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Rhubarb 18 Dec, david (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
how do I get the stalks to grow red. The plants are thriving and are fertilised with seasol and watered reguarly.
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Rhubarb 28 Dec, Mary (Australia - temperate climate)
You have to buy the red variety. It's not like the hydrangea you manipulate the colour :)
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Rhubarb 26 Dec, Michael Barke (New Zealand - temperate climate)
If you are looking for a good vibrant red variety, try a variety called (??)
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Rhubarb 21 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
Give them time - also there is a red and a green variety. Check which one you have, if you can by googling.
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Brussels sprouts 17 Dec, Joanne (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
My plants are tall and healthy but have no sprouts on them?
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 16 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
Any ideas where I can buy them in Tasmania please?
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 19 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try ringing a few stock agency places. Places that sell seed etc to farmers. Try googling it.
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Cabbage 15 Dec, Gen (Australia - temperate climate)
Are there ideal growing situations for chinese cabbage? (Ie wombok... is it the same as savoy cabbage?) Thanks in advance :)
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Cabbage 19 Dec, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Chinese cabbage is a cool weather crop. Same as cabbage.
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Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) 13 Dec, dave clark (Australia - temperate climate)
I am growing bok choi but this one is different. it is dark green crinkly leave has anyone else grown it. Also can you eat it without cooking
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Pumpkin 13 Dec, Glen barlow (Australia - temperate climate)
What should you put under the pumpkin to stop it rotting on the bare ground
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Pumpkin 31 Dec, FaithCeleste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
I generally just place an old piece of wood (1" thick x 4" wide any length I have), or maybe an old small crate to lift it off the ground: it's really the soil getting onto the pumpkin that causes the decay.
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Pumpkin 12 Feb, Sarah Akins (Australia - temperate climate)
I’ve been putting old seedling pots under them. Good way to reuse the plastic.
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Pumpkin 14 Dec, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Some thing that allows water to drain away quickly,
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Pumpkin 30 Nov, Robert (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi there just wont to know wot is the latest you can plant pumpkins in south Australia
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Pumpkin 07 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Work out your climate zone and then set it then go to Pumpkins
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Onion 30 Nov, marco (Australia - tropical climate)
hi i live on the gold coast qld .i have planted onion .rossa lunga di firenze .in late october ,early november .they are there and havent done much .we have had lots of rain here and the onions have thickened up quite a bit .i have thrown more seeds in a tray and i will plant them to see how they grow out .i might be too early yet i will let u know how it pans out !!
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Onion 07 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You are sub-tropical. Click that in SET YOUR CLIMATE ZONE. Then go to onion. You basically plant onions in autumn early winter.
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Onion 22 Dec, marco (Australia - temperate climate)
yes you are right my onions thickened up with all the rain .yet they stalled in growth again .new seed seeded yet they are thin as well .like u said wrong time of year to grow .i will keep them in the ground to see what happens .(my first year of growing onions)
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Ginger 26 Nov, Dir.k klyn (Australia - temperate climate)
Any body growing black ginger it comes from thailand china areas
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Ginger 07 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
Check out seed selling web sites to see if any sell them.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 21 Nov, Carol (Australia - arid climate)
I have a choko that is starting to shoot. Can I plant this now in Dubbo.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 23 Nov, (Australia - temperate climate)
The only climate zone they say here for growing choko is sub-tropical. You could try and see what happens.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 21 Nov, Steve (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live on sunshine coast and was wondering can I plant corn, sweet potatoes and bean in the same patch. So that the bean grow up the corn with the sweet potatoes under neath
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 17 Mar, Veronica @Bundaberg (Australia - tropical climate)
Sweet potatoes are more a perennial plant, meaning they can be left in the same spot for at least 2 years. Furthermore, when harvesting, you need to dig around in the soil, which is not convenient to other plants. We grow them solely in their own beds. The three sisters is a better way to go.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 07 Jan, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
Beans fix their own nitrogen, which if you like to companion plant (and some people do), the beans don't compete for the nitrogen. Some studies indicate the the beans assist (perk) the other plants by giving them nitrogen WITHOUT over supplying nitrogen - and too much nitrogen can be a problem for some plants (corn in particular). The standard North American Indian Three sisters planting is: Corn, beans and squash. This combination dates back ........ probably centuries and it has been around a long time for good reason: Corn is actually fairly WEAK rooted when young; corn can uprooted fairly easily when it starts growing. Squash on the other hand is a rooting power house. The squash stabilizes the corn. The squash with it's large leaves ALSO shades the soil (all plants that I know of like shaded soil, keeping their roots cooler -- even full sun plants want shaded soil). The beans then scamper up the corn, and perk the corn and squash with nitrogen. What your asking is can I take this classic all time threesome and substitute sweet potatoes for the squash. I really can't see a reason why you could not. It sounds reasonable. Further more Blistering on sweet potatoes can be prevented by adding Borax to soil - and corn loves boron (boron gives corn not only better tassels but better yields). Additionally, both corn and sweet potatoes need and love potassium. So when I think about it... it sounds like a really good combination. Best of Luck.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 23 Nov, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate)
Beans do not require a lot of fertiliser. Corn and sweet potatoes do require a good fertilising. Just my opinion but I'm not a believer in mixing crops together. I think because of the fertiliser and sun requirements it would produce inferior crops. At the moment I have 7 rows of corn 60cm apart, they are 1.8m high. I would like to see how beans and sweet potatoes would have grown in that corn. The beans and sweet potato would have taken a lot of fertiliser and water and the corn crop wouldn't be as good as it is.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 19 Sep, Paulg (Australia - temperate climate)
Beans will do fine as I have grown them in any part of the garden with no fertiliser so growing up corn plants will work..
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 20 Nov, Judith Fisher (Canada - Zone 4b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Can yams Oka be grown here?
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Cucumber 18 Nov, Karen (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi. I’ve planted my Lebanese cucumber in my garden bed about 3 weeks ago around middle of October. I’m in south australia. The plant is about 1/2 inch . I feel that nothing is happening . No growth. What should I do. New Gardner.
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