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Tomatillo 11 Jun, Annie (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate)
I am in Calgary Alberta and this spring I took a few tomatillo's and sliced them into 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices and planted them into dirt right away. After I started to see small plant sprouts I took the slices out of the smaller pots and planted them right into the large planter for the rest of the grow season I will be back in the fall to let you know just how they faired
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Tomatillo 11 May, -Kit (Canada - Zone 2b Sub-Arctic climate)
Hi Annie, Wondering how your Tomatillo experiment worked out? I’m wanting to give it a try out here on the west coast!
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 21 May, Rachel (Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Question: When can I stop bringing in my okra seedlings at night? Is +9C too cold? Thanks, Rachel
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Broccoli 01 Apr, Heather curtis (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate)
It is the beginning of April, can I plant my seeds for Broccoli now.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 07 Mar, Leona Dubois (Canada - Zone 2b Sub-Arctic climate)
Hi there I am not sure what zone to really plant for as environment Canada changed the zone last year to zone 3b from zone 2b..we have over 2 feet of snow still and it was -15C when I got up this morning...what would you suggest?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 04 Mar, Heather truster (Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Where can I purchase in the Barrie area
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 12 Feb, Kathi (Canada - Zone 6b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Where can I buy Roselle seeds or plant please
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 04 Dec, Jill Weiss (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
Does anyone know where to buy Yacon tubers in Canada? I would like to try growing them Thanks Jill
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 10 Feb, Gerry (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Me too! I'm in the Edmonton area and also looking for the seeds or rhizomes. Let me know if you find a supplier.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 16 Nov, Robert Boardman (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
I have grown Jerusalem artichokes - sunchokes - for two years. What got left in the ground last Fall grew in the late Spring. After two days of below zero temperatures this week I harvested more than 20kg of tubers from about 15 plants. From reading articles and from growing them I learned I cannot find all the tubers when I dig in the Fall. They must be harvested in the Fall, no tubers will form until day length is less than night length.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 27 Aug, Rhyce (Australia - tropical climate)
why can't you grow corn near celery
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 24 Oct, Natalie (USA - Zone 8b climate)
Companion planting is a common practice. Certain plants use up a lot of nutrients from the ground. And shouldn't be planted with plants that need those nutrients. Conversely there are plants that's should be planted together, as they help the plants grow stronger, sweeter or even deter pests.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 24 Aug, Lynne (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Can tubers be planted in the fall and harvested the next summer like I do with garlic. We usually have a late spring so it's hard to plant until at least June.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 12 Feb, Paul Lefebvre (Canada - Zone 6a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Jerusalem Artichokes can definitely planted in the fall. Studies show that fall plantings are, in fact, better for production as it promotes an earlier start for the plant.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 30 Oct, rita near kamllops (Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
No one responded so I will. I do not know for certain. I shop at farmer's market where 2 organic farmers grow and sell these. Both know I grow much of my own food. The guy I normally buy these from never suggested I plant any.. He had ended for the season and I purchased from the other grower. She was telling everyone to plant some of what they buy. HOWEVER she often sales pitches to clear out stock. Also they are zone 4 - 5 -along the river near Kamloops.. I'm at much higher elevation in an unpredictable area. I long ago quit buying zone 4 plants due to cold snaps that hit every few years. I'm going to try a couple roots this fall if I can get them in this week. (end Oct, 1st of Nov -the next snow might stay). If you have access to them I suggest you try a few too. All the local growers who are at warmer elevations than I start their garlic in the fall and say it needs the extra growing time. These may need the settling in time too. Trial and error is the best bet in these climates. I'm on a hillside and after 30+ years still marvel how some plants do well in one area but not 10-15 meters away. I think it's related to underground moisture. Good luck!
