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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 23 Jun, Nat (Australia - tropical climate): An eggplant has self seeded in sunny spot, next to my olive tree in Brisbane.. It's now 22/6/2022 so am wondering if I could successfully dig it up and put it elsewhere in the garden. Really healthy stocks (3 of them each about 10ml + wide). Hmmm. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 23 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Dig out with a shovel or spade and keep as much soil as possible around the roots. Put into a new hole, pack the soil around it and water well. Plant them about 700mm a part.
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Celery 19 Jun, EC Sunshine (Australia - temperate climate): I've never used seed for growing celery. I buy an organic/non organic bunch, chop off the base place in water and replace the water regularly and place on kitchen bench in sun for a while. Once its starts growing ( starts fast but I let it grow for a while) I then plant it. I've just pulled an amazing bunch planted undercover but northern sun that started just before the recent Sydney rain event in March. I was concerned with the flavour being watery and bland due to the soil being blanched by all the rain so left it in a bit longer when the sun came out. Amazing!!. I am now growing another one from the base of this one I just grew.
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Celery 03 Aug, Carol J (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Celery is originally a riparian plant - i.e. grows naturally at the edge of streams and so on - so all the rain is their happy place.
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Celery 23 Jun, Michael (Australia - temperate climate): Hello all, I agree with EC sunshine coast and Rokky, I have both seedling plants (garden centre bought) growing nicely in raised garden beds since the beginning of May (temperate climate -Adelaide, day temps range from 14 - 18 currently overnight temps 6- 10 . I started planting Celery bottoms in June from supermarket bought celery bought weekly. Both lots are growing really well. All are planted close together, to promote blanching and structure, some are stringless and some regular stringy type. Now that we are past the Solstice hopefully the longer days will encourage good growth. I treat the growing beds with Bicarb water solution for disease and sprinkle the growing beds with Blood and Bone for plant growth and to keep the local possum away.
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Celery 04 Sep, Teresa (Australia - temperate climate): Michael, your mention of bicarb is interesting. Would you mind sharing what proportions you use and how often? Thankyou. Teresa.
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Marrow 16 Jun, Ballsy (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Can I grow marrow in NTH QLD Australia?
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Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) 15 Jun, john millington (Australia - temperate climate): one web site says avoid growing wong bok in cold times of the year. this site says sow in soil temp 10 to 20, the packet i bought says all year on east nsw what is right
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Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) 17 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm sub tropical and have grown these into the winter. Plant April to June after the rains/pests. You may be able to have a crop from Sept depending on how cold it is where you live. Or how hot it becomes after winter. Plants slow down growing in the cold months. The thing is have a go and see what works for you.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 12 Jun, Danielle SULLIVAN (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I’m holidaying in Tasmania and have seen some artichoke for sale can I take them back to queensland on the plane?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 17 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): I did answer this but it wasn't posted. Ring biosecurity in Qld
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Asparagus 05 Jun, Norelle Evans (Australia - tropical climate): Hello, I’m from QLD Townsville and enquiring where I can source good green stock Asparagus from? and approx costing. Thanking you for your time and help Regards, Norelle Evans
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Asparagus 15 Jun, Margaret (Australia - temperate climate): The Seed Collection have them at a very reasonable price.
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Asparagus 06 Jun, (Australia - tropical climate): If you have a Bunnings store contact them about when they might have them and cost. Usually August and about $10+ per crown. Or try internet seed selling companies.
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Asparagus 03 Jun, Mary Grace Dizon (Australia - tropical climate): What is the best seed variety for tropical climate that’s hardy and disease tolerant?
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Asparagus 06 Jun, (Australia - tropical climate): You are better growing from crowns. Read other posting about buying crowns from Bunnings. If you want seeds go on the internet to Boondie Seeds and look at their varieties.
