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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 14 Jun, Rex (Australia - temperate climate)
Your probably cross pollinating if you are growing chilli's and capsicum in the same spot. The chilli's will become less hot with each new crop and the capsicum will get hotter.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 16 May, Peter Melbourne VIC. (Australia - temperate climate)
Charlotte, Sometimes my capsicum would rot at the bottom, so I looked it up and it was stated that TOO MUCH fertilizing can cause the problem. I put any suspect ones back in the compost so not all is lost. As for the chillies, there are hundreds of varieties all with different heat levels, Cooking does not temper them the only thing you can do is remove the seeds before using it. I dry my chillies by threading them onto a length of fishing line and hanging it in a sunny window in the kitchen. They look quite decorative. It will take a few weeks to properly dry them. Store them in jars and use as needed. Hope this helps.
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Pumpkin 06 Feb, Sue O'Keefe (Australia - temperate climate)
What is the best variety to plant in a small area? Is there a pumpkin that won't take over the entire yard?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 06 Feb, andy (Australia - tropical climate)
I have the greater yam growing in my garden. Had a lot of trouble to start with dogs digging out tubers. What do I need to do to promote aerial tubers? Also how big can this yam grow as vines are growing very long and high!!
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Brussels sprouts 05 Feb, Giffo (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
When is the best time to sow for harvest around Christmas?
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Brussels sprouts 24 Nov, Anonymous (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
It has a suggested growing time, like 17 weeks, you could count back from Xmas.
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Potato 05 Feb, Wendy (Australia - temperate climate)
We are just harvesting our potatoes and find that several of them feel spongy but otherwise seem okay. What would cause this and are they okay to eat ?
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 04 Feb, sandy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have about 20 fruit growing at various stages on the one plant but all of a sudden the leaves are going spotty then brown and dying.any suggestions
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 04 Feb, Shamim (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Green locust is eating away pomegranate leaves. How do I get rid of them?
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Strawberry Plants 03 Feb, M Litkie (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
What variety of strawberry should I plant for quality fruit in this area and from where can I order?
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Spinach (also English spinach) 03 Feb, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Help! My spinach is being completely stripped overnight, not just holes. I have put poison round each plant which worked the first night then it rained heavily and now the remaining plants have been eaten.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 04 Feb, Luke (Australia - tropical climate)
the only insect i can think of would be grass hopper and some other bugs breeding in summer as they like heat, they are hard to kill unless heavily poison. Grass hopper can eat a plant in one night if the leaves are fresh. The only safe tip i can give is what i doing now, Spray the area with Madison 50, type of poison for pets that got lices, water your plants with insect repel, best if it natural, there are a range of products at your local garden center. hope this helps
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 01 Feb, Shanni (Australia - temperate climate)
My capsicum plant started growing the long narrow chilli shaped capsicums but now on the same bush it's growing a traditional shaped one that's green? How and why does this happen, can someone explain please? Thanks!!
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 16 May, Peter Melbourne VIC. (Australia - temperate climate)
Shanni, Last summer I had the same thing happen to me. When I looked into it I had planted a variety called Sweet Mix (capsicum annuum), the long ones are yellow or red and the "normal ones" are mainly green but if left some turn red. They all taste good too! Hope this helps.
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 01 Feb, Bill (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
rockmelon plants grow well, lots of male flowers, occasional female flower, these go to about marble size, yellow and drop off. maybe not pollinated?
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 13 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate)
Sounds like not pollinated - cross pollinate them by hand.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 31 Jan, Peter O'Mant (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
Please can you tell me where I can buy scarlet runner bean seed for my small vegetable garden
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 31 Jan, Neville Graham (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Capsicum ,small variety,falling off bush before ripening. Bush is healthy. Any clues why this is happening
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 08 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Are they stung by fruit fly? I loose quite a lot during the warm weather but when it cools off and there are no fruit fly around I don't loose any.
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Watermelon 30 Jan, Mohamed (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Good day I would like to know where to purchase watermellon seeds from South Africa. I used To buy for Mozambique but now in Saudia Arabia .i know that South African seeds are good . Thank you
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 30 Jan, Shona (Australia - temperate climate)
Bunnings sells the kumara plant in QLD along with feijoa trees which were both thought to be a NZ thing only? Or you can get on eBay though there are certain restrictions with sending fruit or plant matter between states.
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Cucumber 30 Jan, Priscilla (Australia - temperate climate)
My cucumbers are light green in colour, huge, and odd shaped. some of the stems were prickly is that right.
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Cucumber 11 Dec, Bill (Australia - temperate climate)
yep should be prickly like on the stems and leaves and fruit
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 30 Jan, David (Australia - temperate climate)
The rotten spot could be sun scald (whitish) ...but, if it is rotten on the bottom end of the fruit it is most likely bottom end rot and the plant needs calcium.
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 28 Jan, Horsome (Australia - temperate climate)
I finally have fruit growing ! 4 plants, planted seedlings Oct, Nov. In a sandy soil with some fresh compost mix. The turning points? Big rainfalls in late December encouraged plant growth, recently started picking of runners as female flowers weren't taking, then bam over a week later about half a dozen fruit took off, aiming to get 2 dozen at least.
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Potato 28 Jan, Diane (Australia - temperate climate)
My potato bushes are starting to turn yellow and I have noticed there are small green berry's growing where the flowers were , what are these???
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Potato 16 Mar, Maggie (Australia - temperate climate)
Nothing just don't worry about that's what I would say. they are like little seed pods . Cheers Maggie
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Potato 30 Jan, Tracey (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Diane, the small green berrys are actually seed pods, if you get these on your plants it means the potatoes are very happy where you've grown them and are in ideal conditions. If you use these seeds you can get a really good crop of genetically diverse potatoes unlike those grown from seed potatoes which will only produce clones. Cheers Tracey
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Potato 29 Jan, Olmec Sinclair (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Diane, Generally when plant leaves turn yellow it can be a sign of nitrogen deficiency. Perhaps you need to feed the spuds with some quick release fertiliser. It may also be that the plants are nearing maturity and dying back.... time to harvest? The green berries are perfectly normal and are the potato seeds. Kind of like a tiny tomato. If you were to plant these you would produce a new, unique variety of potato.
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Potato 28 Jan, Amy (Australia - temperate climate)
Is it too early in the year to plant now?
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