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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 11 Dec, Chupacabra (USA - Zone 9b climate): We're about 150 miles west of Phoenix and have been growing the same stand of Amaranth for 6 years. Yours will be just fine.
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Watermelon 03 Oct, Benjamin Gabokhutle (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I am interested in farming and just finish cultivation of the field. I am wondering if I can plant Watermelon here, at the south Coast if Kzn, the soil is clay. Soil so I am not sure what type of soil to plant Watermelon, One other thing peanuts can I also plant them this season.
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Watermelon 03 Oct, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Please note : "Gardenate is not a farming or commercial advisory service. For specific advice, please contact your local plant suppliers, gardening groups, or agricultural department. "
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Carrot 03 Oct, Lulama Dimba (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Good morning Am preparing to plant carrot and my market wants the carrots by January 2019 what advise you can give me. I like to use organic fertilizer is it a good idea? Thank you Lulama
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 02 Oct, Warren Leedes (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Firstly thanks for the web site I would like to grow the different coloured Kumara, how do I go about getting seeds please? Any advice would be gratefully received Kind regards Warren Leedes
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 04 Oct, Paul (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Plant the tubers that you want to grow but in a separate bed. They will sprout lots of shoots which will also have roots near the base. When the shoots are 40 to 50 cm long put a fork under the tuber and gently lift it out. Separate the shoots and plant them in the bed you have prepared for them as indicated in the article above. Last year, before I knew this, I planted several tubers where I wanted them to grow but after learning the right method I dug up three and planted out about 50 slips. The slips can be left in water while you are waiting to plant them out and in a few days mine put out prolific roots where the base was under water. You can also start the sprouting inside, cutting the tops off tubers and putting the cut down in shallow water, then planting them out when they start to sprout. Roots will also start growing but later than the shoots. Look for the eyes in the tubers as they are where the shoots come from.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 08 Oct, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Also you can use 50-60cm sections of the growing plants 6-8 week old and plant them along the ground with the tip out of the soil. Roots will grow from where each leaf joins the vine.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 01 Oct, Jeanette (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm in Ipswich Qld .I've planted a whole tubor of the purple sweet potato ( after it produced roots in water) and it's shooting up beautifully, do I break these off and plant separately? or try to grow roots in water first? I have had no luck at all with the orange sweet potato.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 02 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Cut it into 4-6 pieces and plant. Then when they have grown for about 2 mths take some of the vine about 5-600mm long and plant in the soil laying horizontal with just the end sticking out of the soil. Water well for week or so.
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Parsnip 30 Sep, Gloria Yates (USA - Zone 8b climate): Can I plant now in we nc 8b?
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Parsnip 23 Sep, Hope (USA - Zone 8b climate): Yes, that’s what I’m doing. I’ve been starting then indoors in a repurposed mushroom tray with minimal success in germination, but I’m going to presprout then as a previous commenter suggested.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 30 Sep, Diane Cotman (USA - Zone 5a climate): Can I grow Luffa in Bellingham Washington? What sorts of yields can I expect?
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Ginger 30 Sep, Omitton (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Actually am from Malawi am in searching of Ginger and Garlic seeds if possible to find it or is there any other way to find it or where can I find it? please contact me 0744720640
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 29 Sep, promila Relan (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate): I bought cape berries from farmers market in Calgary Alberta, I remved the seeds from the caper berries. It was in July.--too hot outside. So I kept the tiny pot inside and re potted them as needed. It was very easy. Now I have three plant in three pots about 18 inches tall.and I am waiting for summer- Now I need to know will I have fruit if planted outside and when. I also want to know the precautions necessary to be successful. I do love gardening
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 29 Sep, Rowan (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): What type do pinto bean belong to??
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Basil 28 Sep, Muffin (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): Your page doesnt mention about how to water basil. Does it need a lot, a little, often or not too often?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 28 Sep, Frank (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Planted broadbeans in late April, have lots of flowers but no pods, do I still wait or should I just work them in as it is getting time to plant for summer?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 03 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If you don't have beans by now - Oct, probably time to put out.
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Ginger 26 Sep, Annette Kaye (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I have grown ginger successfully for 10 years now. I started when a piece from the supermarket sprouted and so I planted it in the garden. It does extremely well here - in fact it is a pest and grows wild. My question is, the ginger I grow is not as hot as the ginger I buy. It is very mild. Why is that?
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Ginger 13 Oct, John (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Your older dried ginger is not as spicy? or are you comparing young ginger which is mild compared to older dried ginger? In Thailand you get dishes with fresh young ginger stir fried as a vegetable as it is nice and mild and not fibrous.
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Ginger 08 Oct, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Never grown it but it might have something to do with the variety or maybe too much water, Do some research on the net about varieties.
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Brussels sprouts 26 Sep, Kelvin (New Zealand - temperate climate): I planted in late May and now (early spring) the stems are 1-2 foot tall and small sprouts are forming but the tops are starting to flower. Should I leave them, pinch out the flowers or just pull out the whole plants?
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Brussels sprouts 08 Oct, Sudhakar Jha (New Zealand - temperate climate): Same with my plant, what to do?
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Brussels sprouts 07 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If flowering the plant is coming to its end. Not enough fertiliser or the growing season is ending. It is a winter crop and for cool cold climates.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 24 Sep, Greta (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I originally took free tubers left by a neighbour on the kerb. I planted five in a raised garden bed of one metre diameter. I've harvested about 5 kg of them! I've been giving them away, cooking & eating them, frozen the last batch as well. I call them fartichokes. They're a handsome plant with pretty flowers that don't appear until late summer.
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 24 Sep, Werner Kemp (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Were in the Eastern Cape ,specific In Port Elizabeth ,South Africa can I find a distributor or shop who,sells The Chinese Pak or Bok Choy white Cabbage . ? yours Werner
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 18 Aug, Cornelis Reiman (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Not sure if its the plants you're looking for but I got the seeds for both at Checkers, Cape Town
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Tomato 23 Sep, David Perry (Australia - temperate climate): What temperature should the soil be to plant out tomatoe seedlings in Melboune? It is now Sept 23. Is it too early. Thank you.
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Tomato 03 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You could probably grow tomatoes all year - I do in sub-tropical area even though it says seeds in Aug Sept and seedlings Oct to Jan. This website is only a guide.
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Tomato 03 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The guide above says plant seedlings out Oct to Jan. Your answer is there.
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