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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 17 Mar, William (Australia - temperate climate)
Lindsay, if you are still having trouble with getting female flowers, try adding blood & bone liberally and either composted sheep or cow manure. Also, when you see a runner with lots of male flowers, chop off the end. This should promote some runners from the same one, probably with females. I leave 2 - 3 males on the stem then dock all runners... remember, one male flower can polinate all the open female flowers!
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 28 Feb, Linda (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Lindsay, I don't know what fertilizer your using, but, I've been told that if you use chicken manure to grow watermelons, they will grow heaps of male flowers at the expense of female flowers, this may apply to other types of melons as well, I need to research this but thought it was something to think about when prepping your soil next season, hope this helps, Cheers, Linda
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Potato 24 Feb, Carol (Australia - temperate climate)
I grew my potatoes in bags and pots and 90% died because of heat, humidity and triple rainfall than usual. Next I am trying beds and the no dig method. I'm getting seed potatoes in March and seeing how I go. I'm sticking to sweet potatoes in the hotter months.
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Potato 27 Feb, John (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
We dhave bought our seed potatoes and will chitting them before planting out in March, Not sure how this equates to the growing season where you are. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/vegetables/potatoes?type=v
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 24 Feb, Jeane Briggs (Australia - temperate climate)
I just bought dried Goji Berries and Inca Berries from Coles and enjoyed the taste. Would love to grow both as I have a medium sized backyard. Please advise. Thanks and enjoy your day.
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Pumpkin 24 Feb, Christine Horsfall (Australia - temperate climate)
It is mid February. Is it too late to plant pumpkin seeds? Thank you. Christine
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Strawberry Plants 24 Feb, Lolyn Garcia (Australia - temperate climate)
Thank you for the information and tips since this will be our first time to plant strawberry runners. What is the best kind of soil for strawberries ? I am thinking of growing them in our backyard on a vertical garden set-up ...hanging on our wall using small plastic pots about 500 of them here in Longford, Tasmania. I guess summer here has ended and it's starting to get cooler again. Would it be advisable to start planting these 500 runners all at the same time this March ? Reading more tips shall be highly appreciated.
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Asparagus 23 Feb, Sav (Australia - temperate climate)
Bought a punnet of Asparagus ferns a year ago and transplanted them in the ground but did not space them enough. They are still a few inches tall. When is the best time time to dig them out to re-plant? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Asparagus 01 Mar, Genevieve (Australia - temperate climate)
Live in Sydney, like you bought a punnet and transfered to a larger pot for few months. Transfered them in mid autumn with lots of manure. They have been madly throwing ferns, once ferns die down, will re=manure and top dress with cow poo dressing as well. Hope this helps.
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Pumpkin 23 Feb, Mick O'neill (Australia - arid climate)
When is the right time to pick my Jap pumpkins?
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Pumpkin 22 Feb, David (Australia - temperate climate)
It is the 22nd February Can I grow start my pumpkin from seed now or is it to late
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Pumpkin 13 Mar, Elizabeth (Australia - temperate climate)
To late I planted mine late November. I have quite a few pumpkins on mine.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 21 Feb, Cheryl (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My chillies are rotting on the bush before they ripen. Looks like something is stinging them and then there is small grubs inside. I am not going to have a crop at all! Is there something I canspray with?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 14 Jun, Jason (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Might be fruit fly, a friend mentioned he had fruit fly in his chillies, perhaps it happens if the chillies are not very hot. I have fruit fly in my grapefruit every year, but so far they haven't affected the cayenne chillies which are only 5 or 6 metres away.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 06 Mar, Lyndy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I haven't a glue what grub you got but you could try spraying the bush with a garlic spray seems to keep most insects,and bugs away. ibuy the powdered garlic for supermarket mix a tsp in a spare bottle and go for it. Good luck.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 08 Jan, Ahane (Australia - tropical climate)
It's fruit fly. Had the same problem. Pruned bushes lower, removed all affected fruit and covered plants with insect mesh from the nursery. Cheap as and all new fruit is awesome without pesticides. Just remove netting while they're not flowering.
