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05 Jun 13, GRAHAME (Australia - tropical climate)

ROSELLA BUSH HAS GRUB IN STEM AND PLANT FALLS OVER . WHITISH GRUB LIKE SMALL WITCHITE GRUB

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14 May 13, Jessica (Australia - tropical climate)

how do you get the green seed out of the calyx without cutting the calyx? I want to do some in syrup but can't seem to get the "flower" whole

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25 Apr 14, Jackie P (Australia - temperate climate)

To remove the seed leaving a full fruit you should take a thin slice from the base of the fruit and push the seed out with a chopstick from the thick end to the pointy end. The seed will gently part the petals and pop through. Easy as! I can seed a bowl of fruit in less than five minutes.

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31 Jan 14, Ian Watts (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

It's fussy work for you and very tedious but if you'd like to try this method. My wife, Janine and I were shown the following: Get the stem of a broken umbrella; push that up through the petals; the seed pod (calyx) will pop through.

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17 May 13, Denise (Australia - temperate climate)

When I was a child my father made a "Rosella de-leafer" by attaching an empty bullet casing to a handle - it worked well & I still have it. Maybe you could try an apple corer?

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17 Jan 14, (Australia - temperate climate)

My dad did the same for my mum out of a piece of metal gal tube or stainless tube (I think it was out of a bicycle pump??) He put a bit of tube over it so it wasn't sharp for a handle, works a treat. I still have the one that he made for me as well.

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06 May 13, joyce inglis (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

just wondering when to set Rosella plants at Rockhampton in queensland regards joyce

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31 Jan 14, Ian Watts (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

We found that around September was about the best time.

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23 Mar 13, marija (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)

molim vas za savijet, može li rosella uspijeti se uzgojiti i europi, croatia? hvala (I ask you for advice, you may be able to grow Rosella and europe, croatia? thanks)

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14 Mar 13, Valerie Minniss (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Just had my wilting rosella plants diagnosed by the nursery where I bought them. They said it was typical of too much rain/water - so grow them high and don't mulch during heavy rainy periods like - A nematode or two on roots but not enough to kill a plant starting to flower like mine - suggested to water with a weak solution of condies crystals and interplant with marigolds to discourage nematodes. Bought 4 new plants to try again now that the big wet seems gone.

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