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Horseradish 18 Mar, Gail Sainsbury (Australia - arid climate)
Charles if you have any left I too would welcome the chance to buy some and any information on how to grow it would be welcome. I live in Queensland and I am more than happy to pay costs. ( Look on page about horseradish for growing tips : Liz)
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Horseradish 17 Jan, niamh (Australia - temperate climate)
charles, i would love some to get me started off i will happily pay postage costs can you send me a private message and i will send me address - ummmm homemade (fake) wasabi cant wait! thanks niamh (Do you want to give yr email here? Liz)
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Horseradish 16 Jan, Anna (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I would love some too please Charles. I am happy to reimburse you for the postage. Thanks, Anna
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Horseradish 14 Jan, Kim (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I would love some horse radish too! Email is [email protected] Thanks.
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Horseradish 12 Jan, John Nicholson (Australia - temperate climate)
I would love some horse radish plants. Would be happy to refund any costs Thanks in anticipation. John [email protected]
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Horseradish 10 Jan, Bazza in Erko (Australia - temperate climate)
Put some roots in a plastic sandwich bag. Then post in a padded post bag. Mine are growing like crazy in big terracotta pots on a unit balcony. The cuttings arrived form the Bowral area very safely.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 06 Jan, (Australia - temperate climate)
How do tell corn is ready to pick
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 10 Jan, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
It's usually ready when the tassles/threads are drying up or black/brown. You can peel back the leaves around the top of the cob before picking to check if it is ripe and fold them back to keep growing if it isn't ready.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 06 Jan, (Australia - temperate climate)
I wait until the plant has completely died off & the flowers & seedr are brown & dry. Then gently shake or rub the seeds off with your fingers. Store any surplus seeds in an envelope as they may swest in a plastic bag.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 05 Jan, sadie (Australia - arid climate)
Each time I've grown chokos from fruit they grow well but then before flowering die off Any advice???? Mind you I did try to move them from pot to soil...is that it?
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 29 Nov, Andrew (Australia - temperate climate)
Yes, all plants know when their environment has been changed, and they know when they've left the confines of a pot and given "free-range" in the soil, if the choko didn't flower/fruit after transplanting, that is probably because
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 05 Jan, joanne green (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
hi im in mudgee nsw .mine are going really well .i put all lawn clippings on top in winter they seem to love it.if you have any cooking tips please let me know.and if you want any your welcome to have
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 05 Jan, Hilda (Australia - arid climate)
how many cobs of corn can you expect to harvest from each plant
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 10 Jan, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
It depends on the variety. Most seem to produce two or three, but I've seen some varieties with four or five.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 03 Jan, Mel (Australia - temperate climate)
I am in Perth, this year my J. Artichokes have not come up....Cannot work out why? I did put some ash from the fire onto them during winter? Any ideas ?? (Jan 2013)
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Potato 03 Jan, alan (Australia - arid climate)
do the plants need to flower to be able to crop ???? Adelaide aus
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 03 Jan, Barbara Campbell (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I grew capsicums very successfully last year, but have planted more seeds and all I am getting is leafy bushes with red leaves at the top of the plant, and not a capsicum in sight. What am I doing wrong?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 17 May, Alison McGregor (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Barbara, I had the same thing happen last year, those plants somehow survived a very hot wet summer and through autumn produced masses of fruit and are also now producing masses of new fruit after I pruned them back hard and started applying a vegetable targeted liquid plant fertilizer with seaweed included. I also added lime around the plants and sprayed the leaves with a bit of epsom salts dissolved in water around the time I pruned them. Don't give up on these ones give them a prune at the end of winter and they will come back for you, if you live in a cooler area you may have to wait til spring but if you get no frost they will come back bigger and better when the weather warms up later this year, caps do last longer than one year and I find they produce much more in the second year than the first, when they put most effort into producing strong stem and branch to support the weight of the following years fruit. Honestly one plant that did this weird year long wait had about 11 fruit on it in March. Sometimes it's better when they start out slow, good luck mate.
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 02 Jan, Reg Offord (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Should i prune the runners on my rockmelons? I have 3 vines, one came up itself, (it is doing best), the other 2 i planted in compost, and because of the heat, i have now mulched with lucurne.
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Kale (also Borecole) 01 Jan, ivan tho (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I purchase kale seeds or seedlings? I am living in Bendigo, Victoria
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Kale (also Borecole) 04 Jan, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate)
Diggers seeds Geoff
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 31 Dec, Maryann (Australia - temperate climate)
Dear Sir/Madam. My Choko vine has only one choko on it. there are no more flowers and it is growing at a prolific rate. Could you please help and let me know why my choko vine is not flowering? Kindest regards Maryann
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 18 Aug, Ian McAllister (Australia - temperate climate)
Lots of leaves and few flowers is usually the symptom of being too kind to any plant. If you give them loads of Nitrogen (e.g. lovely rich compost) the leaves will grow well, but they won't flower well. Last year I had a squash vine growing out of my compost heap. The vine was massive, but I only got about two fruit from it.
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Watermelon 31 Dec, sue (Australia - temperate climate)
Can I grow Khale in January in melbourne
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 31 Dec, lawrence (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
once the corn has been picked do you cut off the stalks and it regrows or do you pill it out and plant again
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 31 Dec, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Corn doesn't regrow. I cut it off low leaving the roots to rot, and plant some beans around the stumps to boost the soil fertility.
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Marrow 30 Dec, ray malone (Australia - temperate climate)
where can i obtain marrow seeds? i live on central coast n.s.w.thanks ray malone
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Marrow 31 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
Eden Seeds had marrow seed available from their online shop
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Lemon Balm (also Sweet balm, ) 30 Dec, Leesa (Australia - temperate climate)
Hope it's not too late but I had the same thing - mine was going wild then suddenly went in reverse and very fast deteriorated to seemingly hopeless. It's now back better than ever. Here's what I did. Maybe it'll work for you. It seems to like being very wet in the soil, but plenty of air and sun on the centre base of the plant. Self defeating almost. The more it grows dense, the heart starts going yellow, white mildewy and tiny black spots. I cut away any of the affected leaves at the base (tiny new leaves that immediately went bad) - this was a lot. Also any bigger top leaves and whole 'branches' that were shadowing the centre. There wasn't much left, but what did I have to lose. It started recovering, and as long as it was in that weird bowl shape it kept getting better. During this stage you need to keep the water and feeding up because the centre is drying out and losing water to the soil underneath. After a while I let it grow back in the middle, still pruning when it got too clustered in the centre or the middle was shadowed from above. Now it has found its new legs and grows evenly as long as I occasionally do some of this 'middle air' maintenance and keep the water up. Hope this helps. I use a lot of it for Thai cooking - it's a great substitute for lemongrass, so I need mine to be thriving. Now happily, it is once more.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 29 Dec, Kerry Hann (Australia - temperate climate)
Our corn has looked lovely but now something funny is going on some of the corn have lost the silk tops and the leaf around the cob has split open and come dwn a little showing some of the corn. also right on the top of the plants the tassles I gather a small cob has formed on a couple?? any ideas whats going on this doesnt sound normal.
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