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06 Feb 11, Joe (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

To Bob (Jan 29) Dear Bob, I have a suggestion as to the problem with the palm tree. That's go to scrap merchant or dealer and purchase an old copper hot water cylinder and cut into sheet form and place in the ground in a vertical manner against the fence closest to palm tree, so when the roots of the palm come contact with the copper they will die whether this kills the tree I am unsure but I hope that you can sucessfully grow your garden and have plenty vegetables. Follow up if you have any queries via email

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03 Feb 11, theressa (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

i think i have cucumbers growing in my padock they have the same flower and leaves but the fruit is prigkley when i cut one open it was about 10cm long it smelt and looked like one first time gardner is this how they start of any help would be great

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09 Mar 11, jade (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have cucumbers in the garden and in the paddock - and I don't think this is my fault I think it may be birds and wildlife. My cucumbers are prickly and the stems are extremely prickly. Their flowers are yellow.

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29 Jan 11, Bob (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have an established vegie garden but the neighbour's palm trees, root have invaded all four plots, any ideas other than to poison the roots? I have tried to dig up the sides to place in a barrier but this didn't work.

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12 Jan 11, Beth (Australia - temperate climate)

I've made a trellis for my Lebanese cucumbers. Should I still plant them on 'hills' under the trellis?

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23 Dec 10, Alan (Australia - temperate climate)

My Lebanese cucumbers are now about 60-70cms high and have a lot of flowers on --, the cucumber forms behind the flower but after a couple of days it dries off and eventually just falls of. Would appreciate some advice re the cause of this

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01 Jan 11, mira (Australia - temperate climate)

I found that hand pollenating the flowers fixed that. I pick a flower that doesn't have a cucumber, tear off the petals to leave the middle and press it against the flower with the cucumber when it is open so that the pollen mixes.

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15 Dec 10, Arthur Davis (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have a very healthy lebanese cucumber vine but no fruit - what do I need to do to fix this?

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20 Nov 10, Di Liversidge (Australia - tropical climate)

I have lots of small cuces on the plants but they go yellow and rot when they are still about 3cms long. What's wrong with them? The plants have lots and lots of flowers and look healthy. It's wet season in Darwin so they are getting plenty of water and are in a rectangular pot with plenty of drainage.

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21 Nov 10, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)

You may also want to consider little bugs chewing the stems behind your cuces try spraying them with some dipel or pest oil some of the bugs are so tiny its difficult to see them and with it being the wet season where you are caterpillars could also be the culprit. Also if you have used seeds that you have saved or been given by someone else it could be a case of them being a hybrid which means they wont produce.

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