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Cucumber 05 Feb, Alison (Australia - temperate climate): Does anyone have advice on how to eradicate tiny ants from my veggie pots and planting bags. ( i don't have a lot of garden space,so I'm growing all my veg and berries in pots and large planting bags, but the ants seem to LOVE them!!
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Cucumber 10 Feb, Jake (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You can spray the container with a surface spray that will kill them as they go in and out, but another option is to submerge the container in water for a few hours. The ants will leave.
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Cucumber 16 Sep, ej (Australia - temperate climate): When potting up, cover each drainage hole with a used tea bag. It will keep both the ants & the worms out.
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Cucumber 05 Feb, Alison (Australia - temperate climate): Im growing cucumber in large,deep,planting bags. I planted 8 seedlings about a week ago and they are in a full sun position, I water them twice a day ( not flood them probably about a cup each ) I have lost 3 so far, its almost as if they have been sprayed with weed killer, they have just curled up and shrivelled away. Can you advice me on how to save the last 5 plants.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 04 Feb, John Weymouth (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have heard claims of great health benefits from Jerusalem artichokes, can you comment on this please. thank you
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Feb, jovany (Australia - temperate climate): Does this plant grow well in northern florida
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Cucumber 03 Feb, Margaret Hamilton (Australia - temperate climate): Why are my cucumbers only producing male flowers?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 03 Feb, Jopie & Jake Peetoom (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Joanne, We have just become aware of the health benefits of JA and want to try and grow some again. We were successful a couple of years ago, but the flatulence effect put us off so we did not keep any seed stock. With the benefit of Asa Foetida powder to control the 'gas' we may try again. However, we have been unable to source them here in the Perth Hills. Please let us know whether you can send us some and how you would like to be paid for the postage. I suppose we can always mail you postage stamps to cover the cost. Regards.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 05 May, joanne green (Australia - temperate climate): hi guys email me if you want some [email protected]
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Pumpkin 03 Feb, LeanneMacLeod (Australia - temperate climate): We have some Queenland Grey pumpkins growing and wonder wether we need to lift the maturing pumpkins up off the ground to avoid them rotting. We are in Emerald Victoria
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Cucumber 02 Feb, Barbara Mewburn (Australia - temperate climate): The apple cucumbers have grown with very flat -almost fluted main stems, with many cucumbers on them. (I've never seen anything like it.) They are all dissapointingly bitter. some are growing up the fence, the rest are growing very low to the ground. My husband has watered them every second day overhead. I suspect that they haven't been watered deeply enough. He is reluctant to put in the watering system, he likes watering by hand. Now many of the leaves are rotting in one patch. He has grown cucumbers successfully before. Thankyou, in anticipation.
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Cucumber 09 Feb, David Kiefel (Australia - temperate climate): I have read recently that cucumbers like a deep watering which apparently assists in making them less bitter... seems to be working so far.
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Pumpkin 02 Feb, ashley Kitching (Australia - temperate climate): My Pumpkin vine is growing okay, plenty of flowers and have pumpkins forming, but, when they get to the size of a snall apple they become soft and fall from vine. This is the first time I have tried growing pumpkins and would love to have some success Thanking you in advance Ashley
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Pumpkin 14 Feb, Bill (Australia - temperate climate): Ashley it sounds like your pumpkins are not being pollinated... Normally this is done by insects like bees... You can do this yourself, get out in the early hours (when the flowers are fresh and pollen is fertile) and take the pollen dust from a male flower (flower that is on a long stem) with a brush and liberally dust it onto the female flower (flower attached to a bulb which becomes the pumpkin) and the fruit should set.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 02 Feb, Tink (Australia - cool/mountain climate): My husband has grown corn for the first time this year. He planted seedlings from a giant hardware chain. I don't know the variety. The stalks are short but the corn cobs are full and beautiful and not too dry or flowery - perfect except they're not very 'sweet'. Are we being impatient & it needs more time? Or is this a lack of heat, nutrient or something else? Thanks!
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Cucumber 02 Feb, Karl Swadek (Australia - temperate climate): How do you know when the apple cucumber is ready to pick, it is about 12cm long.
