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Pumpkin 29 Mar, Tim - Tocumwal (Australia - temperate climate)
my pumpkins are ready and the vines are showing signs of dying and i want to remove them. popular opinion says if i want to store my bountiful pumpkin harvest for future use they need a frost. QUESTION: must the pumpkins be still attached to the vine, or can they be harvested and suitably stored outside until the frosts come, then transfered to shed storage. Tim.
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Pumpkin 30 Mar, Kelly (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
I used to live in Queensland and never got a frost ever but grow and stored pumpkins for many years. I would sun them before storing.
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Pumpkin 01 Apr, Tim (Australia - temperate climate)
thanks kelly. i will harvest them today Tim.
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Pumpkin 01 Apr, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Make sure that you leave a small piece of stem attached to the pumpkin when you harvest .
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 29 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate)
Dig lime into the soil before planting for a sweeter crop
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 28 Mar, wotan (Australia - temperate climate)
I saved aAmaranth seed by shaking, sifting, and and blowing the chaff of th seeds. Now I have insect bites under my shirt and sleeve areas that develop after 24 hours and itch for a 1 week and produce mite like blisters. This happened both times I have done this. Any ideas what insect it might be?? Thanks!
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 19 Aug, Nikki (Australia - temperate climate)
Probably not insects. I get a rash when harvesting dried plant material, eg jerusalem artichokes. Make sure you cover up and maybe put a cream on before you start and shower afterwards.
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Pumpkin 28 Mar, kate (Australia - temperate climate)
mine plant does the same and it is in the ground. Sometimes the flowers haven't even opened before the baby pumpkin turns yellow and falls off. I would love to know an answer if anyone has one :)
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 28 Mar, Raelene (Australia - temperate climate)
I'm not sure if it's the same type of sweet potato, but in Asia we eat the leaves - cook them lightly like spinach. From the photo on right it looks the same - I have just been given some shoots.... (Bear in mind this is different to potato leaves which cannot be eaten!)
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 27 Mar, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Have a rosella bush only been in a month or so doing fabulously and now i have fruit when do i pick the fruit is it just when they are large. The shrub has thrived and i am in brisbane
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Brussels sprouts 27 Mar, julie (Australia - temperate climate)
HI just answering about brussle sprouts , they do need a frost on them wait for acool night below 5 dec and put some crushed ice on them or tip the ice from your freezer this stimulates them in to budding good luck
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 26 Mar, TT (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
You don't have to wait to the daikon to mature, thinning can be eaten like radish. the baby leaves are also editible.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 25 Mar, Ged Roberts (Australia - temperate climate)
Try growing mexican corriander also known as sawtooth corriander (Eryngium foetidum). This grows much better in the heat of the tropics or subtropics and has a very similar taste to the corriander you buy in the shops. Mexican corriander will grow well in shade or partial shade which is where I grow it.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 25 Mar, arabella (Australia - temperate climate)
how many ears of corn grow per stalk?
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 23 Mar, gary bailey (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
wher can i buy the seeds in australia, i live in melbourne
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 26 Jul, Angela (Australia - temperate climate)
Bunnings sells them, I just bought some today- I also live in Melbourne :)
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 21 May, Lachlan (Australia - temperate climate)
Google daikon seeds Australia.
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 12 Aug, wayne (Australia - temperate climate)
I picked some up in my local nursery in shepparton. so Im guessing any good nursery would be able to supply
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 02 Oct, Kamenrider (Australia - temperate climate)
Daikon is the Japanese name for this Asian variety of white radish. Dai = Big and Kon = Root. We all know it is no root at all. So, when you go shopping for seeds, you can choose Asian White Radish, Daikon or Luo Pok. They mean the same thing. Normally, Daikon is the biggest, but favour is less intense than the smaller ones (7-8 inches). You can buy seeds online.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 23 Mar, Suzette (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have planted some rosella bushes and they have grown wonderfully, but when do they start to bear fruit. I live in Brisbane
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Spring onions (also Scallions, Bunching onions, Welsh onion) 21 Mar, Daryl of New Giz (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I agree with Tracey, even up here in the Macedon Ranges spring onions can be grown from seed during any of the warmer months SUGGEST see Chives for planting season
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 20 Mar, Fini (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi I bought salsify seeds from the lost seed.
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Rhubarb 20 Mar, Fred Merbein (Australia - tropical climate)
I live near Mildura Victoria can I grow rhubarb in this hot climate with ease
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 20 Mar, Cheryl (Australia - temperate climate)
When do I harvest amaranth and how
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 02 May, Jane (Australia - tropical climate)
I find placing a bag over the heads once formed and gripping it closed is effective. Shake rattle n roll then check. Repeat until you're satisfied with you collection. Pop inside, gently ease into container or a jug. Then tip into a fine mesh colander, and hand-sort any rubbish (stick that into your mulch bin or whatever).Shake it around until yr satisfied. I keep my amaranth seeds in zip-top bags. Easy to sprinkle or sow. I thought the bag might sweat. It didn't. I put it in the pantry away from light.
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Kale (also Borecole) 19 Mar, Rob (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Kale can be planted at any time of the year in Brisbane - you can get any of the seed varieties from any garden shops. Try a few varieties - use lots of compost and water regularly. Eat the young leaves chopped in salads, grind the old leaves for juice or feed to chooks. My chooks prefer kale leaves to any other offerings! Kale is high in vitamins especially A and is perfect with oil, vinegar and touch of salt/pepper. The diamond back cabbage moth gives it a hammering and pick any chewed leaves immediately and feed to chooks or dispose. Spray with white oil or do what i do and put a mozzie net over the patch! Kales will last you at least 6-8 mths with a little attention! Our number plant in our garden!
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 19 Mar, Lee (Australia - temperate climate)
Just curious where and if seeds can be purchased in Western Australia for salsify. Interested in giving it a go...
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 18 Jun, kate (Australia - temperate climate)
I would like to know as well,I also reside in West Aust.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 19 Mar, rae (Australia - temperate climate)
my capsicums are bitter raw and cooked any one know why
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Beetroot (also Beets) 18 Mar, D.Gulyas (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, I was just wondering what fertiliser to apply when my soil has NPK 0.65mg/kg:11mg/kg:0.16meq/100g. It is a pH6 loamy soil. Any response appreciated. Thank you
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