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Horseradish 27 Oct, (Australia - arid climate): Apparently it depends on when you add the vinegar for the degree of hotness. The recipe I found on the net said vitamize and then add the vinegar at the very end for maximum bite. Mine made this way was very spicey.
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Horseradish 16 Nov, Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Thank you .... anonymous for your tip I shall try next season and hope for a bit more zing to the otherwise delicious condiment Jen
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Pumpkin 01 Oct, cheryl (Australia - cool/mountain climate): has anyone herd of banana punkins before my inlaws grew these and they are a beautiful eating punkin but how well dpo they store ?
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 30 Sep, Jason (Australia - temperate climate): I agree with the above comments about growing Coriander in winter. I live in NE Victoria where we get heavy frosts every winter. I planted some seedlings into the vege garden in May and we have had the best Coriander plants throughout winter. They are almost finished now that the weather is warming up. I've never had any luck growing Coriander in summer.
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Peas 29 Sep, Eddie (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Can I grow peas in the same spot year after year? It is a lot of hard work taking down and putting up the trellis they grow on
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Kohlrabi 28 Sep, Peter Kovacs (Australia - arid climate): My Mather make a howl an it with a spoon and filled with mince and rice and seasoning,cooked in the dill sauce from the inside of spooned out kohlrabi. See Hungarian recipe's.
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Tomato 26 Sep, Lisa (Australia - sub-tropical climate): When it says potatoes and tomatoes shouldn't be planted together does that just mean same bed? or same time? completely new to gardening thanks
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Tomato 18 Nov, ian Mckay (Australia - temperate climate): no don't plant after one after the other always leave a years between as you may end up with namato's, i always leave a year or somethimes two between planting either between planting of either of them.
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Tomato 26 Sep, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Lisa, it means that they should not be planted in the same bed.
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Celery 25 Sep, Ray Gambling (Australia - temperate climate): My celery although wellestablished and ready to pick is very bitter any ideas how to cure this
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Pumpkin 23 Sep, Mark Logan (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I've heard that planting your pumpkin seeds into fairly poor soil and then fertilising once the fruit appears ensures you get more fruit and less leaves. Has anyone else heard of this?
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Carrot 21 Sep, (Australia - temperate climate): I have lots of carrots growing but they are small when pulled I was wondering if anyone knows if I was cutting some of the greenery of the top would that make them grow better underground
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Carrot 23 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I've been told not to feed carrots too much as the fertilizer produces a lot of leaf but not much carrot.
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Carrot 24 Sep, Al (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Carrots are best grown in quite poor soil, If you fertilize they will grow beautiful foliage and disappointing carrots! I plant the seed mixed with radish seed and sand together as the sand helps disperse the seed and radish grows so quickly it acts to thin out the carrots. Plus baby radish u can eat the leaves too. I have a chef mate who rubs jis hands together when he knows I'm bringing in baby radish!
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 20 Sep, Joan Roberts (Australia - temperate climate): Where can I buy runner beans to eat?
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Leeks 20 Sep, New gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have planted trays of seedling leeks but as they grow should I thin them out so that they each have space around them or do I leave them as a little bunch as per the seedling tray? Help!
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 20 Sep, Steve (Australia - temperate climate): Hi my broadbeans have startrd bearing beans the first ones are about 90 ml long but the new beans appear to be dying as soon as they start forming
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 17 Sep, (Australia - temperate climate): Have just subscibed and have found the information very helpful regarding squash. Thanks. Jeff from Portland Australia
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Fennel (also Bronze fennel) 17 Sep, sam (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have had my fennel planted in the bath tub for several months now and haven't had anything good to eat,the ladt from bunnings told me to keep one plant so I can get seeds from it but do u trim the stalk or let that keep growing as well.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 16 Sep, John (Australia - temperate climate): Planted seedlings last year Oct-Nov, grew slowly, flowered but no fruit. Any ideas??
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 09 Oct, Pru (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi John, sprinkle Epsom salts in a line 10cms long about 5 cms out from the trunk, the potassium will help flowers set fruit. Worked brilliantly for me last year.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 18 Nov, John (Australia - temperate climate): Epsom salts is magnesium sulphate. Did you actually use this or potash (potassium sulphate)?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 06 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate): Sounds like you don't have enough bees to fertilise the fruit?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 08 Oct, Tracey (Australia - arid climate): The problem isn't likely to be lack of pollinators as eggplants self-fertile and predominantly wind pollinated (although some cross pollination between plants can occur via insects, too). Did flowers form and then drop? Temps that are too low can affect fruit set, as can temps that are too high (as with tomatoes and capsicums). The optimal temperature window is likely to vary a little depending on the variety.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 14 Sep, Jian (Australia - temperate climate): My challenge with growing zucchini is the opposite. I had plenty female flowers but not enough male flowers opening at the same time (they are always behind) so the female flowers didn't get fertilized and the fruits will drop before growing any bigger. What is the solution?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 09 Oct, Pru (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I agree with Ben, last year I used a cotton bud to help pollinate my female flowers. Worked really well, heaps of fruit.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 23 Sep, Ben (Australia - temperate climate): You can try collect the pollen from a male flower and hand pollinate the next female ones.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 11 Sep, Catherine (Australia - temperate climate): Can I use the seeds from the capsicans that I have purchased from the super market?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Oct, aif (Australia - temperate climate): Yes u can, just dry the seeds first.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 01 Oct, Roberta (Australia - temperate climate): You can, however if the variety is a hybrid, as most varieties grown for supermarkets are, it won't come true to type. This is OK for your own use but not if you are aiming to save seed of named varieties that you intend to donate, say, to a seed bank. If the variety was an open pollinated one then it should come out the same unless you have other varieties flowering nearby that will cross, even chillies!
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