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Sage (also Common Sage) 26 Apr, Sal (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): pinch the flowers if you want to foster increased leaf production.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 12 Oct, Rose (Australia - temperate climate): I pick my flowers off every year, and 4yr old shrubs are now 1m round balls of deliciously scented leaves
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Sage (also Common Sage) 26 Apr, Gail (Australia - temperate climate): Howdy im working towards being a white sage grower in South Australia, if you're interested in being apart of my journey, feel free to email me. Cheers.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 02 Feb, Geraldine (Australia - arid climate): Hi Gail, how is your white sage venture going ? I am just harvesting seeds of my one precious plant. Do you know if now is best to sow swwd or spring ? Also have you used smoke water to help with germination ?
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Sage (also Common Sage) 21 Jul, Jackie (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Gail, Wondering how you are going with your White Sage journey? I live Goolwa way and would like to plant White Sage in my front garden. Have a pot of Pineapple Sage, very beautiful, smell..... amazing! Thank you Jackie
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Sage (also Common Sage) 14 Oct, Rhiannon (Australia - temperate climate): hi Gail, Please email me about your sage journey in south Oz! Very keen to know if it took off as you expected
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Sage (also Common Sage) 16 Jun, Lois (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi Gail, i'd be interested in hearing about your white sage growing. Hopefully my email address is visible t you! Cheers, Lois (Gardenate doesn't show email addresses unless they are part of the comment -Liz)
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Sage (also Common Sage) 16 Jun, Lois (New Zealand - temperate climate): Thanks Liz. Gail, if you have time to keep in touch, my email is [email protected]. Thank you
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Spinach (also English spinach) 26 Apr, Helen (New Zealand - temperate climate): Can you please advise whether all brassicas like some lime or are spinach and cauliflower plants Ok with more acid soil.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 08 May, Andrea (New Zealand - temperate climate): Spinach isn't actually a brassica but likes lime yes. Cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collard greens and some Asian greeens are in the genus Brassica. See this link if you're interested. https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-plants-in-the-family-Brassicaceae-2004620
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Asparagus 25 Apr, Jene (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Its my first time trying to grow asparagus as i love this vegetable and would like to know its sensitivity to wind and sun? I live in kzn
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Garlic 24 Apr, Daniel Barresi (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Has anyone used a weedecide such as roundup prior to garlic emerging?
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Garlic 25 Apr, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The roundup would have to come in contact with the leaves of the garlic to do it any damage.
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Garlic 10 Jun, Sensible (Australia - temperate climate): Who in their right mind would use poison in the vicinity of where they are growing food?
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Asparagus 23 Apr, Tony (Australia - temperate climate): Hi all, our asparagus ferns are still green.We're in Gisborne Vic.Should we wait till they turn completely brown or can we trim them off now.Will it make any difference to the crowns if cut them now while they're still green .Thanks Tony
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Asparagus 24 Apr, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm no expert - I have been growing them for 3 yrs. The new spears shoot in early Spring. So do not trim them now. I made the mistake of cutting them in late July last year and I had a very poor crop. My advise is to water them until the end of this month and then no watering. Let the plant die off. Then in late August cut the dead stalks off and put on the composted manure or just some good compost.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Apr, Erika kluge (Australia - temperate climate): How do i know to take out the capsicum plant after a rather successful season..
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 18 May, David (Australia - temperate climate): I read on this site years ago about a person who had 3 seasons off his/her plant. It thought that I might try the same. Next season will be my fourth. The fruit isn't as large as what you buy at the grocers but are quite acceptable and sweet. The plant will look ratty during the cooler months. Around September I start cutting off the ratty leaves that are close to new growth, being careful to leave enough large leaves to keep the plant growing. This might take 4-6 weeks of removing the old leaves. I also have to support the plant due to the quantity of fruit. Perhaps if I thinned out the fruit I would have larger capsicums. Just tried this for fun but the results have been pleasing.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 24 Apr, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): When the yield drops off and fruit are becoming small, time to pull them out. A plant only has a limited cycle. A crop may take 12 weeks until it bears and then produce for 4-6 weeks and then that is the end of the cycle.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 25 Aug, genna (Australia - temperate climate): one of my capsicum plants will be in its 3rd summer this yr (2018-19). have had amazing fruit from it over the last two years. will see how it goes this year, but am sowing more for the season.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 21 Apr, Jim (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Has anyone got any spare Yacon in Toowoomba? Cheers, JIm.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 23 Apr, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If no success try Boondie Seeds (lives in Armidale NSW) - they have them but sold out at the moment - contact her to find out when she might have them back in stock. Sometimes she has stock when the website says sold out.
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Rhubarb 20 Apr, susan tauber (Australia - temperate climate): I have dug my mature rhubarb up to move. What do i do with the huge roots. does it matter if some of the root is knocked off. thanks for your help
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Rhubarb 23 Apr, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): From Iowa state Uni -- US Rhubarb can be transplanted in early spring or early fall (mid-September through early October). Rhubarb does best in fertile, well-drained soils and full sun. The best time to transplant rhubarb is in early spring before growth begins. Carefully dig up the plant with a spade. Large plants may be divided into several sections. Each section should have 2 or 3 buds and a portion of the root system. Transplant each section into the garden with the buds 1 1/2 to 2 inches below the soil surface. Space plants 3 feet apart. Rhubarb also can be successfully transplanted in early fall. Fall planted rhubarb should be mulched with several inches of straw. The mulch provides additional time for the rhubarb plants to get reestablished before the ground freezes.
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Cauliflower 19 Apr, Leanne Webb (Australia - temperate climate): You forgot bakeing cauliflower and it is fantastic better than all other types of cooking. Just a bit of olive oil and season to taste
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 19 Apr, Adrian (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My question is I'm in Queensland Brisbane wanting to grow chilli seeds over the winter ready for summer if I use a heat mat will that be sufficient enough to get them ready for summer
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 22 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Think about whether you live in a frost free, then read the above again. Time to plant what temperature you need, time it takes to grow. It is all there.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 22 Apr, Lina (Australia - temperate climate): I'm in Melbourne and grew chili seeds over winter successfully just by putting the pot in a sunny window over winter, then planted them outside in late spring. If that works down here it should work up there without a heat mat too... :)
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 20 Apr, John Macmahon (Australia - temperate climate): G'day Adrian. I tried with the heat mat last year and did not get a very good result and a late crop. Having said that I now have 1.2m tall Carolina Reaper, Moruga Scorpian and Bhut Jolokia from which I will be striking cuttings for next season to increase production. I have previously got from three to five years cropping from well cared for and fed plants.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 06 Oct, Susan (Australia - cool/mountain climate): John, my son has had trouble getting his hot hot chilli seeds to germinate also, and he too used a heat mat. Not being accustomed to subtropical growing of anything, can you make a suggestion as to why this seems to be a feature of the hot varieties of chilli?
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