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Potato 18 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): 15-20weeks from planting. Read up on the internet. HOW TO GROW POTATOES
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Ginger 16 Oct, John (Australia - temperate climate): I’d like to grow ginger in planter boxes in a full sun location. Sydney NSW location. Does ginger tolerate warm to hot soil situations?
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Ginger 24 Mar, Mary (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have been growing ginger successfully in a planter box for 5 years now since I downsized to an apartment in Sydney. I started with cutting off part of store bought ginger with buds and plant in the planter box early Spring. With filtered sun and water they soon grew lot of leaves. I harvest the ginger once a year in winter when the leaves turned yellow and dried. Cut off the rhizome and bury the smaller ones back to the planter box. By next spring they will re-shoot again. I do sometimes pull one plant out (when I need it) and cut off a chunk off the rhizome then place the rest of the plant back to the plant box, cover with soil. The ginger harvested before maturity has milder flavor.
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Ginger 20 Jun, Mosushi (Australia - tropical climate): Hi Mary, after you bury small rhizomes in planters in winter, how often do you water or do you water?
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Ginger 19 Nov, Gary (Australia - sub-tropical climate): John I feel as long as they have plenty of soil and water. I grow mine in a double bucket arrangement and I do better than a guy up in budrem in the ground. I get about 1.4 to 1.9 kgs per bucket hope this helps. Gary P.s. I'm on Mid Nth Coast region.
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Ginger 18 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here about growing it. The first short sentence.
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Tomato 16 Oct, barry rowcliffe (Australia - cool/mountain climate): can you give some information on coral tree tomato, I bought a plant today but their is no information on .thanks barry.
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Rhubarb 14 Oct, Ross (Australia - temperate climate): I was wondering what sort of rhubarb plant to buy as I live in Adelaide . Did have one in a pot but I think the heat got to it.
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Rhubarb 16 Oct, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): There green stem ones and red stem ones. Look at seed selling company on the internet. I use Boondie Seeds.
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Ginger 14 Oct, Maria (Australia - temperate climate): I want to buy some ginger ideal for planting. In have it planted but I harvested it too soon and the shoot that remained in ground died out and now I can’t get any in my area to plant it again where can I buy some in melb metro area
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Ginger 14 Oct, anon (Australia - temperate climate): Read the notes here . You can try to grow it in Melb, but you will have a small crop. Buy from a shop.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 10 Oct, Phil Rodwell (Australia - temperate climate): Just wanted to say what an amazingly useful resource your site is. Thanks for so much useful advice. Regards Phil Rodwell (Thank you, from the Gardenate team)
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Ginger 10 Oct, lorraine makar (Australia - temperate climate): You do not mention where to position plants.Does it require full sun? full shade? morning sun? Evening sun? light shade? Will be planted outdoors in pot. Thankyou
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Ginger 16 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Google it.
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Parsley (also curly leaf parsley or flat leaf (Italian) parsley) 07 Oct, phil (Australia - cool/mountain climate): If you want your parsley seed to germinate quickly pour boiling water over them.
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Parsley (also curly leaf parsley or flat leaf (Italian) parsley) 13 Aug, John (Australia - temperate climate): So you let it soak in boiling water until water cool?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 06 Oct, Alex (Australia - temperate climate): Hi I'm from Melbourne vic. I've had 3 attempts of growing zucchini black jack and so far no success, first attempt the plants we're taken with no trace 2nd they got eaten down to the stem this is my 3rd attempt I put tree guards and snail pellets around them also growing a nasturtium nearby but the leave are getting munched on. What can I do these are only young plants?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 04 Feb, hi im terry (Australia - temperate climate): from sa, may i suggest earwigs could be your problem, we followed advice from a friend and put a small amount of olive oil in a clean tuna tin set in the place your zuccs are not to close though, also to check your garden at night when all these nasties come out, good luck.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 01 Jan, Catherine (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I had the same problem - I cut off the bottoms of soda bottles, threw away the lids and placed the bottle over the plant, pushing it into the soil enough to stop it from blowing over. I then simply removed the bottle when the plant was looking a little cramped - worked a treat!
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 07 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): An extreme method would be to make a wood frame about 50cm high and cover with 30% shade cloth. OR put stakes in the ground and use shade cloth or bird netting as a fence. I have 2m x 2m x .5m frame with veggie netting on and around it. Only problem the netting disintergated from flapping on the wood frame. I will replace with 30% shade cloth soon. Or make an arch with plastic pipe or chicken netting and cover with shade cloth. Look around the yard for things you could use.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 07 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Go on the net and look for a natural spray - usually soapy water mixed with other things. Probably you have some grubs.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 06 Oct, bernard wilson (Australia - temperate climate): surely to goodness somebody must know the answer as to why rosella plants wilt all of a sudden,It is nice to see all the qustions mentioning the various stages of wilting all of a sudden.this is all very well and good to know that I am not the only one this is happening to.Where are all the answers.Surely their must be some experts with the solution to this problem.Or don't they want us to know for some unknown reason? Surely some of the commercial growers must know.or do they have access to the cure that the home gardener is banned from using such as fruit fly prevention etc.it is very frustrating not to know the reason why this is happening.i am trying Yates Root Rot prevention at the moment.am I on the right track?
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 07 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): There are no experts on this website I'm sorry to say. I'm just a home gardener trying to help genuine people. I grew parsley a few years ago and about this time of year it just died in the space of a week, very healthy plant to brown in a few days. When I have a problem I go looking on the internet. Ring up your state government agricultural department. Agricultural supply companies.
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Rhubarb 08 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Last night I read wilt is a condition in the soil near impossible to treat. Suggestion don't grow rhubarb in wet damp soil, have good draining soil. It could be an iron deficient. If you have wilt pull the plants out and destroy. Don't grow that crop in that garden bed for 4 years. Use crop rotation. I may have more info tomorrow about using Dettol.
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Rhubarb 09 Oct, anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try a cap full of Dettol in 4.5l of water and put on the soil around the plants.See how that goes.
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Kohlrabi 06 Oct, Viv Forbes (Australia - temperate climate): where can we buy vegie seeds on internet?
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Kohlrabi 08 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try on-line seed selling companies,
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Tomato 06 Oct, Rob (Australia - tropical climate): Please suggest best tomatoes to grow in Cairns..Thanks
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Tomato 07 Oct, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): It really comes down to what kind of tomatoes you want to eat. Do you want big toms, medium or small, long or fat. A bushy variety or a tall growing one. Look up a seed selling website like Boondie Seeds and learn about the different kinds. Ask at your nursery or Bunnings. I like a medium size so that when making a sandwich I use the whole tomato. I grow Manapal and I also grow cherry tomatoes. Seedling just pop up in the garden from year to year from ones that fall on the ground. Gardening is about trying things and working out what works for you. Do some research on how to grow them.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 05 Oct, Rosslyn Major (Australia - temperate climate): I have some Goosberrys that ive had a few years all dry,wanting to grow from seed can i plant now thank you .
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