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Yacon (also Sunroot) 19 Jul, Gawie Steyn (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi Caroline Can you help us to get some Yacon to plant. Thanks Gawie
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 19 Jul, Julie Bourke (Australia - temperate climate): I have just harvested about 5 kgs of yacon tubers and I was wondering how long they will last before cooking/eating and should they be kept in the fridge?? I am just trying to work out whether it is best to give most away or whether they will last until we eat them....5kgs is rather a lot of yacon!!! Can you overdose on it???
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 21 Mar, Jose (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Don't fridge yacon tuber. Only the rhizomes, if you need to fridge any of it. Cool cupboard or hung in a cotton bag in the garage in a dark spot works well. These will last many months. Most yacon people watch for when the outside starts to grow some surface mould and then consume the last ones quickly. The mould just cuts off, hasn't entered the tuber. Yacon will look AWFUL and squishy and gross in a matter of weeks and that's when they are best consumed. So age them for a few weeks at least. I'd say 5 months is a minimum to be able to store them and last year I got mine to 8 months before I saw any issues. I'm in a cool and dry climate. The only overdose you'll achieve on yacon is a lot of insoluble fibre that many westerners are not used to and your belly bugs will love and you and others around you may not appreciate. It has no ill effect though and is healthy. If you eat predominantly a vegan or veggo diet than it may not have this effect for you. (Gardenate : More information here https://www.permaculture.co.uk/How-to-grow-harvest-eat-yacon )
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 20 Jul, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): They may keep for a few weeks in the fridge. There is a YouTube video
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 18 Jul, Donna (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi, I am just starting out and was wanting peoples opinion on grow bags. Are they any good, worth purchasing etc.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 05 Sep, Simon Milsted (Australia - temperate climate): I have just purchased some fabric type grow bags for my garden for a number of different uses. Some have been set up in wicking beds with dwarf fruit trees and some are for vegetables & flowers for attracting bees & insects. We rent so this means we can take them with us if we have to move.The fabric also allows for air pruning. I never liked pots as they dry out too quickly and the roots get into a mess but these seem to help that and the wicking beds allow for watering when you can't. Will see how they go!
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 19 Jul, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate): As far as I'm concerned a patch of soil in the back yard is the best to grow veges in. You can then use bags pots whatever. These need a lot more attention I believe - dry out quicker. You have to weigh up the costs involved with buying and then the soil etc. It then becomes whether you are doing it for the enjoyment of it or doing it cost effectively. I love growing veges but I also try and do it cost effectively. I want value for the money I spend.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 04 Aug, Donna (Australia - sub-tropical climate): thanks - we have no yard so grow bags are a good alternative to having the luxury of a patch of dirt I guess.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 09 Sep, Angela (Australia - temperate climate): I haven’t had a lot of luck with the grow bags. My most successful containers have been the Greensmart pots. More expensive than grow bags but I have harvested lots of cherry tomatoes, eggplant, silverbeet, basil from them. They need watering less often than conventional pots.
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Potato 18 Jul, Deb Smith (USA - Zone 7b climate): Can we grow tomatoes in early August in Zone 7 to harvest by Thanksgiving?
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Horseradish 18 Jul, Chad (USA - Zone 8b climate): I enjoy eating what we can grow here on our farm. I've been thinking of growing horseradish. I'm in the central MS area. 8b I think but not certain. This will only be growing for our use not looking to grow commercial. What can I do or would you recommend? Thank you
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Horseradish 04 Jun, Lucy (USA - Zone 5a climate): I have horseradish it’s easy to grow. I live up in northern Minnesota. By accident I have three patches growing. Remember to get rid of weeds around the horseradish. Also you shouldn’t dig up the roots until September through April. Months with a R in them. Try going where they sell plants and ask if they have horseradish roots.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 17 Jul, John. Spencer (Australia - temperate climate): I have a good crop of broad beans growing in big pots. They are approx 10--15 weeks old & flowering , however on beans are forming. I have noticed no bees are around. I am in perth. John
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 19 Jul, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Broad beans are usually slow to start setting fruit. If you check every few days, you will probably find some beans appearing. Broad beans have two methods of pollination,. Their primary method is self-pollination, in other words they do not need insects to produce a crop. However, they can also be pollinated by insect activity and will produce the best crop when pollinated using both methods. More here : www.gardenfocused.co.uk/vegetable/broad-beans.php
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 18 Jul, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): i have never grown them. Normal beans when they flower have a little bean under the flower - this grows into the bean. Go on the internet and google growing BB in Perth.
