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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 25 Mar, rae (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
eden seeds
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Potato 31 Dec, Di Dixon (Australia - temperate climate)
Can you please let me know if English New Jersey Potatoes can be grown here in Australia & if yes where can I get some from? Cheers Di
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Potato 24 Oct, Julia (Australia - temperate climate)
Di - did you ever grow any New Jersey potatoes? I'm in Sydney and I'd love to try and grow some. Thanks so much.
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Tomato 30 Dec, Mick and Paula (Australia - temperate climate)
I have tomatoes at 1.5 metres and the fruit is large on all plants. The problem is the plants look like they are starting to die off before the fruit ripens. We have chook so i have placed the waste on the ground around the plants ( the waste is a week old before it goes on). Suggestions please.
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 27 Dec, Alanna (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
My rocket has flowered and begun to make seed pods, despite me trying to cut off the flowers. Do I need to dry out the seed pods before attempting to replant them, or just pop the green seed back in the soil?
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 21 Jan, Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
here in cool climate Australia I simply let the plant go to seed and am never without rocket.... Not sure if this is possible in your tropical part of Australia? Maybe give it a go.....
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 28 Dec, Jim (Australia - temperate climate)
I think drying the seed is best. I pick the stems with the pods attached and let them dry out for a week or two - the pods crack open then and the seed falls out easily. I then dry the seed for a week or two and replant as and when required. If you are keeping seed it will certainly need to be dry or it will just rot. As for planting green seed I've never tried it so??? The seeds need to be fully developed so I would assume this is when they are pretty much dry.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 25 Dec, Colin Cook (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Sometimes my beetroot develop red leaves and do not grow well; what does this indicate please?
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Cucumber 23 Dec, Alan (Australia - temperate climate)
My Lebanese cucumbers are now about 60-70cms high and have a lot of flowers on --, the cucumber forms behind the flower but after a couple of days it dries off and eventually just falls of. Would appreciate some advice re the cause of this
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Cucumber 01 Jan, mira (Australia - temperate climate)
I found that hand pollenating the flowers fixed that. I pick a flower that doesn't have a cucumber, tear off the petals to leave the middle and press it against the flower with the cucumber when it is open so that the pollen mixes.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 22 Dec, trevor west (Australia - temperate climate)
We brought seedlings they have turned out yellow in color and huge?? is there other varieties ?? only know of green and they are smaller thank you..
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 01 Jan, Elizabeth (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Trevor there are many different varities of Squash/Zucchini's. You might have the Golden one. Pick your Zucchini/Squash often and while the fruit is small rather than really really large, as this will encourage the plant to fruit often, also the fruit won't have large hard seeds inside.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 22 Dec, neil (Australia - tropical climate)
I read an artical about Sweet Potato/Kumara that planting in wet weather is not a good idea. It went on, to wait until it drys up a little then plant, about April?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 04 Aug, georgi (Australia - tropical climate)
hi neil i plant all year round, wet or dry
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 21 Dec, Jeff B (Australia - arid climate)
Scarlet beans Tried them here in Port Augusta Magnificient growth, healthy and green Lots of flowers 1 bean pod... Planted early when it was cool obviously too hot???
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 22 Dec, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Jeff, if they are still flowering - or next time - try spraying the the flowers with water. For some reason, scarlet runners like some rainfall, real or artificial to set their beans.
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Asparagus 20 Dec, jay (Australia - temperate climate)
thinking of starting some yummy asparagus in my garden for a family of 7. we are in south tasmainia and not shore if to cold,am i temperate or cold mountain.do all types of asparagus need the same conditions.would like to go for all three.thanks much
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 19 Dec, john (Australia - temperate climate)
If you would like some little NZ yams contact me at [email protected] and i will organize for you.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 26 Mar, Talei Watson (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi John. My partner loves yams. I'm not such a big fan, but would love to purchase some for him. We would like to grow our own as well. I would really appreciate it if you could help us. Many thanks.
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Horseradish 18 Dec, Ted (Australia - temperate climate)
I have it growing out of control in SW Victoria
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Horseradish 14 May, phil (Australia - temperate climate)
Hey Ted, Can you sell me some roots as well????
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Horseradish 17 Jan, Jan (Australia - temperate climate)
Ted, with all these people wanting horseradish plants,you should consider filling this need with your 'out of control' supply. Plants will grow from apiece of root, so it shouldn't be difficult to send thru the post.Root cuttings are planted in early autumn.
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Horseradish 27 Dec, Jan (Australia - temperate climate)
Ted, Would you be interested in selling some horseradish roots to me? If so, about how many could you supply and approximately at what price?Jan
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Fennel (also Bronze fennel) 18 Dec, Mike Windows (Australia - temperate climate)
Just read about fennel which I have recently grown (from a potted plant) and enjoyed eating. Surprised that under "culinary" you don't mention baking, steaming or raw in salads or with fish. However, what your site doesn't tell me is what to do once you have harvested the bulbs. I cut the plant right back and it has regrown, shooting up tall ungainly stems that look weird (almost as if bulbs are trying to grow on the stems) and then the stem divides. The base doesn't look like promising bulbs. Can you help? I'm in metro Adelaide. Thanks.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 16 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
I would love to grow those gorgeous little pink yams that we could always buy in N.Z. Not the huge sweet potatoes we get here in Oz - the yams I'm after are about the size of an average thumb. Anyone know where I can buy seeds or plants in Perth??
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 16 Dec, Domded (Australia - temperate climate)
Can anybody please tell me where I can get seeds for crookneck squash, it looks like a yellow zucchini with pimples. Secondly, i have had/kept the seeds in the past, but they seem to bastardise.
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 31 Jan, Mark (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Eden Seeds on the Gold Coast hinterland sells it
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 12 Jan, Sam (Australia - temperate climate)
There are a number of vendors. Try a Google search for online sellers, there are at least three based in Australia. Rugosa Friulana is an Italian heirloom crookneck.
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Cucumber 15 Dec, Arthur Davis (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have a very healthy lebanese cucumber vine but no fruit - what do I need to do to fix this?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 14 Dec, Bill (Australia - tropical climate)
where do I buy bell pepper seeds or seedlings.
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