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Pumpkin 16 Jun, Dilsie Evans (Australia - temperate climate)
I've grown pumpkin for the first time, 6 pumpkins. Just cut up the largest, the centre seems a bit soft and has lots of seeds. Is this normal??
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Pumpkin 19 Jun, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You have the skin and then a layer of firm to hard pumpkin - then in the middle is soft tissue and seeds. You don't eat the soft tissue.
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Strawberry Plants 16 Jun, Jean (Australia - temperate climate)
As far as I know, you are meant to cut off all the flowers as soon as they appear for the first year. The plant needs more energy to establish roots, etc. then the next year, you can let them flower and fruit and you should have a more abundant crop.
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Strawberry Plants 21 Jun, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Commercial growers here plant the strawberry runners in late April May. After the crop has been picked they plough them in. A one year crop. They buy new runners each year under contract - special patented varieties. Generally a home gardener may leave a few plants at the end of the season to keep over for the following year. During the late summer these will start to develop runners - you use these for the next crop. Doing this for years will produce an inferior fruit over years I believe.
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Carrot 15 Jun, Megan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I planted carrot seedlings from bunnings I thought each separate square of the tray would be one carrot, heaps grew all tangled together, I separated what I could, and replanted the ones that still had roots, will they still grow? Also when sowing first, do. I plant one seed per space or multiple seed and seperate when transplanting? Any advice is appreciated!
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Carrot 09 Sep, Carole (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I did the same thing. Planted each cell and ended up with clumps of carrot spaghetti. I have now planted seed directly into the garden. I got enough odd shapes big enough to do a meal so that's ok. All a learning curve.
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Carrot 16 Jun, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Carrots need to be in thin rows and spaced out. Best to have your soil quite fine - smooth over with a rake to make very level. Pick a few seeds at a time and try and plant them thinly. Keep well watered until the germinate and protect form the sun. Your seedlings may grow - protect them until they are established.
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Carrot 15 Jun, Jack (Australia - temperate climate)
Punnets of carrot seedlings are often like this because the seed is fine and it is difficult to sow singly. Most of the seedlings will grow. It is far better to grow carrots from direct sown seed as there is no transplanting setback. mix the seed with some dry sand so you can sow it more thinly. Add pepper to the row to stop the ants from helping themselves. The seedlings are very fine so make sure they are kept moist. use the thinnings as 'baby carrots'.
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Rhubarb 14 Jun, Andy Charlton (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi live in Goulburn NSW which is best time to grow from seed and how to thank you
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Rhubarb 15 Jun, Sean (Australia - temperate climate)
i would sow rhubarb seed in the spring when the weather starts to warm up. Seeds need to be lightly covered with soil and kept moist. Spring sowing will give the plants a chance to attain some size before the following winter. Seedlings can be very variable from green to red stalks and from thin to thick stalks. Discard the seedlings after the season that don't meet your requirements.
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Onion 12 Jun, Margaret Shaw (Australia - temperate climate)
I have planted about 100 spring onions about 2 wks. ago, all looking good, do they benefit from any fertiliser during the growing period. I dug in a small amount of compost before planting. Thanking you, Margaret.
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Onion 15 Jun, John (Australia - temperate climate)
Onions like a good soil but do not like too much manure/fertiliser as it will cause soft growth which will be susceptible to fungal problems.
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Peas 12 Jun, Maurice (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello, Do you have any helpful tips for vegetable seed saving and propogation ? Thank you.
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Peas 16 Jun, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Let the plant go to nearly dying or pick the seed pod for peas when they are full size and the pod is drying out. Put them in a container and let them dry - a week or two. Then put them in a sealable packet (plastic) or paper and put them in a sealable jar and store in the bottom of the fridge. When you want to use them, take jar out of the fridge and let sit for awhile. 1/2 hr or so. Then you can plant. I have tried growing seeds this year and for some plants it isn't that easy. Things like corn peas beans tomatoes etc that germinate quick and grow quick are a lot easier than small seeds. Lettuce cabbage broccoli need a lot of attention and watering regularly. Celery takes forever to germinate and grow. I have worked out things to plant in the ground, as seedlings and in punnets. It is a work in progress. Plant Garden Plant seedlings Plant seeds / punnets Corn Cabbage Capsicum Snow Peas Broccoli Tomatoes Beans Lettuce Baby Spinish Beetroot Hon Tai Shallots Radish Zucchini
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Peas 15 Jun, Sean (Australia - temperate climate)
Select a good plant, fruit or pod for seed saving. This will help ensure that the resultant plants will also be good. For beans and peas let the pods ripen and dry out on the plant then shell them and save the seed in a paper bag with the name and date on it. Most other seeds can be saved after the plant has flowered and the seed head is starting to ripen. Cover the seed head with a paper bag and tie it so the seeds won't be lost when they are dispersed from the seed head. label and save as beans/peas. Trust this helps.
