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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 11 Nov, Elsie (Australia - temperate climate)
They all start off green, and change colour as they ripen. They're edible when they're green, but you might prefer the taste once they ripen up. I don't know if there are any differences in the plant itself that tell you which variety (yellow, red, brown) it will be though sorry.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 21 Oct, Erika Kimber (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live in Qld - sub tropical climate. I have to say that I am surprised to find that apparently spinach does not grow in sub tropical climates. I planted baby spinach from seedlings at the start of September. They get 5 hours of full sun shine/day. That's full sun, no shade. I also have red spinach that I planted from seedling 4 weeks ago. No wilting, except once when I didn't water them early enough in the day. The chooks and myself have been harvesting a handful of leaves every second day or so. At the moment our ave. daily temp is around 30c, So I say give it ago.
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Strawberry Plants 21 Oct, Bev (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi l have purchased some different coloured strawberry seeds.Can you please tell me when and how to sow Cheers Bev
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Potato 21 Oct, Jan Grainger (Australia - temperate climate)
I lost a whole lot of potatoes to both slaters and slugs. I used beer traps, etc. but there were too many to contend with. Reluctantly, we had the whole property professionally sprayed and this year have none.
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Garlic 19 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Garlic cloves were planted late March early April due the very wet soil. Location Killivan Qld . Wondering why No flowers have appeared yet. Usually harvest in November.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 18 Oct, Tejinder (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
Coriender is excellent for flavour. My wife loves so I grow it in my garden to keep her smiling. This year in mid September it stated giving seed. I did not uproot them. let them grow and mature seed. On the other side i seed coriender from my previous seed stock, it was. excellent germination. plants were growing very well. I was aware that October will be harsh. My tomato plants were the first to shed leaves. Fruits were rottenning . I took old hose pipe and cut them in 5 feet pieces. To give strength to the soft pipe I inserted bamboos sticks in them and then made the hoops over the crop. I covered the rows of coriander with pipe hoops and plastic sheets of painter. I could able to save and survive my coriender tender plants. I measured temp of in and out on very sunny day. It was 29oc inside and it was 22oc out. I told my daughter my plants are burning inside i must ventilate. I opened the ends of hoop also lifted sides of plastic. My question is when to ventilate, how often, what should be the thickness of plastic sheet.Is thickness is important. yes, I forgot. when my plants matured in september 15, I seeded the seed in soil to if they germinate or not My all seed germinated. so I concluded the coriender seeds does not have any dormant or dormancy period before sowing.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 16 Oct, Tina Lockyer (Australia - temperate climate)
should capsicum and chilli plants be cut back in the winter?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 15 Oct, TONY (Australia - temperate climate)
When you say avoid planting with ,is there a distance you go by, eg. is ten metres enough
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 27 Oct, Ferran (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Depends why it is bad to grow it with it. Some anti companion plants attract the same bugs while others emit natural chemicals that hinder each other, some cross pollinate or need different conditions from one another. I do not know why Celery should not be planted with corn but 10meters should be plenty Have you tried an Aztec plot when growing corn? 3 crops from same patch. 16 corn 3 squash, zucchini or pumpkin and 1 bean growing up each corn plant (for nitrogen) per meter square. - Ferran
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 03 Nov, Zelle (Australia - temperate climate)
Aztec plot - sounds interesting! How do I find out more detail on how to plant one? Googled, but not much comes up. Thanks!
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 01 Dec, Michael (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Try googling 'three sisters' planting technique.
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 15 Oct, Angel (Australia - temperate climate)
Hey, fellow Melbournians, if you have had success growing the winged beans, can you please give me some tips on how to get mine going? I have been trying to germinate my seeds and not been successful. I have soaked them for a day or two until they swell but they don't seem to be sprouting yet. It's been a couple of weeks :-( I even have a controlled environment for them in a heat tray! What do you guys do?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 14 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate)
Does anyone know where to buy Zucchini Tromborino seed. Diggers Seeds used to have it. It is hard to germinate as some seeds seem to be sterile but the flavour is truly wonderful - a nutty taste rather than marrow flavour.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 15 Oct, Jac T (Australia - temperate climate)
Are you thinking of zucchini tromboncino? It's still over at Diggers ...
