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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 02 Jul, PETER (Australia - temperate climate): Where can I purchase cape gooseberry seeds
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Jul, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Seed selling companies on the internet. Boondie - New Life Seeds - The Seed Collection Company.
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Pumpkin 30 Jun, Luke (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Should I plant/treat winter squash such as Red Kuri the same as pumpkins?
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Pumpkin 02 Jul, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Check a website called southern harvest for planting times.
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Rhubarb 30 Jun, Peter (Perth) (Australia - temperate climate): Was out buying some gourmet seed potato and found some seedling "Crimson" rhubarb about 100mm high. Am still prepping garden beds for permanent planting, so I wish to grow it on in my little poly "warm house" to help it through Winter. Q: would a 6" or 8" pot be the best as the next stage for optimum growth?
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Rhubarb 02 Jul, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): Seeing that it is winter I would assume it won't grow much so maybe the 6
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Potato 30 Jun, Peter (Perth) (Australia - temperate climate): Stumbled in and grew some Royal Blue in container. Tipped out this week as I want to start some Kipfler. NO SPUDS! Now realise I did 2 things wrong 1: planted in November (= lots of lovely foliage) 2: Used sprouting (table) spuds from Greengrocer. This time I'm doing it right! (I hope). Got Seed Spuds (Kipfler like) "Pink Fur Apple". Made a planting medium following research. Planting early July. Hope springs eternal!
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Celery 29 Jun, paul (Australia - sub-tropical climate): i like to place 100 mil down pipe around my celery as this does two things it helps blanch and keeps the celery tight together
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Celery 06 Aug, Shane (Australia - temperate climate): What length do you cut the drain pipe you place around the celery
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Celery 06 Nov, Dale (Australia - temperate climate): 450 mm exposed out of the ground will do. And don't use it until the plants are about 300 mm tall - then they will search for the sun above.
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Pumpkin 29 Jun, Anne Jeffrey (Australia - temperate climate): Can you please advise me on where to search for Windsor Black seeds, I've been searching for what seems like ever and had no success, I'm trying to revive this pumpkin for my mother who's in her 70s Thank you
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Pumpkin 02 Jul, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): Try thelostseed.c.a - they have them but are out of stock at the moment. Ring or send an email as they may have some packets left.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 29 Jun, Jean (Australia - temperate climate): I have just purchased some shallot bulbs which I want to plant in the garden beds. Just recent;y I smothered the garden beds in dried chicken manure hoping to fertilise the soil for spring planting. My instructions say "enrich soil with a low nitrogen fertiliser". Would this soil now be too rich in nitrogen? What would be a low nitrogen fertiliser that I could buy?
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 02 Jul, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): Depends how rich the soil was before you put the chicken manure on. Either rake some of it away from where you are going to plant the bulbs, it not dug in already. Or dig the manure in a couple of times to spread it throughout the soil profile. I like to give my shallots a bit of a hit with fertiliser to make them strong (and produce good big bulbs for planting next year for the ones I keep).
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 28 Jun, Peter (Australia - temperate climate): We had an enormous Choko growing at the back of our chook shed when I was a kid. Mum pressure cooked small ones whole, slash in half, dab of butter, yum! We sold big ones off front verge 2 for a trey bit (threepenny coin). Found out later Choko was used a lot in apple pie, since it would bulk up the filling without imparting any flavours of its own. Saw an old one in Green Grocers, must revitalise the heritige!
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 27 Jun, Melinda (Australia - temperate climate): Hi - just wondered when it is right or if it is right to plant and grow yams in Goulburn, NSW, esp in the middle of Winter (heavy frosts, freezing conditions). Thanks!
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 29 Jun, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): Melinda , Read the notes - it is all there. Try Temperate and Cool /Mountain climates. A BIG HINT - when to plant and when to harvest.
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Rosemary 24 Jun, ... (Australia - temperate climate): need to grow a herb outside in sydney winter - can I grow rosemary
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Rosemary 26 Jun, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): Go to Rosemary and read up all about it.
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Rosemary 26 Jun, Mark (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Yes, rosemary will go well in Sydney. I have grown rosemary in every location I have lived. western Sydney, western NSW, S/E QLD and now in the snowy mountains.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 24 Jun, Greg (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Firstly I’m not sure cool/mountain climate best describes my climate, Horsham Victoria (January average temperatures > 30 and cool winters with frosts. I planted Yacons in pots in August and garden bed in September. Plants still 2 - 3 feet high and green. When should/should have I dig them up? greg
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 28 Jun, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): Read the comments here, it generally tells you these things. Plant time Oct -Nov. Harvest time 25 weeks.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 23 Jun, Amanda (Australia - temperate climate): Hi I live in Mildura vic Australia is it possible to grow yam here, as we have just moved here... Thank you
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 25 May, Cheryl (Australia - temperate climate): .i'm wondering if Amanda tried growing yams and if so can l get some tubers or buy some yams .l live in mildura too .
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 28 Jun, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): It does say plant (P) Oct to Nov for Temperate climate.
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French tarragon 23 Jun, Anne-Marie (Australia - temperate climate): My french tarragon that I have been growing for approx. 3 years now is growing more as a prostrate plant than an upright plant. The height is probably only about 7.5 cm but it has lots of long ground covering branches. Do you have any thoughts on why this would be so? Please use my e-mail address for your response. Much appreciated. Anne-Marie
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French tarragon 15 Jun, Ii (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have exactly the same issue and find that the taste is overpowering and bitter, and the leaves are small. It’s not as sweet as the tarragon I know. Did you find a solution?
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French tarragon 31 Jul, kelvan (Australia - temperate climate): Cut plant to ground level in winter.Pull up and divide your plant/s early spring.
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French tarragon 28 Jun, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate): Try a new planting from different stock.
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French tarragon 28 Jun, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Comments here are by the general public not Gardenate so no response by email. I don't know anything about French Tarragon.
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