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 21 Feb, joy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, i grew a uncertain melon plant. it looks like a rock melon plant since some tiny fruit have strips around the body. Does any one know how long could i get harvest. And also is this normal to have two baby melons getting yellowish while others look green.
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Strawberry Plants 21 Feb, john kelly (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Have a garden bed full of strawberry plants,not sure where to go from here,New to sub tropics. .Don't imagine they will go dormant? How many seasons can I expect from a plant ?
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Strawberry Plants 28 Feb, lolie (Australia - temperate climate)
A new plant will usually give good fruit for 3 or 4 years. Remember, though, that the runners are the same age as the parent plant. I made the mistake of mixing old plants with new in my bed and now that it's heading towards time to start culling them for overwintering, it's a bit of a pain and I'm tempted to pull the lot and start again in a few months with all new plants.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 20 Feb, Dan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The flowers generally mean chillies come out of them.
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Garlic 20 Feb, Rhonda (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, We have been growing garlic successfully for years and loving it. When they were harvested this year they were left in the sun to cure and some of them went green. Can I still cook with the green ones or will they be bitter. Cheers, R
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 20 Feb, Lorraine Fraser (Australia - temperate climate)
Well we have travelled 10.000 ks in our van for a year hooding to find wild rosella plants. No we didn't but have now settled in teagardens nsw went to local markets and guess what a plant stand selling rosella plants I was so happy anyway planting out tonight wish me good luck , they say in olden times the rosella plants flourished everywhere we didn't see one so I'll keep some seeds and will scatter them , if your on the road it's neat to find tomatoes or anything edible that's free and you can eat good luck to all
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 19 Feb, Ted (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Emily , I have the same problem with the white powdery mildew on my yellow Zucchini plants. I cut off all the worst affected leaves and and fruit and put them in the rubbish bin. Then I washed the remaining leaves with a strong jet of water early in the morning and allowed to dry completely then I applied a mixture of Eco-oil and Neem Oil to the entire plant and surrounding soil at the recommended dose. After three applications, a week apart, the mould appears to be under control and my Zucchini's are looking good and fruiting again. Hope this helps Emily, good luck.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 28 Feb, Linda (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Emily, WPM is annoying, I got it in my pumpkin patch a few years ago, Ted's treatment sounds effective. I got a 500ml spray bottle and put a tspn of bicarb soda in it and filled it with water, I then sprayed the leaves with it 3-4 times a week until they started to look healthier, I too removed some of the worst effected plants and burnt them, good luck and happy gardening, - Linda
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Beetroot (also Beets) 19 Feb, Graham (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I am getting a corky piece starting to grow out of the dirt do I also separate every one of them and if so do I pull them out of the ground and replant
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Beetroot (also Beets) 13 Sep, Sally su (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Graham That corky piece might be the makings of a beetroot. Don't pull them all out, just thin out by taking the weaker looking plants to give the stronger plants more room. When you mention replanting, root crops like beetroot and carrot don't respond to transplanting very well, unless you can keep the soil around them intact so as not to disturb the roots at all. Sally Su
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 17 Feb, Rocki (Australia - temperate climate)
I am growing a Carolina Reaper that is approx one meter high. It is in a 30 litre pot in full sun. There are lots of flowers but no fruit. Is it a case of waiting, or am I doing something wrong. The Cayenne that is growing next to it is going nuts with heaps of chillies.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 05 Nov, Tanya (Australia - temperate climate)
We have a chocolate habanero, jellybean habanero and Devils Brew. We did have a Madame Jeanette but lost that during the first hot winds here. They each get fruit at different times. Be patient, you should get chillies soon.
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Cucumber 17 Feb, Tyler (Australia - temperate climate)
good website and tips
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Carrot 16 Feb, Peter (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Best ph reading of soil for growing carrots please. Having trouble getting carrots to come up? Keep the top of the soil moist (NOT WET!!) until they raise their heads.
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