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Rhubarb 14 Oct, Jenny Thomas (Australia - temperate climate)
After you have harvested the rhubarb do you cut it to ground level and leave to regrow - and, if you fertilise, what do you use? many thanks.
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Rhubarb 27 Oct, Peter (Australia - temperate climate)
NO, you pull the stalks away from the plant. New stalks will grow from between the existing stalks. I fertilise with compost and blood and bone and my plants do very well
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Rhubarb 13 Oct, Sue Williams (Australia - temperate climate)
I've got 2 rhubarb plants, possibly about 10 years old - beautiful huge glossy leaves but the stalks are only about 4" long. I've heard that rhubarb is a big feeder so they've got plenty of well rotted horse manure but it only seems to be feeding the leaves ! Help ......
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Potato 12 Oct, Sarah (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Another first time potato grower here :) I bought some russet Burbank seed potatoes a few weeks back and was silly enough to just follow the directions on the bag label, which said nothing about letting them shoot before planting. I planted them immediately, then a week later realised the error of my ways so gently dug a few up to see what had happened. They had shoots on them about an inch long, so I replanted them, shoot side up and about 10cm of dirt on top. That was two weeks ago, but no shoots have appeared on the surface. How long should it take? I have my "succession batch" on the floor in an open box in my green house, hoping they'll sprout away soon for planting in a month or so. All advice gratefully received :)
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Potato 18 Oct, Sarah (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Well, a week later and two have sprouted... Two that I DIDN'T dig up to check on. It appears digging up those others, despite being as gentle as I could, wasn't a great idea :-S
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Mint (also Garden mint) 11 Oct, MintGrower (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I don't know what's wrong with my mint, leaves aren't growing and the small ones are getting yellow. It's receiving nice morning sun and then shadow in the afternoon because when I left it out in the sun all day it was getting burnt. It's well moist and everything seems according to instructions but I'm afraid it's dying, what to do?
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Chives (also Garden chives) 11 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi there I live in perth and have had no luck in growing chives in pots, I have tried chook poo and no chook poo, sunny and part sunny spots, but the chives just die or don.t grow at all. I seem to grow everything else. What am I doing wrong. Thanks mandee
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Chives (also Garden chives) 27 Oct, Ferran (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
check the soil they like it nice and light with slight moisture not too wet, doesn't need to be too nutritious. If you are buying them from the super market i find they don't do too well. Try a garden store, if you by them from a garden store they will often be very willing to give advice. Time of year can also be affecting them. Rather than using chook poo which can be a bit strong try worm wee or a small amount of worm "tea" dug around the roots. Also make sure they have enough space. Good luck! - Ferran
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 11 Oct, Peter Stevens (Australia - temperate climate)
The zuccinni on my plants have a yellowy End on them and go all soft and rot at the end of them Can someone give me a solution to this problem
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 17 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate)
Peter - I fixed that problem by adding lime to the soil.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 12 Oct, Helen (Australia - temperate climate)
Add some potash/sulphate of potash to strengthen the flowers. It can be added to a watering can or sprinkle around the plants and watered in
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 12 Oct, Melinda (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Peter I'm absolutely no expert, but I did find info only today on yellowed, soft zucchinis meaning the plant needs help with pollination. It might not be the issue, but have a search for pollinating zucchini plants and see. There's many helpful videos and pollinating seems easy to do. Good luck, ~Mel
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 12 Oct, Steph (Australia - temperate climate)
I was watching Phil Dudman on this exact issue just now. Sound s like the pollination problem. Google his name and zucchini or corgette and there is a youtube clip. Unfortunately you can't post the link here.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 11 Oct, Debbie (Australia - temperate climate)
We have had a fantastic crop of broad beans (our first year growing them) and wondered if anyone knows about drying them. You often see recipes for using dried fava beans but we are not sure how to go about this. We do have a food dehydrator but there is no mention of broad beans in the instructions.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 22 Oct, Andrew S (Australia - temperate climate)
G'day Debbie Best way we dried the beans was to either keep them in the pod on the plant and let them dry naturally as summer picked up , or place them on a drying rack in the shade on a hot day. Again we found the best ones were those that dried in pods. What you don't eat becomes next years crop. Going to try some in a plate drying this year.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 10 Oct, Helen (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi if it is still ok, can you post me some luffa seeds? Much appriciated, please email me your address so that I can send over a prepaid envelope. [email protected]
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