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Watermelon 28 Dec, Uta (New Zealand - temperate climate): I'm growing them for the first time, in Manawatu. So far with the heat and sun we've been having they're doing well. But they'll need a long season, so fingers crossed. My first transplant died in the wind, so shelter is important, in Wellington too :-)
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Watermelon 26 Jan, Sally (New Zealand - temperate climate): I’m in the Manawatu also and have 5 watermelons on my plant, never had success before, it’s been so hot that I’m thrilled to have fruit!! Hope yours have been a success too.
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Watermelon 22 Feb, Ane (New Zealand - temperate climate): I'm in Manawatu as well and have 2 plants growing, each have about 6-8 melons. A couple of them are almost the size of a netball and the rest are slightly larger then a tennis ball. Fingers crossed they keep growing:)
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Celeriac 29 Nov, Beate (USA - Zone 8b climate): I want to grow some Celeriac and wonder if the southern heat in the summer will affect its growth. I live in Columbus Georgia and celeriac is not known down here. Also, if I sow in January, will the frost affect it?
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Celeriac 29 Dec, Donna (USA - Zone 8b climate): Being as Celeriac is a root crop, it can easily handle Winters in Georgia, IMO. I live in Port Angeles, WA, and I grow Celeriac all year around. However, I do use about 4" of Alder wood chips. Works great at keeping everything nice and cozy. :-)
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Celeriac 18 Jan, Andi (USA - Zone 8b climate): Hi PA -Donna, I'm in Sequim!! Do you start from seed? No greenhouse here...just raised beds.
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Sage (also Common Sage) 29 Nov, Maz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi working in a nursery and having trouble with sage cuttings dying. In the last few weeks most of the sage cuttings die - the cuttings are done early in morning with rooting powder then placed on a misting table until roots form. Over winter no issues but the warmer weather has created havoc. Any suggestions - should they not be put on a misting table where they get sprayed throughout the day? Thanks in advance. Maz
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 29 Nov, JB (Australia - temperate climate): I would be careful when planting it as a companion in among other plants because it grows very large and spreads everywhere and can actually end up shading other plants and taking up a lot of room. It's a great way to attract bees though so I would recommend setting an area where there is space for it to grow aside and planting it there. It flowers pretty much all year round and pops up absolutely everywhere once it gets going which is good because you can cut it back or pull it out when it's in the way and you know it will appear again later somewhere in the garden.
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Rhubarb 28 Nov, Sandy (USA - Zone 8b climate): I got a clump of rhubarb from my sister this summer. I have a brick planter in the front yard that had some room, so I planted it there, beside an artichoke plant. Gave it a good dose of vitamin B1, kept it well watered and it has been doing very well, looking very healthy, and, all of a sudden, it turned yellow. It started turning yellow in October. Could it be, it needs more water (I haven't been watering it much, now that it is looking so good)? Could it be the frost (we have had a few frosty mornings. Just in case it's the frost, I've been covering it at night. Thank you for any insight that can be offered.
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Rhubarb 26 Feb, Carol Nevius Jones (USA - Zone 9b climate): Rhubarb goes dormant in winter and regrow in Spring. Yellowing after a frost is normal.
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Rhubarb 28 Nov, Lindsay (USA - Zone 9b climate): Carol, have you grown it in 9b? Everything I’m finding says it’s not going to work.
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Rhubarb 07 Dec, Paula (USA - Zone 10a climate): Lindsay, my parents grew it in either 9b or 10a under the shade of a citrus tree. It never got as spectacular as those grown in cooler climates but they did get some fresh stalks for about 5 years.
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Peas 28 Nov, Cath (New Zealand - temperate climate): Can you grow peas from fresh bought pods?
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Onion 27 Nov, John (Australia - temperate climate): Hello and thanks for your time I would like to grow red onions i live in the wrstarn suburbs of Adelaide when do I plant seed thank you .
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Onion 01 Dec, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): Read what it says above - it tells you.
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 27 Nov, Don (Australia - temperate climate): I have young silver beet in a raised outdoor bed, leaves are approx the size of the top of a cup and they are all going to seed. What is the best way to handle?
