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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 18 Aug, Yvonne Maynard (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My snow peas look healthy, are growing well and just starting to flower and produce some peas, however some of the peas are curled up and a little dry looking. I have eaten some and they are lovely, but would like to know what causes them to curl. Also the leaves have always been curled like they have not completed opening. I am also confused about how much water to give them as I used a moisture meter and it recorded the soil as wet, so I only water them about once a week deeply.
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Horseradish 17 Aug, helen dmytriw (Australia - temperate climate)
where can i get horsradish root to plant in pots i live in Melton, Melbourne victoria
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Horseradish 07 Sep, Beverley Reilly (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The diggers club has horseradish plants for sale online
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Horseradish 29 Aug, Anon (Australia - temperate climate)
on line search where to buy it.
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Potato 17 Aug, Stephen Stallard (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I buy any English Variety "New Potatoes" for planting in our Home Garden. Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Many thanks. Stephen
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Potato 29 Aug, Anon (Australia - temperate climate)
Try an on-line search where to buy it.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 13 Aug, Garry Searle (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Can you grow Snow Peas next to Bush Beans?
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 29 Aug, (Australia - temperate climate)
Put the snow peas on the south side of dwarf beans.
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Peas 08 Aug, Nikki (Australia - temperate climate)
Can I put sugar snap peas In now or better in autum
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Peas 09 Aug, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You can put them in now if you want to - asap. Probably no later planting than end of August - I'm sub-tropical and I can grow snow peas this time of the year.
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Peas 09 Aug, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
sugar snaps prefer cooler weather. www.gardenate.com/plant/Snow Peas?zone=2
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Potato 07 Aug, Elaine (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
How best can I use, an old bag of coffee grinds in the garden.
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Potato 01 Sep, Janet (Australia - temperate climate)
We had tomato and capsicum plants that were growing really nicely and promising in big pots with organic potting soil, compost and fertiliser. When we heard about coffee grounds and applied them, it really set these plants back (visibly evidenced) and they did not fruit much at all. They were our pride and joy. There are new articles on the Net about coffee grounds Not being a good idea close to our plants - there maybe a few exceptions. We would never take the risk again.
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Potato 09 Aug, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Just spread it out thinly in the garden and mix into the soil. Or use it in your compost if you are making it.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 03 Aug, Robert Perkins (Australia - tropical climate)
We have some healthy looking Zucchini Plants growing but unfortunately they are only producing female flowers. Not much good for fertilization. Can anyone give me a reason or solution to this problem ?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 16 Oct, Jennifer S (Australia - temperate climate)
Be patient! The female flowers appear later in the season. I always plant 3-4 zucchini so that I have an abundance of flowers for pollination (which I do myself.)
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 06 Aug, (Australia - tropical climate)
I have had the same problem - all male flowers nearly - 3 different plantings - reason I have no idea.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 22 Mar, Suzanne Irene (Australia - tropical climate)
Cucurbits produce lots of low energy male flowers for the first few weeks until a pollinator presence (bees usually) is established. Then, the females are produced. This is the pressure of natural selection. The ones that produce the most offspring dominate the gene pool. In this case later female flowering.
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Ginger 30 Jul, Ravina (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi, I got half acre ginger in ground, and didn’t looks much better, Can we leave that in ground for next time picking or pulling ? Please advice.
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Ginger 28 Jul, john massey (Australia - tropical climate)
I am planting ginger now in central Queensland -have done for a few years now-i plant in an area that will give some shade /relief from the summer sun -my seasons are changing almost every year by just a bit -rain does not always come when you need it and when it does it floods (seems to be way at moment) so I have gone with soil temperature as the best guide as all the planting guides are quite often only a just that -A guide-also have installed raised beds and have pipe over the top which I cover to deflect constant heavy rains from drowning plant and leaching soil of nutrients....constant and never-ending change keeps me on my toes..cheers John
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 26 Jul, Leah Peterson (USA - Zone 10b climate)
Will Sunchokes die in extreme heat? Even with irrigation?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 06 Aug, Anon (Australia - tropical climate)
By the guide here in Tropical Australia (hottest weather) you plant in Autumn and grow into/in winter. Summer might be too hot.
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Potato 23 Jul, Michelle Manning (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello I live in northern NSW Australia what is the best potatoes to grow in this area ? Thanks
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Potato 06 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
It is more about what variety you want to eat. Five people will probably tell you 5 different varieties.
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Ginger 17 Jul, marco (Australia - tropical climate)
when should i look at putting ginger root into the ground.i live on the gold coast queensland.
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Ginger 20 Jul, Narendra Sen (Australia - temperate climate)
August/September is fine. In fact you could put them in the ground anytime now. I did it a week back as a trial and I can see the eyes are very prominent. So the germination process has begun. I am in SE Qld.
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Ginger 04 Sep, marco (Australia - tropical climate)
hi .i live on the gold coast a back yard garden have set aside about 1 metre area for my ginger. i have spent the last 2 months mixing soil with leaf and grass clippings . light water system everyday. i went to my local green grocer and picked up some really nice ginger at a better price by 10 dollars a kilo. from main players ! today being 04/09/2021 i planted my ginger less than a inch down and then put organic sugar cane inch thick over the top then i put some blood and bone over the top . i hope i get some good ginger.i will let everyone know if it works out .fingers crossed
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Ginger 26 Oct, marco (Australia - tropical climate)
ginger is sprouting out now .looking healthy. looks like i will get a good crop. live on the gold coast .
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 15 Jul, VJ Pertzel (Australia - tropical climate)
Are there any beanfly resistant beans? It is so disappointing to keep losing our bean crops!
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 21 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I only grow them in the spring time - no bugs then.
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