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Garlic 15 Sep, Susan miller (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
My March/April garlic completely failed. Can I plant some more now (September).
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Garlic 20 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Plant around mid -late June.
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Garlic 09 Sep, Mario Dalli (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Can a small complete bulb of garlic be replanted to grow larger in the next growing season.
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Garlic 22 Sep, Faith Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Certainly, BUT GENERALLY you break your bulb apart into it's constituent CLOVES and plant each clove separately. That is, each clove becomes a garlic plant.
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Garlic 14 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Yes
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 08 Sep, Betsy Teo (Australia - temperate climate)
Can I buy the jeruselem artichokes in Victoria Market.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 14 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Melbourne markets yes
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 07 Sep, Allan (Australia - temperate climate)
When I was a boy growing up in England we had a lovely drink called 'dandelion and burdock.' but I have never seen it in Australia. As you show how to grow burdock in your email, maybe you could comment on this wonderful drink. Have a nice day people, Allan.
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Pumpkin 05 Sep, Anne (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Any suggestions for pumpkin fly? They are rampant here.
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Pumpkin 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Yellow sticky card board - buy from bunnings or the internet.
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Ginger 01 Sep, Marlene (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Perth WA. I planted my ginger over a year ago. The leaves are turning yellow. I have quite a few healthy plants in a half barrel pot. My question is:Do I need to dig up the whole lot or can I cut off a piece and replant the rest of the rhizomes? We are moving into summer.
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Ginger 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Read the notes here about harvesting it.
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Garlic 31 Aug, Ray wales (Australia - temperate climate)
How to store garlic after digging up.some of mine went soft.some started to sprout after a few months?.
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Garlic 28 Oct, Kelvan.......Margaret River wa (Australia - temperate climate)
I store my garlic in an onion bag and hang it up inside the shed.
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Garlic 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
A cool dry place.
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Rhubarb 29 Aug, sally (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hello, I have a very healthy rhubarb growing and it is gigantic. Leaves are big as elephants ears. I have thick long healthy stalks but they are green. I have slight pinkish tint at lower end of stalk but rest is green. It is about 5 months old and has grown amazingly, but I have pulled 1 stalk and cooked it, it had no taste whatsoever.
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Rhubarb 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Sounds like you over fertilised and water it.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 25 Aug, Jan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Why do my beans, be they climbing or bush, always develop rust on the leaves. Once the climbers reach about 30cm they develop brown spots on underside and if left the rust becomes very powdery and the leaves become distorted. I cut these leaves off and put in the bin. This happens to any bean seeds I plant and happens no matter what bin I plant them in. I might add I do get a good lot of beans, they do not seem to be affected (I do think I could have a longer growing season if the rust was not there) and so far the rust has not affected any other vegetables. Could there be something in the soil that causes this rust and what can I do about it. I do make my own compost and fertilise the soil before planting.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 22 Sep, Faith Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
From a publication (University of Mass) CORRECTIVE ACTION IS: 1. Rotate bean with non-host crops. 2.Plow under infected crop residues. 3.Eliminate volunteer bean plants. 4.Select planting dates and schedule irrigation to avoid long periods of leaf wetness when temperatures are warm. 5.Disinfect poles in production of pole beans. 5.Avoid over application of nitrogen and ensure adequate potassium fertilization. 6.Plant resistant cultivars. ==> your issue is the rust sort of creates these pustules that allow the rust to survive over winter, or during crop rotations. You need to ensure you dig the old plants deep into the soil, clean your equipment (poles, garden gloves etc.). I would be inclined to use SULPHUR -- "Sulphur Dust Fungicide and Miticide" is usually what it is called. This dust can be sprinkled all over, on the plants etc. or can be mixed with water and sprayed. Also avoid planting beans in areas of "stagnant air" the plants need to be able to dry out -- in other words water on the plants (moist leaves and stems) are great breeding grounds for your rust. It's actually not a difficult problem to resolve, once you know what needs to be done -- remove and bury infected leaves, and/or sprinkle with sulphur dust, mitigate moisture retention (get the air flow going -- maybe you change up the arrangement of planting so the air flows through the plants and whisks away the moisture.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try googling about the rust problem.
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Onion 20 Aug, Michael (Australia - temperate climate)
Can you please tell me the best varieties of onion to plant now. Live at Canowindra NSW Thanking you
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Onion 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Which ever variety you prefer.
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NZ Spinach (also Warrigal greens) 17 Aug, Jamie (Australia - temperate climate)
I live on the coast and rather than bothering with Warrigal greens I munch the indigenous Bower Spinach (Tetragonia implexicoma). Very similar plant except that it climbs and drapes curtains of succulent greenery off long trailing stems from the lower branches of the local tea trees. It is good tucker and being by the sea it is naturally salty.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 17 Aug, Jamie (Australia - temperate climate)
It took a while but I have learned to love Sunchokes. Undoubtedly the easiest and most prolific vegetable of them all. But what to do with them ? Boil them, roast them, grate them into salads, slice them into stir fry. I use them mainly as a filler. They thicken soups and stews and I mash them up with my spuds. Very economical. they don’t have a long shelf life (which is why they are ridiculously expensive) so I tend to leave them in the ground until I use them. If you have a lot of sunchokes - and you will - you can be brutal when you peel them. But keep the peelings out of the compost or you’ll end up with sunchokes everywhere ! Warning : They can be ‘noisy’. Not recommended for date night or before attending the cinema.
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Artichokes (Globe) 15 Aug, Roz McWilliam (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I would like to grow globe artichokes in Townsville (dry tropics). Is this possible please and if yes what’s the best way? Cheers
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Artichokes (Globe) 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - tropical climate)
Set your climate zone to Tropical and read the notes about growing it.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 11 Aug, Jock Macdonald (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
How to hand pollinate egg plant
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 06 Sep, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Give the bush a light shake about 9-10am.
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Cucumber 11 Aug, Ingrid (Australia - temperate climate)
Some websites suggest planting cucumber seeds directly into garden bed, other sites say start in trays. Which is correct ? Thank you.
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Cucumber 20 Aug, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Can do it both ways.
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