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Rhubarb 30 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes again - it is there,
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Pumpkin 28 Aug, Judy (Australia - temperate climate): We live in maryborough Vic and would like to know when we should plant pumpkins. And do we need to have any other plants around for the bees to come
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Pumpkin 30 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You found pumpkin and set your climate to temperate - check the monthly calendar planting/sowing guide. The big green capital P means when to plant. Try to notice if you have bees in your yard, if not look up on the internet - bee attracting flowers and plant some.
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Potato 28 Aug, Niresh (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Which area is ideal for potato cultivation and where i can go for the cultivaton over 50acres of land
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Potato 30 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try the internet for growing potatoes in NZ.
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Rhubarb 28 Aug, Cherrie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm on the gold coast and I want to grow rhubarb in a big 65lt tub, is that tub too big? I'm not sure of the root ball size it will get to. Was thinking this size would prevent the pot from falling over as the plant got bigger? Thanks in advance for any replies xx
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Rhubarb 28 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): It says spacing of 90cm between plants - so a pot 60-90cm across would be good.
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Asparagus 28 Aug, JENNIFER KELLY (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I buy my asparagus crowns from Green Harvest who are located in Queensland and sell their products, seeds and edible plants by mail order or if you live near them you can buy in person. They are an organic plant seller.
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Rhubarb 27 Aug, Merri (USA - Zone 10a climate): I am moving to St. Petersburg, FL next month. I will miss my rhubarb if I don't take some with me. Will it grow successfully in zone 10A?
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Rhubarb 05 Jan, Petra (USA - Zone 9a climate): I am on the east coast neR Jacksonville zone 9a and have tried numerous times to grow Rhubarb. Summers here are just to brutal (hot and humid) for it to grow. I would love for someone to say it is not so and to share how they successfully grow it here
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Pumpkin 27 Aug, Myles (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate): Hello! I currently have an amazing crop of pumpkins but as August draws to a close the threat of frost becomes greater. I am wondering how to handle this if the vines are not dying off yet. If they have to be picked because of frost soon, how do I keep them till Halloween!
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 27 Aug, PETER /Melbourne (Australia - temperate climate): Does thyme prefer acidic, alkaline or a neutral Ph soil?
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 28 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Acidic soil 5.5 to 7.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 27 Aug, John (Australia - temperate climate): Can Okra grown in the North West Tasmania with temp around low to mid 20 degrees. I enjoy your information.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 28 Aug, Mike (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Most of Tassie is cool/mountain. No planting guide here - too cold probably. 20 degrees - summer/winter - day or night temp????? Google and read up about TRYING to grow in cool/cold climate.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 26 Aug, Mokhethi (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): When is it best time to grow maize for first harvest? ?
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Ginger 26 Aug, Marg (Australia - temperate climate): I live on the sth coast nsw and my ginger was pot planted 2016. The spring of 2017 crop was not amazing so I used a little and replanted majority. Now Sept 2018 and I can feel the large clumps In the pot soil! Looking forward to harvest and repotting. Your site has been well presented. Many thanks.
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Ginger 06 Sep, Peter (Australia - temperate climate): I have been growing ginger in West Gippsland for a couple of years, but always in the hothouse! Same with Lemon Grass, Galangal, water chestnuts and Turmeric. Although I have seen others who manage these in warm corners of their verandah.
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Ginger 27 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): They don't recommend planting ginger in the temperate zone on this website so you are doing well. It is a warm climate crop so just remember that, if you have a poor year - probably had cool/cold weather. For more info google how to grow ginger.
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Ginger 19 Sep, Bron (Australia - temperate climate): Temperate Hunter is sub tropical ish now
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 25 Aug, George (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Is it little too late now to only have a few developing fruit? I've read that fruit takes 60 days to mature on the plant.
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Garlic 25 Aug, Edward Shayne Solomon (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): When do i plant garlic.Iam in St Helena Bay Western Cape
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 25 Aug, Dorothy (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi. Can anyone help. I live in the Redlands and can grow cape gooseberries beautifully but Pest love them. I get about three different types of insects and a grub. Incesticide doesn’t help much, tried clay dust, all sorts... I have heard about boiled up ruhbarb leaves works against bugs. Can anyone help please. Dorothy
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 27 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Have you tried tomato dust or try yellow sticky paper/traps on eBay or buy from Bunnings or the cheap shops.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 27 Aug, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): Go to Gardenpatch Organics Seeds and Plants on the internet. Click garden products and garden netting - vegie netting. 3.5 ($4/m) or 6m ($7.50/m) wide. Buy 2 meters. Put a few stakes in and hang the netting up on it - like an A frame. It will keep all insects and bugs out.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 31 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Do you mean cover the entire frame so nothing enters? If so then how are things eg tomatoes, pollinated? Thnx.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 11 Nov, Jonathan (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): Most of these plants are wind pollinated too. Just a little shake gets them pollinated.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Cover the whole frame - tomatoes pollinate by the wind mainly. If you want to keep insects out then you need to use vegie netting, If birds - bird netting. Vegie netting means you can have rows approx. 9' long and 3.5 meter wide will go around both side of the plants. I put two stakes in the ground about 8-9' apart. A steel rod between them to keep them apart. 1200mm high 150mm x 150mm wire mesh between the posts tied to the posts. You wind the tomato plant in and out of the 150mm sq holes and can use bale twine or whatever to hold the plants to the mesh. Put some thin poles out about 12-18
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Cabbage 23 Aug, Adam (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Hi! Can you please provide us with contacts of those who can help blacks emerging farmers. Planting cabbages is not an issue but market it is. If companies like tiger brand can come on board to help us we can be like those who are in cash crops farming knowing where to supply. Thank you (Gardenate is NOT a farming advisory service, so this is a one-off posting)
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 23 Aug, Komal (Australia - arid climate): Hi I l lives in NSW. Last year I planted okra. I got lots of okra, but now only stem are left. No leafs. Should I germinate seeds again or wait for leafs n flower?
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