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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 04 Oct, Kahu (Australia - tropical climate)
Why has my cape gooseberry gone white.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 08 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Might have powdery mildew. Google it and do some research.
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 02 Oct, Mrs W (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I am growing squash at the moment, but flowers grow then bud ( squash) grow then fall off when really tiny. First year this has happened. Grew plenty last year. Is it the extra heat we are having here in QLD? Is it because they are now growing on trellis? Last year just left on the garden bed similar to pumpkin.
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 04 Oct, Bruce (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, The unpollinated will fall off when small. Maybe increase your flower plants around them to encourage bees or do a little pollinating yourself with a cotton bud. Hope this helps
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 01 Oct, Anita (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Have you found Florence fennel seeds, ??I could spare some, I grow this Jummy veg over the winter months in northland, cheers anita
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Asparagus 29 Sep, Mai (Australia - temperate climate)
I've just purchased yesterday, 4 of the 2 yr crowns from Guilford Garden Centre in Perth. This is my first time growing asparagus so I'm very curious, have lots of questions to ask......Now one of them already has a pencil size spear, can i be greedy_cut that off and eat it? I've potted them in a 60cm deep big pot temporarily while I'm setting up a new raised bed for the asparagus, how tall should i have the raised bed? If i establish them well this year, can i be harvesting small amounts next year? Thanks guys!
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Asparagus 20 Oct, Ingrid (Australia - temperate climate)
We purchased some 2year old crowns 4 years ago, it was so very tempting to cut some of the bigger spears. But our patience paid off. Now we are able to cut good sized spears every 2-3 days.
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Asparagus 10 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Mai, Here is an article you might find useful. It has some info on when to harvest https://planyourpatch.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-grow-asparagus-from-seed/
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Asparagus 01 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Here are my suggestions. 1 Pick a spot that has sun all day. 2 Dig a bed that is about 4' x 4' or 1.2m x 1.2m for 4 plants or 1.2m x 1.8m for 6 plants, 2.4m x 1.2m for 8 plants - I would recommend 6-8 plants, about 300mm deep. 3 Put a border (sleepers) around it, either 200mm or 400mm high (2 sleepers). Garden sleepers (hardwood) where I live are 2.4m long x 200mm high x 50mm thick ($20). Fill it up with soil/composted manure/compost and dig it over a couple of times. Buy some rooster booster fertiliser from bunnings and apply about a 2l ice cream container to the soil and mix in. Go on the internet and google how to plant and grow and harvest it. 1st year pick a few of the thicker spears, 2nd year a few more and then 3rd yr you can pick all. In future years a tip, stop or cut back watering end of April, cut all the ferns off end of August, apply a 2l container of rooster booster and 6
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Asparagus 07 Oct, Mai (Australia - temperate climate)
wow info! Thanks a lot!
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Cabbage 26 Sep, Lesley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My red cabbages grow to a certain point then the top starts to split, why is that?, still tastes good and the inside is just like a bought one, am I watering too much, every day in Bundy or is it something else
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Cabbage 06 Apr, Vincent (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
I´m from a farm that grows a lot of cabbage and we observed this aswell in some parts of the arable. We explained it, that the cabbage defines its biggest state at an early point in its life. It seems to depend on how much water is avaiable in that state. So to prevent it from breaking you need to water it in the early stages more than in the later stages. If it has not enough water when it begins to grow it and to much later on it will break.
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Cabbage 27 Sep, (Australia - temperate climate)
I'm from Bundy and it is too much water. I water 3 times a week.
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Tomato 23 Sep, Alex (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi there, can you please tell me what the best fertiliser to use on my tomatoes and how often, Kind regards Alex..
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Tomato 27 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Any general fertiliser will do. Dig a hole 40cm deep and wide. Mix 3 hand fulls of fert into the loose soil. Put 3/4 of the soil back in the hole. Plant the seedling. When plant is 50cm high cut off some of the lower leaves and then fill the hole up with the rest of the soil. Always give a good watering 3 times a week
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Spinach (also English spinach) 21 Sep, Krish Singh (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
Can Spinach be grown successfully in areas where there is only a dry and a wet season. I see Swiss Chard grown, here.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 27 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to your South African spinach page and it tells you when to plant.
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Sunflower 20 Sep, Anita (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
When is the best time to plant giant sunflowers in the Southern Highlands, NSW?
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Sunflower 27 Sep, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Go to cool/mountain climate zone and check the planting guide at the top of the page.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 20 Sep, Gordon Slocombe (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi I have grown some really good size beetroot over the years but sometimes they grow like carrots why is this
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Beetroot (also Beets) 27 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I take a lot of care planting and fertilising beetroot and end up with beetroot from 25-125mm dia. I hill the soil up around them when they are about 150mm high. A possible answer is the soil sinks around the plant leaving a long narrow beet from the leaves to the part in the soil. I generally fertilise with a watering can to have a more even distribution of fertiliser.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 20 Sep, John W Taylor (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
I left my eggplant in the ground over winter in Auckland. It really doesn't get that cold up here even in winter. The leaves dropped off and the stalks are still green in mid Sept. I trimmed the dead wood back. Will it come back?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 18 Sep, ERIK (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Hobart Tasmania, I saw the OCA at Hill Street Grocer and decided to try it i liked what i tried and went back and bought a couple of kilo 1 kilo to eat and the other to let chit and then i will plant it out. I know it isn't seed quality but it was grown in Tasmania so expect it will be ok to plant, I was unable to purchase OCA seed. Hope this helps. PS The OCA was only available at the West Hobart shop at the time and i haven't seen at the others.
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Ginger 17 Sep, Partap singh (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
i would like to know that is Griffith NSW is good area to Grow ginger please.
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Ginger 10 Oct, Paul (Australia - temperate climate)
You might find this article useful https://planyourpatch.com/how-cold-hardy-is-ginger/
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Ginger 18 Sep, (Australia - temperate climate)
No you need warm temps for it.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 13 Sep, Adrienne (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Can you plant an whole kumera in a container and get a crop?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 14 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Yes you can but you don't need a whole kumera, a piece of vine will do. A piece about 30-60cm long of the new vine growth. Place in a trench with the tip sticking out of the soil, water twice a day for the first 2-3 weeks.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 17 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Or depending on how big the spud is, cut it into several pieces and let them dry in the sun for a few days then plant them.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 12 Sep, Lois (Australia - temperate climate)
Can anyone please tell if chokos you buy in a supermarket will grow and produce fruit. Thank you
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