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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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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 14 Sep, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Yes
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 11 Sep, Rodney Lewis (Australia - temperate climate)
Does the Inca berry tolerate lower temperatures throughout winter and frosts Being a perennial will it continue to grow and produce through the colder months
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 14 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
If you can grow in a cool/mountain climate then it will tolerate winter temps. A perennial will generally have a growing time ,a fruiting time and a quiet time (winter).
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Cauliflower 10 Sep, Elizabeth (Australia - tropical climate)
I live in Nigeria. I love cauliflower so much and I am very interested in growing it in my house garden, is there any advice I can get to grow it?
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Cauliflower 14 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
It is probably too hot in Nigeria, needs cool climate in winter.
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Horseradish 09 Sep, Evol (Australia - arid climate)
Can I grow horse radish in Townsville. Nth qld
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Horseradish 10 Sep, Anon (Australia - tropical climate)
Work out your climate from the BLUE TAB Climate Zones at the top of the page. Go to the Horse Radish page, set the climate zone to your climate - TROPICAL. The recommended planting time is in the planting calendar.
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Pumpkin 09 Sep, Trish (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I'm in temperate climate Melbourne and wish to grown pumpkins in a grow bag due to limited space, any advice on bag size to buy, was looking at the rectangle grow bags would 60 x 30 x 20 be suitable ? Thanks Trish
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Pumpkin 11 Sep, Anonymous (USA - Zone 10b climate)
How limited is your space (is it just the root/ground space that's limited, but you have lots of vertical space)? I ask because pumpkin vines can get SO long. I've grown smaller varieties (lil goblin, sugar pumpkin) in grow bags and they did pretty well, but it was hard to keep the bag from drying out in my hot climate. My fault, I should have mulched. My bags were ~25 gallons...I'm not sure how many square cm that is. I've also had good results with a self-watering container made from a big Rubbermaid storage tote (got instructions on the internet). I think the key thing is, in a container, feed heavily and keep the soil moist with mulch, or else you'll be watering 2x+ a day on hot days.
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Pumpkin 14 Sep, Trish Geradts (Australia - temperate climate)
Thanks for your response. my space is limited to grow pumpkins as they take up alot of room so the idea of vertical seemed good. Yes I agree I am bit concerned about the grow bag being sufficient as yes agree need to keep water & feed up which I am used to as have had lots of pots. This is a little bit of an experiment for me so will see how it goes the seed were from another pumpkin so I will try & hope for the best.
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Pumpkin 10 Sep, Anon (Australia - tropical climate)
There are probably pumpkins that require a smallish area but most pumpkins require an area about 4m square. You could try a grow bag but I would never do it. I watched a TV show, Garden Gurus last weekend, show how to grow tomatoes in one. They planted 3 plants in a bag about your size or a little bigger. They planted them 15-20cm apart. ONE tomato plant needs an area approx. 60cm radius and 40-50cm deep. I plant 4 tomatoes along a 2.5m trellis. My suggest is if you have a small area then plant smallish crops. At home I have 13m x 2.5m and I do not plant any vine crops.
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Pumpkin 11 Sep, Trish (Australia - temperate climate)
Thanks for your reply, I was thinking the grow bag and then using a frame for the vine to grow up and do understand the points you made. I was thinking of it as a bit of an experiment as I have some seeds which have sprouted and was thinking of planting just 2 of the seedlings. Some sites gave differing opinions on them being a shallow rooted plant vs a deep rooted which confused me so i wasn't sure if the grow bag would be deep enough. Appreciate your response
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