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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 14 Jul, Jack (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
What would you suggest around Brisbane in regard to spacing the plant?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 16 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Good rich soil 900mm - poor soil 600mm.
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Garlic 13 Jul, Sam (Australia - temperate climate)
It's mid July and my garlic for planting only just arrived... I am in Canberra. Is it a waste to try planting them now? It's still very cold here for another month at least.
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Garlic 15 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
They should do alright - maybe not so big a bulb. Read the notes and plant earlier next year.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 12 Jul, Sally (Australia - temperate climate)
I have a few patches of mint - in a garden bed and in pots. It thrives in spring and summer, but still grows quite well through winter. In the last two years, though, I have had a pest; a tiny fly that must lay its eggs in teh growing tips. This causes the tiny terminal leaves to stick together as the eggs hatch and teh larvae feed. If I prise the tip leaves apart I can (just) see tiny, tiny yellowish maggots. I took them to a lab and examined these under a microscope. Sure enough they are typical maggots - legless, hairless, pointed at one end and flat at the bum (spiracle) end, wriggling about. They are about 1 mm long. It kills the tips - they go brown and once the larvae change into adults the tips dry out and die. Does anyone know what the ID of this fly is? And what I should do? I'm guessing remove all tips, put out yellow sticky paper for the adult flies and maybe spray with spinosad? Or stop growing mint for a season??? Help! I do love mint in my mojitos!
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Mint (also Garden mint) 15 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
I'd suggest you spray and yellow sticky paper and see how it goes.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 11 Jul, Vikas Beri (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I'm in Townsville. Where can I buy /get by post ?..Jerusalem Artichoke tubers to plant ?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 17 Jul, Lorelei White (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Green Harvest at Witta near Maleny have online store. I just bought my Jerusalem Artichokes at QLD Garden Show from their stall. I just planted mine today following the instructions from Green Harvest also available online. Good luck Lol White
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 12 Jul, Dianne (Australia - arid climate)
Bunnings sells an 8-pack (Bloomin' Bulbs range) that is available in most stores. (I checked availability for Mackay recently and noticed that a bunch of stores all the way up the coast stocked them as well.) If they don't have any, it might be worth checking Mitre 10. I recall the store in Sarina having some and suspect that it might be something that the chain stocks on a regular basis. Best wishes in finding some bulbs near where you live!
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 12 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Look on the internet.
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Carrot 07 Jul, Dianne (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Don't forget to make use of carrot leaves and stems as well as a tasty salad green, but be sure not to leave them on the plant too long as they get a bit stringy.
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Potato 07 Jul, david lilliman (Australia - arid climate)
Hi , when do I know when to harvest my potatoes.
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Potato 08 Jul, (Australia - arid climate)
It does say 15-20 weeks to grow and it does say plant Aug to Dec. Usually the plant tops starts dying off.
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Potato 05 Jul, Val (Australia - temperate climate)
I didnt plant potatoes but they shot up from last year's crop. They started in autumn but the frost has now killed them. Why did they shoot at such a strange time and will they reshoot - or should I just harvest the new potatoes that they have produced before the frost killed them? I'm in South Gippsland Vic and we get pretty cold nights this time of year.
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Potato 08 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
Harvest them. Crop time is 15-20 weeks from germination/shooting - consider this when planting and frosts.
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Asparagus 04 Jul, mark (Australia - temperate climate)
i live in a frost prone area reg minus 1or 2 deg c i planted asparagus seedlings 2 year ago and 2 year old crowns about a month ago i mulched with a good layer of suger cane mulch it is early july and the shoots on my older plants are emerging we had another frost today , my questing is should i just leave them or should i trim them of to prevent frost damage to the plant
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Asparagus 05 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
I would suggest you read the article here until you understand it.
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Kohlrabi 03 Jul, Josephine (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Live in Hervey Bay qld growing kohl rabi was wondering what pest would bite big chunks out of bulb not eating leaves
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Kohlrabi 04 Jul, Janette (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Could be one of our natives such as Bandicoot which dig down to eat roots of plants.
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Kohlrabi 04 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
Some kind of grub in the soil ???????
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Pumpkin 03 Jul, Trevor Worth (Australia - temperate climate)
Can a Butternut Pumpkin be grown from a top only, and what would be the best method? I'd love to try it if there's a chance it may work. Thank you kindly.
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Pumpkin 04 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
I don't see it working. Stick some skewers in it and hang it in water.
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Strawberry Plants 02 Jul, Steve (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Inglewood just 10 minutes north of Perth CBD please advise when it’s best to plant strawberries and what month
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Strawberry Plants 04 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate)
Read the article again on growing strawberries for temperate climate.
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 02 Jul, Susan parker (Australia - arid climate)
I’m in Northam, Western Australia I’d love to grow salsify. Where can I get seeds. When do I plant?
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 03 Jul, (Australia - arid climate)
It says plant from Sept to March - look up the internet where to buy.
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Artichokes (Globe) 02 Jul, Daila (Australia - temperate climate)
I just wanted to let you know that in Sydney, NSW it doesnt matter where I buy globe artichokes from they are as tough and dry and clearly picked too late, because by the time i gets to retail - you can forget about it. I cant tell you how much money I have spent and then the globe ends up in the bin - at $2.99 - $3.50 a single globe, ill let you do the math. Im Italian and there are at least 20 different ways I cook with them and because I know they have such a short shelf life, I keep hoping that Ill be rewarded, so i keep buying them - and throwing them away. Can you please pass onto the growers (if you know who they are) that if they pick the globes when they fully grown - its too late. So the retailers wont be able to sell them, we wont buy them anymore and all that hard work goes to waste - as does the crop at the markets. You already have half the population who have no idea how to cook them - why treat this little gem with such disrespect??? I dont get it. We are so lucky in Oz we can get ANY type of fruit or veg at any time of the year, but we cant get the globe artichoke right. Ever noticed why they are NEVER featured on any cooking show? MKR - Masterchef - funny that. I know for a fact that they are really difficult to grow, but it would be nice to be able to enjoy them when they are in season... and i would pay more if only i knew I could get a tender one (regardless of how good it looks on the outside). Thanks for listening - i tried searching growers on social media to gripe - but had no luck. Cheers
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Artichokes (Globe) 15 Oct, Francoise (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Out of a whole packet, 10 seeds, I only managed to get one plant, but it is majestic, with 15 buds on it, and I could not resist and ate the first one before maybe full size, But it was the best ever, and I was born in Bretagne, France, where they are a major crop, SO, they take time, effort, water XX, and space, but grow your own! Is worth it. I'd appreciate a simple recipe for the buds in case they don't all develop.
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Asparagus 30 Jun, Susan Bruce (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Is it helpful to put sea weed on asparagus plants as manure?
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Asparagus 03 Jul, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Any organic matter needs to decompose to be able to be used by plants. Sea weed is great but it needs to break down first. Compost it now so to have it ready by end of August.
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