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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 26 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have done two plantings of climbing beans recently, 1st crop has just finished and 2nd crop I'm picking now. I have trellises 2.4m long and wire mess 2m high. I plant seeds about 15-20cm apart. Didn't take them long to grow 2m tall. Mine just flapped in the wind and then started growing down the trellis. I'm picking 1kg each 2-3 days. So I don't think you need to pinch or train them sideways etc.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 24 Oct, Jen (Australia - temperate climate)
I bought my last one from Coles. I bought the smallest and oldest looking one. Currently the sprout is about 3 inches and I will probably plant it out in a couple of days. It was not organic or anything - just regular off the shelf.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 22 Oct, Mason Wong (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I am growing corn for the 1st time & I seem to be winning, except, I have noticed the soil around the bottom of the stems is falling away as they are growing bigger, and the roots are showing a little. Is this normal? I keep covering them up but worry I may damage the corn. It is strong and healthy and they were dug in deep 45cm when planted. I just want to know if this is normal & are they air roots?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 23 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I hill the soil up around the plant when they are about 30-40cm high. This gives them soil for the roots to grow in. I also run a little fertiliser beside the plant before hilling up.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 22 Oct, Liz (Australia - arid climate)
Sweetcorn does look as though the roots are showing as it grows taller. They help to support the plant and are quite normal.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 21 Oct, Di (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Will Yakon grow in Christchurch and do you know anyone that has the tubers in ChCh? Thanks.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 23 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try the internet, farmer's markets, nurseries for tubers. Go NZ section to look up planting times.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 21 Oct, Elliot Vardis (Australia - temperate climate)
Sweet baby capsicums, can they be grown in pots? If so, what would be the most suitable size pot considering they grow to 40 cm tall. I thank you in anticipation. Elliot.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 21 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try a pot as wide as the plant grows.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 20 Oct, Michael Hollis (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My beans have got a dry and curly leaf on lower branches. My soil is very good but maybe too well drained. Any advice please
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 21 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Dying leaf could be just old leaves or some disease. Curly leaf could be a disease or dry weather. A plant will protect itself in the heat of the day or hot weather by exposing less leaf to the sun. Put some mulch on the top of the soil to keep more moisture in the soil. In the future look at adding something to your soil to slow down the water draining through the soil so quickly.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 22 Oct, Michael (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Many thanks
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 19 Oct, Shez (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The choko you buy in shops used to sprout and you could grow them, in the last couple of years I have bought many and they don’t sprout. I think they must treat them somehow to stop sprouting. You have to find someone who has a vine to get one for growing on, I have been given a pale one, but would like a standard green one, they are hardier plants, the pale one suffers badly from mealy bug and doesn’t give much fruit.
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Asparagus 19 Oct, SUSIE (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
CAN ASPARAGUS BE PLANTED IN NORTHERN NSW
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Asparagus 20 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
There is an article here about growing it. Go to the blue climate zone tab at the top of page, work out your climate zone. Go to Asparagus - the Monthly calendar tells you when to plant.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 14 Oct, taylah (Australia - temperate climate)
this information is very helpful;,
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French tarragon 13 Oct, Mrs Roland (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I buy french tarragon in Victoria
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Rhubarb 12 Oct, Melanie Taylor (Australia - temperate climate)
Just wondering if it is possible to grow rhubarb in a large container, we have downsized and are short on space? TIA
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Rhubarb 13 Oct, Marshall (USA - Zone 10a climate)
Hi, Rhubarb does great in containers. I've had one for years as an ornamental.
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Rhubarb 13 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You could do it. It would take a lot of looking after. A suggestion, buy a 200lt drum, cut it in half, put some holes in the bottom for drainage. Plastic 200lt drum on Facebook - market place.
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Pumpkin 12 Oct, Lisa (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
How close is ‘close to’? I was thinking of planting pumpkin in a bed that is next to a bed with potatoes. The beds are 50 cm apart but I have wondered how define next to or close to in companion planting theory
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Pumpkin 13 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Just consider that some pumpkin plants need up to about 8m wide garden bed to sprawl out.
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Cucumber 12 Oct, kim (Australia - tropical climate)
What is the difference between bush and lebonese cucumbers.
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Cucumber 28 Dec, Mary (Australia - temperate climate)
One needs a trellis and the other not. So a bush variety grows in a small space and the vine variety sprawls on the ground or you can use a trellis for vertical growing.
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Potato 10 Oct, John (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Im looking for seed potatoes for sale near Childers. I would like a decent size bag of them rather than the 6 or so i got from a local produce store. Anyone know where i can get bulk spuds seeds. TIA John
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Potato 12 Oct, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Phone Boylans in Bundaberg and ask. They buy by the sack full.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 07 Oct, Angie (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
I haven’t seen yams in garden store can I grow the ones from the supermarket? We live just out of Maungaturoto is this a suitable climate soil is excellent. Many thanks
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 08 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Work out your climate zone from the blue at top and then check yams - similar to potatoes.
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Pumpkin 05 Oct, Sean (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Can I plant pumpkins in raised beds and let them trail over the edge? Thanks
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Pumpkin 10 Oct, brendan (Australia - temperate climate)
yes. I grow every year in 1/2 44 gallon drums which i have composted over the winter. easy to keep watered
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