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Carrot 03 Jun, adam (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I use the snail pellets made from iron Chelates, no poison at all. None of that nasty Metaldehyde, because I have a dog. Completely harmless to everything except snails and slugs.
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Carrot 22 Nov, Cat (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi Adam, I was interested in your comment on the snail pellets as my greens are getting destroyed by snails at the moment and I don't use any poisons in the garden. I thought you might be interested in this article which suggests that iron chelate snail pellets do indeed have the potential to be poisonous - hostalibrary.org/firstlook/RRIronPhosphate (you might need to add www on the begining and htm on the end - had to delete them to get the post up). I've been having some success with coffee grounds, but the 'beer traps' have been a complete fail.
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Carrot 17 May, hz (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Here's an off-the-wall idea I read recently. Crush strong peppermints to a powder and sprinkle along emerging carrots/parsnips/radishes. The peppermint smell confuses the snails/slugs/bugs that love the new growth. I haven't tried this myself, but I am going to test it out, should be very easy to prove if it works by doing this to one row but not another! Good Luck !
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 05 May, Russell (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
what is the best way to store them?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 17 May, Monica (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Found this reference on another website: Tubers are difficult to store because of the thin skin which permits shrinkage and injury that leads to decay. They keep perfectly if left in the soil until needed, freezing does no damage. Although they cannot be harvested from frozen soil, tubers for spring planting are best left in place until spring. They should then be harvested and handled promptly before they sprout appreciably. Tubers should not be left in poorly drained soil. Good, sound, diseasefree tubers can be successfully kept several months in cold storage at a high humidity and a temperature of 0°C.
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Carrot 03 May, lesley (Australia - tropical climate)
if you place white egg shells around your plants in your garden it will keep away white cabbage moths/butterflies
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 02 May, Bob (Australia - temperate climate)
I love orka I love mixing it with peppers and eggplant!I love to grill it on the BBQ! :) try it !! grill it on its side for 2 minutes each!its yummy!!!!
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Broccoli 02 May, Diane Bailey (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live near Coffs Harbour on the mid-north coast. I have never been successful in growng broccoli or cauliflower. Can they be grown in polystyrene boxes or planted into the garden. What type of fertilizer etc. should be used? I have no idea as to what I have been doing wrong. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
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Lettuce 02 May, alan (Australia - temperate climate)
put a couple of hand full of lime per square meter
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 30 Apr, Nancy ortiga (Australia - tropical climate)
What is the germination time for cilantro? Can we grow them at 35deg C?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 30 Apr, Lani (Australia - temperate climate)
Ive transplanted a chilli plant into a new garden bed recently. I cut back a lot of the outer steams off the plant. I've applied dynamic lifter and it's well watered. But it's looking a little worse for ware :( any advice on how I can bring it back to its glory days?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 08 Jun, Brent (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Realising the comment was written late April: I also did this myself, and thought I had killed the plant. The thing to keep in mind is they are a fairly hardy, yet slow-growing, plant so those leaves will grow back and you might find it will fruit like crazy. Dynamic lifter is good, but only when fruiting. Not sure what you have done since your post, but try using something high in nitrogen (this encourages leaf growth) like 'blood and bone' and do it sparingly as it is that time of year the plant grows even slower due to the soil temperatures (unless you live in a tropical climate).
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 30 Apr, nazmul (Australia - tropical climate)
i have planted a choko plant 2 month ago.But its growth is not good..could u advice me plz.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 30 Apr, blanckensee (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
First timw growers 10 bushers for Jam We have small fruit but flowers also. What is the story about to do with flowers. Don
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 29 Apr, grant schirmer (Australia - arid climate)
please can someone tell what to spray my rosella plants with as they r being eaten by insects and have white aphids all on then . these plants r in flower. many thanks.
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Celeriac 26 Apr, ALAIN BROUSSE (Australia - temperate climate)
hi....a lot of hotels & restaurants have on their menu WALDORF salad...well the real recipe is that salad should be made with CELERIAC small apples & walnut with a mayonnaise dressing ( no sugar) but a good lemon juice to grow celeriac you need a lot of old manure.happy gardening& cooking
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Beetroot (also Beets) 26 Apr, Mabel Reidy (Australia - temperate climate)
Wash beetroot and boil till soft, the skin will peel off easily, then slice into a bowl. Make a mixture of vinegar and brown sugar{I use Balsamic vinegar} and pour over beetroot and chill. You can also bake the beetroot with your roast, just like spuds or whatever.
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 25 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
if you pick the bad or dead leaves off the plant that will give it more space for new leaves to grow, also harvest it once every two weeks, dont take all the leaves off wilst harvesting as that will wrek it, only take off a few leaves at a time, not the ones on the top, on hot days water near the roots, the during dusk water the leaves.
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Kohlrabi 25 Apr, konstantinos (Australia - temperate climate)
hi my kohlrabi has holes on it any advice? thanks metiteranian climat
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Garlic 25 Apr, Dave Taylor (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, I've just moved to Brisbane from the UK (where I left a healthy crop including Elephant, Albigensian, Solent and Lautrec White growing on my allotment) and I'm just starting a veg bed here. Where is the best place to get my seed garlic and do you get different varieties or should I just buy a bulb of Australian garlic and plant the cloves?
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Garlic 11 Jun, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Supermarkets recently had 'Australian-grown' garlic labelled as 'suitable for planting'
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Garlic 27 Apr, janama (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Dave - I bought Australian grown garlic from the local supermarket and all have sprouted. I noticed it didn't seem to matter what size the cloves were as the small ones sprouted just as well as the large ones. As I mentioned before some of the Chinese and Mexican garlic won't sprout.
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Garlic 08 Jun, selena (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
the imported garlic is treated with a chemical that retards sprouting. - all the more reason to grow your own.
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Garlic 03 May, Tim (Australia - temperate climate)
Diggers Club have a comprehensive range Garlic varieties including early and late.
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 23 Apr, hugh (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I get(buy) taro (edible) for planting in Melbourne? Thanks I would like your recommendation for a good variety to be brought to a school in Nth-East Thailand (Isarn) for a missionary who teach the people there to plant.(before May 10 2012) Regards.
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Cauliflower 23 Apr, David (Australia - arid climate)
Put Fruitfly mesh over plants from day 1. Prevent all insect contact.
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Radish 23 Apr, kate (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I have to say I have had the best month for growing Radish this year! All of them have been a success and It's amazing. Soooo happy! I would love to add photos to show everyone!
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 21 Apr, jenny (Australia - temperate climate)
i planted my coriander a month ago and it hasn't seeded yet. the tallest one is about 3 inches and none of them have very many leaves. The seeds where a 1.50$ pack from the reject shop. there's about 15 plants in 1 small pot and i keep it on my window sill where it get very little sun. not sure what to make of it, I'm going to try planting some more outside in the shade and see if they turn out better.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 21 Apr, Brad Davies (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live in Brisbane Qld and have planted Jelapenos a few weeks ago & now have black on some of the leaves. Does anyone know what this is and how I can fix it? Thanks
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Cauliflower 21 Apr, mick (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
just wondering if anybody has good tips for natural and organic pest control.seem to have a lot of aphids and white moths. plants are nice and healthy apart from leaves being eaten
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