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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 04 Oct, Catharina Claessens (Australia - temperate climate): I am from belgium and this is one of the very few things i miss from that cold country! In my 5years here i've only found it once, just a random addition to the regular veggies at woolies one week, but sadly never again. Does anyone know where i could buy over here (or seeds and try and grow it i suppose, although thats a lot of hassle in this case i reckon)? And my suggestion is definitely in the oven with ham and lots of cheese ;)
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 04 Oct, Steve (Australia - temperate climate): Our local Coles had it for the last 3 months, but I think it's out of season now. Maybe try them instead of Woolies? Eden Seeds had seed
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 20 Jul, marcel Launay (Australia - temperate climate): i live Kingston SE of SA where i could find chicory witloff seed pls ,,
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Leeks 03 Oct, Stella (Australia - temperate climate): I planted my leek seeds around 3 weeks ago in polystyrene boxes... But they r not growing at all.. Not even seedlings have appeared..:-/ is thr any way I could save them.. Does putting like a cover later at night like a plastic would help them germinate faster as I normally don't grow in seed trays... Any ideas to save my plants would be highly appreciated:)
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Leeks 08 Oct, Barb (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Stella, Leek seeds (like most in the onion family) take longer to germinate and appear than most other vegetables. Have patience and don't panic.
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Carrot 02 Oct, Cheryl (Australia - temperate climate): I have a lovely crop of carrots when I picked a couple last night one was only small and the other one was a good size about 15cm but both very pal orange and when I cut them they had a large pal green area in the middle and they tasted bitter as if not yet ready. Does anyone know why they are not sweet and bright orange.
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Potato 02 Oct, MattyJ (Australia - temperate climate): Quite a lot of people eat raw potato (me included) - and i have been advised by doctors that its quite healthy to do so
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Potato 26 Mar, Ido (Australia - temperate climate): Matty, It is not healthy to eat row potato, row eggplant, green tomato, green capsicum, as they all belong to the Solanum family and contain Solanum which is a poison. The heat of cooking, frying, etc. destroys part of the Solanum poison (as it destroys, also, part of the good staff in the food ) and makes the food more healthy. When the tomato and capsicum are red, they are ripe and contain less Solanum and in this stage they are more healthy to be eaten. The seeds of row capsicum, row tomato, row eggplant contain a higher concentration of Solanum and are less healthy to eat. The doctors are right when they recommend to eat row food but this advice is not applies to food items which contain some poison. Ido.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 01 Oct, Eva (Australia - temperate climate): I have lufa seeds, I can send you some- just give me addrress (it is time to plant it) I am in melbourne.(email is best)
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 13 Sep, sukesh (Australia - tropical climate): Hello Eva. I will appreciate if you could send me some Luffa seeds if possible. I bought some seeds from green harvest but they didn't grow for some reason. I can post u a prepaid envelope if you want. Kind Regards Sukesh Address: [email protected]
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 10 Aug, Rati (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Eva, if you have spare luffa seeds an you send me some please. thanks
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 01 Oct, David (Australia - temperate climate): Hi All, Can someone please tell me when planting capsicums in the garden do they reqiure full sun or can they be planted in part shade. Cheers
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 02 Oct, alice (Australia - temperate climate): Hi there, on the ticket that came with my capsicum plant it says full sun for at least six hours per day.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 01 Oct, Meagan (Australia - temperate climate): My plant has been in the garden for about 6 months and has grown quite big. It did prduce some proper, edible fruit, but it's had lots of really little fruit on it for months now which just won't get bigger or go red. Should I trim, pull out or leave?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Jun, Linda Botha (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Good evening. We live in Port Elizabeth in Broadwood/Charlo area. Grow Chillies successfully. I would like to know if I can trim my 2 meter bushes before spring to be able to yield in September. Enjoy your web site thank you.
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Potato 01 Oct, peter dell (Australia - temperate climate): I live in Sydney in the west. Is it ok to plant potatoes now?
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Potato 02 Oct, tigger (Australia - temperate climate): yes
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 01 Oct, amy (Australia - temperate climate): im growing climbing purple beans and i realy need help about how much sun they need thx HELP
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 30 Sep, dirk (Australia - temperate climate): I have a very large eggplant 8 ft tall, , inherited fromprevious owner, dont know how old , do i cut right back or let it go, it has big spikes on it. pl
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 11 Dec, Jack (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I think what you are describing is not actually an Eggplant but a related species. Try looking up Solanum mauritianum. It is an invasive weed, I had one recently and immediately thought it looked like an Eggplant. Do not eat! it is posinous.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 30 Sep, Sylvia (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have Snow Peas growing and look great, flowers etc do I need to pinch out the top so they bush out. The packet said they grew to approx 90 cm. and they are to about that now.
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Watermelon 29 Sep, michael (Australia - tropical climate): why in my garden the watermelons are not growing ????please anwser back thank you
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Tomato 29 Sep, (Australia - temperate climate): can you tell me how often to water tomotoes in hot house in tassie
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 29 Sep, Andrew (Australia - tropical climate): Hi where can i buy edible taro in north queensland
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 11 Nov, lilian Ndaya (Australia - sub-tropical climate): i grow three types of different edible taro, garden egg know as egg plant in Australia, known as anara in Igbo language, okra, yams, green known as amarantus and casava.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 28 Sep, Janice Banner (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I bought my seeds from Edens Seeds, who are situated at Lower Beechmont. They sell heritage seeds, and are excellent to deal with. You can find them on line.
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Horseradish 28 Sep, richard (Australia - cool/mountain climate): hi cheryl. i'm after horseradish too. and emailing you my details too. thanks.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 26 Sep, Darren (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Whats the trick with germinating these ?My first lot from bunnings Iput into the ground and they rotted did Iplant too early or should I not water them till they sprout.Ibought an established plant in a pot and its doing well.
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Brussels sprouts 26 Sep, Steven PASSERI (Australia - temperate climate): My Sprouts look very healthy and there are lots of very small sprouts like small finger nail size all over them but now they have yellow flowers all over the top of the plants. Does this mean they are have gone to seed?
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 25 Sep, adam (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Noel. Rocket is pretty hardy. The plants should pick up soon, if not, it grows REALLY easily from seed. And it self seeds well.
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