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Cucumber 27 Dec, Wouter (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
How long does a cucumber plant live for before it needs to be taken out of a garden bed?
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Cucumber 04 Feb, Jacko (Australia - tropical climate)
A cucumber plant will only live until it becomes dead.(i.e. has finished producing fruit) It doesn't need to be taken out, as it will eventually become compost
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Cucumber 31 Dec, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
About 4-5mths or so. Generally the soil will run out of nutrient.
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Tomato 27 Dec, Pete (Australia - temperate climate)
I am living near Wyong NSW and have a bit of a problem with my tomatoes. I live in a retirement village which has veggie plots and have acquiried one. Lots of the tomatoes grown wilt from the bottom up, until al the plant is dead except for the tomato fruits. Does anyone know how I can avoid this?. The wilt seems to affect the quantity of tomatoes.
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Tomato 27 Aug, Gary Hall (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try using a small hot house or growing tunnel
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Tomato 07 Jan, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
More information is needed: for example amount of water... soil conditions. The MOST GENERIC, and probably most correct answer is LACK OF NUTRIENTS. Most people plant their plants (tomato) adding lots of compost and/or manure at the time of planting. The plant grows using the nutrients (some are washed away... maybe trees manage to confiscate some nutrients); but as the soil nutrition drops, the plant, still wanting to grow, starts to take nutrition from its lower leaves so it can grow leaves higher up. That is, it is deciding how to best used it's own self to maximize it chances of success; since it can't source the needed nutrition from the soil What you need to do is: ADD manure or compost or anything else you may have to put nutrition back into the soil. I rinse my coffee pot in the garden, I also try to drain things (like the water from soaking dried beans) into the garden. Manure/compost/nutrition (in any form) needs to be added at planting, middle of the season, and close to the end of the season to give that LAST burst of energy to bring the fruit/vegetables into full form. Don't feel like you need to spend a lot of money; get creative; in Canada we can stop by our local coffee shops and pick up the days used grinds for use in our gardens (free); you can add micro nutrients to your garden by filling a pail with water and adding a layer of rocks (rocks are minerals) stir and use this to water your plants. Left over tea bags, left over coffee grinds, stuff that you might rinse down the sink (food juices), blood from meat when you wash it before cooking it ..... anything like that all puts nutrition back in the soil.
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Tomato 31 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
They recommend you only plant tomatoes every 3 yrs in a bed. Helps reduce disease. I have the same problem with lavender, 3 plants going great, two weeks ago one just wilts and dies, ??
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Tomato 30 Dec, Jill (USA - Zone 9b climate)
This sounds like root rot. You may be over watering early on.
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Tomato 28 Dec, Mary (Australia - temperate climate)
You probably need to shade it from the harsh sun. Give it a dose of Epsom salt and see what happens. It's not too late to get some new plants but this time put an umbrella to protect it from the harsh sun.
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Garlic 25 Dec, marco (Australia - tropical climate)
hi i live on the gold coast queensland .one of my old garlic i planted october sometime that never taken off , sprouted . it sprouted two weeks ago .so i thought i would try to put a small crop in and bingo !! ,garlic is growing . so i planted a whole clove today .we have more rain and humidity so this might be the time . i will let u know how it turns out !
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Garlic 14 Feb, Amanda (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, I've failed many seasons with garlic! However, after a lot of research, I have a solution to growing sub tropic garlic. The key is growing the right variety, that can handle our heat. Glen Large garlic is the winner! Plant in April. Harvest in October. I've had a bumper crop with this variety.
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Garlic 18 Feb, Gary Hall (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Please where can I get these Glen Large Garlic Bulbs I am in Wauchope NSW. Thanking you in Advance.
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Garlic 21 Feb, Erika (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I agree Glen Large are the best variety for the subtropics. I'm just north of Brisbane and get amazing harvest if I plant and harvest at the right time. I bought Mine from Green Harvest. They include all the detail on how to grow. (https://greenharvest.com.au/)
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Garlic 09 Apr, Gary Hall (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Thankyou Erica
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Garlic 28 Dec, Mary (Australia - temperate climate)
It's too hot for them to grow in summer. Try growing garlic in Autumn and harvest around Oct-November
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Asparagus 22 Dec, Vicki (USA - Zone 7b climate)
What are the best asparagus to grow in Zone 7b, Virginia by the Bay.
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Asparagus 28 Dec, Elisabeth (USA - Zone 7b climate)
I have a patch of purple passion which are tons sweeter than asparagus and they are great producers! We also have a patch of tried and true Millennium. We planted 10 crowns of each about four years ago, and they are enough for our family of 4 with some to spare. I'd love to freeze some and I'm thinking about starting a second patch of about 20 crowns to have some for preserving. Also, remember that when you plant your crowns, you don't harvest from them for two years. Just let them go to fern. They are quite lovely in a herbaceous border with other perennials. These are a gift to your future self! :)
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Asparagus 23 Dec, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Google what varieties you have in the USA and try one or ask at a nursery.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 21 Dec, Marva (Canada - Zone 7a Mild Temperate climate)
I live in Vancouver BC where can I purchase Rosella plants or seeds here
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 04 Mar, Deborah (Canada - Zone 7a Mild Temperate climate)
Hello i too would like to try growing rosella this year and wondered if anyone found where you can buy seeds or plants in Vancouver. thanks.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 23 Dec, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
If there is no planting guide in the monthly planting calendar then you can not grow them where you live. Need a warm to hotter climate.
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 20 Dec, Hans zwets (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Where in the western cape can I buy witlof .?
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 21 Sep, Bee-Pie (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
Seeds for Africa and Livingseeds.co.za sell seeds.
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 09 Mar, Marius (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
I bought mine online from Living seeds (www.livingseeds.co.za). They are in Henley-on-Klip, Gauteng.
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 04 Jan, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Google where to buy it.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 20 Dec, Asor (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Where to buy choko
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 21 Dec, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Buy one from a shop and let it sprout then plant it.
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 20 Dec, Peter Sguazzato (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi all Peter here from Narre Warren Vic, I’m looking at planting White Salsify, I have never planted them nor tried them, should I plant them in a deep tub so I know where they are and what time of the year should I plant them here in Narre Warren, I look forward to your comments, happy Gardening, Peter Sguazzato
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 21 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
In the orange tab near the top of the page go to Vegetables and Herbs find Salsify and it will tell you. Make sure your climate zone is temperate.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 20 Dec, Khanna Promila Relan (Canada - Zone 6a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
Inca berries are not Perennials, Need Lots of watering, Aphids will attack them early on. You can try some Neem oil 1 tea spoon 1/2 teaspoon dishwashing detergent , mix it well, spray twice a week or as needed. Sun but no more than 5 hours, when flowering do what you will do for a fruiting plant (Note from Gardenate : they are perennial in warmer climates.)
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