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Onion 01 Mar, Brianna (Australia - temperate climate)
I like to plant my onion seedling out on the winter solstice, as they are less inclined to go to seed and more likely to create nice big onions. If they still try and flower I just cut the flower off and bend the whole top over and generally they still create nice bulbs. To do this I start the seeds off in a tray 4-6 weeks before the winter solstice.
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Cucumber 03 Feb, theressa (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
i think i have cucumbers growing in my padock they have the same flower and leaves but the fruit is prigkley when i cut one open it was about 10cm long it smelt and looked like one first time gardner is this how they start of any help would be great
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Cucumber 09 Mar, jade (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have cucumbers in the garden and in the paddock - and I don't think this is my fault I think it may be birds and wildlife. My cucumbers are prickly and the stems are extremely prickly. Their flowers are yellow.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 02 Feb, Andrew (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Is there anyone in the Gladstone, QLD region who has seedlings that I could purchase? Thanks, Andrew
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 23 Feb, Ken (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi Andrew, If your interested in some seeds, I've got some here in Rocky. Send a self addressed envelope to KjW 375 East St R'ton and I'll send you a dozen or so. Rgards KjW
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 07 May, Al (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi Ken, Do you still have some cape gooseberry seed still available. I am on the coast 40km away and would like to try growing them. This in advance, Al
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Lettuce 01 Feb, Tara (Australia - temperate climate)
I am wanting to plant some lettuce but not sure of the best spot and what type is best to plant in summer? should i bother? we will be getting some hot days coming up so am i wasting my time? any tips for growing in hot weather?
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Lettuce 16 Feb, Kt (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Tara, the planting guide says you can plant lettuce in the garden now but how well it does may depend on where you are located and how hot your weather will be. I had a similar dilemma because I live in SW Qld and we have really hot long summers. I tried sowing some seeds in January but they didn't germinate and I read in a gardening book that they will not germinate in temps over 28 degrees. The same book also mentioned that it is possible to germinate lettuces in the fridge so that is what I have done :-D. I now have cute little lettuce seedlings almost ready to plant into the garden (2 loose leaf varieties) and after a couple of cooler days in the last week I have found some of my previous lettuces have self seeded and I have more plants coming up in the garden! I guess i will find out if they survive or not! The biggest danger in the hot temps is that the plants may go to seed quickly meaning less lettuce to eat. If planting lettuces this time of year it is important to give them plenty of shade and lots of water on the hot days. If the plants still go to seed quickly it may be just too hot for them and you can learn for next year. As far as which varieties to choose you should avoid heading lettuces like icebergs because I have heard you won't get a good head on them if it is too hot. I am not an expert - I have only been growing veg for about a year - but you should consider doing what I did and buy some mixed lettuce seedlings from your nearest garden shop and keeping the seeds from the varieties you like the best! Alternatively if any of your friends grow their own you can ask them for a taste or any spare seeds. If you already have some seeds you can always give them a try and see what works best!! If there are any more experienced gardeners out there feel free to correct me if I am wrong!
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 30 Jan, sue (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live in SEQ,and have jusr found rockmelons growing in the front yard. I can only assume they started in our compost bin. Is this usual?? I know they are rockmelons as there are 3 half grown fruit on the vine.Rock melons have never been planted in our yard before.. Would be interested in knowing if this has happened to anyone else. thx
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 20 Mar, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)
We used soil from our compost bin when we repotted some celery, strawbs and chilli. Within a couple of weeks some vines had started growing in most of the pots. We watched and waited to see what they would grow into. We've just now had our first rockmelon (yummo!) and there's about 6 or so coming along nicely. Whilst these are growing in hot houses, there's still plenty of bees that find their way in and do the rounds of all the blooms.
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 30 Jan, Bronwyn ( Australia0 (Australia - temperate climate)
I have these coming up each year about December and they flower right thru to first or second frost..they grow up to 3 metres high in my area and are absolutely stunning and they self seed each year in December...but beware they self seed every year ....grow in pots or any sort of soil and just keep on coming.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 29 Jan, mick (Australia - temperate climate)
i have never seen a better herb for attracting bees as a Borage plant and you can eat the flowers too.
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Cucumber 29 Jan, Bob (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have an established vegie garden but the neighbour's palm trees, root have invaded all four plots, any ideas other than to poison the roots? I have tried to dig up the sides to place in a barrier but this didn't work.