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Rhubarb 11 Jun, Joanne Smith (Australia - temperate climate)
My rhubarb is mostly leaves. Huge leaves and very short stalks??anything I can do to change this?
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Rhubarb 12 Jun, Giovanni (Australia - temperate climate)
Nearly all of the rhubarb available is grown from seed which means that growth can be variable. An excess of nitrogen can also cause excessive leaf growth as well so don't fertilise this winter and see if the stalks are bigger next season.
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Tomato 11 Jun, LenM (Australia - temperate climate)
Planning to grow some heirloom cherry tomatoes when the time is right. Has anyone here in Vic -Aus had any success with the Florida Weave as a support method .? Cheers
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Tomato 19 Jun, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)
They are grown similar to that commercially in Qld. They put a post in the ground each end of the row. Then 2" square posts each 5 m or so. As the plants grow they run wires along both sides of the plants. They then crimp the two wires together at the post. Rows are about 3-4' apart. I have done something similar this year - 2 posts 8' apart with a post in the middle. Run twine each 12" and pull together and tie at the middle post. Saves tying 10 times to a stake for each plant.
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Tomato 15 Jun, Giovanni (Australia - temperate climate)
I haven't done exactly that but have seen it done. The advantages of it a easy vine management, easy picking, and more airflow which will reduce fungal problems.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 10 Jun, Lyndal (Australia - temperate climate)
I have heaps of green capsicum in my garden which are long and thin. They don't appear to be growing any bigger or changing colour. I planted sweet mix capsicum and some are probably as long as 20cm but skinny and green. Are they ready to pick or how do I go about making them yellow and red. They have been in my garden for ages.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 19 Jun, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)
You have (probably) planted a kind of capsicum the grows long and thin - mixed sweet caps. You have not planted the normal caps - round caps. Google how to grow caps or peppers and read about the different varieties. The guide on this website will tell you how long they should take until ready to pick and eat - something like 10-12 weeks.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 11 Jun, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Lyndal, It's probably too late for your capsicums now. The only thing I would suggest is pick one or two that feel like they are almost ready, and leave them in a window sill to ripen. I did that with the last few capsicums from our crop this year, before pulling them up.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 10 Jun, Paul (Australia - temperate climate)
My snow peas are growing well and providing plenty of pods but they are getting attacked by grabs/ caterpillars. Have picked off heaps of them. What can I do here. Thanks
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 12 Jun, Sean (Australia - temperate climate)
I would spray them with Nature Way - caterpillar killer. This spray is natural, easy to use, and harmless to everything but caterpillars.
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Garlic 08 Jun, faye kutt (Australia - temperate climate)
Which end of the garlic do we put in ground. Cheers
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Garlic 08 Jun, Giovanni (Australia - temperate climate)
Plant garlic with the pointed end up and the flat 'stub' end down
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Garlic 08 Jun, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The one with a bit of a butt or root looking area. Look at a clump of garlic and you will work it out.
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Garlic 17 Jun, Joanne (Australia - temperate climate)
I managed to plant some upside down. They still grew.
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Tomato 08 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I haven't grown tomatoes much - usually fairly cheap where I live. I have grown cherry tomatoes the last few years at the end of the growing season (Mar- Oct) and just let them spread all over the garden. Have had pretty good crops. This year I have staked them. I have planted Roma and Cherry next to each other. Done this twice. A row with 3 Cherry and 1 Roma. I know the Cherry tomatoes are Cherry because I just use them when they germinate from one that had fallen on the ground. The Roma I purchased seeds - can't be totally sure they are Roma. On a couple of the Cherry plants they start out big spread out leaves and then turn to very tight bunched leaves. You would think they are turning into Roma. IS there some deficiency in the soil to do this. And the Roma are just producing a lot of growth and little fruit. The fruit on 1 Roma is like a Cherry - very small. The weather here has turned cold for here, Night temps have fallen from low 20's to low teens in the space of 4-5 weeks. Last night was about 8. Anybody have any clues to what is happening to my tomatoes. Help!!!
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