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Garlic 10 Apr, Melanie (Australia - temperate climate)
I've seen varying information on when to harvest garlic - some say let it flower, other advice says not to let it flower. Does anyone know which is correct?
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Garlic 14 Apr, elfrieda (Australia - tropical climate)
i have heard that is best to harvest after the flowering when the stem dries up, similar to onions.
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 08 Apr, Sue (Australia - temperate climate)
I have silverbeet plants over 18 months old that are still producing. We grow everything in dappled sunlight (under trees) and pick all our leaves very young. This way, we have salad leaves constantly and very few pests find them - our lettuce also takes many months before it goes to seed.
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 08 Apr, Theresa (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Could you please tell me where can i buy burdock root. I live in Melbourne, Australia Thanks
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Onion 08 Apr, allan (Australia - temperate climate)
onion seedling have died from the tip down like thay have burnt off . planted two punnets 2/3 lost . Thought it was spraydrift howerver replanted & has started to die back again could it be sheep manure not rotted enough . Think sheep is high in potash would do it
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 06 Apr, Paul Beau (USA - Zone 8b climate)
I live in the Tampa Bay (Fla.) area.......Can I plant shallots here & can you give me some help ? I get great morning sun, then good indirect for the rest of the day......Thank You Paul
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 06 Apr, Rosie (Australia - temperate climate)
I have ground silverbeet in different area of my garden, some of them get the morning sun and a few of them get the hot afternoon sun. However most of the plants on either side have died and out of 8 seedlings I purchased from the nusery, just 2 are left. I water them everyday and the soil is basic clay with compost. Please tell me what I am doing wrong.
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Cucumber 05 Apr, Tom Summers (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have planted lebanese cucumbers(or so it said on the packet) the plants have grown well and are healthy and have lots of flowers but as yet no fruit. I read that Lcs did not require pollination. Any thoughts tips or advice, regards Tom Summers ( Brisbane)
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Cucumber 20 Apr, Brooke (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I've found with young plants they often produce flowers whithout the fruit when they first start flowering but then do eventually start to fruit as well.
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Cucumber 20 Apr, Brooke (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I've found with young plants they often produce flowers whithout the fruit when they first start flowering but then do eventually start to fruit as well.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 04 Apr, Charlie (Australia - temperate climate)
Please be careful giving advice re: diabetes. Inulin may sound like insulin, but it does NOT mimic insulin. Inulin is a type of oligosaccaride whereas insulin is a polypeptide; two entirely different classes of bichemical molecules.
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 03 Apr, Michael (Australia - temperate climate)
Does anyone know where Fennel seedlings can be purchased around inner city Melbourne?
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Spinach (also English spinach) 03 Apr, Liz Strauss (Australia - temperate climate)
I am starting a no dig veg garden in my not very sunny garden and am starting with spinach and potatoes. Wonder if kale in a good companion for either of these . I live on the shores of Lake Macquarie between Sydney and Newcastle.
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Garlic 03 Apr, Zora singh (Australia - arid climate)
Where from one can purchase the australian garlic varieties for planting in this season
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Garlic 04 Apr, Alexis (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Zora - The Digger's Club sells garlic for planting (www.diggers.com.au), but it's not cheap, especially if you're not a club member.
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 03 Apr, Jes (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I'm new to gardening so i went and did a workshop on No Dig Gardening and planted bok choy, literally the day after something has started eating the leaves. Does anyone know a homemade chemical free deterrent for what ever it is that is eating them and what it might be that is attacking them?
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 10 Jun, Alexis (Australia - temperate climate)
Further to coffee grounds/eternal vigilance suggestion: netting can help stop butterflies/moths from laying eggs around your veg.
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 10 Jun, Alexis (Australia - temperate climate)
Coffee grounds are a good snail/slug deterrent, as are eggshells. (Are coffee grounds chemical free?) You need something else for the 'pillars, though. White oil? Ducks? Eternal vigilance?
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 07 Apr, -Linda (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
after about 3 weeks, my Boc Choi leaves started getting little holes appearing. Today ( day 3 of holes) I got down close and found a very plump green catapillar...
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 09 Apr, Alison Sizer (Australia - temperate climate)
I have used a chilli spray to some effect. boil up some red chilli flakes or fresh if you have some spare! Cool and dilute strained spicy liquid into a spray bottle. No good for mexican bugs:)
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 02 Apr, brian (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
try applying calcium nitrate to correct calcium deficency.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 01 Apr, colin shaw (Australia - temperate climate)
hi all,i just have a simple question really,just want to know when my eggplant are ready to pick,because i havnt keep a record of when they were planted,any information would be good ,thanks
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 02 Apr, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Colin, when your eggplants are plump and shiny and feel slightly springy when you gently squeeze, they should be ready to pick.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 03 Apr, colin shaw (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
thanks so much for your reply liz colin
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 01 Apr, Coral Roberts (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
HI! I am a bit confused about when to pick the fruit off my Rosella bush, to make jam, at present I have the red pods and now some of them are getting flowers do I pick them before they flower or after. Thankyou
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 08 Apr, Barbara R (Australia - temperate climate)
Rosellas are best picked after they flower and when the red fruit/pods are large (around 2-3cms in length) but not too old. If they snap off the bush, that indicates that they are not too old and stringy - though if you do have to cut them off, they can still be successfully used for jam and other recipes.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 02 Apr, (Australia - temperate climate)
I grew Rosellas for jam last year and though I am no expert, I harvested mine after they had flowered. I left some of mine too long and made more work for myself as they go hard after a while, so take them off when the flower petals have died off, not later into autumn.
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Kohlrabi 31 Mar, jack (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
how is kohlabri marketed?
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 30 Mar, Sarah (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I used an old faux iron shelf unit, about 4 feet tall and wide and added rungs of wire vertically and horizontally. Snow peas are beautifully lush and are growing really well but no flowers as yet. Is there anything I can add to encourage flowers?
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 21 May, john (Australia - temperate climate)
potash encourages flowering
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