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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 19 Mar, Buzz (Australia - temperate climate)
how much water do snow peas like? and i also noticed some white patterns developing on the leaves of my snow peas, what could it be and how do i fix it? First time gardener.
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Pumpkin 19 Mar, arthur stevens (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Why do the baby pumpkins keep falling off the plant the have been enokulated.
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Garlic 19 Mar, Gen (Australia - tropical climate)
Will My Garlic Grow? I am in Venezuela. Normally its 25C peaking at 35C and we go between humid and soggy. I planted a bunch of garlic cloves that had already sprouted in containers on my balcony. They get a half day of direct sun and I'm watering them about every day and a half (when the soil looks dry, before the other herbs wilt) After 2 weeks they all have 5 - 10 cm growth, two have leaves that look grass like the other 5 look sprouty still (they have one twisty stalk thing that hasn't quite separated into leaves ) Should I persist with my garlic or should I rip it out and put in something that has half a chance? It was just an impulse plant when I realized that I had a clove that had sprouted so no big loss if they are a disaster, but I would feel like a super gardener if I could make something other than mint and basil grow.
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Tomato 19 Mar, THOMAS (Australia - temperate climate)
Forget the Triffids. Cherry tomatoes will engulf the world. Not one corner of my 3 acres has escaped being colonised this year & I only had them in my vegetable patch last year. Harvesting bucket loads & making sauce but have to beat the field mice to them. Thomas
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Lettuce 18 Mar, Sarah (Australia - temperate climate)
I want to plant some lettuce in my new garden beds but am not sure what is the best type to plant this time of year?
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Lettuce 04 Jun, Mitch (Australia - temperate climate)
I live on the central coast too and have been planting lettuce seeds and baby plants i bought from bunnings and have had no luck with them , im at the point of giving up any advise would be good..
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Tomato 17 Mar, Elisha (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have planted some tomato plants about 3 weeks ago in a supposed to be organic soil I got trucked in. Which as mill mud a sugar cane by product, and other goodies in it. I mixed dolomite, dynmatic lifter in the soil then planted. I am using sugar cane mulch and have liquid fertislied them with seasol and healthy earth. My tomatoes have now started to wilt. I don't believe its a fungus or a disease as when I cut the stems it looks healthy and green. I had 10 plants and now only have around 4 standing strong. Any suggestions what is going on? Oh I did fertilise them just before wilting as we have had a heap of rain recently with potash and blood and bone. Have I maybe over feed them. I didn't think that was possible.
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Tomato 17 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Elisha, your seedlings might have 'damping off' disease. This is caused by too much water staying round the roots allowing a fungus to grow on the roots. If the plants don't improve in a day or so, it would be best to remove them and start again. Make sure that your soil is well drained.
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Tomato 22 Aug, Deborah (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Damping off can be avoided by spraying seedlings every few days with chamomile tea, which kills the fungus which causes the damage. Also move mulch back a bit from the stem of the seedling to improve ventilation.
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 16 Mar, adam (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Richard. if you're in the southern Highlands of NSW, then it's cool/mountain, not sub tropical. It doesn't matter if they're on the ground or trellis, the bugs might get 'em on the ground, or they might rot if it gets too wet. In the cool zones, the rockies often don't ripen, it's a touch and go thing every year. I don't think they'll get much bigger, and the vines tend to start dying off this time of year. I get ripe ones about every four years, it's just too short a season. I got some smaller short season ones a few years ago, and on a normal year, they're okay. This year it was just too cold, not enough sunshine for them. If you're below 1100 metres, you should get some growing to maturity, but they'll probably be smaller than normal. Hope this helps.
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 11 Apr, Mel (Australia - temperate climate)
We had a rockmelon vine come up by itself, in January I believe. Two melons on the vine and the skin is still pretty green. Will they still ripen this late in the season?
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 22 Feb, Marie (Australia - temperate climate)
My plants have a lot of flowers but not setting fruit
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 15 Mar, RIchard Wellsmore (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hello, I have some rockies growing in the southern highlands. They are quite small but now the plant appears to be dieing so this may be the largest they get? Also should they be grown on a trellis or left on the ground?
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 14 Mar, Amanda (Australia - temperate climate)
When should I harvest amaranth seeds? And what do I do with them if I want to use them? Anyone?
