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11 Jun 11, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

hey dinee,,,,nw tassie here,,,,,sandy kinda soil,,,,,,,thinking ill have a crack at yams....whats ya advice

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15 May 11, leonie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

could anyone tell me what time of year to plant yams in qld. Also does anywhere no where I can get n kumera seed?

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19 Dec 10, john (Australia - temperate climate)

If you would like some little NZ yams contact me at [email protected] and i will organize for you.

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26 Mar 11, Talei Watson (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi John. My partner loves yams. I'm not such a big fan, but would love to purchase some for him. We would like to grow our own as well. I would really appreciate it if you could help us. Many thanks.

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16 Dec 10, (Australia - temperate climate)

I would love to grow those gorgeous little pink yams that we could always buy in N.Z. Not the huge sweet potatoes we get here in Oz - the yams I'm after are about the size of an average thumb. Anyone know where I can buy seeds or plants in Perth??

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27 Aug 10, Janice (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I can see are many of us yam-starved NZers in OZ - I have been searching for them for years and have just yesterday purchsed some tubers on ebay. Yippee, now I hope they will grow successfully in SE Qld. Has anyone else had success with them in this area? Comments appreciated. Thanks Janice

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15 Sep 10, Leanne (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Janice - My mum is in Brisbane - I gave her some New Zealand yam last time she was down in Gippsland (my place) and she says they are growing well in Brissy. She keeps them in semi shade in the hottest part of the summer, and makes sure the water is kept up. She had a good yield last year, so I reckon you'd be ok to grow them ( and worth any effort, they are delicious>>>)

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20 Jun 10, Dave (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I have just harvested a crop of yellow/orange yams.Can any-one tell me how best to keep the small one's that we use as seed for the next crop as we live in Tasmania and we are coming into the cold months and we get temps in the minus's. Thanks Dave

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03 Apr 11, Garth (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Dave, I am an ex NZer living in tasmania and haven,t had a good feed of yams in ages.Saw your comment and wondered if you might have some extra yams i could have or know where i could get access to some in tasmania so i could harvest my own Thanks Garth.

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26 Jul 13, Fiona (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi just purchased a kilo of yummy yams from the Aproneers in Hobart. I hope I can restrain myself from eating them all and perhaps plant a couple. :-). So happy to see them in a shop! Having a kiwi week just purchased a box of feijoas and now yams- all I need now is some Hokey Pokey ice cream....

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