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Potato 30 Mar, NOMFUNDO (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
I LIVE IF LADY FRERE, EASTERN CAPE. THIS IS A VER DRY PLACE. CAN I PLANT POTATOES IN HAY IN WINTER? IF SO, SHOULD I WATER THEM IN THE HAY?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 30 Mar, Brad (Australia - temperate climate)
Keep an eye out for the 3 lined potato beetle if you are growing cape gooseberry as they can breed up quickly and ruin the leaves and fruit lanterns. See here for pictures to help identify the beetle, larvae and eggs: http://tomatoenvy.com/2015/06/09/wanted-dead-three-lined-potato-beetle/ My own approach is to keep an eye out for the beetles or chewed up leaves and squashing the beetle / larvae as I find them, and also checking the underside of the leaves for clusters of orange eggs which can be easily removed with a fingertip. More often than not I will find a pair of beetles together on the same plant and have found they are especially active in Nov-Dec but I have found stragglers as late as March even.
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Parsley (also curly leaf parsley or flat leaf (Italian) parsley) 29 Mar, Joanne Townshend. (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Do the hadedas (Egyptian ibis) destroy parsley
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 29 Mar, Jacqueline Burel (USA - Zone 8b climate)
Can seeds for sugar snow peas be planted in april?
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 31 Mar, liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
They like cool weather to grow well, so April might be a bit late in your zone.
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Potato 29 Mar, Bruce Gillanders (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Which are the indeterminant varieties of potato.
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Potato 31 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Have a look at this site www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/potato/determinate-indeterminate-potatoes.htm Or do an online search - lots of articles available.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 29 Mar, Hemi (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Ive planted yellow the have grown huge when flowered how soon does the plant die ?
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Rhubarb 27 Mar, Pamela Griffiths (Australia - arid climate)
I have a rhubarb plant which has mainly green stems. I planted it in spring six months ago. It is growing very well but I read that you should not pick stems for the first year or so. Does that mean I leave all the leaves on the plant and wait longer until I cut the stalks or do I cut the leaves off now leaving the corm exposed. I have it well covered in mulch.
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Parsnip 26 Mar, Clarkee (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
I wonder, if I sow Swiss Chard (above it says a good companion to parsnips) then once the card reaches a height that shades the soil around it, I then sow the parsnips amongst the chard, will that keep the soil cool and less likely to dry out for my parsnip seeds to germinate?
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 25 Mar, Annika Irving (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi! If I put a polypropylene tunnel over the rocket, will it survive during winter? I'm in Nelson. We do get morning frosts in my area. Cheers, Annika
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Asparagus 25 Mar, Sally (Australia - temperate climate)
My asparagus plants were planted as crowns last winter and have flourished as great big ferny bushes all summer. I'm a bit puzzled as to why they are still pushing up big fat shoots in early autumn! I don't want to cut them because they are less than a year old, but shouldn't they be going to sleep by now?
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Asparagus 22 Apr, Robyn Vaughan (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
When I lived at the Mid North coast of NSW my asparagus didn't die down until May/Jun, when it became quite cold. Leave it be as these fronds are putting energy into the base and to cut them will only produce more new shoots and sap energy that will be otherwise be stored and used to sprout them next season. I know how frustrating first year asparagus crowns can be! Be sure to mulch well after they die down to protect the crowns.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 24 Mar, Ardelle (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
One of my rosella is big and tall but no flowers, the others are fruiting well. Does anyone know why? Thanks
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 24 Mar, Kelly (Australia - temperate climate)
Trying to grow cape gooseberry from seed, in pots, in Perth. Plants are small and struggling, some have dropped all leaves. Any thoughts? How much light and water would they need?
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Leeks 24 Mar, Bertie (New Zealand - temperate climate)
My leeks never fatten up. I wonder why.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 23 Mar, Can you ripen or dry luffah off the vine (Canada - Zone 6b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
At the end of last summer I had luffa's that were over a foot long but didn't know how to dry them. We were coming into frost season and I thought they would rot of the vine if not picked. Well they rotted off the vine also.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 24 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Try an online search for 'drying luffa sponges'.
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Angelica 23 Mar, napo (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Where can i get angelica seeds?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 23 Mar, Zukile (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Where can i get seed for sweet potato in south africa or eastern cape ?
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 23 Mar, Hilary Williams (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Would like to buy shallot seeds . Have had not luck on any site . Why is this.?
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 24 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Shallots are listed by Egmonts Seeds online .
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Rhubarb 21 Mar, john payne (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Adelaide south Australia my rhubarb grows slow and stunted. the soil is clay based but is worked very well with organic matter,but I still get poor results.how do I solve this problem?
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Rhubarb 09 Jun, Daniel (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi John, I also live in Adelaide and grow rhubarb. Mine grows very well autumn to spring but suffers in summer and goes to seed heavily. I find lots of rooster booster during the growing period and water over summer keeps it growing well, also harvest heavily over the growing months. I am about to do my first cut back and divide of root this winter as I want to reclaim the area I planted and move it to a shaded area for better growing in summer and frost protection in winter. Soil preparation will be 1 part compost 2 parts in place soil heavily dosed with rooster booster. For the first 12 months I will take time to ensure the area will be kept damp all year round until established. Hope that helps.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 20 Mar, amelia hall (Australia - tropical climate)
how many types of chilli peppers are there in the world?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 23 Mar, Sue (Australia - temperate climate)
Wikipedia estimates 50,000 varieties of
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Potato 20 Mar, Donelda (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Do you cover up the green leaves with soil as well as they shoot through or just pile up the soil around the leaves and have the leaves themselves uncovered?
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Potato 24 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Have a look at this site https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-earth-up-potatoes/
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 20 Mar, Elaine Brown (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
My Yarcons have yet to flower ? when should they flower
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Cauliflower 20 Mar, allan holmes (Australia - temperate climate)
how deep do you plant cauliflower seedlings
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