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Asparagus 28 Aug, JENNIFER KELLY (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I buy my asparagus crowns from Green Harvest who are located in Queensland and sell their products, seeds and edible plants by mail order or if you live near them you can buy in person. They are an organic plant seller.
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 27 Aug, PETER /Melbourne (Australia - temperate climate): Does thyme prefer acidic, alkaline or a neutral Ph soil?
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 28 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Acidic soil 5.5 to 7.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 27 Aug, John (Australia - temperate climate): Can Okra grown in the North West Tasmania with temp around low to mid 20 degrees. I enjoy your information.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 28 Aug, Mike (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Most of Tassie is cool/mountain. No planting guide here - too cold probably. 20 degrees - summer/winter - day or night temp????? Google and read up about TRYING to grow in cool/cold climate.
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Ginger 26 Aug, Marg (Australia - temperate climate): I live on the sth coast nsw and my ginger was pot planted 2016. The spring of 2017 crop was not amazing so I used a little and replanted majority. Now Sept 2018 and I can feel the large clumps In the pot soil! Looking forward to harvest and repotting. Your site has been well presented. Many thanks.
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Ginger 06 Sep, Peter (Australia - temperate climate): I have been growing ginger in West Gippsland for a couple of years, but always in the hothouse! Same with Lemon Grass, Galangal, water chestnuts and Turmeric. Although I have seen others who manage these in warm corners of their verandah.
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Ginger 27 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): They don't recommend planting ginger in the temperate zone on this website so you are doing well. It is a warm climate crop so just remember that, if you have a poor year - probably had cool/cold weather. For more info google how to grow ginger.
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Ginger 19 Sep, Bron (Australia - temperate climate): Temperate Hunter is sub tropical ish now
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 25 Aug, Dorothy (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi. Can anyone help. I live in the Redlands and can grow cape gooseberries beautifully but Pest love them. I get about three different types of insects and a grub. Incesticide doesn’t help much, tried clay dust, all sorts... I have heard about boiled up ruhbarb leaves works against bugs. Can anyone help please. Dorothy
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 27 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Have you tried tomato dust or try yellow sticky paper/traps on eBay or buy from Bunnings or the cheap shops.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 27 Aug, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): Go to Gardenpatch Organics Seeds and Plants on the internet. Click garden products and garden netting - vegie netting. 3.5 ($4/m) or 6m ($7.50/m) wide. Buy 2 meters. Put a few stakes in and hang the netting up on it - like an A frame. It will keep all insects and bugs out.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 31 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Do you mean cover the entire frame so nothing enters? If so then how are things eg tomatoes, pollinated? Thnx.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 11 Nov, Jonathan (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): Most of these plants are wind pollinated too. Just a little shake gets them pollinated.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Cover the whole frame - tomatoes pollinate by the wind mainly. If you want to keep insects out then you need to use vegie netting, If birds - bird netting. Vegie netting means you can have rows approx. 9' long and 3.5 meter wide will go around both side of the plants. I put two stakes in the ground about 8-9' apart. A steel rod between them to keep them apart. 1200mm high 150mm x 150mm wire mesh between the posts tied to the posts. You wind the tomato plant in and out of the 150mm sq holes and can use bale twine or whatever to hold the plants to the mesh. Put some thin poles out about 12-18
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 23 Aug, Komal (Australia - arid climate): Hi I l lives in NSW. Last year I planted okra. I got lots of okra, but now only stem are left. No leafs. Should I germinate seeds again or wait for leafs n flower?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 24 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The species is a perennial, often cultivated as an annual in temperate climates, and often grows to around 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall. It is related to such species as cotton, cocoa, and hibiscus. Google it if you need more info.
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 23 Aug, Anaheke (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I’d like to grow the Taro Nuie and Alafua sunrise. I live on North Stradbroke Island - Minjeeribah and wondered if you knew where I could buy this variety for planting and eating. Thankyou
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 24 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Google where to buy it.
