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Strawberry Plants 26 Aug, Raut (USA - Zone 11b climate): Pls suggest me appropriate varieties of strawberry and sowing time. Thks
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Strawberry Plants 20 Mar, Elizabeth (USA - Zone 10b climate): Wish Farms in Plant City Florida are the BEST, contact them and they will help you.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 26 Aug, Cathie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My choko vine is healthy and gets flowers no fruit forms we have native bees live between Yeppoon and Rockhampton given potash, composted manure is it lacking something and what Ph they like
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 28 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The notes here say plant Oct-Nov. Maybe yours is a bit out of season. We have had a very mild Winter. Don't go too hard with the potash - maybe only put potash on when it has flowered and fruit has set. Google about growing it - it needs warm weather to grow.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 28 Aug, Darren (Australia - temperate climate): Despite your vine having flowers, how old is it? On this site, it states that chokoes need a long growing season of 4 to 6 months.
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Garlic 26 Aug, Alan (Australia - temperate climate): Planted garlic in June in pots and in vege patch. All plants growing well until 2 weeks ago when I started noticing yellowing of leaves any remedies please
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Garlic 28 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): "Yellow tips are such a common garlic phenomenon that many consider it “normal.” They can be caused by any number of stressors: a hard winter, a warm spell followed by a freezing spell, mild nutrient deficiencies or imbalances, too much or too little water; a little of this and that. I don’t worry about yellow tips. My garlics usually get them. Everything I read says that unless they are extreme, yields should not be affected. However, yellow stripes, splotches, speckles, leaf curl, thickened leaves, purple veins, or other abnormalities indicate something more serious is going on: soil deficiencies, insect infestations, fungal growth." Google and read up about it.
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Garlic 28 Aug, Darren (Australia - temperate climate): If the leaves are yellowing, and look like they are dying, it is possible your garlic is ready.
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Garlic 25 Aug, Nico (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I would like to know in very dry and hot climates will garlic produce if irrigated and how much water does a garlic plant needs
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Carrot 25 Aug, Justin (Australia - temperate climate): I got carrot seeds to grow in 1 week, that's right, I soaked the seeds in warm water for 24 hours then sowed them out & covered with a thin layer of sugar cane mulch.
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Carrot 29 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): An old trick was to put a damp hessian bag on the seeds until they germinated. Or today you could use shade cloth - probably the 90% the best. Cost about $10/m 1800mm wide.
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Carrot 28 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Bet you had fun trying to plant out small wet carrot seeds.
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Carrot 02 May, Jennifer (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I can just imagine it, tiny wet seeds, it’s difficult enough to sow when they are dry. I planted my seeds in a large pot hope they are successful, I like your tips
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Carrot 05 Oct, Ashmoore (Australia - temperate climate): I just buy the ones on tape,so basically just lay the tape down and lightly cover and water
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 24 Aug, Lynne (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Can tubers be planted in the fall and harvested the next summer like I do with garlic. We usually have a late spring so it's hard to plant until at least June.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 12 Feb, Paul Lefebvre (Canada - Zone 6a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Jerusalem Artichokes can definitely planted in the fall. Studies show that fall plantings are, in fact, better for production as it promotes an earlier start for the plant.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 30 Oct, rita near kamllops (Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer climate): No one responded so I will. I do not know for certain. I shop at farmer's market where 2 organic farmers grow and sell these. Both know I grow much of my own food. The guy I normally buy these from never suggested I plant any.. He had ended for the season and I purchased from the other grower. She was telling everyone to plant some of what they buy. HOWEVER she often sales pitches to clear out stock. Also they are zone 4 - 5 -along the river near Kamloops.. I'm at much higher elevation in an unpredictable area. I long ago quit buying zone 4 plants due to cold snaps that hit every few years. I'm going to try a couple roots this fall if I can get them in this week. (end Oct, 1st of Nov -the next snow might stay). If you have access to them I suggest you try a few too. All the local growers who are at warmer elevations than I start their garlic in the fall and say it needs the extra growing time. These may need the settling in time too. Trial and error is the best bet in these climates. I'm on a hillside and after 30+ years still marvel how some plants do well in one area but not 10-15 meters away. I think it's related to underground moisture. Good luck!