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 04 Jul, Bea (Canada - Zone 6b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
I've been growing ground cherries for a few years in Halifax. I bought the seed from Annapolis Seed. It is a milder, paler version of cape goose berries. They are good but not as tasty as CGBs. It grows in a husk exacty as CGB but the fruit is very pale, not at all orange like CGB. This past winter I bought some CGB fruit from Pete's fruitique and kept the seed from one berry. It germinated and grew VERY well. Today, July 3, I have a ground cherry and cape gooseberry growing in pots side by side. The CGB has darker green leaves and is a larger plant. The ground cherry has lots of flowers and a few emerging husks. Haven't noticed flowers on the CGB yet. Keeping my fingers crossed they will appear soon and bear lots of fruit. As far as I'm aware, both of these plants are annuals, not perrenial. As is the Sunberry (called Wonderberry in UK). I got this seed from Annapolis Seed too. My first time growing it, but supposed to be similar to blueberries. The plant is only about a foot tall but bushy with lots and lots of flowers.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 26 Sep, Monica (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
I grew sunberries a few years ago. Quite prolific. Birds ate a lot, and a lot self seeded and troubled me as weeds for several years... I am a bad weeder! They are no match for a real wild blueberry as I'd hoped. I grew tomatillos, and ground cherries in different years. Could not eat the tomatillos fast enough, and we had other garden items that tasted better! But the ground cherries didn't produce much and we liked them. Go figure. I know they grow around here, northern Nova Scotia. I am going to try cape gooseberries.. looks like a strong and productive plant. Thanks to all for info posted here.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 15 Mar, Christie Chaplin-Saunders (Canada - Zone 6a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
I have 36 tiny Inca berry seedlings emerging from little peat pellets as of today (March 15). I wonder how large they are likely to get before I can transplant them to a cold frame in about eight weeks? In particular, what size pots should I buy for them? Advice will be appreciated!
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Basil 17 Jun, irshad (Canada - Zone 7a Mild Temperate climate)
Hello How can growing basil plants in cold temperature
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 10 Jun, James (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Very curious about these. I had an apartment in New Brunswick and I am absolutely sure that these were growing behind the building in an unkept grassy area. I did not know what they were at the time. A large patch of them appeared every spring and they grew very short, only about a foot or two high. They bore a lot of fruit. In the winter they were covered with snow and ice. They still came back every year. I think this is evidence that gooseberries will grow in Canada as a perennial without any special tending. I purchased some gooseberries at a grocery store awhile back. In late March, I took some of the seeds and planted them in pots. I now have a 2 foot high plant that will be planted in my garden in a few days (June). Of course, these fruit were imported from Peru and might not like the climate. Maybe this fall I will go pick some of the variety growing behind my old apartment!
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 10 Jun, James (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
After further research I have found that the husked plants I saw were "ground cherries" a close relative of the cape gooseberry that grows natively in Canada! The cultivated variety is "Aunt Mollys" and you can buy seeds from Veseys. Wild ones are considered a weed/pest by farmers. I have also read that if you eat them before ripe, they are poisonous.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 25 Mar, adam (Canada - Zone 5b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
hello just had a question for the pepper plant. it says to plant this plant in the garden in May then to transplant in June. would you be able to explain this to me cause im a little confused to what this means. i thought you would finish by planting it in the ground. thank you very much.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 26 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Adam, the planting instructions overlap a bit. We suggest that seeds are started in boxes in March and April, so those seedlings should start to be ready to plant out in May and June - but also seeds can be started in the ground in May.
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Chives (also Garden chives) 24 Mar, WON CHO (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate)
Where can I get some seeds of chives? I'd like to plant them in my garden.
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Chives (also Garden chives) 24 Mar, John (Australia - temperate climate)
There are quite a number of online suppliers of chive seeds in Canada. Search 'herb seeds' on the internet and click on a site then look for 'chive seed'. All the best.
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Broccoli 21 Mar, Ramandeep (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate)
Hi , I live in Toronto, is a broccoli farming possible in Ontario
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Broccoli 22 Mar, John (Australia - temperate climate)
According to my research Broccoli, Cauliflower and Cabbage can be planted in late April in Toronto. Seeds could be sown indoors now for transplanting when they are ready.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 21 Feb, Dan (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
I am also looking for yacon tubers for planting. If you can sell me any I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your efforts.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 22 Feb, John (Australia - temperate climate)
Search 'yacon tubers for sale' on the internet. I did and came up with a number of suppliers including Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds in the USA, along with others. Trust this helps
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 10 Feb, Greg (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
Feb.10, 2017 It would be much appreciated if someone could advise where to purchase seedlings. Thank you, Greg
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