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 27 May, (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Amanda, we use it like we cook our green with a litte oil onions mustard and tomatoes. You can also add some vegetable masala (you get them in the indian or asian grocery) and then add salt to taste. Its a healthy veg.
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 02 May, Jane (Australia - tropical climate)
You can also use the seeds in salads, soups etc. Careful, they can pop a bit.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 12 Mar, jim (Australia - temperate climate)
i planted broad bean seeds and snopea seed in seed raising mix and they have totally dissapeared any ideas please
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 04 Apr, Caren (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Jim - they could have been taken by ants and stored for a later date - that is what happened to most of my seeds for the last 4 months. Now as most of the ants are dead I have got seeds popping up all over the place.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 25 Mar, Brad (Australia - temperate climate)
Just an idear Jim, but did you water only once after sowing? I've read that you must only water once to provent rotting, maybe your bean seeds just decomposed into the potting mix?
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 12 Mar, Simon Grove (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I had a good crop of Florence fennel (swollen bases) in its first spring in my Tas garden, but then left the residual roots and stems to grow over the summer, which they have done flourishingly (I removed the flowerheads before they seed). Is it feasible to get another crop in subsequent springs if I cut these plants right back now - or will these older plants not redevelop those swollen bases next time around?
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 14 Mar, Ray South (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I doubt that the you'll get a second crop of swollen bases but you can eat the new spring shoots in the same way.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 12 Mar, Alan Langley-Jones (Australia - temperate climate)
I have grown superp crops of an excellent variety of Okra called Dwarf Green Longpod in the Melbourne area - in Ferntree Gully. This was in the early 1970's when there was a seed merchant at the Victoria Market. It was run by a Greek migrant who knew a huge amount about plants from his homeland. The shop disappeared and in Melbourne we were left with the sub-tropical variety Clemson's Spineless that is next to useless by comparison with Dwarf Green Longpod - which is still commonly used in cooler okra growing regions such as North America - including Canada. In fact there are several other varieties suitable for Melbourne that are unavailable here. We are treated as second class citizens by the horticultural industry - supplying us with essentially leftover seed from the more tropical regions of Australia - when I have contacted them I have been told that they know best.
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Cucumber 09 Mar, Sam Moloney (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I've just planted some cucumber seeds into my brand new veggie patch and they sprouted within a few days. The seedlings are growing really well but I've got 2 - 3 big "clumps" of 4 - 5 seedlings each. Obviously I have to thin them out but I'm not 100% sure when I should do this? The seedlings are about 10cm tall already (after 10 days!)..
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Cucumber 09 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Sam, You could thin them out quite soon by using scissors to snip off the plants that you don't want as close to the ground as you can. If you try to pull them out, you might end up with the whole lot lifting and damaging their roots.
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Cucumber 14 Mar, Sam (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Thanks for that. One more question (this applies to thinning out other plants too) - do I just leave one seedling in each spot or can I still leave 2 - 3??
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 07 Mar, Katie (Australia - temperate climate)
I read that fennel is a good companion plant for citrus to help prevent gaul wasp infestation. Can I plant florence fennel or is the "vulgare" variety the best for this?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 06 Mar, Gen (Australia - temperate climate)
My capsicum plant has produced a lot of fruit, however it is always being eaten / turning rotten before I can pick anything. What bugs are attracted to capsicum and how do I get rid of them. Cheers
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 22 Jun, Sandy (Australia - temperate climate)
Caterpillars do the most damage to my capsicums. Either army worms or cut worms. One of the bacterial treatments are best - Success (Yates) or Dipel. Unfortunately if the little suckers get inside the fruit they are pretty hard to control. I have problems with eggplant as well - so this year I am going to get some mosquito netting and put it over the plant.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 06 Mar, Lucy (Australia - temperate climate)
I've sprouted some beetroot seeds but they are not progressing beyond two leaves each. Any suggestions on how to get them to grow into plants?
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Beetroot (also Beets) 06 Mar, Helen (Australia - temperate climate)
I bought a salad leaf mix last year and the only plant that remained was the beet leaf. I have since moved house and planted the beet out into the garden where it has taken off in a big way. My question is: Will this plant produce an edible beet root, or has it been bred specifically as a salad crop?
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