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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 26 Dec, Steve (Australia - tropical climate)
All about the soil, my plants are the size of seven week old plants. Try a mix of compost, coir, perlite and tomato mix.
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Pumpkin 23 Dec, w watson (Australia - temperate climate)
my pumpkins are growing but reach small size then turn yellow and die
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Pumpkin 30 Dec, Bob (Australia - temperate climate)
It sounds like they are not pollinating. As soon as you see a female flower (the ones with the fruit behind them), pinch off a male flower and rub them together. Insects are meant to do it, but sometimes prefer to play on other plants, depending on what is growing nearby..
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Pumpkin 28 Dec, Mike (Australia - tropical climate)
You probably have no bees. Go on the internet and read how to hand pollinate pumpkin. Also read the postings here about hand pollination under pumpkin.
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Pumpkin 04 Jan, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
When hand pollinating use a couple of male flowers - make sure they have some pollen on them.
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Garlic 23 Dec, Andrea Cousins (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Is there a suitable variety of garlic that I can successfully grow in Kununurra, (Ord River Region), Western Australia?
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Garlic 28 Dec, Mike (Australia - tropical climate)
Go on the internet and see if there are any that are suitable for the tropics otherwise try any normal variety from a shop.
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Asparagus 23 Dec, Anton Burman (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi could you please advise how to prepare the beds for growing Asparagus and were to position them IE full sun, shade, part shade, we have a property in Williams W.A. Located 160 KL SSW of Perth, also any information on pest control would be great. Cheers Anton
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Asparagus 28 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Good well drained soil is best - you could make a hill or raised the soil a bit. Dig up the soil add some compost and or manure and let it break down into the soil before planting. Your planting time is next spring. Look on the internet "how to grow asparagus". There probably is some pests but I haven't had any in 2 years. Each winter cut off the deadish ferns and put on about 4-6" of horse poo or compost.
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Basil 22 Dec, Joe Raulli (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I purchase Basil Seeds the soft leaf type that does not go black when crushed for Pesto.
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Basil 28 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to Seed Collection or Boondie on the internet and look at the photos. Or you could even email them and ask.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 19 Dec, Hamish Magill (Australia - temperate climate)
Does anyone know on average how many pods you get from a snow pea plant?
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 19 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Bit of a guess - from 20-40.
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 17 Dec, Laurence Lim (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Planted about 20 rock melon plants. Plenty of male flowers. So far only two female flowers.. hand pollinate both.. not successful.. Why are there so few female flowers? Is there deficiency of certain element in the soil? Regards, L Lim
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 19 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
When the plant first starts sending out runners there is mainly male flowers. Then there will be female flowers, It takes a lot of visits from bees to pollinate and set the fruit. I hand pollinated pumpkin the other week and one female flower set fruit and the other didn't. The answer I have no idea. Pumpkins, cues melons are all in the same family. The pumpkin female flower only opens for about 6-9 hrs for one day. Probably melons cues zucchinis are the same. If you are in the sub-tropics you probably should have planted these 2 mths earlier. My rockies (I should have planted a month earlier) are about 5-10 days from start picking and some grubs are just destroying the leaves.
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Potato 17 Dec, Kym (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in a very cool part of the Barossa Valley where the growing cycle is out by 4 weeks so what would be the best time for me to grow tatties?
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Potato 19 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
It says Sept to Dec for cool climate. So probably Oct to Jan. If you look up your veg and put in the climate zone it tells you - then adjust it to your conditions.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 16 Dec, Bernadette (Australia - temperate climate)
My rosella seems to be dying, do they die off and come back later or just die or is it just asleep. I live at Fitzgibbon Brisbane, thank you
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 19 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
It's an annual so it may have just died. Google and read about growing it.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 15 Dec, michelle (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Trish; about your Cape Gooseberry fruit being attacked by 'borers', maybe it;s earwigs. The larvae do that to rose buds, maybe it's the same for the C.G fruit.
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Parsnip 14 Dec, Darryl (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
What is best time to sow parsnip seed in Canberra / ACT. We would expect some frosts in May / June. I currently have some from last year left to run to seed, but the seed is not ready yet. I was wondering whether I should sow some commercial seed about now (December) as I am concerned the parsnips currently seeding may be a bit late. Is the time of self-seeding a good guide of when to sow? Any tips on collecting parsnip seed and knowing when the seeds are ready??
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Parsnip 20 Dec, Mike (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
On the first page here select your climate zone then your vegetable and it will give a time to plant. Sept to Nov for cool/mountain areas. Seeds are cheap to buy from internet seed selling companies.
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Asparagus 14 Dec, john bennett (Australia - tropical climate)
can I grow asparagus in cooktown fnq temp 16-35c if so what Varity
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Asparagus 15 Dec, Mike (Australia - tropical climate)
If you click the climate zone above and put in Tropics it says Plant May to July. Bunnings usually have crowns from Sept onwards. A hard job to grow from seed in hot weather. Read some of the comments here about growing them. There are only a couple of varieties really grown in Aust - any will do. Look up seed companies for varieties.
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Rhubarb 14 Dec, M Bray (Australia - temperate climate)
Could I plant rhubarb now & where can obtain estabilished crowns.
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Rhubarb 01 Jan, Tanya (Australia - temperate climate)
Any garden shops should have them, also supermarkets in their garden section sometimes have them. Or ebay sometimes have them. I brought good crowns from both ebay and from my local supermarket (look in the bulb area) only a month ago
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Rhubarb 15 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Bunnings at Maroochydore Qld had them last week when I was there - so phone your local Bunnings.
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Horseradish 14 Dec, josephine (Australia - temperate climate)
Does horseradish need full or filtered sunlight to grow well on eyre peninsular and how often does it need watering.
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Horseradish 15 Dec, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Can grow in partial shade but most plants need sunlight. A good watering once a week will probably do, Doesn't like too wet.
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Cucumber 14 Dec, Brenda (Australia - temperate climate)
Same of the Lebanese cucumbers different colours bit lighter are they still okay to eat .
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