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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 23 Feb, lita (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I pollinate the flowers myself and they seems to be lots of flowers . Some of them form buds but they only grow a little and they turn yellow and died too. Have anyone know the reasons?
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 14 Apr, sarah (Australia - temperate climate)
how old are the plants? mine took along time(over two months) to produce female flowers, also i found the bees do a better job of pollinating if the plants are spread out rather than too inter-grown
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 13 Feb, Nelson Shem (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Where can i purchase the seeds?
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 26 Nov, Rich (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Just buy a rockmelon, scoop the seeds out, dry hem and plant them. I've got about 100 seedlings growing out of my compost now. I'm gonna let them grow
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 24 Sep, cathie (Australia - temperate climate)
i got mine at diggers in victoria. they are on line and they will post you what you want
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Garlic 13 Feb, Wade (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi all, just suggesting that planting times be shuffled back to start planting mid march thru to mid june, at the latest! Ive found that most garlic really like a bit of warmth and size before winter sets in...
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 12 Feb, Rob Brown (Australia - tropical climate)
I've planted my eggplants out to my aquaponics system 5 weeks ago (just after christmas), all had flowered within 2 weeks and at week 3 they have fruit about 5cm long, I planted both redskin and normal shop variety.
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Cucumber 11 Feb, Rhonda (Australia - temperate climate)
I have a burpless cucumber and it is growong well I have had about 4 normal cucumber. But now it is growing one that look more like a rockmelon any sugegestion.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 10 Feb, yvonne cardy (Australia - tropical climate)
I have a 'yellow' eggplant, round in shape and a bright colour. My neighbour gave me the seedling but I can't find anything on yellow eggplant. Can you help?
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Pumpkin 08 Feb, STELLA (Australia - temperate climate)
my pumpkin vine is growing in a vegie box and it looks healthy with lots of male and a few female flowers but after each female flower blooms even after trying hand pollination the flower bottom becomes yellow and eventually drops .is there any way i could prevent this and sucsessfully grow pumkins??..and also that the same veggie box has three more pumpkin plants growing..is that the causeof it??
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Ginger 08 Feb, Kerry (Australia - tropical climate)
Just wandering what i can plant on my balcony (in pots) herbs spices i already have 5 spice, basil, mint.... In the tropics
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 08 Feb, Chandra Akhil (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted seedlings (varieties) early December and started harvesting very healthy good size fruit late January. I am still harvesting almost every three weeks.It just grows and grows and gives lots of fruit. I give it good watering and lot of compost from time to time. I have left a fruit on each plant for seeds which will be handy come July.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 Feb, Jackie (Australia - temperate climate)
I have a plant and it nearly died.After some TLC and lots of water it has thrived and now fruits like mad. It has also self seeded and has become ferrel.It must love the scorching Summers in this part of the world. I believe it is good for diabetics .
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 24 May, JOSEPH (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Yes you are quiet correct I planted a Cape gooseberry for a friend who is a diabetic and she loves eating them straight from the bush. The Cape Gooseberry is queit hardy but does love a fair amount of water to give you a really good crop. As to the people commenting about their fruit dropping prior to maturity, my personal belief is the lack of consistent or regular watering. Hope you all have success
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Pumpkin 05 Feb, stella (Australia - temperate climate)
my pumpkin vine is growing in a polystyrene box and it looks healthy with lotsof maleand a few female flowers but after eachfemaleflower blooms even after trying hand pollination the flower bottom becomes yellow and eventually drops .is there any way i couldprevent this and sucsessfully grow pumkins??..and also that the same veggie box has three more pumpkin plantsgrowing..isthat the causeof it??
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 04 Feb, Marcus Chin (Australia - temperate climate)
Planted chokos from fruits from veges shops. Healthy growth but no fruit set over the last 3 seasons. Fertilizer (complete formulation for fruit and veg) at early shoots and pre-flowering. Planted in full sun position. Can someone please help, thanks.
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Cardoon 03 Feb, christopher petersen (Australia - temperate climate)
where can i purchase some cardoon seed
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Pumpkin 02 Feb, paul (Australia - temperate climate)
just wondering i bent my stem to my pumpkin and cracked it is there any remedies first time grower thanks
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Pumpkin 08 Feb, Catherine (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I Paul, I trod on one of my vines a few weeks ago. I was going to cut it off, but then forgot. I noticed it the other day, and the vine has just kept growing. he place where I trod on it is still visible as a few splits in the otherwise thick vine, but it has hardened up and there are flowers and leaves growing on the rest of the vine anyway. So you can probably just leave it and it will work out. If it is the actualy stem to a pumpkin fruit, not just one of the vines, I'm not sure, but it might do the same thing.
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 02 Feb, Santie Adendorff (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
What is the difference between marogo and spinach? What is the scientific name for marogo?
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 03 Feb, (Australia - arid climate)
It is Amaranthus
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Garlic 02 Feb, Prue (Australia - temperate climate)
This year I let a couple of garlic go to seed and flower, so now I have thousands of tiny garlic cloves/seeds, should I plant them in the ground now as that is when they would of naturally fallen or wait till April? I'm in Melbourne if that helps answer my question
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Garlic 22 Jun, Michael Ouellette (Australia - temperate climate)
You can plant them as an experiment but you are better off planting the cloves from mature garlic. I also live in Melbourne and have been growing my own garlic for three years with success. I plant about 2- 300 cloves for our own usage yearly. PS: and loving it...
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Onion 01 Feb, greg (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
Can u pls provide me informations on onion cultivation in my area
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Cucumber 01 Feb, chris (Australia - temperate climate)
I have been trying to grow la diva cucumbers ,the vine is going great and getting lots of flowers but only very small cucumbers before they wilt and die ,i have not seen any bees around , maybe they are not getting polinated .HELP
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 31 Jan, Michael (Australia - temperate climate)
I have planted rocket and my leaves are going red. The red seems to get more pronounced once picked. What could be causing this?
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 01 Feb, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Mine are doing the same. I haven't dared taste them yet. Some are growing normally but lots have turned red. I would guess some sort of stress has affected them.
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 04 Feb, Ali (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My rocket is red as well and is growing really slowly. I havent been able to pick any yet and I planted it end of november any ideas?
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Garlic 31 Jan, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I have planted garlic bulbs last year and nothing happened. Thought it all died off, but in the last week or so.... it's been soooo hot here and I now have garlic growing in my pots. Must be from last year's bulbs that didnt work. Not sure why they are sprouting at this time of year, especially in this heat when I thought they were a winter vege. Any comments would be good.
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Garlic 02 Apr, David (Australia - temperate climate)
it is possible that you bought mexican or some other countrys garlic which is 6 monthes different to ours hence the garlic coming up now
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