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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 22 Oct, Grace Elliott (Australia - temperate climate): I've never grown rocket before so didn't realise how quickly it grows. Mine has already started to flower so does that mean it is too old to eat?
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 01 Oct, Linda (Australia - cool/mountain climate): When the rocket starts going to seed, pick the seed heads and cook them in stir fries. The plant can grow very big by this method, producing more and more seed heads. We pick them when the flowers have just started to open. I don't like rocket in salads but it's excellent stir fried. In the cool regoin where I live, you can grow it all over winter like this. I do the same with various asian greens as well.
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 21 Oct, (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I'm in Castlemaine Vic. Is it worth growing taro in my greenhouse here?
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Asparagus 20 Oct, Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): What pest would not only nibble through the delicate seedling Asparagus frond but eat every bit of green? On checking this morning there is NO sign of any frond left and there is no soil disturbance on the surface of the big pot? I am still speaechless... Any ideas outhere and what do I do now, wait and hope for more fronds to grow OR compost the lot??? and yes should you be wondering I am the same gardener who submitted the previous question and mistakenly clicked on NZ but this is the correct location, I am in Tasmania..\
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Asparagus 23 Oct, Rowena (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Perhaps cutworm? They do eat the entire plant if it's tender enough :O) I got the following advice from the Yates website and it worked for me: Cutworms are only active at night, so go out after dark with a torch and check for caterpillars at work.Prevent cutworm attack by placing small, open-ended plastic cups around plants or by wrapping plant bases with aluminium foil. (Start just below the surface of the soil).
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Savory - winter savory (also Savory) 19 Oct, Nirvana (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi there, I live in WA where can I purchase this plant from here in Australia? thanks
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 19 Oct, Rachel (Australia - temperate climate): I grew some snow peas during the winter but while there was plenty of leave we got few peas. Any ideas on how to produce more snowpeas
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 10 Mar, GreatPeaFarmer (Australia - temperate climate): you can buy em from coles.
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Garlic 18 Oct, angela (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Greg,I bought a heap of garlic from a shop and havent used it,it is now October can I plant the shooting bulbs or do I just throw them away?Seems a waste.Thank you
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Beetroot (also Beets) 18 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate): We have just harvested our beetroot and have pulled up white roots, is this normal, they have white stalks too
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 18 Oct, marie-line (Australia - temperate climate): I leave in Adelaide Australia and would like to know where (market/shopping centre) i can buy Collard greens here to cook myself. Kind regards Marie-Line
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 17 Oct, Barbara Scott (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Can you still make the coriander unto good pesto after it has "bolted?"
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 13 Feb, Stella (Australia - temperate climate): Yup u certainly can use the leaves and get rid of the tough shoots and can also add the young seeds for an extra nutty flavor
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Horseradish 17 Oct, jackie rolland (Australia - cool/mountain climate): i am in Launceston Tasmania,and i have some horseradish plants if you would like some mike
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Horseradish 03 Sep, Phil Lipski (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I live in Launceston. I would like to buy some plants. Thank you. Phil
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Horseradish 27 Jul, Donna Renaud (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Jackie, I know it was a long time ago, but do you still have any horseradish in Launceston ? I am in Beaconsfield and would love to grow some so I can make Fire Water with it. Donna.
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Horseradish 09 Dec, Paul (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Jackie, We would love a bit of your HR. we are south of Hobart(pelverata) and would love to get some that is proven in Tassie. Happy to pay for postage.
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Asparagus 16 Oct, (Australia - cool/mountain climate): For the fist time I recently purchased some seedlings of Asparagus, planted them into deep 420 cm HDPE pot and now read that they take 3 years before harvest? If this is true what is the quantity of one seedling at havest time?? One spear of Asparagus Or more??? And does it really take 3 years from seedling stage with 3 fronds? And what happens with the soil in a pot, all Ican do is top it up with say cow manure or similar suitalbe manure / compost mixes? Any help is appreciated as this is my first time growin Asparagus Thank you Jen (Tas)
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Asparagus 24 Oct, JOSEPH (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Please check the info on this and other sites as there is so much to learn about asparagus. These plants are the ultimate gross feeders, they love fertiliser and water It will last up to 25 to 30 years if looked after properly. I believe that you only harvest the spears from the male plant and the female one's produce berries. Please contact me if you any more queries. I am in Burnie. Joe
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 16 Oct, lily (Australia - temperate climate): I have a capscicum plant that is 20cm high with 4 flowers at the very top. Should I chop them to allow the plant to grow more, I have read that I should have chopped the central stalk when it was 15cm tall to allow the side stems to produce more fruit?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 28 Oct, Bruce (Australia - temperate climate): It will just grow by itself something like a tomato plant and doesnt need to be chopped to produce nice fruit when it is ready. It may benefit from some staking the same as a tomato bush.
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Broccoli 16 Oct, leah (Australia - temperate climate): what would be eating my brocolini??? is growing really well but i don't want to share with the bugs!!! what can i use that is natural to keep bugs off?? or maybe plant next to it as deterent?? any suggestions?
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Broccoli 30 Dec, tam (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I had big problems when first planted out my brocoli with something eating the leaves, no sign of caterpillars or moths, spoke to my uncle who used to pick veggies for living, he suggested mixing up 20ml biodegradable washing up liquid with 1000ml water and putting in a spray water bottle, spray the leaves top and bottom but not the head if developed, it worked nothing has touched my brocoli at all. i re spray every 3 weeks now but at first i sprayed every second or third day depending on rain.
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Broccoli 02 Nov, Robert (Australia - cool/mountain climate): All broccoli in my garden suffers at this time of year from rats. They are quite voracious and eat the heads and shoots but not the leaves. I fix the problem by feeding little green cakes of rat poison held in place with nails on the garden edging. They ate three boxes of the stuff over 4 nights.
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Broccoli 19 Nov, dave (Australia - cool/mountain climate): i had the same problen i fed rat bait for one week it turned out to be possums i got the experts in and traped 7 in 2 days problem solved!
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 15 Oct, Diane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I am living in Sub-Tropical, Coffs Harbour. I would like some helpful advise in growing Capsicums in this Region. I have tried planting in the ground and in pots but have not had any success. Any tips would be great. Di
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Nov, Max (Australia - temperate climate): Hello Di Don't give up you can do it. You don't say at what point things go wrong- but I suggest you start with a small red capsicum (sweet pepper) from a local outlet. The smaller fruited ones ripen quickly and don't get fruit fly for me. The smaller fruited ones are tougher and get going quicker. And this is the exactly time of the year to start. They also produce more abundantly. Cheers Max
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 15 Oct, mario sanchez (Australia - temperate climate): how can i grow choko in the middle of the winter in the area of adelaide hills
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 14 Oct, John Edgerton (Australia - tropical climate): Hi Simone, i read your posts that you have Rosella seeds. I would appreciate it if you could post me some please. If you could kindly email me once you have read this so i can give you my postal address. [email protected] Yours kindly, John Edgerton
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Cauliflower 13 Oct, Sam (Australia - temperate climate): I planted cauliflower some months ago and the plants are going nuts. They look really healthy and are getting quite big but there is no sign of a head yet. Will it come or is it too late. Why wouldn't the heads be forming?
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