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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 02 Jul, (USA - Zone 10a climate)
Sweet potatoes are not planted as whole tubers like regular potatoes. Instead, they are grown from sweet potato slips, which are sprouts taken from mature sweet potatoes. Just twist off the slips, root them in water, and then plant them to grow sweet potatoes
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Tomato 29 Jun, (Australia - temperate climate)
I live on the NSW Central Coast. I have been given some Siberian Tomato seeds from a fellow gardener. I have been told that they are pretty cold resistant. I planted seed in about April. All 5 seeds germinated. I gave 2 to a friend, planted one in a pot outside in half sun, and 2 in my garden. I killed the two in my garden with kindness. Too much fertiliser and water. The one in the bot has bloomed, is about 18 inches high and flowering. To complicate things there is a self sown Mini Roma which is about 3 ft high and booming, full of flowers and some fruit. Very keen to see how the Siberians will go through the winter. It is 1 July here cold nights frost free. Has anyone grown Siberians? Cheers Pete
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Tomato 02 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to australian seed website and read about them - they just set fruit at lower temperatures, otherwise grow much the same as other toms. Better to grow just one bush in a 2-3' pot.
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Cabbage 26 Jun, (USA - Zone 6b climate)
When is it best to plant cabbages and kale in zones 6b and 7a? And bok choy in these same zones?
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Cabbage 28 Jun, (USA - Zone 6b climate)
In zone 6 sow Bok Choy seeds in April, Kale seeds in July and August, and Cabbage seeds in April, July, or August. For zone 7a, Cabbage seeds are best sown in January, February, March, August, or September, while Kale seeds thrive when sown in February, March, or August. Bok choy seeds should be sown in August or September for optimal growth.
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Peas 26 Jun, Clifford Foy (USA - Zone 8a climate)
I PLANTED SOME PIGEON PEAS FROM PUERTO RICO TODAY (JUNE 26,23) I LIVE IN MONROE, GA (ZONE 8A). HOPE THEY GROW AS GOOD AS THEY USED TO GROW IN PUERTO RICO,
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 26 Jun, Neil Baldock (Australia - temperate climate)
Wood Love to buy a few to plant in my garden in Mannum South Australia
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 01 Jul, Chris (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
you can plant the ones you buy at a supermarket or markets
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 29 Jun, (Australia - temperate climate)
Buy from an online gardening site.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 26 Jun, CM (USA - Zone 9b climate)
hi friends, have any of you tried to grow garbanzo beans in zone 9b or anywhere with similar climate? any suggestions? or things to be wary of that you experienced? thanks for sharing xx
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 25 Jun, Anonymous (USA - Zone 9b climate)
I put my beans in a wet paper towel then put the paper towel in a baggie. I store them under the kitchen sink for a few days and they sprout. Then I take them out and plant them. This has worked well for me. I don’t plant the ones that do not sprout.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 25 Jun, Jay (USA - Zone 8a climate)
In zone 8a, does sage act as an annual or perennial?
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Sage (also Common Sage) 26 Jul, Melissa (USA - Zone 8a climate)
I'm in 8a and mine always comes back every year
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 25 Jun, Lynn (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
My Jerusalem Artichokes had very few tubers. Almost nothing. The soil is semi-sea sand in a winter rainfall area. The colour of the soil is like sea sand. What can I add specifically for Artichokes?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 29 Jun, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Buy in some good soil and add compost manures etc.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 23 Jun, John dodgson (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
When did they start growing corn in the wester Cape?
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Onion 20 Jun, Sue (New Zealand - temperate climate)
My onions got a rusty fungus on the last year how do I guard against this happening again. I grew the multiplying onions found them in the garden centre as Welsh Onions. They were great until they developed the fungus.
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Onion 24 Jun, jim (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Copper copper copper I had same problem last year onions,garlic and leeks sometimes gardening is a pain but I still do it ??? Remember to use a sticker "sprayfix" by yates is one but most garden chemical people do similar it helps to break down the surface tension so the spray does not just run off do it before it appears and repeat it several times during the season only problem with it raining constantly it's hard to do right now. P.S. my mum used to grow welsh onions in the UK when I was a boy never saw enything like rust ?
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Endive 19 Jun, Patty (USA - Zone 9b climate)
I am in zone 9B, Southern California. Is it too late to plant?
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Endive 21 Jun, (USA - Zone 9b climate)
Best to wait until September to plant
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 18 Jun, The Jake (USA - Zone 9b climate)
Is it possible to get decent to good results from taro in the low desert of AZ? Is it even worth your time even if you just want the growth cover for the yar?
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Rhubarb 18 Jun, Elaine Huneycutt (USA - Zone 7b climate)
What is the best Friday to grow in zone 7?
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged bean) 17 Jun, Erin Nesbitt (USA - Zone 8b climate)
I live in Texas and it is almost the end of June here. When can I plant these beans or is it too late to plant them now. Would appreciate your response. Thanks.
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged bean) 07 Nov, Cynthia (USA - Zone 8b climate)
Erin, I also live in Texas and I’m trying to get more information on growing winged beans. Did you ever get any answers to your question? If you did can you let me know please. Cynthia
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Cabbage 16 Jun, Lesley (Australia - tropical climate)
Something bigger than caterpillars eating my seedlings no evidence of caterpillars start with nipping tops off beans cabbage cauli etc only things they don’t eat is silverbeet and pumpkin last year it ate all flowers on paw paw tree sick of replacing veg
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Cabbage 24 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
If you have a fencing company near you, go and see if they have mess off cuts (approx 6-8' x 4-5') . Make frames in a u shape and put insect mess over it.
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Peas 15 Jun, John (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I’m in a frost prone area. Can I sow peas in July in green house and transplant out in August. Are the flowers damaged by frost
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Peas 16 Jun, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Peas can indeed be cultivated in a greenhouse and then transplanted. While pea plants themselves can endure frost, their delicate flowers are susceptible to frost damage, hindering the production of a harvest until the frosty conditions have passed
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Garlic 14 Jun, Thomas (USA - Zone 7b climate)
If I plant garlic cloves in August in Zone 7B when would they be ready to harvest?
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Garlic 16 Jun, (USA - Zone 7a climate)
They should take 17-25 weeks before they're ready to harvest
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