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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 04 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Poor pollination
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 05 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Agreed! All of my zucchini flowers died :( This is not normal. When I was a child my Dad grew zucchini without an ounce of trouble with pollination. Not a bee in sight nowadays. I'm scared to plant pumpkins now too.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 11 Aug, Chris (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Now a days you have to hand pollinate zucchini, pumpkin, squashes, anything that has a large male flower just poke it into a female flower. Male flowers appear first and females on the side shoots, in pumpkins. I also do cucumbers and rockmelon (cantaloupe) with a paint brush, just brushing every flower if I don't see signs of anything happening.
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 04 Jul, Kai (Australia - temperate climate)
can you plant potato sin Northern Territory
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Asparagus 03 Jul, carly (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Ruth, If you are still looking at asparagus crowns, The Diggers Club in Dromana has them. We were there last weekend and they had 3 varieties of crowns- Fat Bastard, Purple and Mary Washington. They do post also. Carly
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 02 Jul, Gordon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Best time to prune and what type of fertiliser
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 Jul, Raelene Gavin (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I've just received some yacon rizomes and live in Geelong, Victoria. They are currently wrapped up in coco fibre and peat moss or something similar and in a plastic bag. I want to plant them in pots. If the best time to plant is October / November, what can I do with them now? Can I store them the way they are or should I plant in pots and keep under cover so they won't get frost on them? Thank you
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Tomato 02 Jul, Godwin Dimech (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
For those who have trouble planting tomato, dry tomato onto hand paper towel space out the seed when dry close to end of year cut every dry seed without having to move them and plantin a deep tray about 4 inches under the house or in a shed keep the tray moist see how u go and let me know. When it comes to veges or summer fruit I have many ideas keeep lin touch and see if I can help anyone
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 30 Jun, Kerry (Australia - temperate climate)
Good morning Hanna, May I ask please if you have some salsify seeds for purchase? I love watching River Cottage and saw Hugh with the vegetable and would love to plant my own to enjoy the vegetable like he did. I wish you a lovely day, I look forward to hearing from you. kind regards Kerry
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 04 Jan, Hanna (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello Kerry, I am so sorry I missed your post of 30. June 2016. I just discovered it tonight. I suppose by now you have obtained some salsify seeds, but if not, I am only to happy to send you some. I live in Kelmscott a suburb of Perth. Best regards, Hanna.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 29 Jun, Maeve Murphy (Australia - temperate climate)
I am in Dublin, Ireland. I have the golden berry plants in a greenhouse. Do they need to be sprayed against any pests?.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Jul, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi Maeve, they're pretty hardy, but might get some of the same pests as tomatoes (white fly, etc). I don't think you need to spray them until you see a problem.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 28 Jun, Emily Chu (Australia - temperate climate)
The Rosella trees grow very well. However the flower buds very tiny and fallen off after a while. Why is it so?
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Horseradish 28 Jun, Debbie (Australia - temperate climate)
Geelong - buy a root from Geelong Fresh and plant- I am trying this Deb
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 26 Jun, lee (Australia - arid climate)
They are a small bush but put a stake in to help the bush stay firm and upright.
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Rhubarb 22 Jun, Alan (Australia - temperate climate)
My dad was a market gardener in England all his life. He told me they never "pulled" rhubarb after 1st June. The plant needed its leaves to build up root growth. This kept the plant healthy for next year. I suggest growing enough plants so you don't feel a need to "strip the plant bare" but only take a few stems from each plant. Here in southern Tasmania I plant to not harvest too late and will allow the plant to make full recovery before autumn sets in. Nutrients will then have time to drain back into roots before winter sets in.
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Rhubarb 27 Oct, Tempest (Australia - temperate climate)
My mum taught me the same. She only had one rhubarb plant, so we'd only ever be able to use about half of the stalks available so we didn't deprive the rhubarb plant of its means to get energy to continue growing. Of course this meant less rhubarb crumble than we would have liked. When I left home, she kindly split her rhubarb crown into several pieces so we each have at least two. I also helped build her rhubarb collection by buying new crowns of different varieties for us both. I think I have about eight or nine just on my own now. Should be plenty to keep us in rhubarb crumble without taking too much energy away from each plant!
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 22 Jun, Ray Smith (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
If the radish bolt and flower what's next pull the Radish up.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 21 Jun, Annie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
What type of soil do chillies prefer?
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Horseradish 20 Jun, Geelong Guy (Australia - temperate climate)
Looking for someone that can start me off with a couple of pieces of horseradish root in or around Geelong please?
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 20 Jun, jake (USA - Zone 4a climate)
The melon is splitting because its getting to much water
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Basil 19 Jun, Jennifer (Australia - temperate climate)
When cooking with basil do you use leaves and stems.
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Basil 26 Jun, Lee (Australia - arid climate)
Hi Jen you could use the stems but mostly I strip the leaves and use them only unless I am slow cooking.
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Ginger 19 Jun, Elly Bryen (Australia - arid climate)
Best to freeze it. Eith grate and freeze in small batches or in chunks of a size that you would normally use. Lasts about 6 months in the freezer
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Onion 18 Jun, Christine (Australia - tropical climate)
I have onions shooting in the vegie bin. My son said when I plant them I have to put the new growth above the soil, but I though this was the root. Which way do I plant them please?
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Onion 01 Jul, Barb (Australia - temperate climate)
Your son is right - the green shoots are the stems/leaves starting to grow. So plant these uppermost. I find the ones that I grow from shooting onions may not bulb up properly. but they make great spring onions, and if left will divide so you'll have a little patch of spring onions.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 18 Jun, Andrea (Australia - temperate climate)
I relive that it's probably cheaper to buy them at the shops but just wanting to try my hand a growing capsicums, and a lot of my veggies for that matter. Do capsicums need to be grown on a trellis similar to beans or are they more like a tomato bush? Sorry for the weird question. I just want to make sure that I prepare the garden properly.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 18 Aug, Glenn (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I only grow vegetables that are cheaper to grow than to buy - capsicum is amongst them.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 01 Jul, Mike (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
they are a bush type, they don't need a trellis.
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Celeriac 17 Jun, Jayne (Australia - temperate climate)
I was sold celeriac seedlings in Ballarat at a market in May - having not tried growing it before I asked how long it would take to mature because we were going away in June up north for winter and was told they would be picked before we left! I was gullible because I have since read that they should be planted out in Nov - Dec not in the guts of winter and frosts! Oh well!!! Have left them in the ground will see whats happened when we return late Sept or early Oct!!
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