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Strawberry Plants 31 Oct, Melanie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Will my strawberries survive in a garden bed over Brisbane summer? I'm worried the heat may kill them. I have a mother plant that has been giving off runners that I have also replanted around mid October. I planted the mother plant in mid September, should I be expecting strawberries from the mother plant or just the runners due to when I potted them?
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Strawberry Plants 01 Nov, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Just water them 3-4 times a week. Strawberries have shallow roots so need watering regularly. S E Qld strawberry runners are planted out early April and produce strawberries June until Sept/Oct. You keep some of the plants to produce runners over summer and then plant them April. Read back 3-4 pages of comments here.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 30 Oct, Anishka (Australia - temperate climate): Hiya i got given two shoots of sweetcorn, one about1inch high & the other is double in size (height) & i have just planted them both in the ground ... Just wondering if replanted wrong or too early.. Im in Vic melbourne... Its gonna b hot tday n stsying in the 20degrees all week... Also is seasol a good enough fertiliser ? Or? Will have more questions again soon no doubt (growing my collection of 24 seeds) thankyou kindly from the newbie in outdoor gardening)
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 31 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): When planting very small seedlings protect them with some shade for 5-7 days. Transplant seedlings when they are 75-100mm high. Seasol is not fertiliser, it is a soil conditioner. Go and buy some fertiliser (organic or chemical). Wait until the plants have grown to 150mm high then fert lightly. Do again a month later, this time use more fertiliser - read the instructions. Buy a 2-3 kg packet of fert. The little tubs of fert are a rip off. When growing corn plant 2-3-4 rows 600mm apart for pollination reasons. Corn needs lots of fert and water.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 30 Oct, Lisa (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I've got some collard seeds and would love to grow them. I live in tassie and so far I always have best results growing Kale from autumn. Would it be the same for collards. Thanks :)
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 31 Oct, anon (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Things that you eat during the winter have to be planted 10-12-16 weeks earlier, hence plant late summer autumn. Same with summer things, plant them late winter spring. This is dependent on the weather. I don't grow anything Nov to Feb because it is too hot and a storm could just smash my crop, ruining 2-3 months of effort on my part - sub tropical.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 31 Oct, anon (Australia - cool/mountain climate): the info here about collard and kale says plant seeds Jan Feb and transplant March April for both.
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Tomato 28 Oct, karen maslen (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi there I liveiinnthe Tallebudgera Valley..near Burleigh Heads...I am an experienced gardener who ..always has had success nn Victoria growing large tomatoes but here they seem to go lengthy and spindley and do not produce large. fruit..same with the zucchini I water them every second day via an on the ground little spray..maybe i should be watering them deeply?They are in rich soil with sugar cane mulch. Please would you advise me what i am doing wrong? Regards karen maslen
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Tomato 29 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I assume you are trying to grow the same variety of tomatoes. Any crop requires sunlight, water, nutrients and something to grow in - soil, water etc. 1. Tomatoes need good fertile deep soil. They need DEEP watering every 2-3 days. A little ground spray line just doesn't do it. A few comments back I gave some tips on growing tomatoes. Some people recommend you dig a trench 400-500 deep, throw in some fish heads/backbone etc, aspirin, Epson salts, compost/fertiliser. Put some soil back in and add some more compost/fert and mix it up. Still with the trench 200-300 deep plant the seedlings. As they grow fill the soil back in. Tomatoes are deep rooted so fert and water deep. 2. Zucchini need plenty of water also.
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Tomato 30 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The tips were on the New Zealand site.
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Garlic 28 Oct, Coco (Australia - temperate climate): I am western Australia perth . I would like to ask you about garlic . Can it be planted in early or mid December, would it still grow to its full potential if planted around that time.thank you very much.
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Garlic 29 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): This is the way I see it. They recommend planting May to July for temperate - Perth. The reason is, this is when you will have the best results. Now if you go and plant it in Oct/Nov you will probably produce a smaller crop or no crop. You have to look at your local conditions also. It is like if a seed requires 20 degrees soil temp to germinate why plant it when it is 15 degrees.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 27 Oct, Karen Chinner (Australia - temperate climate): I am looking for somewhere I can purchase white sage from. Would appreciate any recommendations. Thank you!