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Ginger 24 Aug, Sam (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Where can I purchase ginger direct from the farmers to supply in Durban
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Garlic 23 Aug, Lois (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Can I grow garlic near Mooi River in the Natal Midland [ Dec and Jan ave temps 27 deg and 26 deg C] We have frost in winter. Coldest month is June [ave temp 14 deg C] Should it be grown in tunnels or would shade houses suffice? We sometimes experience hail storms. ]
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 23 Aug, Pauline (Australia - temperate climate): I have it growing in my vegetable garden in full sun,and afternoon shade, and it borders on becoming invasive The plant sends out underground runners a bit like mint does. It dies down each winter. I love it for the beautiful skeletal seed cases, so I just rip it out of some areas. I tried it in pots but it quickly filled the pot with roots
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Potato 23 Aug, Paul Kelly (Australia - temperate climate): The leaves on my potatoes seem to be shriveling and dying. Leaving crisp brown holes in the leaves and dead stems. Could it be a fungal disease or insect attack. If it is fungal disease what should I treat it with. Could it be viral?
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Potato 25 Aug, Tim (Australia - temperate climate): How old are your plants? The leaves and stems will die when its time to harvest.
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Oregano (also Pot Marjoram) 23 Aug, Tracey Flynn (Australia - temperate climate): Hi..I have come across a great recipe Jamie Olivers Spicy Lamb Shanks...Absolutely Yum if a meat eater....He suggests Oregano OR Marjoram. I I have used Oregano....I want to grow at my home....wondering why he chose between the 2 herbs....I googled and seems to have an Italian taste.....
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Oregano (also Pot Marjoram) 02 Sep, Anne-Marie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Tracey, my husband makes this yummy dish often and always uses Oregano - better flavour, more versatile and can be used in several other recipes we make, like bolognaise sause, with oven baked Mullet, chicken bone broth. We have grown oregano both in the ground and pot, morning sun and not too wet or it will die! I recently bought some in a pot and repotted it to a larger pot within 3-4 weeks... grows very quickly! We've had a very mild winter (warm days) but very cold nights.
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Basil 23 Aug, M K Sharma (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): hi, i want to buy Basil plant.Its available in cape town, South Africa.
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 23 Aug, Mario Skapin (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I bought the seeds from "ITALIAN GARDENER" they are situated in Adelaide, find it on google by the name, they are very obliging and helpful, and they have a mobile number on site that you can call. I bought Radicchio,Salad mix, Cicoria Zucherina di Trieste, witlof and other seeds from them. i am starting to do the final stage with witlof now hope it works. Cheers Mario
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Celery 22 Aug, Eileen Stowers (New Zealand - temperate climate): Just a query. How is celery grown in NZ. ? When we lived in UK (many years ago) we used to dig a trench and when the celery was showing above the ground it was wrapped in news paper up to the leaves and then increased as the plant grew. This meant that most of the stalks were white and crisp but we find that the NZ celery is stringy and dark green on the outside . Is this to do with the climate or method of cultivating ? Also my father used to empty the soot from the chimney round the plants at a short distance away from the roots. (I know this would not be an option here ) !!!! but maybe there is an alternative.
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Celery 17 Jan, Mike Logan (New Zealand - temperate climate): Celery is grown close together to stop the sunlight from reaching the stalks and lower leaves. If it receive lots of sunlight the stalks go green. You can use different ways to stop it as you said happens in UK. If you grow good big celery you pull the outside 10 or so stalks off to expose the lighter coloured stalks.
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Cabbage 21 Aug, Alex Little (Australia - temperate climate): Why should you avoid growing beans next to cabbages?
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Cabbage 22 Aug, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): Website - sustainable gardening Australia says beans are good neighbors of cabbage. It also says don't grow beans next to beetroot - and I have that happening - all going good so far. Most to do with similar diseases etc. Read up about companion planting. Sometimes it works sometimes not.
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