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Garlic 09 Jun, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Buy rooster booster from Bunnings or go to a farm produce supplier and buy an organic fert. Both of those may only sell 15-25kg bags. Or go and see if you can buy a smaller quantity from Bunnings nurseries or Coles Woolworths. You could try Seasol or something similar but make sure it has NPK %.
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Broccoli 04 Jun, Glenn (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Does anyone know where I can buy Green Dragon Broccoli seeds in Australia?
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Broccoli 05 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try Oasis Horticulture on the net - you will probably have to contact them.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 04 Jun, Josie (Australia - temperate climate): I live in Adelaide and my climbing beans still green are sending out flowers. I would have thought, their season would be over. The beans are rather small in comparison to what I was harvesting over autumn. Should I pull out the climbing beans and make room for a new vegetable? thanks
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 05 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): All depends what you want to do with the soil. If still producing a decent crop for the effort, leave them in. If you have had a good crop and/or you want to start preparing the soil for another crop then time to pull out. Like if I have spent $1.25 for 25 seeds and they have produced 3-4kg of beans worth $15-25 then I'm happy to pull out if production has dropped. With my dwarf beans in the spring I generally do 3 good pickings then it is time to pull out. I usually have 3-4 plantings following each other.
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Carrot 03 Jun, Teresa Killeen (Australia - temperate climate): What kind of ferttiliser do carrots like, if any? Is organic fertiliser okay for them? I sprinkled some around & watered in, but am I damaging the veg doing this?
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Carrot 04 Jun, Melinda Schwab (USA - Zone 8a climate): You need lower Nitrogen to make good root crops so something like this is your go to for carrots, beets, turnips etc. Happy Gardening! https://www.americanseedco.com/shop/5-10-10/
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Carrot 05 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): We don't have fert mixes like that in Aussie generally. In the USA you seem to be able to buy a lot of 5-5-5, 8-8-8, 10-10-10 or similar. In Aussie we have organic of generally about 4-2-2. Synthetics of around 10-15N, 3-5P, 4-8K. Or if you are a farmer a customised mix.
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Carrot 03 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): A fertiliser low in N, too much N and you end up growing a lot of leaf. A good idea is to put your fertiliser in the soil a week or so before planting and mix it in/over a few times and watering it each time, this allows the micro- organisms in the soil to convert it into usable nutrient. Check the N P K of the fert. Some organics are real low say 1.8%N, rooster booster is about 4%N. A handful or two of that spread over a square metre. All depends what the soil was like before you started.
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Broccoli 03 Jun, John (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have some brocoli seedlings about 50mm tall. Should i try them or leave them til next season? Thank you
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Broccoli 03 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Plant them out asap, make sure you have good rich soil (not too much N though) and water regularly.
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Broccoli 31 May, Denise (Australia - temperate climate): Hi there, I have broccoli growing and aquadulce broad beans. Are these compatible? I don’t think these beans climb as much as some others but find it hard to distinguish between dwarf and climbing for these. Thank you!
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Broccoli 03 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): By the info I provided below and your concern about growing broccoli near beans, you can grow near dwarf but not recommended near climbing. By the sounds of it climbing beans need to climb (twine) up a trellis/pole etc. Broad beans do not do this, therefore I would call BB dwarf beans. JMO.
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Broccoli 01 Jun, liz (Australia - temperate climate): If you have a search aquadulce fava bean - you will find info about height etc.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 01 Jun, Denise van der Marel (Australia - temperate climate): Hi there, thank you for your reply. I know they can grow up to 150cm. but I'm not sure if that categoriseses these beans as dwarf (bush) beans or climbing beans?
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 02 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Beans and peas are fundamentally different in how they climb. Peas send out little side tendrils that cling to trellises like tiny hands, and hold on that way – the central plant grows straight (ish) upwards, relying on it’s curly hands for support. Therefore, pea trellises need to include thin wires/strings etc, so that the pea’s little tendrils have something to hang on to as they grow. Beans, however, twine upwards with the whole plant, so they can handle chunkier trellises made of bamboo, wood etc. This is why they’re sometimes called pole beans – cause all they need is a pole, and up they’ll grow.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 23 Apr, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Thanks for this info., I had great success with twine on bamboo for peas and bamboo poles for beans.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 02 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I would say they are a bush as they don't have tentacles to attach themselves to a trellis/???.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 29 May, Jack (Australia - tropical climate): What is the good time for Maize harvesting?? Our place is tropical, had a winter for short period of time, summer start from September till March.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 30 May, Anonymous (Australia - tropical climate): 11-14 weeks after planting. Read the comments here Gardenate - the info is in the notes.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 28 May, Reda Soliman (USA - Zone 5b climate): Can I plant golden gooseberry fruit at Illinois ZIP Code 60007
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Garlic 27 May, paul hansard (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Where do I buy Garlic bulbs & ginger to grow ? Please.
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Garlic 28 May, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Boondie seeds or other seed selling websites.
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Pumpkin 27 May, Pumpkin Pete (Australia - temperate climate): What is the best prep after drying seeds to grow ? Thanks
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Pumpkin 28 May, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Give them a couple of weeks to dry out, put them in a little sealing bag, then put them in a sealable jar and into the fridge. When you take them out of the fridge leave for 20-30 mins before you open the jar. Stops condensation.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 26 May, Eric Brooker (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate): Do runner beans grow up poles in clockwise direction? Anti clockwise here. Of course I need to know!
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 01 Jan, Jason (Australia - temperate climate): Good question. Mine are growing up in a clockwise direction - Penrith, NSW Australia.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 27 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I suggest you grow some, then you will be the expert.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 03 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Google it and read up about it.
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Pumpkin 25 May, Holly (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi, I'm wondering if pumpkins can be planted now on a hot western slope in nth new? Yes it's late! Just wondering!
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