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Strawberry Plants 23 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Continued about planting strawbs in sub tropical climate. Buy new stock and plant April/May. You can either plant runners from these next year and do that in future years, After about 6 years start with new stock again. Or leave the new plants in for two crops. Then plant new runners from these plants and do the same again. After doing this 3 times (six years) start with new stock again. Between the first and second crop with the same plants trim off all new runners. I will be putting my strawbs on weed mat next year. Also if you can put an irrigation system in the soil or under the mulch. If watering overhead do it in the morning (so the leaves and fruit dry out quickly) rather than late arvo.
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Strawberry Plants 02 Sep, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Mike, thankyou for all your valued advice. I'm up for the challenge. Appreciated!!
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Marrow 22 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Just looking at the graph depicting the brst times to grow marrow. Looks like I sow'd and planted early. *Why is it important to sow and plant at the right time? Thankyou in advance.
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Marrow 23 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): FROM the bottom of the page. -"This planting guide is a general reference intended for home gardeners. We recommend that you take into account your local conditions in making planting decisions. Gardenate is not a farming or commercial advisory service. For specific advice, please contact your local plant suppliers, gardening groups, or agricultural department. The information on this site is presented in good faith, but we take no responsibility as to the accuracy of the information provided." To sow around the best time is to give yourself the best chance to produce a good crop. Like you wouldn't plant something in summer if it says to plant in winter.
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Marrow 31 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Mike, thanks for the reminder. I have read and occasionally reread the above.Invaluable. One of my marrow fruit turned yellow (had something at the flower end that looked like blossom-end rot that tomatoes can get) and came off while some of my leaves (Melbourne cream, Winter Squash Blue Hubbard) have small white spotty blotches on them . I cut them off and disposed of them in sealed zip bags but it's disappointing. Can I treat them? Thnx in advance.
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Marrow 22 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Anna,sadly I didn't get an answer from you. Never mind. I hope you sorted your marrow 'trellis'. I planted half a dozen out and notice there is fruit forming. Exciting for me as I haven't seen or eaten the old marrow since childhood. They are spreading out and starting to climb up the fence. Similarly, zucchini. Jane
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French tarragon 21 Aug, Jennifer Fitzsimmons (Australia - temperate climate): Where can I buy a French Perennial Tarragon I live on the Mornington Penninsular Victoria
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French tarragon 29 Aug, Marcelle (Australia - cool/mountain climate): It is available from The Diggers Club and at the Heronswood garden shop in Dromana. Call ahead to make sure it is in stock.
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Tomato 19 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hello. On Saturday I had a nice round red tomato. I thought, 'I'll pick that tomorrow,' and promptly forgot about it. Last night (Sunday) I was out late after dark checking my vege gardens. I remembered the tomato and lo and behold, you guessed it - Gone! Who or what could have relieve me of my tomato? The garden in question is fully fenced. About 4' high or so. Thank you in advance, Jane :(
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Tomato 25 Aug, Jason (Australia - temperate climate): Could be birds. Do you get bower birds in your area? They are very clever and will even eat chillies. We had an area fenced all around with stiff plastic mesh and fine bird netting on top, but something was still getting in and eating our chillies. I caught a bower bird in the act, it had managed to get through a small hole half way up the bird netting, and I watched it fly up and easily scramble out the hole again. I couldn't believe it. Apparently birds don't feel the chillie heat like humans do. It could also be possums, ring tails are expecially naughty and almost silent. They eat the rinds entirely off our lemons and for years we couldn't figure out what was leaving "nude" lemons hanging in our tree, until we caught a pair of them eating fruit in our grapefruit tree, and the tiny bite marks were the same. For the lemons and grapefruit we can't do much except pick them all as soon as they seem ready enough. For veggies we usually have to build fort knox around them with fine veggie netting, which seems to keep *most* birds, possums, moths/grubs and snails out.
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Tomato 20 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Sounds like someone took it. Should have picked it Sat - they will ripen up inside once they start showing some colour.
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