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Horseradish 15 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Can grow in partial shade but most plants need sunlight. A good watering once a week will probably do, Doesn't like too wet.
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Cucumber 14 Dec, Brenda (Australia - temperate climate)
Same of the Lebanese cucumbers different colours bit lighter are they still okay to eat .
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 13 Dec, Sally (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Slow to germinate on Atherton Tablelands (far north Queensland, elevation 900m, so cooler than coast). Seeds available Bunnings.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 12 Dec, Daniella (Australia - temperate climate)
I found them this week at the central markets in adelaide, at the big Chinese grocer next to the food court (Kim wangs)
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 12 Dec, Ilka Howell (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
What happens if you plant fennel with beans? I didn't know they shouldn't be grown together and have planted them in a large garden bed together. They are not right next to each other, have lettuce and radishes separating so approx 1m apart. Will they grow ok?
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 13 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
From Houzz Fennel is allelopathic to most garden plants, inhibiting growth, causing to bolt, or actually killing many plants. Like black walnut or elder, it produces some chemical or other which does bad things to its neighbours. Although it causes coriander to bolt, the coriander does help to prevent fennel from becoming too much of a weed. It depends which one you want to sacrifice, I guess! It will cross-pollinate with dill, resulting in a horrible-tasting plant. I think fennel will be OK if grown in a pot, but you'll need to be vigilant to stop it from going to seed (a pity if you want those seeds!) - those seeds can travel far and wide, making it a very invasive plant indeed.
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 17 Jan, Ilka (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Very informative, thanks Mike! Sounds like the fennel will have to go :)
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Garlic 11 Dec, Phillip green (Australia - temperate climate)
Where on central coast can I buy garlic bulbs to plant?
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Garlic 04 Mar, Scott (Australia - temperate climate)
Try bunnings or any good nursery. DON'T use garlic from the supermarket as a lot tend to be imported from China and spread disease into the soil. Good luck and happy gardening!
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Garlic 13 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
From any shop that sells them - supermarkets etc. Plant around June.
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Pumpkin 09 Dec, Cheryl (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
We have both jap and butternut pumpkins growing but seem to only have male flowers. Do we pull them out and start again. There is plenty of male flowers
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Pumpkin 11 Dec, Gary (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Cheryl, pumpkins and the like start off with plenty of male flowers, so that when the female flowers form (which should be any time now) there are plenty of male flowers to be able to pollinate them. When the pumpkin runners get to about 3 meters pinch out the tips and they will put out more runners thus giving more crop. Cheers Gary
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Pumpkin 11 Dec, Michelle (Australia - arid climate)
Usually the first flowers on a plant are male - be patient! These are used to pollinate the female flowers that will form shortly.
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Pumpkin 13 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Just a point, pumpkin female flowers only open one day - until about mid arvo. If no bees, break off a male flower and pollinate the female flower with it. I did this the other week - two different f flowers in three days. One grew one died. ????
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Cucumber 08 Dec, john shsnahan (Australia - temperate climate)
Check for Red spider they love cucumber
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 08 Dec, Sue (Australia - tropical climate)
My rosella bush leaves are being eaton by something I can't see anything on them but it is leaving small holes in them. What is a safe spray to use on the rosella bushes.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 01 Jan, Tanya (Australia - temperate climate)
I use a neem oil spray on my bush. That's non harmful to the beneficial insects and only harms the things which eat the leaves.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 15 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Look up an organic spray.
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Garlic 08 Dec, Ryan (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I have recently harvested my garlic and was wondering if it is possible to freeze at least 2 bulbs to plant again next year?
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Garlic 08 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I would just let them dry out for a week or so and then store in a cool dry area.
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 07 Dec, Bev (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Why did my rocket go straight to flower and seed after planting
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 10 Dec, Hamsa (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
When it gets hot, rocket goes to seeds, collect the seeds when they dry and sow them in autumn and you will have rocket in autumn, winter and spring
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 08 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Probably to do with the season (end of growing season). I have had coriander growing for the last 6-8 weeks or so - it receives plenty of water and the soil is fertile and it is going to seed now. Some plants only have a short life. Maybe plant it earlier next year.
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Parsnip 07 Dec, Gary Hughes (Australia - temperate climate)
Is it possible to grow parsnips in the north of Thailand
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Parsnip 08 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try and grow it in the cooler time of the year. Google growing parsnips in Thailand.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 07 Dec, Leanne (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in wa and found some shriveled up chokes at my local iga. I planted them and thought they had died but eventually they popped up and grew. I planted out all the tubers the next year and kept expanding my crop.That was 3 years ago. This year I have planted close to 200 tubers and gave away many more. They grow well here, just need to keep them watered in summer and you will be rewarded. To store them I layer the chokes with coarse sand in a bucket with a lid and give them a spray of water if the sand gets really dry. I am happy to share them if you live in perth.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 05 Feb, Chi (Australia - arid climate)
Hi Leanne. Thank you very much for your information. What would be the best time to plant them in Perth. Can you give me some tubes? - Chi
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Rhubarb 04 Dec, Manfred (Australia - temperate climate)
I have a rhubarb plant and the leaves are turning yellow and red, what is wrong here.
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Rhubarb 05 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try and work out if you have the green leaf or the yellow leaf variety.
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Rhubarb 04 Dec, Geoff (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My rhubarb has been doing very well for a few years, just north of Sydney, in raised beds. I split them up last year and they have produced heaps of stems. In late November the leaves became dark and hard and crinkled - but stems look OK. I can't find any disease that would cause this. Is it disaster? I have kept water up to them, and the soil was well manured when I replanted them.
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