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Pumpkin 08 Feb, eden ande (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
i live in Eritrea and work on national agricultural research instiution. in Eritrea pumpkins grows well in the subtropics,tropics and also semi arid places. my question is about powdery mildew, all our pumpkins gets affected by this fungus so i would like to ask if their are any cultivation practices we need to practice to avoid this fungus
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Pumpkin 10 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Read up about organic or in organic sprays for it. Google. Plant in a different area each time. Go to dengarden on the net .com - go to gardening and organic ways to kill and prevent powdery mildew. A mixture of 60 water to 40 milk is quite good.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 08 Feb, Jan Clifford (Australia - arid climate)
I have grown a sweet potato in a glass and want to know if I can plant it or not. I an in the Central West NSW in the arid zone. TIA Jan Clifford
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 12 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Plant it and see how it goes.
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Asparagus 07 Feb, Lucia nunes (USA - Zone 10a climate)
Can I grow asparagus in zone 10 .
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Pumpkin 07 Feb, Haydn Battye (Australia - temperate climate)
Can I plant pumpkin seeds now? I live in Mildura VIC which is quite warm at this time of year
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Pumpkin 07 Feb, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)
Did you read the pumpkin guide here. They are the best times to plant.
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Cucumber 06 Feb, Sue Proctor (Australia - temperate climate)
Borage is a great plant for attracting bees ..they absolutely love it. It’s a very hardy plant with lovely blue flowers but it can reseed and spread around the garden
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Cucumber 06 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I grew borage last year in the winter - grew tall 1.2m high and bushy - fell over everywhere. Had to stake and rope it. A bit turned off by that. Bees love it. I now grow a perennial basil for bees. Will have my own bee hive in a few months.
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Watermelon 06 Feb, Cherry (New Zealand - temperate climate)
If you pick a watermelon early and its greenish, is there any way to ripen it up without throwing out to the chickens
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Watermelon 06 Feb, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Read up about when to pick them.
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Oregano (also Pot Marjoram) 05 Feb, Sandra (Australia - temperate climate)
Maybe a bit of a silly question- but are the western suburbs of Sydney considered temperate ? Thank you
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Oregano (also Pot Marjoram) 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
It suggests you are sub tropical - I would say probably more sub tropical than temperate. You can have very hot summers - hotter than us - sub tropical (Bundaberg).. Winters here are generally 10 - 4-5 min and 20-25 max. Work around these figures.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 04 Feb, Srini (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Does Dwarf French beans die after 1 harvest. The plants had an excellent produce and seem to start dying (with yellowing leaves) after the first harvest.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 05 Feb, mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Could be lack of water fertiliser and even end of growing season. I'm sub tropical and don't know temperate. You still have very hot days in summer - I don't grow in summer. Don't let the beans become too old before picking. I generally had 3 pickings in the spring.
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Pumpkin 02 Feb, Katrina (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hi guys, our neighbours are growing pumpkins (look like crown variety with pale skin and flat bottom) and the vines came over into our place and a nice big pumpkin grew, so of course I picked it right away not knowing anything about pumpkins. The inside was a weird pale yellow rather than orange, I presume now that I have just picked it too soon and it is unripe! Is that correct? Thanks.
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Pumpkin 04 Feb, Michelle (Australia - temperate climate)
Not a problem if it is unripe! can still make lovely pumpkin soup (I actually thin it is better with unripe pumpkin!)
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Pumpkin 05 Feb, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Put some curry in it to give it some taste. lol
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Pumpkin 03 Feb, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Check with your neighbour next time. Next time wait until the stem has become hard and woody. About 16-20 weeks after seeds germinate.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 02 Feb, Vic (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hi. is there anyone here who can spare a small piece of Jerusalem Artichokes this time of the year. i only need a small portion to plant.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 11 Apr, Helen Peipi (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Yes I have plenty, can you e-mail your address, I'll send them to you by mail.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 04 May, Gill Rodley (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I'd also be keen to have some tubers for growing if you still have some available (have fond memories of eating them as a kid from my fathers large garden). Happy to pay postage. Thanks
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 06 Feb, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Ask around nurseries or go on the internet and try and find garden clubs in NZ.
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Carrot 02 Feb, Anne (New Zealand - temperate climate)
can i still grow carrot seeds now early February thanks
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Rhubarb 01 Feb, Mick (Australia - temperate climate)
Not too sure about chooks eating rubbard leaves, ours's eat rubbard leaves, potato leaves and will strip a chilli bush !
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 01 Feb, Allen Slone (Canada - Zone 2b Sub-Arctic climate)
Does burdock grow wild in Alaska?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 01 Feb, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
What should I be feeding my corn with please ?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 03 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Fertiliser.
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Asparagus 01 Feb, Eric van der linde (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Where can I buy 2 year old asparagus crowns. l live in Meyerton area.
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Asparagus 23 Jun, Pam (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
You can buy online at Hadeco. They have stock at the moment but sell out quickly as they only ship for a couple of months each year.
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