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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 25 Sep, Joy (Australia - tropical climate): I planted around june, have aboundant flowers, and many set fruit, but they are very small, & hard to get off the vine, I need to cut with knife!. should i have planted earlier? will further beans continue now it is getting so warm here, 24-29 deg C (Gold Coast) thanku, if you can help,
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 25 Sep, Christine Visona (Australia - sub-tropical climate): First time to grow broad beans, and pretty happy with it. I am now picking my mature ones. I rather like them both young and ripe but the ripe ones we deep fry and eat as nibbles. My question is how many pods can you expect from every stalk given good growing condition.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 30 Sep, bob (Australia - temperate climate): Of course growing broad beans on southern coast of victoria where it is a rather cold winter is different from where you are. My beans are now 2 metres tall with many flowers but no pods yet; maybe 2 weeks. To answer your question maybe 20 pods per plant - numerous. Cant eat them all so we get the beans, blanch them and freeze them for eating over summer. Must be blanched before freezing
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 29 Oct, Frans Littel (Australia - temperate climate): I am in Perth WA and have been growing broadies for about 5 years and at the moment still have about 1.5kg of beans left from last year in our freezer , we have not had any luck with blanch the beans before freezing all we do shell the beans and freeze them when ready just cook them as if they just picked. Feel sorry for those who don't like broad beans. Frans
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Cabbage 24 Sep, Ian Campbell (Australia - temperate climate): I want to know the same thing, I really miss those succulent dark green leaves they make a Sunday roast
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 24 Sep, Noel (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have just started a new vegie garden and have planted both lettuce and rocket. Both the lettuce and rocket seedlings are limp. It was a hot day when I planted them, and I am wondering if someone could tell me if the temperature could be making them limp. I look forward to some advise.
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 17 Dec, Ethan Embry (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Noel, It's a combination of the temperature and not enough moisture in the soil that makes them limp. If you water them in the late afternoon (ensuring there's no sunlight directly on them), they'll perk up by nightfall.
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Tomato 23 Sep, Cheryl (Australia - temperate climate): I read that tomatoes shouldn't be fed until fruit starts forming, otherwise you end up with lots of lush leaves but no fruit. If the plant is too well fed it doesn't feel the need to reproduce itself. I always plant in good soil but don't feed until then.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 22 Sep, henry (Australia - temperate climate): Why are my beetroot spliting.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 23 Nov, (Australia - temperate climate): you are letting your beetroot get too thirsty watering twice a day will help also dont use too much fertilizer, forcing them to grow is not a good idea
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Beetroot (also Beets) 22 Sep, Karen (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi, do you need seeds to grow beetroot, or can I just plant a beetroot and grow more, like you can with potatoes?
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Beetroot (also Beets) 13 Oct, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate): You need seed to grow beetroot. They aren't a tuber and won't grow usefully from an existing beetroot, although you can get them to grow leaves which are edible.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 12 Oct, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): no beetroot needs its own seed :)
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Horseradish 21 Sep, Cheryl Davis (Australia - temperate climate): Anyone wanting some horseradish .... I forgot to put in my email address for contact. Sorry about that. Here goes. [email protected] Happy gardening Cheryl
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Horseradish 24 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Cheryl I'm after horseradish too and haven emailed you cheers Mike
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Horseradish 02 Nov, peter biggs (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Cheryl just wondering if you still have any horseradish root left you want to sell please and how much thankyou peter
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Brussels sprouts 21 Sep, Sue Leonard (Australia - temperate climate): Have never grown sprouts before. One plant is doing well, quite tall but now is covered in yellow flowers, is this normal, it is now, mid September. What can I do..Thank you..
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Garlic 20 Sep, melinda (Australia - tropical climate): O.K. It seems too hot to plant garlic in Nth Qld now,How do I store it untill planting time,as I have Aussie garlic and other gloves that I want to plant,but not at the wrong time of the year,which it seems is now ? and they are fresh however have been kept in the fridge for a few weeks? Thankyou, mel.
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Garlic 13 Dec, Karen (Australia - tropical climate): Hi, I live on the Atherton Tablelands and have just successfully grown garlic this year. You need to plant after the worst of the wet (March) and harvest at the start of the next one (Dec) for elephant garlic. Had another variety (unknown) that was ready to harvest in October. I may try the polystyrene trays undercover to avoid too much wet this time.
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Asparagus 20 Sep, Marie casey (Australia - sub-tropical climate): would i be able to grow asparagus in the sandy region about 50ks from frazer island .would i need to build up the soil or would that sandy soil suit.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 20 Sep, russ richards (Australia - temperate climate): were can I get seeds for this plant ?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 19 Sep, marie. (Australia - temperate climate): how do i know when the beans are ready to pick.They are 100mm long.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 30 Sep, bob (Australia - temperate climate): mature pods grow to about 9 inches long with abt 8 beans per pod can start eating( pods and beans) when young, abt 4 inches long
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 20 Sep, hz (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Perfect for picking right now ! At this size they are nice in a stir-fry or steamed, when larger they need to be shelled and just the bean is used. I never let mine get big, except for the few rogues that I don't see till too late. Where I am, I won't get flowers for another month, and beans in November. Can't wait, I put twice as many in this year as they were so wonderful last year.
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Horseradish 18 Sep, Sarah (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I bought my horseradish root through Greenharvest.They have a list of edible spring plants that they sell from July each year - They currently have no horseradish available, but they did say that this year the crop wasn't very good. Maybe try again next year if you haven't found some by then?....
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Horseradish 18 Sep, Maria Burzynski (Australia - temperate climate): Just like to know were would I buy same Horseradish plant I live in Bankstown were would be the closes nursery if any do sell Them Thanks Maria
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Horseradish 14 Oct, Margaret (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Maria We found some and now have some healthy plants growing in our garden - next time we harvest I could give you a root- I live in Yagoona.
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Horseradish 29 Dec, philippa (Australia - tropical climate): hi hoping you could let me have some horserafdish root. i am in Before. thanks
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Cucumber 17 Sep, (Australia - temperate climate): do they all grow on trellis?
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Cucumber 17 Sep, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I've grown cucumbers both trailing across the ground and on top of straw mulch. They were fine, although the skins were white where they touched the ground. A bit more slug/snail damage as it was easier for the pests to get to them.
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