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Peas 09 Jul, Mick (Australia - temperate climate): I have peas by the dozens they are around 6 foot tall and producing well, what is the best way to keep the seed. Can I plant them green straight out of the pod or do they need to dry out. I have planted some green last week but a bit cold yet for them to sprout
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Peas 06 Jun, Sally (Australia - temperate climate): I always let the pod dry on the vine until I can shake them and hear the peas rattle inside (because they have dried out). I then store them in paper bags or cut up printer paper and make pouches for them to be stored in. This seems to work very well.
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Peas 12 Jul, lynette (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I leave my pods on the vine until they are throughly dried out. If you dont want to plant them now, they will keep until next planting season. I keep mine in a paper bag, still in their pods
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Peas 10 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): When the crop has nearly finished you need to let the pods dry out, go brown. Dry them out for another two weeks and then put in a bag and then store in an air tight jar in the fridge for next year. Fresh peas will probably go rotten in the soil. I don't know how long seeds need to be kept before they germinate. Google it maybe.
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Peas 05 Aug, clara (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I shelled my seed peas green last year and left them in a bowl in the kitchen to dry. 90% germination rate when they were planted out 6 months later.
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Potato 08 Jul, Nathalie Hetherington (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have bought some seed potatoes and prepared a raised garden vegetable for them. I have never grown potatoes before so am a total novice. The bed is 2m x 50cm x 40 cm. Can I plant a couple of different varieties together such as kipfler and purple potato and even if a third variety if I have the room?
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Potato 08 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): A garden bed 2m long is only going to grow 6-7 plants. You can plant different varieties. Consider making the bed a lot bigger if you can.
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Potato 06 Aug, Diane (Australia - tropical climate): i have read that you can grow them in a bottomless large bucket or a wired enclosure this way you just keep topping up the dirt and mulch when the plant gets taller until eventually you reach the top. once they are ready to harvest just pull the vessell you have chosen off and down they all fall. Saves using your garden and gives you room for more beneficial plants or vegies to use.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 07 Jul, Tanya (Australia - temperate climate): My strawberries have little bite holes in them ,just like a slug or snail has been at them.but I have been all over them and can’t find a thing ,but what ever it is ,is destroying my strawberries
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Strawberries (from seeds) 08 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Look up a company NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS in your area and ask to talk to someone about your problems.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 06 Jul, Miri (Australia - temperate climate): How long do cape gooseberry live for?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Jul, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): It is perennial so will grow for a few years.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Jul, Astrid (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): If well taken care of, more than 20 years.
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Cabbage 03 Jul, Ann McKenzie (Australia - temperate climate): My radishes and cabbage have small holes in the leaves. No caterpillars, eggs or butterflies as it is quite cold now. I’ve also checked the leaves. What do you think is causing this? Thanks, Ann
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Cabbage 06 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Could be grasshoppers. If they are not causing too much damage I wouldn't worry about it. I'm not into what all the different things bus/insects do and how to treat the problems. Rain is a big factor in bug/insect populations - it's breeding time.
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Cabbage 01 Nov, Allen Lee (Australia - temperate climate): Small snails are attacking plants even my passionfruit now into cabbages found some in my lemonade tree too!!
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Sunflower 01 Jul, Emma (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, I was hoping for some planting advice, how many seeds in each amount of soil?! Is it a good time to plant the seeds now in winter nice and deep to get the best results come spring time? Thanks Perth WA
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Sunflower 06 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Plant seeds 50-60cm apart and rows 60-80cm apart. You can plant two seeds and then reduce to one after germination. If good seeds just one is required each 60-60cm. Don't plant until spring as you need a lot warmer soil than what it is now. Do not plant seeds deeper than what is suggested.
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 26 Jun, Nikki little (Australia - arid climate): I live Roma qld and I am wanting to grow daikon can I do it now in winter.
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 29 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): Inland Qld is temperate, so set climate zone to temperate and check when to plant daikon.
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Potato 26 Jun, Benjamin Rathbone (Australia - temperate climate): After you have harvested your potatoes can you re use the dirt with extra compost ??
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Potato 29 Jun, (Australia - tropical climate): Add compost/composted manures or fertilisers to the soil to put nutrient back into the soil for the next planting.
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 26 Jun, Steve Haigh (Australia - tropical climate): i'm actually in Thailand but that wasn't an option so i chose Australia tropical. what tips would you give for hot and humid climates? should i put in indirect light or in the open with shade cloth? what about watering, should i mist to keep to cooler? thanks
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 29 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - tropical climate): You have to look through the different climate zones to see how planting times vary in different zones. By this website they advise against growing rocket in the tropics. You could counter this by putting in a very light shade cloth 10-20% if you can buy it, I have 30% cloth but it is only for protection while seedlings establish the first week after planting out. If you use artificial light it has to have red and blue light, like a fluro. Watering would be about keeping the soil moist not wet. It is a bit of trial and error to work things out when you are new to things.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 24 Jun, Wendy Mingorance (Australia - temperate climate): I have a sweet corn 2cm just growing starting do I have to leave it under shade from heavy rain I take good care of it place them in nice pots I adore from seedlings what should I do ?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 30 Jun, wayne (Australia - temperate climate): Corn is a summer crop, should be put in around late oct to dec. lots of water and I think good nutrient
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I suggest you google
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Asparagus 24 Jun, Alice (Australia - temperate climate): I have bought some asparagus crowns and grew them yesterday, should I take them out and leave them until August?
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Asparagus 25 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You could take them out of the soil. If you leave in the soil don't water them much. They won't start sending up spears until August-Sept.
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Tomato 22 Jun, Razan (Australia - cool/mountain climate): How much daily watering is necessary for growing tomatoes inside greenhouse in black plastic bags?
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