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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 18 Oct, Anne (Australia - tropical climate): Can I freeze the raw fruit until I have enough to be able to make jam.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 19 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): yes
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 15 Oct, Berry (USA - Zone 13b climate): I am looking for a souce to order yacon rhizomes for planting..
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 09 Oct, Rowan (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have a problem with my Cape gooseberries that I have been growing from self seeded plants for several years. The fruit is developing in the shell and can be felt with light pressure to be about pea size. But suddenly the fruit disappears. The shells are still there, green and appear undisturbed i.e no grub or bird holes , but the fruit has gone. It does not appear to be birds as i have netted the plants. I have sprayed the plants with eco oil and there is no obvious sign of insect activity. there has been some nibling of the plants not covered by the nets, probably possums, but no sign of their activity under the nets. Any suggestions?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 27 Sep, Zorbie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My Black Beauty eggplants look to be fully grown but have green stripes/tinge on the bottom.Should I wait to see if the green colour disappears or are they ready to harvest now? I'm on the Gold Coast
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 28 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Eat them - don't let them become old. Better to pick a little smaller rather than really big.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 23 Sep, MIKE (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): If you grow broccoli you can eat the leaves. Choose middle to small leaves after the head has been harvested. This will encourage tasty little heads at each lateral.
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Asparagus 19 Sep, Chris Veenstra (Australia - temperate climate): Have been away and have come home and asparagus is already up, do I cut if and start again or just harvest what comes up?
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Asparagus 20 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You can cut all the shoots/fern off. Any that are just spears you can eat. Cut them off each day or two. Enjoy!!!!!
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Marrow 17 Sep, Lina vennix (Australia - temperate climate): How do I identify a male and female Mediterranean marrow flower to pollinate to get marrows? I found some old seeds that I have germinated in seed trays and don’t want to lose them as I have had difficulty in finding the right marrow for our traditionalMaltese dish. I plan to donate some to the seed bank to ensure furture generations can enjoy!
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Marrow 19 Sep, Ken (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Australian Marrow varieties, like Zuccini are all from the Pepo family of pumpkins. Female flowers will have a tiny immature fruit at the base, while male flowers will end at the stem. Its normal for the first flush of flowers to be male only. This attracts bees to the plant before it puts energy into female flowers. You can hand pollinate by plucking a male flower, stripping the petals and then brushing the pollen on the stamen across the female flower's stigma. Marrow varieties still sold in Australia are Australian White, Cowlard Greens, Long Green Bush, Long Green Bush II, Giant, & Melbourne Cream. Australian White & Melbourne Cream may date back to World War II at least. If the squash you are growing is Cucuzza, an old mediterranean variety of gourd, then you will need to seek advice from someone else. The good news is Cucuzza seed is not rare, it is available from Eden Seeds, The Seed Collection and several other online seed stores.
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 16 Sep, Lea (pakenham ) (Australia - temperate climate): What bugs attack silverbeet leaves, I have spread crushed egg shells around the plant. Really don’t believe in poisons but happy to try anything organic or natural. Would pyrethrum assist at all.
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Garlic 15 Sep, Susan miller (Australia - cool/mountain climate): My March/April garlic completely failed. Can I plant some more now (September).
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Garlic 20 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Plant around mid -late June.
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Garlic 09 Sep, Mario Dalli (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Can a small complete bulb of garlic be replanted to grow larger in the next growing season.
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Garlic 22 Sep, Faith Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Certainly, BUT GENERALLY you break your bulb apart into it's constituent CLOVES and plant each clove separately. That is, each clove becomes a garlic plant.
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Garlic 14 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Yes
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 08 Sep, Betsy Teo (Australia - temperate climate): Can I buy the jeruselem artichokes in Victoria Market.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 14 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Melbourne markets yes
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 07 Sep, Allan (Australia - temperate climate): When I was a boy growing up in England we had a lovely drink called 'dandelion and burdock.' but I have never seen it in Australia. As you show how to grow burdock in your email, maybe you could comment on this wonderful drink. Have a nice day people, Allan.
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Pumpkin 05 Sep, Anne (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Any suggestions for pumpkin fly? They are rampant here.
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Pumpkin 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Yellow sticky card board - buy from bunnings or the internet.
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Ginger 01 Sep, Marlene (Australia - temperate climate): I live in Perth WA. I planted my ginger over a year ago. The leaves are turning yellow. I have quite a few healthy plants in a half barrel pot. My question is:Do I need to dig up the whole lot or can I cut off a piece and replant the rest of the rhizomes? We are moving into summer.
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Ginger 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here about harvesting it.
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Garlic 31 Aug, Ray wales (Australia - temperate climate): How to store garlic after digging up.some of mine went soft.some started to sprout after a few months?.
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Garlic 28 Oct, Kelvan.......Margaret River wa (Australia - temperate climate): I store my garlic in an onion bag and hang it up inside the shed.
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Garlic 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): A cool dry place.
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Rhubarb 29 Aug, sally (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hello, I have a very healthy rhubarb growing and it is gigantic. Leaves are big as elephants ears. I have thick long healthy stalks but they are green. I have slight pinkish tint at lower end of stalk but rest is green. It is about 5 months old and has grown amazingly, but I have pulled 1 stalk and cooked it, it had no taste whatsoever.
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Rhubarb 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Sounds like you over fertilised and water it.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 25 Aug, Jan (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Why do my beans, be they climbing or bush, always develop rust on the leaves. Once the climbers reach about 30cm they develop brown spots on underside and if left the rust becomes very powdery and the leaves become distorted. I cut these leaves off and put in the bin. This happens to any bean seeds I plant and happens no matter what bin I plant them in. I might add I do get a good lot of beans, they do not seem to be affected (I do think I could have a longer growing season if the rust was not there) and so far the rust has not affected any other vegetables. Could there be something in the soil that causes this rust and what can I do about it. I do make my own compost and fertilise the soil before planting.
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