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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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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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