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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 31 Jul, Mike L (Australia - tropical climate)
I have no idea - try putting wilting of rosella into google. I would imagine they need a lot of water in the tropics. I had Chinese cabbage like that a month or so ago. A couple of days of warm weather and little water and they just wilted.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 30 Jul, Chris Gee (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I grew one Yacon last year a couple of small tubers (just a taste) I have broken up the roots and put them into 200mm pots can I plant these into the garden now or should I dig them up and plat later if so when should I plant?. I live just north of Mackay Qld.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 31 Jul, Linda Shewan (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I have grown yacon for many years and I usually just replant immediately if I'm somewhere the frosts aren't too harsh. I live in a colder zone now so I have dug them up and put them inside and will replant after last frost date this year. You only replant the rhizomes, not the tubers. So dig them up, eat the tubers and replant the rhizomes into individual spots.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 31 Jul, Mike L (Australia - tropical climate)
You are Tropical and it says plant April to July. Read the notes here.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 29 Jan, Chris Gee (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
We are on the coast 40Km north of Mackay and we are usually 2-3 degrees cooler than Rocky so I have been using the sub tropical zone and it usually works fine.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 01 Jun, June (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
We are on the sunshine coast and can't find a supplier anywhere could you advise where you got yours from please.
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Tomato 30 Jul, John Mason (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Hi I'm building a small 90° double skinned tunnel house on the Nthn side of shed. I have Defiant VF2/PHR seed and wondering the earliest I can raise seed for planting.
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Tomato 31 Jul, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Don't really know what a double skinned tunnel house is - a hot house?? I have no idea what Defiant VF2/PHR tomatoes are. I suggest you go to NZ cool/mountain climate zone - tomatoes and read the whole article. It is there if you read it - it is pretty simple - it says plant seeds (S) in Oct Nov - and (T) transplant seedlings in Dec Jan.
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Strawberry Plants 29 Jul, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Mike, and all, Thanks for the drum on strawberries. All being well, I'll plant todaļy. Appreciated :)
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Strawberry Plants 30 Jul, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate)
Jane, if you are in sub tropical then you may be too late to produce a crop this year. Best time to plant sub tropical is early mid April. We are picking strawbs now. If you are going to plant now - plant a few and use the runners produced over summer/autumn for new plants next April. A few plants will produce a lot of new runners.
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Strawberry Plants 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Mike L - Just thinking about what your wrote. A friend gave me four strawberry plants in a punnet that she bought somewhere in town so I planted them - not knowing anything about strawberry growing or when/not to plant them etc. They look OK so far but (some other plants have lower leaves that are going yellow, no idea why, so I am guessing that)anything could happen? When you say to use the runners produced over summer/autumn for new plants next April do you mean that they will produce runners (that won't fruit) and cut them out of or pull them out of the ground and save them somehow?Or leave them in the ground to spread as they will? I ask because I also read in the strawberry article to cut the runners away and keep the mother plant (in the ground)? Is planting season in Subtropical Qld from April - Aug/Oct? If so what does one do between Aug/Oct -April the following year..? Thanks. Jane.
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Broccoli 27 Jul, Ann (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
First time of growing broccoli we had brought from nursery and planted they have just not long got a head and have notice that there is little ones on the plant also from what I have been reading through that doesn't usually happen til after the main head has been cut but for some reason it is just wondering if this has happened to anybody else
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Broccoli 30 Jul, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate)
My broccoli last year/this year were like that. My plants were way too big (too much Nitrogen) - all leaf and very little heads. Try planting after a crop that has used the N and if you have to, add a bit of fertiliser when the plants are half grown. A small amount.
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Broccoli 01 Aug, Ann (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Thanks for that I do put seasol on them every couple weeks as I have a few different things growing in the same area so it all gets done
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Broccoli 10 Aug, (Australia - tropical climate)
If you prepare your ground before hand and have added compost/manure/fertiliser then the plants won't need any more feed while growing.
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Peas 27 Jul, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hello. Something, I don't know what, has taken most of the tiny new shoots off one or two of my newly sown climbing Alderman pea. Please advise if possible. I don't want to put pyrethrum or anything on such a new little plant.J.
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Peas 30 Jul, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate)
If they eat the eye/heart out of the new seedlings then the plant won't grow much. Try and protect them with shade cloth or mossy netting etc until thy grow bigger.
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Peas 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Mike L. How do I know when peas are ready to pick (and similarly climbing/beans)? Thanx. J.
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Peas 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Mike L thanx for that. I don't know what mossy netting is but will 'google' it and get some. Appreciated. J
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Rhubarb 26 Jul, Sue (Australia - temperate climate)
I have just bought some rhubarb crowns and was wondering which would be the best spot to plant them- 1. In my vegie plot which gets sun all year round? 2. In another bed which gets no sun in Winter and full sun in Summer? I am in Hobart. Many thanks, Sue
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Rhubarb 30 Jul, Mike L (Australia - temperate climate)
It says - shady areas in warm climates. It would probably grow in the shade but not as good as in the sun. Depends how big your garden is and how much area you want the rhubarb to have.
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Rhubarb 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Is rhubarb a Winter crop? Thanx
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Beetroot (also Beets) 26 Jul, Wimal (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I am living in Victoria. what is the best month (near July) for sowing Beetroots?
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Beetroot (also Beets) 26 Jul, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Have you checked on this page : www.gardenate.com/plant/Beetroot?zone=2
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Pumpkin 25 Jul, LynnStinten (Australia - tropical climate)
I am just south of Townsville and planted Qld Blue pumpkin seeds in early April in good soil with correct PH levels. Plenty of space to run and good sunshine and watered daily. The plants grew well for about 6 weeks producing masses of mostly male flowers?? I had plenty of bees doing their job, but still only got two pumpkins that didn't reach maturity before the plants died off about 2-3 weeks ago. We did have a couple of 6deg nights but nothing lower. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Cheers
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Pumpkin 29 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Temps are read 1 m above the ground. Temps can vary quite a bit in a district. I would say the plants had frost on them. Male flowers come first (to attract the bees I believe) then you will have male and female. Try again now.
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Pumpkin 27 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Lyn - the first sentence in the notes - frost tender. 6 degree nights - offical temp is taken 1 meter above the ground. So ground level may have been frost. It says to plant April to July -I'd be inclined to plant July and plant out late August after frosts. Pumpkin usually have male flowers first (to start attacting bees I believe) and then the female and male after that.
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Broccoli 24 Jul, Steve (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I'm growing broccolini, they are shooting but they're changing into yellow flowers. what should I do? this is my first time ever that I'm trying growing them. Thanks
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Broccoli 25 Jul, Frank (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
You should have picked them before they flowered.
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Broccoli 25 Jul, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
You have left it too late. You pick before they flower.
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