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Potato 31 Mar, Denise (Australia - tropical climate): I live in tropical region in Darwin & would like to plant the sebago potatoes in breathable cloth grow bags. Do I plant starting at the bottom or just plant on top? Medium will be potting mix & permits.
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Potato 12 Dec, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): Sorry for the late post -- I think I have the information you are looking for. First NOT ALL potatoes are suited for "tower" growth. So the first question would be how deep are your bags; if the bags are deep enough to be considered a tower, then you need to cross check this with the variety of potato you are growing. Second: when you plant a piece of potato (seed potato) this is your LOWEST POINT. Generally, a potato plant will not produce/store and tubers (potatoes) BELOW the level of the seed potato. This is why people plant the seed potatoes, wait for the green leaves to come up, and mound soil, always leaving enough leaves sticking out to collect light. You'll also note at harvest, that the lowest potato seems to have rotted; this was your seed potato that grew the plant. We plant the seed potato shallow, so the leaves get to the sun sooner/easier and start collecting light; then we mound the soil so there is room for the potato plant to set its tubers (potatoes) -- this means, that you plant you seed potatoes at the bottom of the sack, covering them with several inches of soil, and as the potato plant grows, you add soil.... always try to leave plenty of leaves sticking out of the soil so the plant can collect sun. Hope this help. From the Eagle Creek site (about their tower potato mix): Not all types of potatoes are suited for container growing, typically fingerling and late season varieties yield best. Bellanita, Bintje, Amarosa & German Butterball are the 4 varieties in this package.
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Potato 06 Apr, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You plant near the bottom and add more soil as they grow. There is more information on the internet about growing them this way.
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Sunflower 30 Mar, (USA - Zone 6b climate): I live in Cleveland ohio. Wanted to know if I can grow sun flowers here
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Sunflower 03 Apr, aurora (USA - Zone 10a climate): Yes! I've visited Cleveland countless times and I've been to a sunflower field there :)
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Sunflower 31 Mar, Anonymous (USA - Zone 7a climate): You can work out your climate zone from the blue tab then go to sunflower page.
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Asparagus 29 Mar, Pelin Taser (USA - Zone 5b climate): What kind of asparagus We can grow in chicago? We are working on growing food and we would like to know what to grow.
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Asparagus 30 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate): Check around your area what varieties are grown - internet, nurseries, stores that sell seeds and bulbs.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 29 Mar, Manfred Widmer (Australia - tropical climate): My Rosella Plants growing very good, I had the first harvest after about 3 months. Now since 2 months there is no sign of new flowers. What Fertilizer should I use?
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 30 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate): Any general fertiliser will do.
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Ginger 29 Mar, Boaz (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Can gingar grow well in coffee plantation planted on a hilly area? Please guide me?
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Ginger 31 Mar, (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Needs full sun and plant in the spring.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 28 Mar, Michael Garbutt (Australia - temperate climate): Do broad beans tolerate transplanting? Or should they go straight into position?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 29 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate): A trick I saw the other week is dig the trench in the soil, place the seeds in it, then cover with fine potting mix.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 29 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate): When planting seeds to transplant it is best to have them in a cell tray pack so that they establish a good root system before transplanting - 4-6 true leave stage. OR if your are transplanting fairly bare rooted transplants then protect them from the sun for the first week. OR if planting seeds in ground, wet the soil the day before, plant the seeds, give a light watering and don't water again for 3-4 days and then only a light watering. If seeds are too wet and hot temperature they will rot in the soil.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 14 Apr, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Thanks for above info on planting seeds. Q. Is this only for broad beans, or does it apply to planting all seeds?
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 28 Mar, Sithy (Australia - temperate climate): Can we eat and cook amaranath love lies bleeding
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 23 Apr, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Sithy. You can eat Amaranth leaves and seeds. Cook the leaves. Add seeds to whatever you want. Do NOT eat raw! Do not eat stalks. Information here, on Gardenate indicates it is edible.
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Strawberry Plants 27 Mar, Gillian Alegre (USA - Zone 10a climate): Hi! I live in Orange County California. What type of strawberry grows best in this zone during summer?
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Strawberry Plants 29 Mar, (USA - Zone 3b climate): Check with nurseries, commercial growers in your area or do some searching on the internet.
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Horseradish 27 Mar, Garre MacKillip (USA - Zone 3b climate): can i plant horseraddish i bought in a store, maybe cut the root in quarters and plant? just curious. Thank You.......Garre
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Horseradish 29 Mar, (USA - Zone 3b climate): Plant in June.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 26 Mar, Cattleya MacGavin (Australia - temperate climate): My friend’s yacons are flowering everywhere and my - not even a bud, same as last year. What have I done wrong.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 29 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate): Maybe too much fertiliser and are they in full sun or shade.
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Onion 25 Mar, Jean (Australia - temperate climate): My onion bed is prepared with plenty of chook poo, and top soil containing sheep and cow manure..plus lime and water retaining dressing.. Are there any other element missing or anything l'm putting on that is not necessary.? Why do the onions have thick necks? Am I leaving the onions too long before harvesting when seed stalks appear? I would appreciate your advice. I live in Lake Clifton 6215 WA on sandy soil which we are building up with compost and manures , lime etc
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Onion 26 Mar, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Onions don't need really rich soil, as in heaps of nitrogen. They are a bulb and need Phosphate. With the sandy soil better to build it up with mulchy compost, it can have a bit of chicken/sheep/cow manure in the compost. Or at the end of your growing season add manures grass clipping leaves etc to your soil and turn it and water (rain hopefully) during your fallow time, If you do that over 3-4-5 months then you should have really good soil to start with. You may need to add some lime to balance the soil ph back to 6-7. If you have big thick leaves stalks that means too much nitrogen.
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Cucumber 23 Mar, B (USA - Zone 8b climate): My cucumber are starting to vine and was wondering I’m in zone 8b it’s still cool here would they be alright
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 23 Mar, Garry Moylan (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Where can I buy seeds and what is the best time to plant - thank you
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 22 Mar, Renee Gronow (Australia - temperate climate): First time question, new to planting and growing home grown vegetables. But have noticed my capsicum plants have black spots
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 19 Mar, Michele Aarons (Australia - temperate climate): How can l buy 1 packet of Salsife seeds. I am in Victoria AUSTRALIA and l not sure if they going to grow.We have a very hot summer and can be frost in winter. Thanking you. Michele
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