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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 29 Sep, Lynne (Australia - temperate climate)
My newly planted bush beans are being eaten by something I put pet friendly snail bait what do I do please. ?
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 30 Sep, Jim (Australia - temperate climate)
I have same problem and it was earwigs.Look for them at night.
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Sunflower 28 Sep, Samantha (Australia - temperate climate)
I have sunflowers but im confuse what kind of variety it is. Its flower size like my head and the flower sorrounded by small sunflowers like a crown. Just imagine a big sunflower sorrounded by small sunflowers in the tip of petals
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Sunflower 02 Oct, Josie (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I have had the same when I harvested the seeds from the King sunflowers from the season before and planted them. They look mutant !
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Sunflower 04 Oct, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Maybe an F1 hybrid so they won't grow true in following generations?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 27 Sep, linette (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I bought my Yacon from www.daleysfruit.com.au, they send you the plants by post. Very reliable and I trust them as I have bought from them cheery trees, avocado trees etc. I just got my plant from them last week. good luck, cheers Linette
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 26 Sep, Peter Tuialii (Australia - arid climate)
I live in Perth ,Western Australia and am looking to purchase edible Taro tubers for planting ...any ideas would be welcome
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Strawberry Plants 26 Sep, jan (Australia - temperate climate)
lHave been searching west australia for hokowase strawberry plants. No luck. Can anyone tell me where to get them?
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Carrot 26 Sep, James McDowell (Australia - temperate climate)
when thinning out carrots cut the heads off the ones you would normally pull out ...that way you will not disturb the soil .happy gardenjng
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Ginger 25 Sep, Graeme Hedley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
should i soak the ginger inwater over night to help it sprout and is it the same with tumeric
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 25 Sep, Kay (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I'm in Tassie and have cape gooseberries both in my greenhouse and the garden. Our possums love them but they have to beat our grandchildren to them. I encouage the kids because they are so full of vitamins and help keep the colds away. They pop up in the blue metal in our driveway all the time as well although I do find they are difficult to move successfully. I'm yet to make jam - too many possums/grandchildren.
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Brussels sprouts 25 Sep, Kay (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I'm in northern Tasmania and planted my Brussel sprouts in May as well. The whole lot went to seed after producing a few very loose sprouts. I though a pout using the leaves in soups etc as I hate waste, but I read that they are quite bitter so I guess the lot go into compost. Any comments welcome
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Brussels sprouts 17 Oct, Jul (Australia - temperate climate)
If you still have some going to seed, let them, and then collect the ripe seed for sowing later.
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Brussels sprouts 26 Sep, Candice (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I had the same experience, Kay, but I did harvest the plant on the weekend and made a delicious soup with the leaves. I put the hard stems in the compost. The base stock for the recipe was one diced onion and six cloves of garlic chopped and softened in olive oil, 2 litres of chicken stock, 1 cup of white wine, 1 cup of water, salt and white pepper. Add the leaves and 250g of mushrooms and simmer away for an hour or so then blitz with a hand blender. I also added half a cup of cream at the end. It was really delicious and the left overs went into the freezer!
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Horseradish 25 Sep, Carolyn Lewis (Australia - temperate climate)
Been buying a paste from spud shed, it was made in Europe. It has help control my allergies, chest mucus and sinus. Tablets from the chemist does not work as good. Living in Perth. Tried all nurseries can't get it. Can you help me. I grow my own turmeric and make it in a paste with a pinch of black pepper. This also works better than tablets for inflamation arthritis..
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Horseradish 14 Oct, frances (Australia - temperate climate)
Bunnings have them in the herb section in single posts occasionally.
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Horseradish 29 Sep, Kirsten (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I ordered mine from Daley's Nursery - www.daleysfruit.com.au
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 25 Sep, emmanuel torres (Australia - tropical climate)
sir I have a question and it is okay for me if you will answer this or not.... what is the blooming habits and modes of pollination of winged bean? it is our project presentation.. could help me!!!!
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 24 Sep, Kay (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have planted slips that I grew about 2-3 months ago, The slips are in soil, in large plastic tubes with holes in the bottom & sides to drain as much water I can. We have had soooo much rain, & I checked the top & bottom soil. The top soil is dry, but the bottom soil is very wet. Should I leave them to do what it automatically do itself to grow, or remove the soil & slips & start again? I dug to bottom of the vines to see how they have been growing. The slips have lots of roots.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 24 Sep, Fiona Waddell (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi I ve just discovered we have a cape gooseberry plant growing behind our shed... it has randomly appeared and is almost a metre high. None of the fruit have grown any bigger than a $2 coin and havent ripened. It is currently in the ground but I was wandering if I should move it? To full sun or whether i should collect the dropped fruit for seeds?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 24 Sep, Linda Hope 337gmail. com.au (Australia - tropical climate)
What is the best fertiliser for warm qld climate
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 23 Sep, Peter Oberthur (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
What bush beans should I plant that will not get destroyed by bean fly/bug. Generally my beans get to the flowering stage then the stem is attacked and they all fall over - dead. I live in Brisbane.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 19 May, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have the same problem - plant March April and they grow really good then the stem is eaten and they fall over shrivel up and die. I have read to put Boron in the soil. I also read to grow them in the spring. I also read to put toilet roll cardboard centers over the plant into the soil to stop snails etc. When I first moved into this house 18 years ago in late September I planted beans and had a fantastic crop. I'm waiting until late winter to plant and I'm putting some trace elements in my soil - contains some boron. Will see how that goes.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 22 Sep, Eileen Looker (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted beetroot tops which took a long time to grow but left them in the pot as the leaves looked quite decorative. I pulled one out to see if there was fruit on it but found that it had not ground round but in a tuber shape, the whole pot was full of beetroot tubers. I cooked it up thinking it would be woody but it lovely and tender and full of flavour. Is that normal for beetroot.
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Rhubarb 22 Sep, Janeen (Australia - temperate climate)
My rhubarb has healthy leaves but very short stems. How can I encourage the stems to grow much longer?
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Rhubarb 10 Jun, Paul Ryan (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I planted new Rhubarb in the ground and used old poultry manure to feed them, it took two seasons for the plants to grow large stems. If you have new plants it will take a few seasons for them to do much better. Water daily and good luck
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 22 Sep, sharyn (Australia - temperate climate)
i bought small plants very cheaply at caboolture sunday markets.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 21 Sep, kitty luong (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi. I wonder can I growth eggplant in a container?. If so how big is the container have to be?. Thank
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 19 Oct, Michael (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, you can grow eggplant in containers. I have to chase the sun because of the tall trees around my garden and I have a few on the decking. If you keep the water up to it and feed well, they will fruit just fine. Use something around the 10 - 15ltr size.
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Garlic 20 Sep, Maria (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi I am passionate of growing my own garlic ,this Year is my third Year of growing garlic, I started with a dozen now I have 300 ,I had Good crop last Year but this year I had a bit concern on my garlic, the cloves are splitting and sprouting and growing back, I dont know what to do ,shall I harvest immature or Live until they are mature which I have to wait for another 8 weeks.your advice would be much appreciated .Thank You .
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