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Artichokes (Globe) 16 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): On Zone 13b it has no planting date - so probably won't grow. In tropics in Australia it says plant April to July. You could try.
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Rhubarb 14 Jul, christine cunliffe (New Zealand - temperate climate): can you grow rhubarb in shade
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Rhubarb 12 Sep, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate): Read the notes here. A cool weather crop. In warmer climates it can be grown in some shade.
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Rhubarb 29 Jul, Brigitte (New Zealand - temperate climate): Our Rhubarb was grown in semi shade with sun for the morning till afternoon under a leaky spouting ;) and it grew beautifully, huge leaves also. We moved one crown to a rather shady area which got little sun and it failed to thrive for a start - again we got large leaves, but the stalks were quite thin, so in a nutshell....semi shade with some sun seems to be best :)
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Rhubarb 28 Jul, Bob Jenkins (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Christine, I live in the Bay of Plenty NZ and have copious crops of rhubarb from four well established plants that grow to the south of a lemon tree . The most southern plant is much more vigorous than the plant nearest the lemon which is partially shaded by it. In fact the rhubarb plants are progressively happier the further they are away from the shade which certainly proves that they are sun lovers, however the shadiest plant does provide a reasonable yield.hope this helps Bob jenkins
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Rhubarb 15 Jul, John (Australia - temperate climate): All plants need some sunshine. Rhubarb as a leaf crop will grow with less than tomatoes, beans, etc. An hour or two in the morning would be good but if you don't get direct sun but still plenty of light I would give it a go. You can always transplant it to a better spot, maybe in a tub, next winter
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Garlic 13 Jul, Julie hall (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Where iam at the moment it get verry cold and forsty in the morning I know it.s may be a bit late to plant garlic but will it still be ok to plant it now or preferably when the frost almost over towards modd August i think ingoulburn Unless the cloves are not effected by the frost
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Garlic 16 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): For cool/mountain it say plant Apr/May so you are too late. If you plant now the crop may fail. You could try - wouldn't plant too many though.
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Garlic 16 Jul, Ray S (Australia - cool/mountain climate): You could certainly try planting now, the sooner the better because garlic needs to go through the cold to get a decent size to it. The plants are totally unaffected by frosts down to at least -12°C which is what we get here in July. Just for your information, I usually plant garlic late March for a November harvest. In Goulburn you could probably wait until April/May. Good luck with it.
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Garlic 17 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): A saying - plant the shortest day of the year and harvest the longest day. 21st June - 21st Dec.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 13 Jul, PoMei (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have plenty of yacon eyes to plant and I will be at the Maleny markets on Sundays ...
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 28 Sep, Carolyna (Australia - arid climate): Hi PoMei. How much are you selling the yacon rhyzomes for? Have they been stored in coir or cool soil since harvesting? Have they started to sprout? How many are available? (Note from Gardenate - we don't promote selling; exchange or gift is our preferred option)
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Artichokes (Globe) 13 Jul, timothy Bryan hawaii (USA - Zone 13b climate): Anyone grown Artichokes in Hawaii? I'm on the North Shore so its pretty rainy periodically, but temps are in the 70s-80s. Basically its the windward side of the island on Maui. My wife loves them so i'd like to try I already bought two plants any suggestions would be great!! thanks!
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 13 Jul, Barbara Conje (Australia - tropical climate): Will silverbeet grow in the tropics (Darwin)? If so, what time of year? Thank you.
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 16 Jul, (Australia - tropical climate): Plant April to June - in future select your climate zone and then the vegetable and then read up about it.
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