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Peas 15 Mar, Phoebe (USA - Zone 9b climate): Kim, are you able to grow them through summer? I’m also in the same zone and would love to continue to grow snap peas but keep reading that I can’t do that after March because it’s too hot.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 11 Mar, Karen (Australia - tropical climate): Will these grow in Darwin .its wet season now
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 12 Aug, Mary-Anne (Australia - temperate climate): I’m in Palmerston & my Luffa is growing beautifully. The gourds are impressive too!
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 11 Mar, Anon (Australia - tropical climate): Go to the Luffa page again and read, it is all there.
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Potato 11 Mar, Chuck (USA - Zone 9b climate): Could you please use US measurements (inches/feet) instead of metric? Gardenate reply: Each plant page has (Show °F/in) about two lines down from the top to change between metric/non metric
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Kohlrabi 11 Mar, Marlene (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Hi I,ive in the Western Cape, South Africa - Winter rainfall area. I would love to find out more about the growing conditions for Kholrabi. Thanking you
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Kohlrabi 11 Mar, Anon (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Read the info that is here, when to plant, how far apart etc. If more info required Google
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Watermelon 11 Mar, Sandra (New Zealand - temperate climate): Help, I planted some watermelon seeds and they have grown so well. Sadly there 13 plants that are so close together in the same pot, I now to worried if I move and replant them they will die. What should I do!
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Watermelon 11 Mar, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Take the time to read how to grow things, like how far between plants, between rows, then plant seeds/seedlings accordingly. There is a reason for that, it gives the plant enough soil area to draw the nutrients to grow. The best time to transplant is when the plant is at about the 4-6 new leaf stage or in some cases about 4-6 weeks after germination. The longer you leave it the bigger the transplant shock or death. You be the judge.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 11 Mar, joy (New Zealand - temperate climate): hello Alice, thanks for your comment. I'd love to get in contact with you to get some tuber pieces in August - how do i do that? kind regards Joy
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 12 Mar, Liz at Gardenate (New Zealand - temperate climate): Gardenate does not publish contact information unless it is included in the Comment itself. This is a public forum, so can be seen by anyone.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 11 Mar, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Try a seed selling internet company.
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Leeks 10 Mar, Mike (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Have just transplanted very small leak plants four centimetres in to garden on the first of March. Does anyone know if they will mature?
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Leeks 11 Mar, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here. Transplant out at 4-6 weeks. Sounds like you are pretty close to that. Protect them the first week or two from the sun and wind while they establish themselves. A light watering each day also.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 09 Mar, Garden Gnome (Australia - temperate climate): I have had for over one year a half 200 litre plastic drum with a sweet potatoes growing in it. Just this past weekend I have dug around in the totally dry soil looking to see what was there. I did this with my hands after loosening it up with a garden fork all around the side of the drum. The leaves were not dying off in fact new shoots are forming. I only did this as we have had 1 week of dry hot weather. I harvested 3 very good sized spuds and put the rest back and topped up with well mulched soil. No extra fertilizer has been used and this is the second time I have turned this drum. As the soil lowers and parts of tubers show I top up with more well mulch soil. With watering and good old mother nature we have bought no sweet potatoes at all for quite some time. I have no idea how long they have been growing I don't garden like that.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 11 Mar, Tineke (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Brilliant! Mine are growing all over the place - better have a look see soon!!
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 10 Mar, ML (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Many ways to grow things. You could have just a patch of swt potatoes and pick whenever you like. I'm growing them in my volunteer gardens. Take a slip of vine (about 40cm long), strip all the leaves off except the last 10cm of the growing tip, plant it along the ground with the tip out of the soil. Swt potatoes will grow from where the leaves were broken off. Or if you like put the slips in a bucket of water to have the slip producing roots before you plant it.
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Pumpkin 09 Mar, Karan Franks (Australia - temperate climate): Hello, My Kent pumpkin vine did very well this year producing nearly 30 pumpkins.. My question is while many are ready to harvest I still have baby ones starting to grow is this a normal thing for pumpkins. thank you .
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Pumpkin 10 Mar, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I had apple cucumbers have 3 flushes of flowers to produce 3 lots of cucumbers. Pumpkins could do the same. It will then take another 50-60 days or so until you will pick these. The soil would have to have more fertilising or the pumpkins would be small in size. Consideration to, you have had a great crop, do you really want to keep going for 2 months more. I think like, I spent $1 on 10 pumpkin seeds and they produced $40-50 of produce, that is great value. Time to rip that crop out and prepare the soil for the next crop.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 08 Mar, MissChievousRN (USA - Zone 5a climate): Can yacon be grown as a container plant indoors in colder climates? How big of a container?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 26 Mar, Tim (USA - Zone 8b climate): I would grow it in a "wicking barrel". Use a plastic 55 gallon drum and cut it in half, now you've got two. See how to make one on YouTube. Yacon needs pretty good light so put the barrel close to a large window or enclosed porch.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 26 Mar, Tim (USA - Zone 8b climate): I wish I could find some yacon to grow! Would you tell me where you found yours. I've been wanting to grow ya on for years out here on the farm but haven't found the tubers.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 Nov, Annette Peck (USA - Zone 8b climate): Hi Tim! Where about do you live? I grow a large crop every year in the springtime. Please contact me if you’re interested in obtain some from me. Annette
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 29 Nov, Tim (USA - Zone 8b climate): Hi Annette, Ate you still growing the Yacon? I live in the north Florida area, Glen St Mary in Baker county. Are you anywhere near me that I could see how you're growing the Yacon, or that I might have a sprout or two? I may have something to trade if you like. Tim
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 21 Aug, Georgial8dy (USA - Zone 7b climate): I just ordered some from www.moonridgefarms.com/farm-products/organic-yacon.
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Radish 08 Mar, Elize (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): How much water do radishes need?
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Radish 08 Mar, ML (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): A little light watering each day, try and keep the soil moist. During germination and the first few days even twice a day. They have a shallow root system, light watering often.
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Garlic 07 Mar, Joe (USA - Zone 5b climate): Never grew garlic before. Ready to flip garden bed and prepare to plant. Is Northwestern Pennsylvania in spring to early to plant? Thanks.
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Garlic 12 Mar, Martin (USA - Zone 6b climate): We are growing garlic for first time and put them in in the Fall (Oct). They grew rapidly and then laid down for the winter. We are expecting them to jump up as the weather warms and should be ready by early June. From what I understand if you plant in the Spring you will have stunted bulbs.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 07 Mar, Anon (Australia - temperate climate): I grow a product which I know as multiplying onions. These produce small bulblets on top of growing leaves which I retain for seed. This seed in due course produces a cluster of around 5-6
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