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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 22 Apr, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I suggest you buy a general gardening fertiliser. Blood and bone is not a complete all round fertiliser and seasol is not a fertiliser.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 22 Apr, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I don't grow them in the autumn, I grow them in the spring. The bean fly gets them this time of the year. Was told to put boron in the soil before planting.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 21 Apr, Lea Zimmer (Australia - temperate climate): This is a worry to me.. My greenhouse seedlings are dying. What can I do. The soil is wet, Do I need artificial lighting and heating. Can someone advise Thank you
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 22 Apr, M (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Are you playing around with a toy greenhouse from Bunnings or Aldi or do you have a decent size one, like 4-5m x 5-6m. IF your soil is WET WET then you are over watering it. Do you have heavy clay soil or loamy soil. MAKE your soil more friable by adding compost, manures etc. Water should drain through soil easily. I t should not sit on the top for any length of time. A greenhouse protects the plants from the drying sun so water less. Little plants only need a light watering each day for the first week or so, then a good watering each 2-3 days.
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Brussels sprouts 20 Apr, DiA (New Zealand - temperate climate): My Brussel Sprouts cuttings are sprouting now. Where and how best to transfer them to pkant where they best wiuld thrive, in the garden or in separate trays ? I guess with quarantine mesh in both cases?
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Cabbage 20 Apr, Kaye moore (Australia - sub-tropical climate): What do u spray cabbages with to keep grubs out
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Cabbage 06 Dec, Glenn (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Nothing - simply place a small piece of mosquito netting over the cabbage with a couple of sticks to keep it off the cabbage to stop the white cabbage moths landing to lay eggs. Bingo: another step to organic cabbages.
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Cabbage 01 May, Michael (Australia - temperate climate): You can make organic spray from garlic or mix olive oil with water and add a squirt of liquid soap. Lots of ways to do it , just search online for some others using chilli or neem oil. Goodluck!
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Cabbage 21 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Look on the internet for 1. chemical sprays at Bunnings or nurseries or 2. if you want organic, look for one of them. You can buy some organic ones or make then up yourself.
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Cabbage 23 Apr, Gozer DeLino (Australia - temperate climate): You can use "Take Down" from Monterey. It is a Pyrethrin based organic spray.
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Pumpkin 19 Apr, Lisa (Australia - temperate climate): Hi I’ve got butternut pumpkins seedlings will they grow this time of year live in Inglewood region qld
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Pumpkin 19 Apr, Liz at Gardenate (New Zealand - temperate climate): Pumpkins will be killed by frost.
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Pumpkin 18 Apr, Sandi (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Butternut Pumpkin seedlings have popped up in my worm farm. Removed and put some in pots. They are growing. Is it worth planting at this time of the year in Brisbane?
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Pumpkin 20 Apr, Anon (Australia - temperate climate): Read the planting guide.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 17 Apr, Meg (Australia - sub-tropical climate): What does it mean in the description to pick the tops once the plants settle?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 28 Aug, Janet (Australia - temperate climate): I was interested in this also. It might be a typo but they said "start setting" not "settle". I believe they mean when the pods begin to form ie to set pods. As for the blackfly, Wikipedia was no help. Sometime tiny black bugs appear on the soft new foliage at the top of my plants. I assumed they were aphids.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 02 Dec, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): Most likely the bugs are aphids. Ants actually enslave or farm the aphids. The aphids are placed on the juiciest part of the fava bean plant by the ants; and the aphids suck the sap. The aphids then excrete honeydew which is what the ants are after. I generally just hose off (water spray) the aphids - I have also found an organically acceptable spray/pesticide to target the aphids; I try to limit the use of the spray opting for water. You should take action as soon as you see aphids.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 21 Apr, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): At the top of the broad bean plants there is a growing point - a cluster of new leaves -. When your plants have reached about a metre high (or less for small varieties) , pick out that bunch of leaves. It helps to prevent black fly infestations and encourages the plant to produce more beans from side shoots.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 17 Apr, Colin and Taksan (Australia - temperate climate): Our corn has grown well but on opening it to check there were caterpillars eating it. What is the best way to control these?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 20 Apr, (Australia - temperate climate): If they don't eat much just cut the damaged section off. That is what I do. Caused by the heliothis moth. Look on the internet for a spray.
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Cucumber 17 Apr, Daniella (Australia - temperate climate): 2 little cucumber plants is growing now as we're in authum please advice me if I can grow the plants outdoor in a pot? Thanks a million Daniella
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Cucumber 20 Apr, (Australia - temperate climate): Read when to plant in the temperate climate.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 16 Apr, Suem (Australia - temperate climate): What does it mean when it says "Pick the tops out once beans start setting (to prevent blackfly) ."
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Pumpkin 15 Apr, Suzie (Australia - temperate climate): Okay, just that it was a very sweet butternut pumpkin so I have dried out the seeds and will plant in September. Thanks for the advice everyone, it is always great to get something for next to nothing. Happy gardening!
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Potato 15 Apr, Robin (Australia - temperate climate): I have some saved potatoes in a box of sand in the bottom of my fridge which have sprouted. surely if they sprout at 4 degrees c. they will grow in our winter months ? Cheers Robin
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Potato 15 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm sub-tropical and they grow them from April/May here and in the spring also. You probably don't want frosts.
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Potato 17 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Commercial blokes here plant them in May, in good draining red soil that is above frost line, like on a high area not in low areas.
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Potato 15 Apr, John Mauger (Australia - temperate climate): In very cold or wet soil potatoes are likely to rot. Frost will also burn them off. If you have an area where the soil is warmer and is protected from frost you could give them a go if you wish. Better to plant them about 3 weeks before the expected last frost so they will have emerged after the frosts have finished. If they come up early and a frost is expected just cover them with a box, a suitable sized flower pot or a layer of straw for protection.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 14 Apr, Tina Christopher (Australia - temperate climate): While leaning over the gooseberry plant , I started coughing And difficult in breathing , can you get a reaction of this plant
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Potato 13 Apr, William Smith (Australia - temperate climate): G'D Day I have grown Potato in a container from shooting potato bought from the Supermarket, planted 17 weeks ago the container is now 80 cm high 50 cm in diameter , however the plants have not started to die back when should I harvest ? Cheers William
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