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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 May, Jack (Australia - cool/mountain climate): You could plant sprouted tubers in October or November in your cooler climate. It would be ready for harvest in April or may but you could carefully take some tubers earlier.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 May, Belinda heading (Australia - arid climate): I live in Adelaide. Where can I buy a yacon plant from please?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 May, Giovanni (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Diggers in Melbourne and Green Harvest in SE Queensland list it. There will be others. It is listed on Gumtree also, have a look there.
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Tomato 01 May, allan (Australia - temperate climate): we are considering building a house approximately .5 kilometre from the coast south of adelaide and i was wondering if there is anything special we need to do to grow veg especially tomatoes greens ect
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Tomato 02 May, Sean (Australia - cool/mountain climate): The long South Australian summers and drier climate should be ideal for growing most vegetables with a much lower risk of fungal problems than more humid or coastal areas. Log onto this site or buy the Gardenate app for more information.
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Garlic 01 May, Fiona (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I planted my garlic in mid April, and it's coming up really well. At the same time, I planted some elephant/giant garlic cloves a friend gave me (grown in his garden nearby). The elephant garlic isn't showing above ground at all. Is this normal that it takes longer to shoot, or did I plant it at the wrong time?
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Garlic 02 May, Jack (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Some bulbs are slower to emerge from the ground. You could carefully scratch around the bulb site with your finger and see if is coming up. The only negative thing I can think of is that the bulbs may have been damp and have rotted. I doubt this.
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Garlic 03 May, Fiona (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Thanks Jack. I might have a scratch around and see. I don't think the cloves would have rotted either. Probably I just need to be patient!
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Peas 01 May, Nick (Australia - temperate climate): Can I save my New Guinea bean seeds if my bean is still green. As it has fallen of the vine because it was over 6kg and 2foot 4 long ,must have been a tad heavy for the vine. Ta for pea info jo
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 30 Apr, Diann Collison (Australia - temperate climate): Hi I live in Adelaide. Does anyone grow them here successfully?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 16 Dec, John (Australia - temperate climate): I grow them successfully in Christie's Beach. We experienced a very rare frost this year which knocked the leaves around but the plants all survived and are now looking great.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 May, John (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I haven't but I see no reason why you couln't.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 30 Apr, Barb (Australia - temperate climate): We grow sweet potato as a perennial it in a separate bed (South Coast NSW with no frosts). I trim the lengthy vines to keep them within their bed: this seems to enhance formation of tubers, and also increases the small leafy shoots that we use as a yummy leafy vegetable (eg: Asian Stir-fry greens). We add compost and mulch when growth slows in winter, so it has plenty to feed on the following summer. We don't store the roots - just harvest and eat the roots as required.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 01 May, Giovanni (Australia - temperate climate): Good comment about the greens. I will try it. I am further south, well into Victoria and we can grow them.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 29 Apr, Angie (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Where can I purchase the yacon plant? I live in Canberra Thanks Angie
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 30 Apr, Sean (Australia - temperate climate): Green Harvest and Diggers advertise it on line. I also noted that there is a few people who have it advertised on Gumtree.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 29 Apr, Fouad (Australia - temperate climate): Where can I buy yacon seeds or bulbs
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 30 Apr, Sean (Australia - temperate climate): Diggers and Green Harvest list it online. Doubtless there are others. A number of sellers have it listed on Gumtree.
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Peas 28 Apr, Jo (Australia - temperate climate): Plant purple-podded peas the same as you would other peas; between autumn and early spring as they are a cool season crop
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Peas 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Can I plant purple-podded peas in subtropical Qld?Thnx
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 28 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): How do they look like as a.plant
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 30 Apr, Jack (Australia - temperate climate): Burdock is a biennial member of the Asteracea family so has daisy type flowers. It is not easy to describe the appearance of the plant. You could look up pictures on the internet.
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 19 Sep, Heather (Australia - temperate climate): Looks a lot like rhubarb - very large leaves.
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Rhubarb 28 Apr, Margaret Jacobs (Australia - temperate climate): My rhubarb is about 3 years old, but is now producing very thin and short stalks. I have just added manure and compost to the soil, but it doesn't seem to have helped. How can I produce thicker stalks?
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Rhubarb 01 May, Barb (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Margaret, Is your rhubarb getting enough deep watering? They prefer very deep soil and enough moisture to keep them growing. In my garden I get skinny stalks when my rhubarb is thirsty, and lovely thick stalks when it has adequate water.
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Rhubarb 30 Apr, Giovanni (Australia - temperate climate): Most of the rhubarb plants available for sale are grown from seed. These can vary in colour from red to green and the stem thickness can vary from not much more than pencil thickness up to 2.5 cm (1") thick.If you have fed the plants well and they have plenty of water and look healthy you may not be able to improve the stem thickness. If you have just applied the compost and manure I would wait until the new growing season spring and see how well they take off then.
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Rhubarb 30 Apr, Nat (Australia - temperate climate): I would remove a few stalks to provide rhe space for the remaining ones to grow. Keep watering regularly. Give it a couple of weeks. Good luck
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Peas 27 Apr, Nick (Australia - temperate climate): I live in ararat victoria which i believe is temp climate we can get good frosts in the winter so when should i plant my purple podded peas
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 26 Apr, Wendy (Australia - temperate climate): I planted a couple of JA's in spring and about 8 weeks ago they shot up with lovely yellow flowers. I cut these off fairly quickly hoping the growth would go back into the Tubers. I am guessing i could dig some up, but i would like to also move some of the tubers to another spot. Can i do this now or should i wait until the spring?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 26 Apr, Giovanni (Australia - temperate climate): You could 'raid' a few now if you wanted to. They would be riper when the plants start to die back for the winter. Even though they are just about indestructible it would be better to transplant them in the winter when they are dormant.
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