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Sunflower 31 Jan, Pam (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I transplanted 150 Sunflower seedlings and now have lovely big strong plants and lots of flowers out. Hasnt affected mine any.
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Lemon Balm (also Sweet balm, ) 30 Jan, mia (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Leesa, thsnks for the tips.
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Pumpkin 30 Jan, John Maddocks (New Zealand - temperate climate): I am growing Queensland Blue pumpkins fro seed packed by Yates ,sofar all I have are healthy plants with all female flowers .so even if there bees around we would still not flowers ,advise please
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Horseradish 28 Jan, anne (Australia - sub-tropical climate): thank you Charles email [email protected]
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Potato 27 Jan, Kevin (Australia - temperate climate): Keep watering them as usual as the longer they grow the more and bigger tubers. Stop watering when the leaves start to die off and go yellow,. ( If you are anywhere near us in Qld you wont be waterinh for awhile)
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 27 Jan, Willie (Australia - temperate climate): I live in the Barossa Valley, i have planted Chilli's, the plant looks really healthy however the fruit starts green then red then falls of. the fruits also look dry/brown on the bottom half , help
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 10 Mar, Dana Teahan (Australia - temperate climate): Are in direct sun? According to Gardening Australia the sun in S.A. Is too fierce and they need to be in shade/under a tree.
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Tomatillo 27 Jan, Andrew Charles (Australia - temperate climate): Tomatillo, Cape gooseberry, husk tomato and ground cherry are different names used somewhat interchangeably for different plants in the Physalis genus of the nightshade family. Green Harvest in Qld sells three varieties of tomatillo seeds and the sweet Cape Gooseberry (greenharvest.com.au/SeedOrganic/VegetableSeeds/TomatilloToTurnip.html). Unfortunately Green Harvest's Physalis seeds can't be shipped to WA, and only the tomatillo varieties can be shipped to NSW. Chile Mojo is in SA, and can't ship tomatillo seeds to WA, neither can Diggers (although they will ship cape gooseberry seeds to NSW and also have another type of ground cherry). TAS and NT may also have quarantine restrictions for some species of Physalis from other states. Two different perennial species are banned from sale in NSW and VIC (and possibly WA) as noxious weeds and are subject to eradication or control measures—most other cultivated varieties found in Australia are classed as "weeds of cultivation" and now grow wild in all states, having been introduced with the very first European settlers.
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Rhubarb 27 Jan, Philip bailie (Australia - temperate climate): Can we eat of the first pick or not and do we cut the leaves off when they are big so the little stems underneath get sun light
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Mint (also Garden mint) 26 Jan, Sue (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Something is eating my mint at night time , I put snail and slug pellets down but whatever is eating it the pellets arnt working, the bugs have nearly stripped all the leaves bare just leaving the storks.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 27 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate): I had the same problem for the last two winters. Late one night I went to the mint growing box with a flashlight and voila I found all my mint covered in little green caterpillars. I have no idea what they were, but spent an hour or so for the next couple of nights picking them off. The caterpillars will not be found during the day and are hard to see of a night but persistence is the key. Happy hunting!! John
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Mint (also Garden mint) 02 Jun, Meg (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Sue The same thing happened to my mint and lemon balm. I looked very closely at the remaining mint plant and I finally noticed a bright green caterpillar on a stalk. It was extremely well hidden against the green stalk! I picked it off and found one more. The lemon balm had a slightly curled leaf, which upon inspection, was a home to a well protected heap of caterpillar eggs. Dipel will get rid of them, but if plant is small you can look for pests and pick them off. Good luck!
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 26 Jan, marius pop (Australia - temperate climate): Please tell me where I can buy fresh burdock roots. We really need it quiet quick. Thank you.
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Kohlrabi 25 Jan, Robert Capecchi (Australia - cool/mountain climate): 2 Kohlrabi (boil 25mins) transfer to chilled water, towel dry & slice 4 carrots (boil 15mins) transfer to chilled water, towel dry & slice Mix with 250grams of mozzarella and a handful of parsley. Put into a buttered baking dish and cook @ 200'c for 12 mins.
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