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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 24 Jan, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): I never had any luck with this plant until I ignored recommendations to grow in sun. Once I grew in partial shade, it flourished and stopped bolting. It only likes full sun in cool weather. Also snails love it so I raise my pots off the ground.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 17 Jan, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here, I suggest you use seedlings. Good friable sandy loam soil, not sand not clay. A light fertilising and my suggestion don't grow it in pots. If in pots PAY attention to it ever day.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 16 Jun, Chris (Australia - temperate climate): I say do NOT start with seedlings. That is one of the biggest mistakes you can make with coriander. Transplanting shock often causes them to bolt to seed. Sow seed directly where it is to grow. Partial shade often helps in hotter climates. ( It says that here - www.gardenate.com/plant/Coriander?zone=2)
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Tomato 15 Jan, Mish (Australia - temperate climate): We have been experiencing very hot, dry days. Up to 42 degrees Celsius. Could this be the reason that my tomato plants died? They were watered regularly & kept in the shade.
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Tomato 15 Jan, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I think it could just be seasonal. My tomatoes were going great (Nov and into Dec picking) and towards the end the whole plant just died off quite quickly. Same conditions as you, hot weather. In a lot of crops you can have early mid and late season varieties.
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Pumpkin 15 Jan, Mel (Australia - arid climate): I am on my third year of the same vine (essentially) with butternut. I'm currently trying a new angle with them and wondering if anyone has tried similar. I was losing a lot due to it sitting in water constantly. Grey water from kitchen sink, bathroom sink, dishwasher and washing machine all runs through the area. This year I have built a tunnel and have been weaving it through like a creeper and am now trying to train it to go up and around a fence. Has anyone had any success with "climbing" their pumpkins
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Pumpkin 15 Jan, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If you let all that water into your vegie garden then your soil would be WAY TOO WET. I am surprised any thing grows in it. I suggest you move your garden bed or the run off water. Or raise the garden height. They will grow on fences or trellises. I have some Kent doing that now.
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Ginger 15 Jan, Alan (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi, does ginger need full sun, semi - shade or full shade? Where does it do best? How many hours of sunshine will best help ginger growth.
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Ginger 16 Jan, Anon (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): I suggest you use google,
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Watermelon 14 Jan, Dale gibson (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hi there ,I planted my watermelon seed in early November and surprisingly they germinated within 2 to 3 weeks ,..6 weeks on an the growth is very slow...it is mid January 2020 I live tolaga bay east coast nz ...weather climate is warm and hopefully will continue threw to march ...have I left it to late.. let me no. regards
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Watermelon 15 Jan, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm sub-tropical Qld - they plant seedlings here late august and pick the melons up until Xmas. Planting later leaves you wide open to heavy rain, hot weather. A lot of rain when the melons are fully developed and they can/will split. Water melon seeds I threw in the garden in Oct germinated within 2-3 weeks. Here you can grow a spring and autumn crop. I would suggest you planted too late. If not growing I don't think the soil is very fertile.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 13 Jan, Paul (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): I m interested in Sweet potato farming where can i get the seedlings or cuttings in the Western cape or eastern cape (NOTE - Gardenate is not intended for farmers )
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 16 Jun, Dieter (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): You can get sweet potato slips from Living seeds.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 15 Jan, Another gardener (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): You would have to look around your local area and find some sweet potato growers. I assume you are just wanting to plant a few. If a lot then ring your agricultural department. You need the new fresh part of the vines, about 1/2 m long, take all the leaves off except the last 3-4 where the tip is growing. Make a furrow in the soil and place the slip along it and cover the vine but leave the last few leaves out of the ground. Lots of water for the first 10 days.
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Horseradish 12 Jan, (New Zealand - temperate climate): I bought mine on trademe Cheers Lena
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Horseradish 28 Feb, MO (New Zealand - temperate climate): Be very careful when planting horseradish as it is invasive, confine it to a container.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 12 Jan, Allison (New Zealand - temperate climate): Can I plant seed of scarlet runners now, January, and expect them to produce beans?
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 15 Jan, Anon (New Zealand - temperate climate): Go to the top of the page and look in the calendar months for the Green cells with a white P.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 12 Jan, adam (Australia - temperate climate): I had great success in 2019 with coriander in Adelaide. now mid of January I have 2 coriander plants ( already bolting) and they started giving me seeds. The STRANGE thing is both of them gave very weird looking seeds, the seeds look more like parsley seeds!! I am 100% sure they started as coriander so no chance I mixed the seeds up when planting. The other thing I should mention they grow very close to Parsely plants, so is it possible to be cross-pollinated? or is it a different variety of coriander? my plan is to harvest the seeds and plant them again and see what will grow! but I wish if someone can tell me what is going on.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 13 Jan, (Australia - temperate climate): I record what I plant - date, crop, variety, fertiliser I used etc. You could take the seeds to a nursery or try looking up on the net what different seeds look like. I purchased the thick stalked celery seedlings from Bunnings for 6 years and every time they grew into open heart, thin stalks, hollow inside, I believe they were Italian parsley. Have never grown them since. Maybe start with some new seeds.
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Cucumber 12 Jan, Ann O'Hara (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I usually grow very good cucumbers and usually Lebanese variety. This year my plant is covered in cucmbers but instead of starting off green I have an abundance of tiny yellow cucumbers on my vine. What causes this?
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Cucumber 13 Jan, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Phone an agricultural depart, nursery, or some agri supply company and ask if they have an agronomist. Could be some trace element deficiency.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 11 Jan, Lori (USA - Zone 9a climate): Can I grow peppermint here if it does not get anything but Morning Sun and lots of water? I just caught a mouse eating all of my ginger and tumeric rhizomes that I spent 8 hrs planting
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Mint (also Garden mint) 17 Jan, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): I used to live in zone 9 and when I grew mint in those conditions (morning sun, plenty of water) it grew like a beast and took over most of my garden. So--yes, it should do great...but be careful what you wish for!
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Rhubarb 11 Jan, Kevin Crosbie (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Hi we live in Port Elizabeth and recently started growing a rhubarb plant in a pot. It has being doing fine although some critter has been eating on the leave. I came home yesterday and it looked like it had started wilting so I gave it some water,thus morning it looks like it is dying there are some new leaves at the bottom should I be cutting back the old growth?
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Rhubarb 13 Jan, (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I don't grow rhubarb but if the leaves are dead then cut them back.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 10 Jan, Denise (Australia - temperate climate): How do I ripen the fallen fruit? It’s hull is papery and crisp but still quite green inside. I’ve tried them on a sunny window ledge with no success
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 13 Jan, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If really immature they probably won't ripen. Think about protecting them from the wind or what caused them to fall off.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 09 Jan, Greg Bundle (New Zealand - temperate climate): Can you tell me where to purchase yacon tubers? In nz Thanks Greg
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 12 Jan, Alice Phillips (New Zealand - temperate climate): You can usually get them on trademe but to get tubers this year you would need a plant that's already underway. I have some available most years if you contact me in August.
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