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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 24 Jan, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): I never had any luck with this plant until I ignored recommendations to grow in sun. Once I grew in partial shade, it flourished and stopped bolting. It only likes full sun in cool weather. Also snails love it so I raise my pots off the ground.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 17 Jan, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here, I suggest you use seedlings. Good friable sandy loam soil, not sand not clay. A light fertilising and my suggestion don't grow it in pots. If in pots PAY attention to it ever day.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 16 Jun, Chris (Australia - temperate climate): I say do NOT start with seedlings. That is one of the biggest mistakes you can make with coriander. Transplanting shock often causes them to bolt to seed. Sow seed directly where it is to grow. Partial shade often helps in hotter climates. ( It says that here - www.gardenate.com/plant/Coriander?zone=2)
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Tomato 15 Jan, Mish (Australia - temperate climate): We have been experiencing very hot, dry days. Up to 42 degrees Celsius. Could this be the reason that my tomato plants died? They were watered regularly & kept in the shade.
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Tomato 15 Jan, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I think it could just be seasonal. My tomatoes were going great (Nov and into Dec picking) and towards the end the whole plant just died off quite quickly. Same conditions as you, hot weather. In a lot of crops you can have early mid and late season varieties.
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Pumpkin 15 Jan, Mel (Australia - arid climate): I am on my third year of the same vine (essentially) with butternut. I'm currently trying a new angle with them and wondering if anyone has tried similar. I was losing a lot due to it sitting in water constantly. Grey water from kitchen sink, bathroom sink, dishwasher and washing machine all runs through the area. This year I have built a tunnel and have been weaving it through like a creeper and am now trying to train it to go up and around a fence. Has anyone had any success with "climbing" their pumpkins
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Pumpkin 15 Jan, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If you let all that water into your vegie garden then your soil would be WAY TOO WET. I am surprised any thing grows in it. I suggest you move your garden bed or the run off water. Or raise the garden height. They will grow on fences or trellises. I have some Kent doing that now.
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Watermelon 14 Jan, Dale gibson (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hi there ,I planted my watermelon seed in early November and surprisingly they germinated within 2 to 3 weeks ,..6 weeks on an the growth is very slow...it is mid January 2020 I live tolaga bay east coast nz ...weather climate is warm and hopefully will continue threw to march ...have I left it to late.. let me no. regards
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Watermelon 15 Jan, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm sub-tropical Qld - they plant seedlings here late august and pick the melons up until Xmas. Planting later leaves you wide open to heavy rain, hot weather. A lot of rain when the melons are fully developed and they can/will split. Water melon seeds I threw in the garden in Oct germinated within 2-3 weeks. Here you can grow a spring and autumn crop. I would suggest you planted too late. If not growing I don't think the soil is very fertile.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 12 Jan, adam (Australia - temperate climate): I had great success in 2019 with coriander in Adelaide. now mid of January I have 2 coriander plants ( already bolting) and they started giving me seeds. The STRANGE thing is both of them gave very weird looking seeds, the seeds look more like parsley seeds!! I am 100% sure they started as coriander so no chance I mixed the seeds up when planting. The other thing I should mention they grow very close to Parsely plants, so is it possible to be cross-pollinated? or is it a different variety of coriander? my plan is to harvest the seeds and plant them again and see what will grow! but I wish if someone can tell me what is going on.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 13 Jan, (Australia - temperate climate): I record what I plant - date, crop, variety, fertiliser I used etc. You could take the seeds to a nursery or try looking up on the net what different seeds look like. I purchased the thick stalked celery seedlings from Bunnings for 6 years and every time they grew into open heart, thin stalks, hollow inside, I believe they were Italian parsley. Have never grown them since. Maybe start with some new seeds.
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Cucumber 12 Jan, Ann O'Hara (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I usually grow very good cucumbers and usually Lebanese variety. This year my plant is covered in cucmbers but instead of starting off green I have an abundance of tiny yellow cucumbers on my vine. What causes this?
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Cucumber 13 Jan, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Phone an agricultural depart, nursery, or some agri supply company and ask if they have an agronomist. Could be some trace element deficiency.
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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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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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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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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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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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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 02 Jan, Safoa (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Please what are the requirements for growing sweet corn in the tropics
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 04 Jan, Another gardener (Australia - tropical climate): The biggest problem with growing sweet corn is germinating the seed. The ground should be moist when planting the seeds. Give a light watering after planting. Don't water again for 3-5 days depend on how hot it is. If the soil is too wet the seeds will just rot. If really hot weather try and cover with shade cloth or protect them from the hot part of the day. Once they are growing plenty of fertiliser and water.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 27 Jan, Cindy (Australia - temperate climate): Always plant at least 3 seeds in each spot as I find they don't always germinate. It's good to have back up.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 02 Jan, Soniya Dahal (Australia - tropical climate): How can I grow coriander in a pot in humid climate of Darwin??
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 04 Jan, anon (Australia - tropical climate): Read the notes about when to plant and check them each day or two in a pot especially when the plant is mature. www.gardenate.com/plant/Coriander?zone=4
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