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Shallots (also Eschalots) 01 Mar, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You could do different mixes of soil, compost, potting mix, coir. The thing is to have good draining soil but still retain some moisture so that you are not having to water all the time.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 24 Feb, Anon (Australia - temperate climate)
I grow shallots from Feb to Nov in sub tropical, no reason why you can't I feel. In autumn/winter they stay more like a spring onion (straight) longer but when the weather hots up they go to bulb a lot sooner.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 17 Feb, Jett hook (Australia - temperate climate)
Can spinach be grown in northern Victoria
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Spinach (also English spinach) 18 Feb, anon (Australia - temperate climate)
Set your climate zone to temperate then select spinach (which you already have done). Read the info provided. There is a monthly calendar there at the top to tell you when to plant.
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Cucumber 17 Feb, Rebecca (Australia - temperate climate)
New to veggie gardening. Is it too late to plant cucumber seeds? I can see from the calender this the last month. Also with a raised veggie garden will mushroom compost be the best?
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Cucumber 18 Feb, anon (Australia - temperate climate)
This website is a guide, it is not spot on about everything. It tells you to apply local information. Gardening is a lot about trying different things but the times to plant are what they consider the best time to achieve the best results. If it says to plant Nov to Feb then you could probably plant Oct to Mar. I find mushroom compost to be very expensive for what is in it. Any kind of compost will do, manures, grass/leaf compost, seaweed, worm poo/tea, any organic matter that has broken down. An easy way is to put grass clipping/ straw etc as a mulch (only about 50mm thick) around your plants, as the plants grow the mulch will be wet and start to break down, by the time the crop is picked it is half way to compost, then dig it into the soil.
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Pumpkin 16 Feb, Paula (Australia - temperate climate)
Every year I get pumpkins pop up from compost that we put around the fruit trees. This year I have 10 large ones, and a number of small ones that might mature if it’s not too late. They are a mixture of Queensland blue and Kent. No butternut this year. Last year we spread the compost out the front and did not get a single fruit, otherwise we average 10 a year.
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Pumpkin 18 Feb, Another gardener (Australia - temperate climate)
Last year the compost may not have had pumpkin seeds in it. If it did the seeds may have gone rotten. Or they were too deep in the soil. Why not take a few seeds from the pumpkin you eat each year, dry them out for a couple of weeks and germinate them next year, Put the dried out seeds in a little plastic bag and store them in an air tight bottle in the fridge. You can produce about 3-6 pumpkin per plant if the bees are active or hand pollinate.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 16 Feb, J garthwaite (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Is it too late to sow runner beans in glass house
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 18 Feb, anon (Australia - temperate climate)
I have never had a glass house, but if I did and lived in a cool place, then I think the glass house would raise the temperature a lot inside to maybe temperate or even sub tropical levels. Apply that thinking to your planting and growing times.
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Horseradish 16 Feb, Chris (Australia - temperate climate)
Does horseradish produce seeds. If, when and how to recognise them. Where to buy in Australia the horseradish seeds? Regards Chris
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Horseradish 24 Feb, Clare (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Chris, It's easy to grow from a piece of root , you just have to plant it and it takes care of itself. It's best not to plant in the garden as it is invasive.I have it growing in a large pot and can send you a piece if you like . Cheers Clare
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Horseradish 28 Feb, matt (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Clare, If you are serious, i would love to try and grow it? Im in Reservoir, Vic. Thanks matt
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Horseradish 20 Apr, Clare (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Matt, Sorry it's taken so long to reply to you . If you are still after some pieces of Horseraddish to grow, give me your address and I will post it to you. Clare
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Horseradish 24 Apr, DeDe (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Clare, I'm a huge fan of horse radish, but a newbie to vegetable gardening. I would love to give growing horse radish a try if you have another piece of root spare. Happy to pay costs.
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Horseradish 17 Feb, anon (Australia - temperate climate)
Try googling about how to grow horseradish. Look up seed selling companies to buy it.
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French tarragon 16 Feb, Cassie (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I grow mine in a big pot that gets 5-6hrs sun in summer. Yes it seems to grow as a prostrate plant, not upright. Before first frost, i cut it right back (and stuff all excess stemms in bottles of white wine vinegar), put a light sugar cane mulch over the plant and drag the pot under the eaves to mitigate against our deep frosts. 4 years surviving so far. Will try propagating cuttings this year
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 15 Feb, Sally (Australia - temperate climate)
I'm in Adelaide S.A when is the best time to plant yams we don't get them here any where so I'm struggling to find information on what month is the best time to plant them I baught some on the internet and they have arrived and I'm storing them in the fridge but I have no other information Gardenate : see /www.gardenate.com/plant/Yam~Oka
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 26 Nov, Bridget (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I’m in Adelaide and looking to get some, where did you order them from? Thanks, Bridget
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 17 Feb, anonymous (Australia - temperate climate)
You are temperate - in sub tropical it says plant Sept to Nov, try then.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 13 Feb, Marlee Williams (Australia - temperate climate)
Please advise where in Adelaide SA I can buy leaf mustard (aka mustard greens) seeds. Every time I think I’ve found somewhere the seeds turnout to be the variety that you cook with not the ones I want to plant in my garden. Thank you to anyone that can help me.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 02 Nov, Eadie (Australia - temperate climate)
Buy on line from Diggers Club ~ BTW proper name 'Brassica Juncea' may help when searching. https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/vegetables/asian-greens/mustard-red-giant/s148/ Self seed readily, deep rooting, ornamental, bees love them.I mix the leaves in when cooking silverbeet, spinach, any of the 'wild greens' mixes I pick. Fab on going addition to the garden.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 30 Mar, LK (Australia - temperate climate)
I bought mine from the Asian grocer Kim Wang in Chinatown. Hope this helps!
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 29 Mar, Peter Turner (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try your local Chinese/ Asian food shops. I buy all of my Asian Greens seeds from there and they are super cheap.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 14 Feb, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You could try seed selling companies on the internet. BOONDIE SEEDS - put mustard greens in the search box.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 14 Feb, Ali (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I just had a look at my favourite seed supplier. They do have a table green mustard list of plants, but there is also this one under the Green manure section that is also mustard greens mix. I've tagged the page it's on so you can have a look at all the green manure seeds they have. https://www.thelostseed.com.au/seed/green-manure/
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 13 Feb, Pauline Chiarelli (Australia - temperate climate)
Can I replant spinach in the same place as my last crop?
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 18 May, Scott (Australia - temperate climate)
yes, just add a little compost to the area before planting.
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Garlic 12 Feb, janick whan (Australia - temperate climate)
whith is the best month to plant garlic .thank you
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Garlic 13 Feb, Cas (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Look it up. Hit , make sure it's your zone at the top of the page. Likely Apr/May/Jun
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