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 29 Nov, Tanya (Australia - temperate climate): I don't think there is anything you can do to stop them going to seed. These thou I find just usually self sow (so just let them go) and more will come up. (I have silverbeet all year round in that bed and I don't replant them)
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 27 Nov, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): How fertile is the soil. A plant once it has used the fertiliser in the soil will go to seed to reproduce itself. I haven't grown silver beet for 20 odd years although a fellow has some growing in the Men's Shed gardens I look after. He has just started to pick them the last week. These were planted after a crop of lettuce and once the SB were established from very small seedlings I gave them a little hit up with fertiliser. I use a little Tupperware cup of fertiliser (7cm across and 4cm deep) into 9 liters of water - leave for a few hours and give a good stir. I used that 9 L to water 7 SB, 12 climbing beans, 4 Ceylon spinach and 6 rock melon plants. YOU could pick the seed head off and give them a fertilizing - but I think it might be too late.
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 25 May, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Thanks for this Mike. Great helpful reply. I planted spinach a few weeks back from seedlings. Doesn't look like the silverbeet I grew up with but they're slowly doing well (touch wood).
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Watermelon 26 Nov, Jilly (New Zealand - temperate climate): I would.like to know why lately a lot of supermarket watermelons are rubbery and soft in texture?? ..ugly to eat..not lovely and crisp
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Marrow 25 Nov, Anna (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Sadly, I didn't get any answers or help, however, I located old marrow seed and they are germinating. Pumpkins are mostly ready and big old squash are now half grown. Subtropical weather is not very kind to many fruits and vegies at this time of the year so I am finding but I am also discovering what does really well!
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Marrow 02 Jul, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): HI ann, Glad you found some marrow. I searched for years and finally, bi go! I planted some marrow seeds a couple if weeks and 3 have germinated.Exciting. Can't wait to plant them out and hope I get to share and eat them not least save their seeds. Yr so right, subtropical weather is a challenge. Here's to many better and more prosperous times in tbe garden How have your marrrow fared??
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Marrow 27 Nov, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Anna - The posts just on this page go back to 31 Dec 2014 and no posting by you, asking questions. I take it you are asking about marrow, squash and pumpkins. For these you need to know if you have frosts or not. For pumpkin I would grow into the winter (they mature slower and keep longer after picking). Probably all of these you could grow (plant seeds say March/April) into the winter or plant seeds August or when you feel frosts have finished and grow in spring. Yes the weather conditions you experience have a big impact on what you can plant. I live in Bundy and you maybe Sydney. You may have lots of frosts or none at all. Very high temps or lower than normal. Big down pours of rain or none at all. In Oct we had double the record - 245 mm (since 1946) of rainfall - 550 mms this year. Although I have a near full garden at the moment - I usually would have all my plants harvested by now - far too hot usually in summer - plants suffer so much in the middle of the day. I usually grow veggies from March to Oct - then rest the ground and add mulch etc during the summer. The ground needs a rest and so do I.
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Broccoli 24 Nov, Julie Baglin (Australia - tropical climate): Hi, I live in Maitland. My broccoli plant has heaps of large, healthy leaves, but no broccoli yet. Is this normal?
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Broccoli 27 Nov, Phil Andrews (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Julie are you in Maitland South Australia or Maitland New South Wales either way it doesn't really matter how old are the Broccoli plants? As long as they are healthy the heads will come eventually.
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Broccoli 27 Nov, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Probably too much Nitrogen in the soil. Also they are better grown into winter not summer.
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Gourd (also summer squash) 24 Nov, L A Feely (New Zealand - temperate climate): As i make unusual instruments , I would like to make something from a gourd if I could grow some in the nelson /Tasman area. Will they grow here? If so how do i process one after maturity so the shell stays hard. Thank you.
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Gourd (also summer squash) 06 Nov, Te Ruwai (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I saw this article online which you may find helpful www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/110093347/how-to-grow-and-decorate-bottle-gourds
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Garlic 23 Nov, Manju Campbell (New Zealand - temperate climate): I planted garlic in may and it was so healthy up October and now it get a rust will you please let me know when is the harvesting season .or what shall I do
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Pumpkin 23 Nov, terry (Australia - sub-tropical climate): hi im in nth NSW just near kyogle and lismore my pumpkin plants refuse to form pumkins there seems to be no bees anywhere and its getting to be a major worry Queensland blue pumkins are the best tasting for use in sweet pumpkin pies ill try to hand pollonatye today also is it likely i will have the same problems if i buy seedlings these ones were seed i saved out of a pumkin from last year thanks for your time Terry
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