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Peas 09 Jul, Mick (Australia - temperate climate): I have peas by the dozens they are around 6 foot tall and producing well, what is the best way to keep the seed. Can I plant them green straight out of the pod or do they need to dry out. I have planted some green last week but a bit cold yet for them to sprout
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Peas 06 Jun, Sally (Australia - temperate climate): I always let the pod dry on the vine until I can shake them and hear the peas rattle inside (because they have dried out). I then store them in paper bags or cut up printer paper and make pouches for them to be stored in. This seems to work very well.
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Peas 12 Jul, lynette (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I leave my pods on the vine until they are throughly dried out. If you dont want to plant them now, they will keep until next planting season. I keep mine in a paper bag, still in their pods
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Peas 10 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): When the crop has nearly finished you need to let the pods dry out, go brown. Dry them out for another two weeks and then put in a bag and then store in an air tight jar in the fridge for next year. Fresh peas will probably go rotten in the soil. I don't know how long seeds need to be kept before they germinate. Google it maybe.
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Peas 05 Aug, clara (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I shelled my seed peas green last year and left them in a bowl in the kitchen to dry. 90% germination rate when they were planted out 6 months later.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 08 Jul, (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Can I sow okra around August
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Potato 08 Jul, Nathalie Hetherington (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have bought some seed potatoes and prepared a raised garden vegetable for them. I have never grown potatoes before so am a total novice. The bed is 2m x 50cm x 40 cm. Can I plant a couple of different varieties together such as kipfler and purple potato and even if a third variety if I have the room?
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Potato 08 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): A garden bed 2m long is only going to grow 6-7 plants. You can plant different varieties. Consider making the bed a lot bigger if you can.
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Potato 06 Aug, Diane (Australia - tropical climate): i have read that you can grow them in a bottomless large bucket or a wired enclosure this way you just keep topping up the dirt and mulch when the plant gets taller until eventually you reach the top. once they are ready to harvest just pull the vessell you have chosen off and down they all fall. Saves using your garden and gives you room for more beneficial plants or vegies to use.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 07 Jul, Tanya (Australia - temperate climate): My strawberries have little bite holes in them ,just like a slug or snail has been at them.but I have been all over them and can’t find a thing ,but what ever it is ,is destroying my strawberries
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Strawberries (from seeds) 08 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Look up a company NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS in your area and ask to talk to someone about your problems.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 06 Jul, Miri (Australia - temperate climate): How long do cape gooseberry live for?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Jul, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): It is perennial so will grow for a few years.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Jul, Astrid (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): If well taken care of, more than 20 years.
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Garlic 05 Jul, Mike mahaffy (USA - Zone 8a climate): What is the most flavorful garlic? In Central South Carolina (Zone 8A), is hard neck, or softneck garlic, better to plant?
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Sunflower 05 Jul, Ann Carson (USA - Zone 8b climate): What kind of soil best for sunflowers? I planted afew times that begin growing then rodents eat top of sunflowers. Same as radishes too.How do i solve the problems?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 05 Jul, Mairlyn (USA - Zone 8a climate): Is early July too late to sow okra in zone 8a (Virginia)? (www.gardenate.com/plant/Okra?zone=13)
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 07 Jul, Matt Holloway (USA - Zone 8b climate): Nope, get em in the ground!
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Cabbage 03 Jul, Ann McKenzie (Australia - temperate climate): My radishes and cabbage have small holes in the leaves. No caterpillars, eggs or butterflies as it is quite cold now. I’ve also checked the leaves. What do you think is causing this? Thanks, Ann
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Cabbage 06 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Could be grasshoppers. If they are not causing too much damage I wouldn't worry about it. I'm not into what all the different things bus/insects do and how to treat the problems. Rain is a big factor in bug/insect populations - it's breeding time.
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Cabbage 01 Nov, Allen Lee (Australia - temperate climate): Small snails are attacking plants even my passionfruit now into cabbages found some in my lemonade tree too!!
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Brussels sprouts 01 Jul, Tasha (USA - Zone 8a climate): We live in Alabama and super new to gardening. Is it too late to start seedlings now?
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Brussels sprouts 02 Jul, Paula (USA - Zone 9a climate): I live in South Louisiana and a good time to plant seeds in indoor trays is this month; direct sow in ground would be September. Best of luck in your gardening journey.
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Sunflower 01 Jul, Emma (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, I was hoping for some planting advice, how many seeds in each amount of soil?! Is it a good time to plant the seeds now in winter nice and deep to get the best results come spring time? Thanks Perth WA
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Sunflower 06 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Plant seeds 50-60cm apart and rows 60-80cm apart. You can plant two seeds and then reduce to one after germination. If good seeds just one is required each 60-60cm. Don't plant until spring as you need a lot warmer soil than what it is now. Do not plant seeds deeper than what is suggested.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 29 Jun, John Martin Barger (USA - Zone 7b climate): I have a sweet potato that has sprouted pretty heavily on my kitchen counter. I live in Memphis, TN. Is there any chance of having success if I were to plant it now? Or is it too late in season?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 23 Jun, Anonymous (USA - Zone 7b climate): Where I live (Australia) they grow it from just a piece of the growing vine - a slip. Either put them in water until they produce roots or straight into the ground and keep watered. Take a piece about 18cm (6 - 8 inches).
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 30 Jun, Betty (USA - Zone 7b climate): I'm just next door in Arkansas and will be planting some slips from one in my kitchen today (June 30). We have just enough time before frost to make decent sweet potatoes. You know we can eat the leaves like spinach as well? My (American) kids grew up in SE Asia and thought sweet potato leaves were a variety spinach.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 29 Jun, Paul (New Zealand - temperate climate): Can a Cape Gooseberry be grown in a Hanging Basket situation ?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 30 Jun, Anonymous (New Zealand - temperate climate): You could try it. I would think a big hanging basket would be needed. Would need constant attention as the plant can grow to 1-1.5m and that size would need a lot of water each day.
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