot of sunlight the last couple of days! Dad has the vine held by a wire fence ...stopping his dog from jumping in there????
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 16 Dec, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I also have problem with my capsicums healthy plants fruit rots before mature. any advice to fix the problem
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 26 Dec, Louise (Australia - temperate climate)
peppers rot due to lack of calcium and/or to much nitrogen. Calcium is needed to build the cell wall of the fruit. Calcium up take can be prohibited due to nutriant inballance. NTS have a great product called "Total Cover" good for correcting inballances. Adding boron to the soil can help unlock calcum so needed for nutriiant uptake of plants.
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Rhubarb 16 Dec, Christine Salanitro (Australia - temperate climate)
I have been trying to grow rhubarb now for about five years. I have tried with bought small plants and also grown my own plants from seed. in all cases my plants do very well and become nice big healthy plants,then when they are two years old, one by one the leaves turn yellow they wilt and die. the dying process just happens out of the blue usually within two days the plant just dies.It can be healthy in the morning then it will starts wilting by lunch time and it wont pick up, the next day it is floppy and finished. I have tried growing plants in full sun, under the shade of a tree and in large pots. the results have always been the same. two year old healthy plants then death. please can anyone help or should I just give up
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Rhubarb 17 Dec, Paul (Australia - arid climate)
Your problem sound strange to me, I have been growing Rhubarb for over 15 years and still have the same plant I was given way back then. It has divided every year and now my garden and aquaponics sport over ten "Sydney Red" rhubarb plants and many more given away. Have you ever repotted them before spring? If not I would give that a go with some rich organic matter under the lifted crown. In my ponics system the plant there has not been touched for 5 years now and thrives to the extent of taking over that bed. Keep moist not wet and mulch around the crown not over it, dynamic lifter applied in spring and summer, nothing over autumn and winter. Works for me, should work for you.
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Rhubarb 17 Dec, Alison (Australia - temperate climate)
Maybe its the soil? It could be too clay like, and waterlogging the roots. I have a rhubarb planted in a raised garden bed in a 'no dig' garden made of mushroom compost, lucern hay, and chook poo. The mix has been topped up since the plant was planted 3 years ago, but thats all that I've done. The whole veg patch is under a piece of shadecloth, so gets filtered sunlight, and gets regular watering in summer along with the rest of the veg garden, and we went away for 3 months over last winter and left the maintenance to relatives, and it still didnt die. Not sure if its just used to being ignored, or what, but it grows like a weed and never seems to die back - even in winter! It was a transplated cutting from another old plant 3 years ago and has been split since then. The original plant it came from died - that was in a clay soil...
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Rhubarb 15 Dec, Paul (Australia - arid climate)
Rhubarb has a tendancy to die back if too hot or cold, the crown still remains and will grow back when ready. Just dont drown it with standing water! I grow it in raised beds, containers and aquaponics beds, all with no problem as long as the roots do not remain waterlogged. Remember, if your rhubarb flowers it is either thirsty or hungry! So keep it well watered and feed monthly!!!
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Ginger 15 Dec, Noni (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live in Coorow and have gotten some of the tubers going that you buy at the supermarket. I have them by the window to green them up and want to plant out in the garden. Initially I had them in an old fridge with the freezer door ajar I also keep my potatoes in there and onions. the fridge has had its cord cut off....keeps fresh air in and keep it dark. the ginger shot and now am just about ready to put it in the garden. The shoots are quite green...no roots yes but they will come in the garden.
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 15 Dec, Noni (Australia - temperate climate)
I have winged peas in and they are huge, but I have left them on the ground as a ground cover. I grow them in semi shade and they are doing so well. Started them off as seed direct in to the ground just when ordinary peas were finishing. They have not flowered yet so dont know what they re like but their little bushes look great
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Tomato 15 Dec, Cobie (Australia - temperate climate)
I have a tall yellow tomato bush with heaps of large beautiful looking tomatoes. Picked our first yellow tomato last week and the taste was good, but the the flesh was Rather mushy. My question is, did I pick it too late and need to pick it earlier or are the yellow Tomatoes mushy? I can pick them when green and make a chutney, but that's a shame.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 14 Dec, derek (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Is sage compatible to grow with thyme, rosemary and basil in the same pot or I am using a old wheel borrow.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 30 Oct, Bernadette (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Yes, most herbs like each other. Just keep in mind the individual water requirements.
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Cabbage 13 Dec, Andre (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
I would like to plant cabbage in end of January. Is nuvoton good to be planted in january and at spacing between them and roughly how many can i plant per hectare
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Rhubarb 13 Dec, Penny Pritchard (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The whole plant appears to be dieing can you give any reason why? Many thanks
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Kohlrabi 13 Dec, Bob C (Australia - temperate climate)
the seeds are available from the major seed companys at the major hardware stores
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Horseradish 11 Dec, Ananda (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
I am looking for horseraddish plants to buy. Will send couriers to collect or pay postage. I am in Parys, Free State.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 11 Dec, Donna (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Perth WA. I planted 6 chilli plants in separate pots,four have died,another one is dying and the last one only has leaves at the top,flowers start but never actually flower and there are no shoots growing on the stem,it looks like something is eating them,but I can't see anything on the leaves or stem.i used chicken manour to plant,can anyone one advise,every thing I plants dies.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 15 Sep, Poida (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Donna, Take the chilli out of the pot, check the soil. You most likely find grubs residing under there or those rolly grub. We got rid of them by hands, feed them to the chicken. No chemical needed. You chilli will recovered if not too damaged.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 20 Dec, Peter (Australia - arid climate)
Snails love small chilli plants so when you plant put some snail pallets around. Chilli doesn't grow well in small cup size plastic pots so don't use them or if you buy a chilli plant in one transplant to a large ceramic pot immediately. Grow from seed in a sandy garden bed seems to work very well to germinate, when the plants are as tall as your finger transplant them into a largish ceramic pot 2 litre minimum and don't be scared of leaving them in a large pot as they grow well in pots. Use a reasonable quality potting mix and water every day, mornings best, Full sun is best so find a spot where the chilli gets the maximum sun possible. The potting mix will have enough fertiliser for the next growth stage so don't add any fertiliser for the next month. Then add blood and bone and watch them grow quickly and start to flower. I've had really good results with blood and bone so have not needed to try alternative fertilisers like manure. The beauty of blood and bone is it is almost impossible to burn or kill your plants. Finally add potash fertiliser a month after the blood and bone to ensure the chilli bush has plenty of fruit. The chilli's ive grown in big pots grow jjust as good as the ones in the garden beds if not better. L put that down to the warm soil and potting mix. I live in Perth too so I hope you have luck with your chilli's
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 11 Dec, Margaret Carrington (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I buy Yacon in Launceston Tasmania? Many thanks.
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