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Lettuce 30 Jul, karen spenser (Australia - temperate climate)
can llettuse grow neer a potato and can you put camicals on it and feed it to your kids
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Potato 29 Jul, hazel (Australia - temperate climate)
i have very strong looking potatoe plants growing in my compost. Will i have potatoes on them.they have been growing all winter.
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Potato 30 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Just dig by hand around the base of a plant to see if there are any potatoes forming - if so put the soil back and wait until the plant dies off before harvesting them.
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Potato 29 Jul, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
The easiest way is to dig up one plant to see if there are any potatoes .
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 29 Jul, Shirley Petkau (New Zealand - temperate climate)
How can I harvest seeds from the Amaranth
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 29 Jul, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Try tying a large paper bag over the flowerhead when it looks ready to change to seeds.
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Onion 28 Jul, Elizah Thadius (Australia - tropical climate)
Do we have an insecticide/fungicide for bulb onion? Can anyone tell me if there is any manufactured fertilizer for bulb onion?
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Onion 29 Jul, (Australia - tropical climate)
Look up the internet to see if there is an insecticide/fungicide. The same as my comment for sweet potato. - learn what N P and K do for plants. Then apply that to what you are growing. They don't make different fertilisers for every kind of veggie.
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Tomato 28 Jul, Jameson Ngcobo (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
To treat tomatoes from pets like aphids and red spider. Red spider can finish your plant without even noticing them because they are very small. Your tomatoe leaves becomes yellow and the whole plant ends up dying. Potatoes also have the same problem. You may think they are getting ready. Just use Oleum. It is very good.
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Asparagus 28 Jul, Chris (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Where can I buy good asparagus crowns ?
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Asparagus 29 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try Bunnings or a nursery.
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Parsnip 27 Jul, Karen (New Zealand - temperate climate)
So is there any particular seeds best to buy parsnips for brand . Karen
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 26 Jul, Laurie Whelan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
What fertilizer should you use prior to planting?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 29 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go on the internet and find out what N P and K do for plants. Then think about what you are growing with sweet potatoes.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 04 Oct, Rachel Barley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
They're ON the internet, anonymous.
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Rhubarb 26 Jul, Paula Mitchell (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Can I grow some rhubarb plant s in Brisbane now
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Rhubarb 29 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Gardenate does say plant Sept. www.gardenate.com/plant/Rhubarb?zone=3
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 26 Jul, Ellie Hallett (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello, Because birds can spread plants so easily, would a glasshouse be a good idea to prevent this. I live in Toowoomba. If so, do you have any recommendations for glass, cloth, or other sorts of greenhouse for a domestic garden? Local possums could also be a problem for uncovered berries. Thank you kindly, Ellie
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 29 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I suggest you do some costing and work from there. Do you spend hundreds of dollars to grow a few plants.
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Rhubarb 24 Jul, John Clark (Australia - temperate climate)
Good afternoon, I am finding that my rhubarb stalks are growing very thin and weak shoots/stalks instead of the thicker stalk as one would normally expect. I don't think it is solely related to the cold weather only. may be too much fertilizer as I once read. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I assume you would use e-mail in your response. Thank you John Clark
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Rhubarb 29 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
If the plant is old might cause this I have read.
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Rhubarb 25 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
Too much N would probably produce a lot of leaf and smaller thinner stalks. Growing them in the shade might cause it. Keep growing them and see what happens in the warmer weather. Postings are responded to here. I'm not the owner either.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 23 Jul, Julie (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I live in mid-north South Australia and my Snow Peas are now over four foot tall but as yet I have had no flowers. Have I put too much nitrogen into my soil and what would be a good crop to plant after I pull out my spent snow pea plants. Thanks Jools
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 25 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
Some varieties grow very tall - I buy Oregon giant from Boondie seeds. Flowers from about 60-80cm high. Beans and peas put N back into the soil, so plant something like lettuce cabbage tomatoes corn.
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Ginger 22 Jul, Stephen (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in the Mildura area, can I grow ginger in a hot house and when would I plant it? Thanks
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Ginger 25 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
Think of sub tropical and plant when they plant. You can only try.
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Ginger 28 Jul, Stephen (Australia - temperate climate)
Why didn't I think of that, Thanks
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Pumpkin 22 Jul, John Pare (Australia - tropical climate)
I lived in Papua New guinea the climate is usually wet and dry season all year. Can I grow butternut pumpkin in that kind of climate?
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Pumpkin 23 Jul, (Australia - tropical climate)
Plant April to July.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 22 Jul, Anna Read (Australia - temperate climate)
I have successfully planted a cape gooseberry in my front garden. So far; so good. My questions are - should it be pruned back? Does it need a frame to climb on?
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