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Sage (also Common Sage) 28 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Look up a seed selling company on the internet. Boondie Seeds.
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Onion 26 Oct, Allan Kevin Marshall (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I sowed my Hunter River Brown seeds on the 1st of April in rows East & West I thinned them out & the thinnings I planted in a bed facing North & South .The thinnings are bolting to seed,& the ones planted in the East West are doing well. I live in Geelong Victoria,What could be the fault here with the planting North & South
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Onion 08 Dec, Susan in Canberra (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Allan, is it possible that the thinnings were stressed by being pulled out & replanted and this caused them to bolt ahead of the original plantings?
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Onion 28 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My home garden is NS and a men's shed gardens I had were NS. I'm now in a new garden set up that is EW. I have wondered about the difference. My thoughts are with the plantings NS, ALL plants have sun on them all the day whatever hours that is. The sun from the E in the morning and W in the afternoon. With the EW some plants might be shaded by other plants during the day. Different beds could be different soil fertility, hrs of sunlight, watering etc. Generally when soil nutrient and/or water are not sufficient the plant will flower and set seed to be able to reproduce in the future.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 25 Oct, Dorothy Kerby (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have a cape gooseberry, and I love the fruit. BUT so does some grub. It makes a hole in the papery case (even when the fruit is just developing). What is this grub, and how can I prevent it from having more fruit that I do? I check the plant daily, and try to remove any affected fruit, to prevent them dropping and perpetuating the life cycle, BUT they are more tricky than I. I have bees and grow every thing organically.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 28 Oct, anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Look up an organic spray mix for grubs in veggie crops.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 24 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I talked to a commercial grower yesterday. Fertilise the ground before you plant. What fertiliser you use depends on how fertile your soil is. You would need a soil test to really find that out. But fertiliser with a reasonable amount of N, good P and high K. Mix this through the soil profile. If you cut off slips, make them about .4m long, strip off most of the leaves but leave the growing head part. Dig a furrow 50-75mm deep and place the slip in the furrow (place the slip level in the soil). Cover the slip over with soil but leave the growing bit sticking out of the soil. You could put the slips in a jar of water for a week or so to start the roots growing. Once you have planted the slip make sure it is watered for the next week, lIke each day. The soil around the slip has to be wet for the roots to shoot and grow. After a week or so you should notice the plant growing. The slip will produce sweet potatoes from where you stripped the leaves off giving a higher yield of crop. If the vines grow really long then I believe too high N, but I was told they need plenty of N. I was mainly asking about the placement of the slip but will ask more about the fertiliser next time.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 24 Oct, Phil (Australia - temperate climate): I usually have no problems growing dwarf beans. However this year I am having all sorts of problems. The seeds come up but look anemic. Yellow some hole and eventually die. I have fertilized, sprayed. Perhaps it's something in the soil. Any guidance most appreciated.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 27 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have a virus called tomato yellow leaf curl virus in my tomatoes. I read the other day it effects other crops, beans included. In tomatoes it is carried by silver leaf white fly. It stunts the plant and the leaves are small, curled and yellow. Could be that.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 23 Oct, Ryan (Australia - cool/mountain climate): my snow peas don't grow
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 27 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Without knowing what kind of soil you have, how friable it is, how fertile, what the weather is like it is a big guess. Soil temperature and soil fertility would be the main reasons probably.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 23 Oct, Brewster (Australia - temperate climate): how do you know when the bean pod ready to pick..? mine look massive , but when open them there not full size yet? is it a firmness or size..?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 23 Oct, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): You can eat the whole pod when Broad beans are young , about 8cm. Otherwise, leave them until the pods feel firm and you can see the outline of the beans.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 21 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate): Can you put me in touch with some Australian choko growers please.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 23 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Phone your state fruit and vegetable growing organisation.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 21 Oct, Carine (Australia - temperate climate): I notice that someone asked the question of where you can source choko tubers, but there is no reply. I would be interested to know as I am looking for some tubers myself. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. With many thanks.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 22 Oct, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Buy from a shop then leave them sit in the cupboard or windowsill. Go to google and research how to grow choko.
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