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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 18 Feb, Bert (Australia - temperate climate): I got my seeds from The Reject Shop. Prevent mildew on okra plants 1 Part Milk 9 Part water 1 tsp bicarb
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 14 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate): Internet seed selling companies. Maybe sold at capital city f &v markets. Google if commercially grown in aus.
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Tomato 08 Dec, Joel (Australia - sub-tropical climate): What is the best variety of tomato for the Brisbane climate?
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Tomato 09 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): You can grow nearly all varieties, cherry are probably more suited for the summer, more disease resistant. Grow the kind that you like, check internet seed selling companies, more varieties there. I feel it is better to start growing from mid-late February
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 07 Dec, roy carpenter (Australia - temperate climate): good day wondering if you could help me .i have planted 21 rosella plants ,all were growing very well. then 5 of the healthy plants shriveled up and died .at this point the others are doing well but i am concerned.the only thing i can think of is overwatering.the soil is workable but has clay deeper down. thank you.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 07 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): Here suggests tropical and sub-tropical, you are temperate. I suggest you check the soil moisture before you water each time. Have a little scratch in the soil down 50-70 mm. This will tell you if the soil is wet or has dried out. Little plants a small watering each day or so, when plants have established a good root system less water, like each 2-3 days, depending on soil type and whether winter or summer etc.
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Leeks 06 Dec, Terry Shannon (Australia - temperate climate): My Welsh Wonder leeks are always skinny looking things..an occasional .two-finger thickness is the best we ever get. I fertilize them and they get plenty of water and are in sandy neutral soil We look at the produce in the stores and despair :-( I shall appreciate any suggestions Cheerio.. terry
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Leeks 07 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): I would suggest an autumn planting. Maybe build your soil up with compost and manures 2-3 mths before planting. Make sure it is all rotted into the soil by plant time. Hard to beat the commercial people, they are spot on with fertiliser requirements and watering. We kind of half guess it.
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Ginger 04 Dec, Peter (Australia - temperate climate): Is it possible to grow ginger in western central Wheat-belt region of Western Australia, (Beverley)? Average temp is 26C and rainfall is 400mm. I have water for irrigation.
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Ginger 01 Jan, Deborah (Australia - temperate climate): Yes you can grow ginger. Best in a ceramic pot with rich composted soil. Early morning sun then full/dappled shade. Likes water, mist the leaves on very hot days. Plant rhizomes in Nov/Dec. When the leaves start to die off around June stop watering. You can harvest in Spring.
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Ginger 07 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): It suggests here that you can't. You could try a small area/few as a trial. Planting time would be the guess work, maybe plant spring to have a crop autumn winter.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 02 Dec, Edward (Australia - temperate climate): Please advise whether could grow shallots in Noble Park Victoria and the best time to cultivate. Please also advise me how to find bulbs for cultivation. Thank you.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 04 Dec, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Email me - [email protected] if you want some.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 03 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - tropical climate): If you are temperate zone climate - from early Autumn to mid Spring they will germinate.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 01 Dec, adrian (Australia - sub-tropical climate): what is the best way to cook and eat zucchini's.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 08 Dec, Gabriella Hont (Australia - temperate climate): Try spiralizing them and use zucchini instead of spaghetti with your favourite pasta sauce.
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Horseradish 29 Nov, Boris Maylis (Australia - temperate climate): Hi. Can I grow horseradish in box 75x50 sm deep 35 sm from wood? What’s soil I need to use.? How to grow only root without leaves? Thank you. Boris
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Horseradish 30 Nov, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Don't use a high Nitrogen fertiliser if you don't want a lot of leaves.
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Horseradish 29 Nov, Liz (Australia - temperate climate): You just need ordinary soil. Keep it watered, a wooden box will dry out quickly. You cannot grow horseradish without leaves.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 26 Nov, Luna (Australia - tropical climate): My choco leaves get burn dueing summer and the fruits become unhealthy . It also upset me because of some yellow beetles around which i always squeezed by hand.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 26 Nov, Anonymous (Australia - tropical climate): By the guide here it is grown during the autumn and winter in the tropics. If you are growing during the summer then you probably need to water it every day. The yellow/orange beetles if they have little black dots on them could be lady beetles. They are good in the garden.
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Pumpkin 23 Nov, Linda (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hello, I threw pumpkin seeds onto a mound of organic soil. The vine is strong and healthy however the fruit forms but then dies off. I have given it some veggie fertilizer and worm juice. I thought that pollination wouldn't be an issue if the fruit is forming. We live on the Gold Coast and the pumpkin patch gets the morning sun actually its in the sun for most of the day.
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Pumpkin 24 Nov, Ruth (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Your flowers are possibly not pollinated and will nnot mature. Pick a male flower, strip back the petals and tickle the female flowers with it and you should get mature fruit
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Pumpkin 24 Nov, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If the soil was good to start with then it didn't need the extra fertiliser.
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Pumpkin 24 Nov, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): By the sounds of it you don't have any bees in your garden. Read up about how pumpkin pollinates. You can do it by hand. Go through the comments here, many comments about pollinating them. Female pumpkin flower is only open for 1 day and generally in the morning. Water low and not all over the plant.
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Cauliflower 22 Nov, (Australia - temperate climate): I have applied cabbage moth dust to my cauliflowers and there is some eggs on some leaves , is there anything else i can do or will the dust kill there development, thank you
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Cauliflower 23 Nov, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Squash the eggs with your fingers.
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Cauliflower 09 Jan, gary (Australia - temperate climate): thanks brainwave
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Sage (also Common Sage) 21 Nov, Steve (Australia - temperate climate): We've been growing this sage from a plant ,with fabulous results, ie its growing faster than we are using it. But it has now flowered and we're not sure on what to do, cut the flower off or leave on ,cut the whole plant back or something else. Looking forward to your advice and recommendations. Thank you.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 04 Nov, Dianne (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I recently read that sage is a perennial, so when flowering occurred I left it for some time, enjoying the pretty colour, then trimmed off those sections.By then I was most happy to be getting a lot of lovely new growth!
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