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Garlic 29 Jan, Ilenora (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My family uses a lot of garlic cooking, so several times I have tried to plant them, using cloves bought from the grocery store that started to sprout green shoots out the top. I've read on many sites that you can do this and it produces plants. But only a day or two after planting (straight into the garden) the green shoots shrivelled and the cloves quickly rotted and died. This happened, exactly the same, every time. Not one has survived. Why can't they grow? Would it be hot weather, over/under watering, poor soil conditions? I want to get some seeds and see if they work, but I'm not sure if they are going to be any more successful.
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Garlic 06 Feb, Stephen (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Ilenora, I panted garlis brought from the shop (not Chinese) in early october and have just picked some to use in some spag bol and it is beautiful. We have had days of up to 45 degrees and our garlic seems to grow anytime I plant it, but it must not be shooting and do not overwater. Good luck.
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Garlic 03 Feb, James (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Ilenora, Try planting your cloves before they start shooting - they are too old and past their prime. Youll have more success that way. Plant them in March -> June. youll see a shoot come up in a month or so after planting (so dont be tempted to dig them up to look at their progress.) Also, dont plant chinese garlic from supermarket if you can help it - they have growth inhibitors on them to stop them from reproducing James
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Garlic 30 Jan, John (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi there Ilenora...the rule of thumb for garlic is to plant on the shortest day of the year, and to harvest on the longest day of the year. Perhaps you planted your storebought cloves at the wrong time of the year. Otherwise, they should still grow.....I have had success with even the chinese garlic.
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Pumpkin 29 Jan, Kev (Australia - temperate climate)
Planted Jap pumpkin seedlings (from nursery). Have plenty of runners but no flowers. Any advice on why & what to do would be appreciated.
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 28 Jan, Ianessa (Australia - temperate climate)
Ingrid you can get Florence Fennel from Diggers, they have mail order.
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Watermelon 27 Jan, robyn (Australia - temperate climate)
i have 3 vines which have lots of flowers and fruit are growing quickley.i would like to know if the vines should be pruned so all energy goes into already established fruit or just leave the plant alone t grow long runners.
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Watermelon 30 Jan, Adam (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Robyn your best to avoid pruning the vines as the leaves are a very important part of producing your fruit, what your best off doing is if you have enough melons and want to prevent anymore forming just remove the new ones that are developing and let the vines keep growing and all the energy will go into the existing fruit.
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 27 Jan, ingrid (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I buy Florence Fennel seed? I live in monbulk Vic
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 09 Feb, Geoff Hudson (Australia - temperate climate)
The Italian Gardener has organic (Montebianco) and conventional (bianco perfezione) fennel seeds.
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 29 Jan, Tracey (Australia - temperate climate)
Ingrid, I don't know if any of the big seed companies like Yates sell them. I order my fennel seeds from the Italian Gardener. I have also bought seeds from Digger Club in the past (but the quality of the bulbs wasn't as good as the italian ones). Most of the mail-order companies carry them - Cornucopia, Eden Seeds and New Gippsland Seeds are a few. A quick google will take you to their websites. Hope this helps
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Lettuce 27 Jan, stella (Australia - temperate climate)
my iceberg lettuce which i planted in december hav got like little seedlings and are not growing any more i do water them regularly but still no improvement is it due to the hot weather??/wat shud i do re plant or wait that it might grow
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Tomato 27 Jan, Maria (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
i have beautiful tomatoe plants growing with no tomatoes on them. In the early stages, they had a number of flowers on them but they have dissapeared. What have I done wrong?
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Lettuce 25 Jan, Michelle (Australia - temperate climate)
our Cos lettuce is always quite tough and bitter especially if it self seeds. why is this?
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Tomato 25 Jan, Colin (Australia - temperate climate)
I have noticed two changes in my tomato crop this year. 1. The fruit is very slow to ripen, and 2. The birds attack the fruit as soon as it shows some colour. I've never had birds eat my tomatoes before. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Tomato 04 Apr, Sarah (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
April has started now and I"ve just picked one ripe fruit. Am I waiting for nothing? Will they ever ripen. I've got 100's of green tomatoes. I also noticed one of my plants is still flowering.
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Tomato 13 Feb, (Australia - temperate climate)
my tomatos ripened very slowly too, but they eventually got there. I only just started harvesting them a week ago. I have not had problems with birds.
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