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 02 Jun, Carol (USA - Zone 8b climate): Buy from "Strictly Medicinal Seeds"
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Tomato 02 Jun, KATE (Australia - tropical climate): Tomato seedlings get up to about 2 inches high, then just fall over and die. Spinach did the same. In tropical Darwin. Tried growing seedlings in trays first, plant them out only to loose them about a week later. Trying to Grow in a raised bed as no success into garden soil. Raised bed built mostly of potting mixtures with bags of compost and sand added. Lots of Dynamic lifter, turned over and left fallow for the wet season. Seedlings did the same death rate in the raised bed. What am I missing. Been here for 3 years and first season crops were really abundant. Now everything dies except for my Lime, Lemon and Guava Trees. Is it just to hot for Tomatoes and spinach now?
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Tomato 06 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - tropical climate): Tropical climate - plant tomato seeds May, transplant June and July. Your soil mix is very porous, it would dry out very quickly especially in hot Darwin. And with watering it would leach out the fertilisers. With your soil mix you probably needed to water 3-4 times a day. The wet season probably leached all the Dynamic Lifter out of the soil. Ok- potting mix has a lot of wood in it. Material like this grabs the nitrogen before the plant does. Compost would do the same if it is not completely broken down. Here is what I do, sub tropical, in the fallow season Nov to April, I dig/turn my soil over adding grass clippings, shrub trimming etc mulched with the mower. With normal rain it will keep this moist and help break down the grass etc. You can add a little D Lifter. By late April /early May after the wet season you should have some good friable soil (depends what the original soil was like). You could add some more compost if you like and maybe manures, about 3-4 (?)
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 30 May, Bryon Ellison (Australia - tropical climate): Where can I get kumara Wairaraka. Red with white flesh and very light central red streeks
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 31 May, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You would have a very slim chance of finding some in Australia.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 01 Jun, Bryon Ellison (Australia - tropical climate): Does any one know what is a similar species in Australia?
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Celery 28 May, Rokky (Australia - temperate climate): Find it strange to plant out celery in November, December when celery is best grown in winter especially flavoursome when it’s hit by the frost
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Celery 30 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm sub tropical Bundaberg and planted seeds in March last year. Too much chance of big rain and pests in Summer.
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Celery 29 Jun, marco (Australia - sub-tropical climate): hi i live on the gold coast Queensland .you can grow celery from the cut off base from the supermarket . i have 2 celery plants all year round .i am using my celery now in my cooking .adds a great taste .i trim as i go, leaving centre and old outer leaves on all the time .so plant now and leave in spot forever.
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Celery 03 Apr, Sandi (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I am doing the same....it's amazing. I have 3 going at different stages of root growth. I'm at the point to plant them out. THIS worries me. What area of garden should I plant them?
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Pumpkin 25 May, Kylie (Australia - arid climate): I have a kent pumpkin vine that is producing huge fruit. The vine is still very healthy, but the pumpkins are easily 5kg each already and don't show any signs of slowing their growth. Any tips on when to harvest? I don't want to lose the lot, but i also don't want to pick too early. I live in central QLD and we have had a fair wet season.
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Pumpkin 30 May, Anonymous (Australia - arid climate): Try and keep the bottom of them dry with straw etc.in wet weather. Growing time is 16-20 weeks. The stem will become dry and hard and the yellow part will become dull. When you do start to pick just pick one and try. But think around 18 weeks +.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 24 May, Peter (Australia - tropical climate): Hi... I notice that you don't recommend planting snow peas in tropical Australia. I live in the Whitsundays and every year when the 'winter birds' arrive I plant snow peas straight into the garden. They are very fast to grow and I get three or four beautiful crops a year by planting about a month apart. This year the birds have come early. The spangled drongo arrived three days ago and he hasn't let me down yet. I hope he finds a nice lady to go out with this year. Cheers
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 30 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Yes this website is only a guide as they state on the bottom of the page. You have to take your own climate and position into consideration. The only way you find out is to try sometimes.
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