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Garlic 14 Jun, Trevor (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Garlic is frost resistent, loves the cool / cold weather. Lime the soil prior to planting, do not fertilse & stop watering 1 month before harvest Good luck
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 12 Jun, Raymond Rodrigues (Australia - temperate climate)
If i cut a capsicum and grow the seeds will it grow
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 20 Jun, James (Australia - temperate climate)
Signs point to yes. Although hybrids may not produce well when seed is saved, the capsicum in the shops is most likely a hybrid. Genetically modified seeds won't sprout, but I doubt they will be GM. I would buy my own seeds.
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Garlic 12 Jun, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
March 20 this year l planted 200 Tasmanian purple organic Garlic, using my own stock from last year. (I have done this for 4 years now) This seasons the leaves are yellowing. Rainfall has been normal. Note that I grew letuce,tomato & cabbage in the bed last season, and used my own COF, limed 2 weeks prior to planting. This year I mulched with sugar cane, could it beth mulch or is this a deficiantcy of some sort?
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Watermelon 12 Jun, Elmer Patiag (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi, Just want to ask where can I buy watermelon seed?
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Watermelon 14 Oct, Chantelle (Australia - temperate climate)
Watermelon seeds can be bought at most nurseries,a hardware giant eg. Bunnings (where I got mine and are good with seeds) a good 2 dollar shop, a hardware store, or a discount superstore eg. Kmart, target. hope this helps
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Turnip 10 Jun, Stella (Australia - tropical climate)
Hello I would like to find out how many seeds would you use 1 or a few in each hole?
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Turnip 05 Aug, Ade (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I suggest single seed or thin out as turnips growing close in my experience get stunted, but if you want to harvest some young and leave a couple to get bigger side by side, that works fine also. Crowded they also may experience one rotting and taking others with it due to close proximity. I grow them easily in Nambour, I mean almost no effort of special care needed, they grow like weeds.
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Potato 08 Jun, mehmet kolgu (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi I met and loved Salad potatoes at UK. But couldn't see any at Sydney I love to grow them,can you help me please regards mehmet
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Potato 11 Jun, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Kipfler potatoes are a waxy variety good for salads.
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Broccoli 08 Jun, George Gilchrist (Australia - temperate climate)
Live in Perth. Broccoli has very healthy growth, but no heads developing. Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
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Broccoli 11 Jun, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
It could be too early in the season for the flower heads to develop, or maybe a bit much nitrogen promoting lots of leaf growth. Have a look down the stems - you might see head buds starting to emerge above where the leaves join the stem.
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Rhubarb 08 Jun, Peter (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Where can roots be purchased around Brisbane
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 06 Jun, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I have so many snow pea plants and so many flowers, but no snow peas. Why would that be?
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 22 Aug, Judith (Australia - temperate climate)
Flowers but no fruit suggests something is lacking in the soil. A good serve of Sulphate of Potash every fortnight will help. Sulphate of Potash is excellent for plants such as capsicum/ tomato/ beans/ egg plant/ zucchini. While not all plants need bees to produce fruit - a Greek Basil or two in any garden will attract a lot of bees. I potted a Greek Basil last February and it has been flowering (purple and very strong smelling) consistently in spite of some really cold days and nights. If you do get a Greek Basil, you might consider keeping it in a pot so it can be moved to where you want bees to pollinate the plants. Good luck!
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 29 Jun, Justine (Australia - temperate climate)
Its usually because of the absence of bees. At this time of year it can be a challange to get bees into the garden. Just wait a little bit longer, and you will have heaps of snow peas!
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 02 Sep, Chris (Australia - temperate climate)
Peas of all types are all self pollinating. You don't need any bees to get pods.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 06 Jun, graeme (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi,my broad beans are starting get leave curl and some are going brown on the tips the plants are only small at this stage
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 03 Jun, (Australia - temperate climate)
You need to cross-pollinate manually. Bees are the pollinators. We had bees in the garden & fruit on the eggplants, then no bees & no fruit. The flowers are hermaphrodite. Pick a freshly opened flower from one bush & gently brush the stamen against flowers on other plants.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 01 Jun, (Australia - arid climate)
The trick to peeling chokos is to first split them in half, sprinkle some salt on the cut surfaces then rubbing them together to rid them of the gooey substance. This works really quickly like magic!
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 06 Jun, Ryan (Australia - arid climate)
- how about the recipes though, get a bit bored with steaming or pan frying. Surely there must be more ways to use them ?
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 07 Nov, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
A few recipie ideas: - Choko Pickles (plenty of recipies on the web) - Starter: Choko soup - Main: Creamy Basil Choko Ingredients: 4 rashes bacon, cut into strips 1 medium onion, diced 3-4 chokos, peeled & cut into 1/8 pieces 1/2 cup evaporated milk (or cream) 2 tbl sp parmesan cheese 2 tbl sp chopped fresh basil 1/2 tbl sp oil Directions: fry bacon until crispy, remove from pan & place in a baking dish. Cook in bacon fat & oil until translucent, remove from pan & place in baking dish. Add choko pieces to baking dish. Pour evaporated milk (or cream) over top, sprinkle with parmesan & chopped basil Cook in oven at 180c for 30-45 min until choko is tender - Desert: 2 Choko pealed and sliced into 1/8 and poached with 1/2 pod vanilla (or 1/2 tsp essence), 1-2 cloves and 1/4 cup sugar. Serve with icecream.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 15 Jun, (Australia - temperate climate)
Choko is great chopped up and stirred into curry dishes. Fried in butter, sprinkled with herbs and sweetened with honey is nice too. It can be cooked to a mush for use to thicken (give body to) soup and casserole dishes also.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 31 May, (Australia - temperate climate)
what goodness is in choko that I should eat them
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 14 Jul, Alexis (Australia - temperate climate)
They're very high in fibre.
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Potato 30 May, simon (Australia - tropical climate)
really want to grow some potatoes other than sweet potato, yam, taro etc etc in the tropics, surly there is one type of potato that could handle the dry season up this way?? any advise is really appreciated.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 30 May, adedayo (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Can strawberries be grown in the sub-sahara africa?
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Cauliflower 30 May, Jim Mair (Australia - temperate climate)
My Caulis., 1 month in soil, are growing tall and seem to need support. Should I hill up the soil up around them?
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Lettuce 29 May, i.bresca (Australia - temperate climate)
only a few of my first plantings took off but now seedlings everywhere....need to space and plant....help running out of room ! also advice on chilli plants...chilli not hot at all. i did buy mild but this is silly !
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 25 Jul, Westy (Australia - temperate climate)
hey I find with chilli plants they produce hotter chillies when they are not watered too much, receive a lot of sunshine, and are left to fully mature on the plant. also try a hotter chili variety such as the 'diablo' or 'red hot'. these chilies aren't overly hot, and are ideal for asian and mexican cooking, and they produce amazing amounts of chillies per plant
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