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Cucumber 22 Jan, Tammy Rode (USA - Zone 9b climate): partial sun partial shade 3pm shade if possible
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 29 Jul, Allykat (New Zealand - temperate climate): I brought yams at mitre 10. The packet says planr July/August but all online info says plant in Spring. I live inland Tasman area if that helps.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 08 Aug, Richard Grevers (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I'd go with the online info. We plant October/November, harvesting May/June (better after the first frost). They can take their time to really take off - ours had minimal foliage until March.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 29 Jul, Nelia van Wyk (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Hi there I have a soap making business and would like to sell loofah sponges. do you have a contact for me in South Africa where I can buy the loofah's wholesale to re-sell? Kind regards Nelia
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 26 Jul, Nori (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): When do I start cutting down the plant. Is it during winter season? Tks
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 27 Jul, Julie Pannell (Australia - temperate climate): Cut back the vines to about 12 inches above ground after the last choko has been picked, closer to the end of winter. They will have very little growth for ages and then grow again when the time is right. The leaves can be dead at the beginning of vines but still keep fruit growing at the ends. They fruit for many months.
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Broccoli 26 Jul, Fourester (USA - Zone 8a climate): I tried seeding broccoli in mini pots for a fall crop, and apparently too much sun scorched the seedlings even though they were well watered. How much daily sun exposure should they get during 90 degree F temperatures? I am at home most days, so I can move them around.
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Broccoli 27 Jul, Cynthia Maniglia (USA - Zone 9b climate): I sowed mine yesterday indoors under grow lights and will plant in the flower beds after they get bigger and acclimate them to the heat. I saved seeds from broccoli plants I had in the bed last fall that I let go to seed. I would give yours morning sun and afternoon shade until temps get a lottle cooler.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 25 Jul, Moses Malatji (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Where can I buy collard green seeds or seedlings in South Afica? I live in Krugersdorp and Rustenburg.
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Asparagus 25 Jul, Maura (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Thank you. I will wait until spring next year, even if fronds are browning. I have picked and eaten the emerging early spears. And I have covered the plot with heavy shade mesh on a frame, to avert any frost damage. This is the first time in 5 years that the spears have come up in July!
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 23 Jul, Merina Bjordin (Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer climate): I planted them last year in a pot - did not know for sure what they were, but brought them in and kept them alive (barely) all winter. This spring, thinking the plant was mostly dead, I put it out in late May. Now in mid July and after a very rainy June, it is thriving- the plant is quite ugly so it’s been at the back of the house, but now that I know what it is, I’ll put it in a sunny spot out front. I’m hoping for berries.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 22 Jul, Martha Armstrong (USA - Zone 9b climate): Chocolate mint seeds here. Can they be sown in the Fall here in Florida's Gulf Coast?
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Horseradish 22 Jul, Celia Gobetti (Australia - arid climate): I want have the plant at my place! How I can plant? How and where I can buy?
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Horseradish 29 Jul, (Australia - arid climate): Read the notes here, arid plant june july.
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Garlic 21 Jul, mini me (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I get my elephant garlic cloves started in egg trays, with a little water in the bottom . too get them to start rooting before i plant them. Its Way quicker then the fridge method. Also nothing worse then planting a garlic clove that wont root. This method works for me ,so i will continue to do it :)
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Potato 19 Jul, dz (USA - Zone 10a climate): I just read about Determinate and Indeterminate potatoes. Which varieties of Indeterminate potatoes do well in Zone 10A?
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Potato 21 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Check on google what varieties are indeterminate and then see if any in your area.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 16 Jul, Dave (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Carol. Sorry to say in my experience possums can do that and if they don't rats will. Where we live I have mine planted in a hut made of chicken wire and stops all those problems. I think you'll have to protect yours better as well
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Aug, Adrie (Australia - temperate climate): We’re in regional Victoria and I have a cape gooseberry between a couple of roses. Nothing eats it. Not possums, rats, snails… It’s still flowering & fruiting prolifically in midwinter which I think is very odd. We had lots self down in a flower garden as a child and they fruited mid to late summer.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 15 Jul, Joanna (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Has anyone grown Okra in Christchurch? I bought seeds coz I'm curious about them but it doesn't look like they grow in our Temps?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 27 Jan, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate): Have had limited success growing in a greenhouse in Christchurch - poor harvest despite healthy plants
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 05 Mar, Dave Sinclair (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): N Otago /Waitaki River. Planted 12 seeds, late Dec, 3 seedlings 2 survived. 6 pods.by 5.3.23. Yes they do grow, In Hot House, but they like 20-30 degrees cel 24 hours a day. Dave.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 29 Jul, Tim (New Zealand - temperate climate): I've grown it in Chch before. It grew well (lots of vegetation) but I didn't get a very big harvest off it.
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Onion 15 Jul, carmen rodriguez (USA - Zone 8b climate): can i grow onions from bought from store ? i cut bottom of onions put in water as soon as it starts growing roots i plant them . when should i plant them and i have not been successful im in zone b please help me .
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Onion 06 Oct, Melinda Schwab (USA - Zone 8a climate): Absolutely! We do all the time! We always cut the onions we buy horizontally in half when cooking and carefully peel down to the middle chunks where you can see how many "dots" are gonna be onions next year. We have a big patch of sandy loose soil that has a lot of chicken manure and/or compost here or there that we plant all of them in. We plant them an inch or so under the soil (totally covered up is best but not too deep) and we do not break them apart first. They grow into BIG beautiful onions in a year or so if you give 'em a drink of water when its dry for weeks. AND they make seeds too! Good seeds if you let them dry all the way out! We love getting free food from cooking scraps... with a bit of pre-planning on slicing the onions right to begin with... Try replanting carrot tops if you want fresh seeds... the top 2" of a regular carrot grows into fluffy foliage and sends up nice fresh seed heads in late summer. Freebies are fun!
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 14 Jul, Deb (New Zealand - temperate climate): I tried to grow yams last year without success but leaves shot up this year. I noticed some yams have grown but they have some green skin as they were on the surface or partially exposed. Are green yams toxic like green potatoes?
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Asparagus 11 Jul, Maura (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Have just cut down old fronds. Noticed a few new asparagus spears coming up. It is still winter, and as we get frosts here in Ballarat, should I cover the crowns with some mesh do that they don’t get burned, or just accept the loss until spring flush?
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Asparagus 12 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Pays to read the notes here. It does say they like cold and frosty weather. Don't cut fronds until end of August.
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Asparagus 18 Jul, Maura (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Thank you. I cut down the ferns because they were browning. Thought it was correct. That asparagus like cold and frosty weather, do the early emerging spears not get burnt by frost at -3C?
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Asparagus 19 Jul, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): i live sub tropical. A natural tendency to cut some thing is for it to grow, so don't cut until Spring. I have some spears shooting throughout the year, even now. You cut the new spears off when they are 200-250mm long and eat them. What -3C does I don't know but you should know by now.
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