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Rhubarb 11 Jan, Kevin Crosbie (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Hi we live in Port Elizabeth and recently started growing a rhubarb plant in a pot. It has being doing fine although some critter has been eating on the leave. I came home yesterday and it looked like it had started wilting so I gave it some water,thus morning it looks like it is dying there are some new leaves at the bottom should I be cutting back the old growth?
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Rhubarb 13 Jan, (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I don't grow rhubarb but if the leaves are dead then cut them back.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 10 Jan, Denise (Australia - temperate climate): How do I ripen the fallen fruit? It’s hull is papery and crisp but still quite green inside. I’ve tried them on a sunny window ledge with no success
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 13 Jan, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If really immature they probably won't ripen. Think about protecting them from the wind or what caused them to fall off.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 09 Jan, Greg Bundle (New Zealand - temperate climate): Can you tell me where to purchase yacon tubers? In nz Thanks Greg
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 12 Jan, Alice Phillips (New Zealand - temperate climate): You can usually get them on trademe but to get tubers this year you would need a plant that's already underway. I have some available most years if you contact me in August.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 10 Jan, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Try seed selling companies on the net.
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Watermelon 07 Jan, Alice Mukondyo (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): can red melon be found in Sa all year round???
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Watermelon 09 Jan, Anon (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Are you asking about the seeds or the melon to buy.?
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Tomato 07 Jan, Bill (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My butter beans plants are producing lots of beans that are growing and then curling up at the ends. What could be causing this and can i treat it with a fertilizer or a spray? I also have Zucchini that the flower covers all of the end rather then the tip they grow about 3-4 inches and then go yellow and shrivel up?
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Tomato 09 Jan, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Research on the internet, what causes curly beans. Go the Gardening know how webpage and read. I think the zucchinis are a bit of a mutated seed or whatever. I had a plant like that, big fat end zucchinis with a big flower. Sounds like the female flowers are not being pollinated. Try it by hand.
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Cabbage 06 Jan, Ian (New Zealand - temperate climate): I have used, for the first time, garden domes from the ware house. At last I don't have to spray for white butterfly. The domes let nothing in due to the mesh size. Bees can get in but find it hard to get out. So I now have four of these domes. Snails, birds, you name it. Nothing can get in.
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Cucumber 06 Jan, Kathy Hutchinson (Australia - temperate climate): it s Jan 6th is it too late to plant apple cucumbers plz
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Cucumber 09 Jan, anon (Australia - temperate climate): Plz read the calendar notes at the top of the page.
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Potato 05 Jan, Sarah-Jane Wicks (Australia - temperate climate): We used seed potatoes to grow Kilgore in our school garden. As the tops have now died off we harvested them today, only to yield Ferny tiny potatoes. Less than 300g from a whole 3.6m x 1.2m garden bed. The potatoes were watered a minimum of 4-5days per week, were regularly fertilised and grown beside sweetcorn. How did this go so wrong. We yielded less than the bag of seed potatoes that we planted. The soil was beautiful and rich. We mounded around the growth for the first 6weeks. So disappointing. Any help greatly appreciated.
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Potato 06 Jan, Anon (Australia - temperate climate): I would say you over fertilised them way too much, and probably too much water. That would produce a lot of leaves and little potatoes. In future prepare the ground adding manures compost etc., don't over do it though. They WILL NOT require any more fertilising. When young a lightish watering each day or two. When bigger a good watering 2-3 times a week, depending on temperatures. Put your figer in the soil to see if wet or dry and water accordingly.
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Potato 05 Jan, Veronica (USA - Zone 7a climate): I'm not quite sure of my zone. I live in Charlotte, NC 28208. Can you please tell me? Check here www.gardenate.com/zones/#zone-US (Editor)
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Ginger 05 Jan, Tebogo Mafafo (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Where can one find ginger for planting
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Ginger 14 Jan, Anna (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Tebogo I am growing ginger from a piece bought at my local Spar. I broke off a few pieces with growing tips on it and planted in well-composted potting soil. They have sprouted and so I eagerly await my harvest next year :-)
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Ginger 06 Jan, anon (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Look up seed selling websites on the net.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 05 Jan, Paul Watson (New Zealand - temperate climate): it is now Jan. 2020 in nz. is it too late to plant yams ?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 10 Jan, anonymous (New Zealand - temperate climate): You could try but if it doesn't work out, it is too late.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 05 Jan, MICHAEL PETERSON (Australia - tropical climate): I planted sweet potato a couple of months ago and vines have started growing and no tubes, should I pull them all out and start again or is there something I can do to save them .
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 06 Jan, anon (Australia - tropical climate): They say about 15-17 weeks to grow. You should have some tubers developing after about 10-12 weeks. Mine are about 10 weeks old and I dug out one about 5 (?)
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 04 Jan, Elaine Brown (New Zealand - temperate climate): hi, I found keeping the tubers in damp sawdust was ok, but the last season I dug what I wanted and left the rest in the ground over winter dug up in september and planted them out, now I have a forest of them . hope this helps
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Pumpkin 03 Jan, Ros Young (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, this is the first year I'm growing Butternut pumpkins. I live in Tasmania near Launceston. I have lots of new leavers and the plants are spreading nicely. Can you tell me when I may get flowers please?
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Pumpkin 04 Jan, anon (Australia - tropical climate): I haven't grow butternut but I have Kent pumpkin growing now. The vine did grow out about 1.5-2.0m before the male flowers came out, a few days/week later the female flowers should come out. Hope you have bees otherwise learn about hand pollination.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 03 Jan, Alaina Seyssel (USA - Zone 8b climate): What accommodations should I make for growing Luffa in 8b?
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 04 Jan, Mindi (USA - Zone 8a climate): We live in zone 8a and the biggest challenge for us when we grow Luffa is that they climb SO high and fast in the summer. I'd suggest planning on some serious trellising as the Luffa gourds get pretty heavy before they dry out.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 03 Jan, Steph (New Zealand - temperate climate): Is it too late (January) to plant courgette plants
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