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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 26 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have done two plantings of climbing beans recently, 1st crop has just finished and 2nd crop I'm picking now. I have trellises 2.4m long and wire mess 2m high. I plant seeds about 15-20cm apart. Didn't take them long to grow 2m tall. Mine just flapped in the wind and then started growing down the trellis. I'm picking 1kg each 2-3 days. So I don't think you need to pinch or train them sideways etc.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 24 Oct, Jen (Australia - temperate climate): I bought my last one from Coles. I bought the smallest and oldest looking one. Currently the sprout is about 3 inches and I will probably plant it out in a couple of days. It was not organic or anything - just regular off the shelf.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 22 Oct, Mason Wong (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I am growing corn for the 1st time & I seem to be winning, except, I have noticed the soil around the bottom of the stems is falling away as they are growing bigger, and the roots are showing a little. Is this normal? I keep covering them up but worry I may damage the corn. It is strong and healthy and they were dug in deep 45cm when planted. I just want to know if this is normal & are they air roots?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 23 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I hill the soil up around the plant when they are about 30-40cm high. This gives them soil for the roots to grow in. I also run a little fertiliser beside the plant before hilling up.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 22 Oct, Liz (Australia - arid climate): Sweetcorn does look as though the roots are showing as it grows taller. They help to support the plant and are quite normal.
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Tomato 22 Oct, Gerald Swanson (USA - Zone 10a climate): Can you grow tomatoes in the winter (Zone 10a)? Are there certain varieties better suited for winter months here?
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Tomato 23 Oct, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): I believe I used to live in zone 10a when I lived in Los Angeles (Van Nuys). I *did* manage to grow some tomatoes over winter a couple of times, though I'm not sure it was worth it.
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Tomato 26 Oct, (USA - Zone 10a climate): It wasn't worth it because you planted out of season. By the planting guide - plant late winter early spring for a summer crop.
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Tomato 26 Oct, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): There was more to my reply, recommending varieties (esp Glacier) and alternative approaches, but I'm not sure what happened to it. Maybe I wrote too much info. (Gardenate : Part of the last sentence was missing in your previous reply)
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 21 Oct, Di (New Zealand - temperate climate): Will Yakon grow in Christchurch and do you know anyone that has the tubers in ChCh? Thanks.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 23 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try the internet, farmer's markets, nurseries for tubers. Go NZ section to look up planting times.
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Watermelon 21 Oct, Modiba matee john (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): HI which watermelon variety or hybrid is larger and sweet?
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Watermelon 23 Oct, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Check on the internet for size - seed companies.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 21 Oct, Elliot Vardis (Australia - temperate climate): Sweet baby capsicums, can they be grown in pots? If so, what would be the most suitable size pot considering they grow to 40 cm tall. I thank you in anticipation. Elliot.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 21 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try a pot as wide as the plant grows.
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Garlic 20 Oct, Edwin Kruger (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Can i start planting garlic in Oct to Nov ?
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Garlic 20 Oct, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): It is too late in the year for your climate. Check the garlic page under your climate zone.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 20 Oct, Michael Hollis (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My beans have got a dry and curly leaf on lower branches. My soil is very good but maybe too well drained. Any advice please
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 21 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Dying leaf could be just old leaves or some disease. Curly leaf could be a disease or dry weather. A plant will protect itself in the heat of the day or hot weather by exposing less leaf to the sun. Put some mulch on the top of the soil to keep more moisture in the soil. In the future look at adding something to your soil to slow down the water draining through the soil so quickly.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 22 Oct, Michael (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Many thanks
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 19 Oct, Shez (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The choko you buy in shops used to sprout and you could grow them, in the last couple of years I have bought many and they don’t sprout. I think they must treat them somehow to stop sprouting. You have to find someone who has a vine to get one for growing on, I have been given a pale one, but would like a standard green one, they are hardier plants, the pale one suffers badly from mealy bug and doesn’t give much fruit.
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Watermelon 19 Oct, Mokone Mahlatsi (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi my question is I plant Carolina crosse watermelon it growing very well but the problem is not sweetheart y ? Thank you
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Ginger 19 Oct, Matthew EVERITT (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): My property is in Northern Burg at 5000 feet with deep Hutton soil. Acid and well leached. 800mm annual rainfall. Phosphate deficient. What would I need to do to cultivate Ginger Maize needs about 6t of lime and 6t phosphate per ha
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Ginger 20 Oct, Anonymous (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Are you doing a home garden?. If home you need to seek some advice from agricultural company about amending your soil so it is suitable to grow ginger.
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Asparagus 19 Oct, SUSIE (Australia - sub-tropical climate): CAN ASPARAGUS BE PLANTED IN NORTHERN NSW
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Asparagus 20 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): There is an article here about growing it. Go to the blue climate zone tab at the top of page, work out your climate zone. Go to Asparagus - the Monthly calendar tells you when to plant.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 17 Oct, sanjiv (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Where can i buy choko seeds/vine? I am in Johannesburg.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 20 Oct, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Try from market gardens or find someone local to ask to buy one from.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 19 Oct, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Buy one from a shop and put in a cool spot. It should start sending out a vine in awhile. Then plant it.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 16 Oct, Matt Molloy (New Zealand - temperate climate): what should ph of soil be?
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