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Radish 08 Mar, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): It says 5-7 weeks to grow, maybe they need a little longer to produce round radishes. Could also be the long thin radishes, mix up of seeds. I have grown radishes for 40 + years, but only recently found better to grow into the winter. I'm about to try something a bit different. I'm going to dig the soil up a bit then pat it down a little then plant the seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil. Sometimes in loose soil the radishes grows and then heavy rain packs the soil a bit and the radishes are sticking out of the ground and they form a long small sausage shape.
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Radish 01 May, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I notice radish love compost
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Potato 05 Mar, peter barker (New Zealand - temperate climate): can i grow seed potatoes in pots from march in Taranaki
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Potato 08 Mar, ML (New Zealand - temperate climate): It says to grow in the spring here. Also says that for sub- tropical Queensland Australia. They grow potatoes from April/May here. Give it a try then.
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Pumpkin 05 Mar, KO (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, I live in Perth. Is it too late to plant pumpkins?
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Pumpkin 05 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Check on this page : www.gardenate.com/plant/Pumpkin Make sure that your climate zone is showing at the top of the page.
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Pumpkin 08 Mar, Janice (Australia - temperate climate): Too late for pumpkin. Need to get them in the ground around end sept in Perth
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Horseradish 04 Mar, Desma Cornhill (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hello. I live in Auckland and am keen to find a piece of horseradish to plant in my garden. Can anyone assist?
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Horseradish 08 Mar, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try nursery or internet seed selling companies.
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Horseradish 04 Mar, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try a nursery or seed selling website.
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Leeks 04 Mar, Jenny (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I planted a leek from a seedling in Brisbane in February. It was doing really well until this morning when it went from fine to limp and lying on the ground within the space of about half an hour. Any idea what went wrong? When i peeled the leaves back the inside was literally mush. I thought I might’ve over watered but when I dug the plant out the soil was quite dry
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Leeks 04 Mar, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Maybe water was caught down between the leaves and it just went rotten.
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Tomato 04 Mar, Anna (Australia - cool/mountain climate): My tomato vines are full of fruit, all of it green. I've often had the problem of ending up with lots of unripe fruit at the end of the season so I was wondering it there is a sure-fire way of ripening the tomatoes on the vine before the first frosts?
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Tomato 30 Mar, Eddie (Australia - cool/mountain climate): My dad said he used to pull the whole plant out and hang it in a shed and the tomatoes would vine ripen then finish off on the windowsill.
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Tomato 04 Mar, ML (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Ethylene gas ripens tomatoes and some other fruit. Add a few bananas to them. Suggest you read up about how to ripen tomatoes on the internet. Read different articles. Also see if you can start your seedlings earlier in future so that they grow/ ripen earlier in future.
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Tomato 08 Mar, anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Also most fruit take a few weeks from being fully developed to then ripen, 3-5 weeks. Same applies to pumpkin, rockmelons, watermelons etc.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 03 Mar, Kevin (Australia - temperate climate): Question - How do I get in touch with Trevor & Lynda of Australind ( Bunbury ) who posted a comment on the 9th June 2019. Regards Kevin Moir
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 Mar, Carol (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hello - this is my first year of growin Yacon which I planted in October, although the 2 plants are quite tall they have not yet flowered. Does this mean that the aren't producng tubers yet , or will the flowers come later ? Look forward to hearing back. Regards Carol
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 Mar, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Gently feel around in the soil to see if you have any tubes.
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Garlic 02 Mar, Ian Cummings (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Try these links, a great cool climate variety is Dunganski (Std Purple Stripe) if you can get cloves. https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/guess-my-garlic/9436272
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Cabbage 02 Mar, Anele (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): How to plant cabbage in year round production
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Cabbage 02 Mar, anon (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): In semi arid you can't by the guide here,. If you really want to try ,buy a very good shade house and try.
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Garlic 02 Mar, Allan Clarke (Australia - temperate climate): Hello, I would love to grow garlic, you say that it should be planted in cold weather, but this year is very queer, it is cold now, but is still the last days of summer, can I still plant it now. I live in Victor Harbor, South Australia. Have a great day people. Allan.
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Garlic 02 Mar, Anon (Australia - temperate climate): The planting times here are a guide only. You could probably plant a month either side of their planting months. Soil temperature is the more important thing. Summer crops need a higher soil temp where as winter crops need a cooler soil temp. Google germination temperatures for vegetables.
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Pumpkin 02 Mar, Ann Moeser (Australia - tropical climate): I live in Cairns in Far North Queensland. Will pumpkins grow in shady areas up here and how far apart should I plant each seed please? Regards Ann
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Pumpkin 28 Mar, Clive (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, Central QLD here. Jap pumpkins. This season i planted 2 lots of 3 vines on the same day. One in full sun and the other in a shady area. The full sun ones are growing wee with lots of pumpkins. The ones planted in the shady area grew great looking healthy long vines but not a single flower, male or female. Have turned the water off these ones and will be pulling out in the next day or two. Need plenty of sunshine
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Pumpkin 02 Mar, Anon (Australia - tropical climate): Most vegetables need a fair amount of direct sunlight a day, 4-5 to 8+ our a day. In shade you will have weak looking plants. It tells you in the notes how far apart. Set the climate zone to tropical for planting times.
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Garlic 01 Mar, (USA - Zone 5a climate): Hi Newbie here to garlic I'm in 5a zone northern state in USA Garlic says best in our zone to plant in September and October but it says 17-24 weeks to harvest yet it says it needs a temperature of 50 to 90ﾟ That would put it into our Winter season shortly after planting them can someone explain maybe I misunderstanding What it is saying. Thank you (Gardenate reply : I have added the information that explains what to do if planting late in the year)
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Garlic 07 Nov, Cici (USA - Zone 6b climate): Zones 5 and 6 plant garlic mid Oct-early Nov. Cover with straw lightly. Then after good frost/freeze cover with total of 4-6" straw. Come spring, pull back some of straw to allow shoots to see sun. Garlic is usually harvested In mid July for most. Softnecks are more late June early July. Either one, when bottom 2-3 leaves start turning brown it's time to harvest. Don't wait or it will split and rot. Dry 2-3 weeks by hanging in shaded airy place under cover like barn, shed, porch etc. Then trim leaves and roots and store in paper bags or baskets for long storage out of direct sun or bright light. Will keep 6-12 months depending on variety.
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Watermelon 01 Mar, Kerrie (Australia - tropical climate): A few weeks ago I harvested the last of my watermelon. I lost a few due to the rain and too much water. I live in the coastal area of Brisbane. A few plants have self seeded, is it too late for them to bare fruit ?
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