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Asparagus 09 Aug, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Where can I buy asparagus crowns. I live in Gauteng, Benoni.
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Potato 08 Aug, Ross Duncan (Australia - tropical climate)
What potato varieties will grow in the tropics? I live in Cairns & want to plant potato but not sure which type will grow here.
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Potato 10 Aug, (Australia - tropical climate)
Google it. It all depends what kind of seed potato you can buy there. Try Bunnings or produce places.
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Asparagus 08 Aug, June Dunn (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My asparagus is now two years old and already shooting. Should I crop and eat or leave alone and also should I put manure and compost on now before spring. Thanks
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Asparagus 10 Aug, (Australia - tropical climate)
They say at 2 y o leave the ones thinner than a pencil - pick the bigger ones. Put the compost manure on now. Lay off the watering from end of May early June to allow the ferns to dry back a bit. Then in August cut the ferns and put the compost on and start watering Sept.
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Lettuce 08 Aug, Ntokozo ntuli (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Is it not good to plant iceberg lettuce in summer? Please give me some advices on iceberg lettuce.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Aug, Christie Chaplin-Saunders (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
My Inca berries have flower buds now...
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Horseradish 07 Aug, david (Australia - tropical climate)
I live in Nicaragua, there never is any frost. Can I grow horseradish here? Is there a secret to growing in hot climates?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 06 Aug, (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
I have just picked my rambling cape gooseberry bush clean, anticipating some lovely jam. The berries are tiny. About the size of a small pea! Any hints so I might get fatter ones next year?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 09 Sep, Angela (Australia - temperate climate)
I grow the Aunt Molly variant /relative- also known as Ground Cherry. You don’t pick them. You wait till they fall and the case has turned papery and gather them from the ground. This happens very late in the season, seems to take forever. Highly recommend Aunt Molly.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Poor soil or growing conditions - the amount of sunlight etc. If you have a smaller weak plant then hit it up with some fertiliser or add some compost or manures around the plant for the next crop.
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Rhubarb 06 Aug, David Newstead (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
What times of year is rhubarb picking session around Brisbane
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Rhubarb 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Sorry, no idea. I'm from way down South originally and can't remember a time when we did not have rhubarb growing. I've planted a few rhubarb seeds and planted them out where I live in the sub-tropics and they are starting to spread their wings. I am hoping that although they have a long way to grow, they will end up on my table! Looks like it might be a while. Just keep your eye on any rhubarb you've planted, if you have. What I now get in shops is nothing like the rhubarb I grew up with. I am accustomed to lovely thick stalks, and the shop ones are quite skinny as if .. ? Well, I don't know, unless they are grown in shadehouses and can't reach for the sun, or other. No idea. Google around - harvesting and/or picking rhubarb (au) etc.
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Rhubarb 06 Aug, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
When they have fully grown. Look at some photos (on the net) of rhubarb plants/stalks and judge from that.
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Cauliflower 04 Aug, Steve (Australia - temperate climate)
Being new to the veggie planting, and can I say I really do enjoy my little garden. My question is when is the right time to remove the cauliflower heads??
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Cauliflower 06 Aug, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Caulies can look a couple of different ways. A good caulie will have a nice tight head. A No 1 caulie will be open looking. Check what a good caulie looks like in a supermarket. Probably not long after they reach full size - not growing bigger any more.
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Horseradish 04 Aug, David Marks (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Does anyone have any horseradish roots for planting. Thanks
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Strawberry Plants 03 Aug, Ken ODonnell (Australia - temperate climate)
Why do my strawberries go mouldy ? I have them in raised garden pots and on mulch. The 1st fruits didnt go mouldy . Thankyou,
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Strawberry Plants 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Ken, sorry to hear you're having mold problems with yr strawberries. I', not in your zone and although I am currently growing 4 strawberry plants that were a gift to me (I have them under a roughly-made 'cloche-shaped' wire because something trampled some of my vegies - possum or some such). They are looking healthy although I am fairly certain (not 100% and have not checked) that like tomatoes, they do not like to have their leaves wet (says me. who often wets them both). and that this causes all sorts of diseases, one of which may be mold (it would make sense)? I am a newbie gardener and learning as I go. But do check such things as watering (frequently/infrequently - can be a problem and cause diseases) feeding, etc. esp in this case things like strawberry diseases (Australia), etc. Also, try to buy old seed, heirlooms etc. A basil disease that has been in the USA for about ten years has now hit Australia. As far as I know it is in Qld and Northern NSW. One person admitted selling diseased basil seeds. I could be jumping the gun but I believe this would not happen with old varieties. Best *PS Can someone tell me whether or not I can plant out various and different seedlings, (instead of) where the Gardenate planting reminder mailout says 'sow seed? Thanks in advance.
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Strawberry Plants 06 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Google gray mold in strawberries.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 02 Aug, Glenn Yu (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
We are looking for strawberry seed
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Strawberries (from seeds) 03 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Google and then go to eBay. Look out - a few are China etc.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 Aug, Heather-anne Lang (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi I live on Pirongia in the Waikato and am wanting to grow some yacon. Does anyone have any crowns to share or sell. Because we are on the side of a mountain we don't get frosts so hopefully it will grow well. Thanks.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 08 Feb, Jay (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Hi Heather, Did you get any yakon when you inquired? I live in the village and have just been given a plant, we could share.
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Horseradish 31 Jul, Annebelle van Tongeren (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi. I would love to plant a bed of horseradish as I am finding it impossible to buy. If there is anyone you could suggest who might be able to help me set up my patch, that would be great. Thanks.
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Horseradish 04 Aug, Steve (Australia - temperate climate)
I brought mine at Bunnings planted out and it’s going well
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Horseradish 02 Aug, Ian Lakeland (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Annebelle,try New Gippsland Seed Farm inSilvan. Horseradish is listed on their web site and you can order online.Regards Ian
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 30 Jul, Graham Donnelly (Australia - tropical climate)
Could you please tell me why my rosellas are wilting and dying One seems to get the wilts and then all the others seem to follow I have a patch of about 20 trees ,they get to approx 3to 4 foot high and just seem to wilt and die The same area last year all the trees were fine I need help Please
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 25 Mar, Tessa (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I just read a story about a farmer who said you should never plant Roselles in the same place as last season, they dont do well for some reason
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 02 Aug, mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Google about wilting in rosella.
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