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Pumpkin 02 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Great to hear of someone so young who wants to grow things. If this attempt fails, tell her to try next year. Plant around April/May and grow into the winter. If you have or can make a garden bed, tell her to try growing some radishes - nearly the easiest thing to grow. Go to Bunnings or a nursery and buy some punnets of lettuce or other things she likes and plant them. When starting out it is a lot easier to plant seedlings. The hard work has been done to germinate them. Also buy a little container of fertiliser (about 2kg or so) from nursery or Bunnings etc. I use a watering can (9 liters) and add a small tupperware cup of fertiliser to the water. Give it a good stir. Scale this down to say 1/2 to 3/4 of a tablespoon in 1-2 liters of water. Wait until the plants have grown to 3-4-5 inches. Little plants little fertiliser and more as they get bigger. Good luck.
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Pumpkin 30 Sep, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)
Spread some compost around the seedlings, and then add plenty of mulch, to save on water in summer. As they get bigger, cut the watering back to a couple of times a week.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 28 Sep, Linda B (Australia - temperate climate)
Apologies for not checking my post...autocorrect put 'compacted' soil. I thought I typed 'composted' soil. I would imagine that compacting the soil would not be that great for a tuber! Sorry folks!
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Tomato 27 Sep, Daisy Brown (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi guys, do we need to do plant successive crop for tomato?
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Tomato 28 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Bush varieties (determinates - like Roma) of tomatoes will produce a crop all at the same time basically. Where as indeterminates (cherry) will produce over several weeks/months. Yes you need to plant successive crops if you want to be picking all year.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 25 Sep, Linda B (Australia - temperate climate)
In July I planted some tubers I got from my relative in the Blue Mountains ...cold up there. Came back to Brisbane and left them lying around for a few days before I got round to finding a big enough garden bag/soil to plant in. Put them NOT too deep in organic compacted soil and in a week or two they shot up. Now in September they are growing very quickly and looking great. The tubers had gone a bit 'soft' before I planted them but all seems to have gone fine...so far. Not sure when they may reach flower and die back. Excited to see what happens.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 25 Sep, Kathy charles (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Where do you buy sweet potato tubers in Toowoomba - can you grow them but cutting up a sweet potato and planting them. Only eat sweet potatos now do would dearly love to grow some. Planted some last year but only got 2 small ones. What am I doing wrong? Please help!!!!!!!!
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 15 Jun, Chris Herden (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hello Kathy. I live in Lismore and Hunter Valley, NSW. I have sweet potato cuttings available of NZ Kumara. I can send photos.Cuttings will be ready in Late Winter/Spring.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 26 Sep, Kerry (Australia - temperate climate)
Kathy if you buy a sweet potato from the supermarket place it on a pot of potting mix keep it moist but not wet and it will throw shoots. Coff the shoots as they reach about 100mm without disturbing the tuba and plant the shoot in its growing position in suitable soil or potting mix and keep moist. The tuber will continue to throw new shoots and you continue to harvest and replant the shoots as above, From a single tuba you may harvest a dozen or more shoots. Best wishes and good luck.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 26 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Buy some sweet potatoes and plant them in the ground about 4-6" in the ground. In about 6-8 weeks you should have plants about 4-6" high. Pull these stems out (slips) and plant about 30-40cm or so apart. Plant them in a hilled up (about 12-18" high) row. Or cut the ends off the sweet potatoes and put some wooden skewers in them and have them half in a glass of water. Look up how to grow sweet potatoes on the internet.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 09 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have just talked to a person who commercially grows sweet potatoes. Some backpackers were in the field and I went and asked them about picking slips. The owner came over and told me what they do. After a sweet potato crop has been growing for about 8-10 weeks, people go along and break off some of the runners (vines) and they take the 15-20" (450-500mm) end section - it has to have at least 3 places where the roots will come down from the vine into the soil. This is then planted into the soil - it and the soil has to be kept watered. The vine will send down roots and the sweet potato plant will grow. The tubers will develop where the roots develop. Plant in a hilled up garden bed.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 18 Nov, Gary (Australia - arid climate)
Thanks for that, MIke...I'm now keen to give that a try. Cheers.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 25 Sep, ig (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hello, Does anyone know how many times the snowpea plant flowers? Is it for the one season and only once? Or is it several times in the season?
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 26 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
From my experience they flower over several weeks / months therefore producing peas for several weeks / months. As they grow taller they flower more.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 25 Sep, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)
Unlike green peas, snow peas only give one crop, although the fruiting might slightly staggered due to individual growth. Once you harvest the last of the crop, you should see the vines starting to die back. Pull it up.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 24 Sep, Sarah (Australia - temperate climate)
I have just planted zucchini and cucumber I'm in Perth and the snails are eating the seedlings before they are even given a chance to start growing I have beer traps and have put egg shells around the seedlings it hasn't stopped them does anyone have any other ideas?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 22 Oct, Jason (Australia - temperate climate)
I'm also in Perth, and I've found that used coffee grounds work well to kill snails. Caffine is toxic to snails and slugs but worms seem to love it and it won't harm pets (they don't want to eat used grinds)
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 25 Sep, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)
Try plastic milk bottles cut in half over the seedlings overnight. Also large pieces of orange peel, large enough for the snails to hide under, can help catch them.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 24 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try starting them in a controlled area. In seed raising punnets - or any container -like an old used butter container, small pots etc. Use some light soil or potting mix. Put the containers in a box or tub and cover if you have to. Grow them for a few weeks like this and then plant out. Look up how control snails on the web. See if you can get some bird netting or something similar.
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Parsley (also curly leaf parsley or flat leaf (Italian) parsley) 24 Sep, Arthur (Australia - temperate climate)
When's the best time to sow seed into ground for a winter crop of parsley
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Sep, Romyna (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I am always very unssuceful in growing Capsicums in my garden the sun is very strong in summer 38d to 43 or more it kill many plants in the full sun. Do I need to grow the pepers plants in shady areas ?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 25 Sep, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in a warm temperate area and found that capsicums can suffer in hot sun, despite what the literature says. Shadecloth, plenty of mulch, and regular deep watering helps.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 24 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Maybe try planting late summer and grow into the winter.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 19 Sep, Trish (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi All. We have a very healthy cape gooseberry plant. Heaps of flowers and fruit and thriving on neglect to a certain degree (thank goodness for drip systems). I am in Brisbane and we are now getting something burrowing into the fruit. Never had issues previously and can't seem to see any grubs. Any ideas or assistance on dealing with these would be helpful. Thanks.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 23 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try stuff for tomatoes. Look up organic sprays for tomatoes. Can only try.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 26 Sep, Trish (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Thanks Mike, will do.
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 19 Sep, warwick (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
i can not seem to find the answer to the question and that is will this do ok in part shade
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 29 Sep, John (Australia - tropical climate)
Most leaf vegetables will do well in part shade. It is the fruiting ones such as beans, tomatoes, zucchinis, corn, etc that need more sun
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 23 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Position: Part or full sun, well drained soil
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 22 Sep, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)
Going by your region, I would say possibly only in the summer months, depending on how much shade you mean. I live in a warm temperate region, and grow it in full sun, all year round.
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