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Onion 15 Jun, Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I cannot find Potato Onions on this website....as I am not successful with growing regular onions, from a seed tape, I was gifted some potato onions,.. telling me they are easy grow and keep well too>>>> Is there a organic grower who can give me some tips>>> for Tasmania as I read to plant out from now on over the next 3 mths>> Thats all???? Thanks Jen
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Onion 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Grow them similar to how you grow onions. I tried growing somethings from tape - useless idea, I think.
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Strawberry Plants 14 Jun, Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): When to fertilise IF I leave the plants in their bed, as it is only the second year...?? and do I have to remove and replant plants as many are NOT 30 cm apart??? and they say slow release fertilser... is the standard slow release pellets suitable>?? AND if I may I have a self seeded plant NOW in late autum start of winter here in Tasmania... and it has flowers and mini fruit set??? What is mother nature doing??? Any tips, thank you
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Strawberry Plants 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Do your plants produce runners during the non-cropping part of the year? If so use these runner plants to plant out next year. I don't know how they grow in cool climate but in sub-tropical we plant out first-second week of April. fruit June to Sept - new runners grow during the summer. Don't use too much fertiliser - will make plants all leafy if you do.
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Strawberry Plants 13 Jun, Nevaeh.Robinson (Australia - temperate climate): can strawberries be move from inside to outside
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 13 Jun, (Australia - temperate climate): how much water a day does chilli pepper need
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Give good watering each 2-3 days in winter and 1-2 days in summer. Stick your finger in to see if the soil is still moist.
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Tomato 13 Jun, Ali.Emery (Australia - temperate climate): how long dose it take to grow tomato's
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Tomato 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here about growing them.
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Watermelon 13 Jun, Suzy Georges (Australia - temperate climate): Hi. I live In Sydney new Australia, I don't know my zone of growing vegetables, I am very interesting to grow watermelons and other melons like honeydew, rockmelons, but I have not good knowledge of how and when to start sow the seeds, and what is the best fertilizer and how often to put it on, and how much and when to water the watermelons, I tried 2 times but I failed, and I don't know what is the best seeds to buy to grow large and sweet watermelons I love to see watermelon growing and show my children so they get excited to see watermelons in our yard, please can you teach me in a simple way to understand how to stat and how to take full care on growing watermelons thank you. Best Regards Suzy
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 30 May, Glenn (Australia - tropical climate): Hello :) I planted my sweet potatoes in mid January, therefore they have had a good 16 weeks of growth however, they leaves are still very green and healthy looking. I know that I am supposed to wait until the leaves die down and turn brown, but I wanted to know if the leaves turning brown wasn't always a factor, and that I could harvest them now based on the time since planting? Thank you very much for your guidance. G.
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Pumpkin 19 May, Jan (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have a kent pumpkin vine which is producing lots of male and female flowers but none are developing and I rarely see a bee around. I have tried hand pollinating (thanks to Youtube instructions) in the early morning, some pumpkins grow to golf ball size even some a bit bigger before falling off. Last year I managed to get only two to develop and this year I only have one so far. I have pollinated at least 50 or so females and results have been so poor. The vine gets plenty of sun and water. Any suggestions please.
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Pumpkin 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You are probably getting some bug/insect in the flower head just after the small fruit starts to grow. Or some disease causes it. My mate had the same problem. You could buy some small cotton draw string bags to put over them after pollination and pumpkin grows to a god size. Don't over water and don't spray the water all over plant. Put the hose on the ground near the main stem of the plant.
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Onion 19 May, Jan (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Last year I planted brown onions. As they grew their stems became thick and most were as large as a softball or bigger. I kept them growing, waiting for the leaves to die back but they never did and some went to seed. I eventually bent the stems to try to dry them, but that was a bit unsuccessful and on storing them using the hanging plait method, quite a few eventually rotted. This year my onions are growing quite well, some a bit bigger than golf balls now, so what can I do to prevent the same thing from happening as last year.
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Onion 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): When they get to the size you want them, pull them out. Leave in the sun for a week or more for the leaves to dry and for a dry skin to form on the outside of the onion, then plait them. Or let them dry out a bit and store in a cool dry place - don't stack them on top of each other - let the air move around them.
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Pumpkin 07 May, Kel (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have a butternut vine that produced 3 lovely pumpkins, but has now taken off (very healthy looking) and has mostly male flowers, the occasional female only produces a 2" long fruit before it goes brown and drops off. I suspect that its too late in the season for more, but it is so healthy and vigorous that i am reluctant to pull it out. I was of the opinion that the vine dies after harvest but this has confused me. Any ideas ? Kel
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Endive 03 May, Tibor (Australia - tropical climate): I am moving to Cairns soon and my Dutch wife and I love eating witlof and endive. Any practical hints for me growing it in the tropics.
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Endive 25 Jun, (Australia - tropical climate): Be guided by the information here for growing in the tropics
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 01 May, bigdaddynacho (Australia - temperate climate): what does pak choi taste like
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Buy some and try it.
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Carrot 16 Apr, Lucille (Australia - temperate climate): Can you sow carrot seedlings, or just carrot seeds?
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Carrot 25 Jun, (Australia - tropical climate): Best to sow seeds and then thin them out if there are too many or too crowded. They take week or two to germinate so keep the soil moist - put some shade cloth or similar over them so the soil doesn't dry out. Water morning and afternoon - a light sprinkle.
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Dill 10 Apr, Amelia (New Zealand - temperate climate): when to plant drill in timaru
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Dill 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Check the NZ Timaru climate zone - play around on this website untilm you learn how to find info.
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 28 Mar, Phillip (Australia - temperate climate): When to plant cow pea in southern darling Downs region Queensland Tara
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Spring early summer
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 16 Mar, Jason Melville (Australia - temperate climate): Hi my silverbeet grow this wonderful great big leaf but then they get really floppy and just lay down on the ground the new leaves are firm and good but they to just turn soft at full size and flop
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 25 Jun, (Australia - tropical climate): Probably too much fertiliser (too big a plant) and too much watering. Cut back the water a bit and let the leaves/stem toughen up a bit.
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Radish 11 Mar, Levi (Australia - temperate climate): What is the Harvest Legnth
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Radish 25 Jun, (Australia - tropical climate): Pick them when they are the size you want. Too big and they can be not nice to eat.
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