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Pumpkin 10 Jan, Laurie Thompson (Australia - temperate climate)
Syvia . Did you find any Windsor Black Pumpkins seed Thanks Laurie
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Pumpkin 13 Oct, Robert Knight (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Laurie,I just came across your post regarding a passion of mine Black Windsor Pumpkin,I have run out of true seed which has not been hybridised and wonder if I can get some true seed from you I can't live without this pumpkin in my life please help,what state do you live in??Cheers Rob Ballarat
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Pumpkin 24 Jun, karen grunow (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I too am looking for Windsor Black Pumpkin seeds! Have you had any sucess?
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Pumpkin 07 Nov, jane (Australia - temperate climate)
I have given some Windsor black open pollinated seeds to my daughter emmalee to sell on ebay.au.I am not fussed about selling pumpkin seeds generally but it seems everyone is looking for the Windsor Black and my girl needs some money.I have grown them for a few years and they are astonishingly prolific. Mine had a pumpkin about every metre on the long vines.Most likely mine are not pure bred but next year I should have better stock.I have planted a few hundred this season well away from any other pumpkins.
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Pumpkin 20 Apr, Linda (Australia - arid climate)
I would love to buy some Windsor black seeds Please contact me as my mother is wanting some Ty
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 23 Nov, Bev Joannou (Australia - temperate climate)
My corn is about 4' high and the leaves have opened up to reveal the immature green corn cob, it isn't encased in it's protective leaves, what is going wrong?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 24 Nov, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
Can you give us a bit more info plz. Need to know how long they have been in and where u sourced the seeds/seedlings from because it sounds like either wood beetles have stripped your corn (very rare) or the seeds are for ornamental corn one way or another if it were me i would pull them up and start again. For temperate climate now is the ideal time to start your corn.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 30 Nov, Bev Joannou (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted the kernals in trays in September and transplanted them in the garden in October, the seeds I used were a Digger's Heirloom variety. Yes I will pull them out and start again, thank you for your advice.
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Asparagus 22 Nov, azdog (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Cow manure is better in the sense of having the seeds broken down, but as everything has been processed several times, the 'goodness' in the manure is depleted somewhat. I use Sheep manure, as it is in handy pellet form, and also I compost chicken and Rabbit manure which breaks down nicely
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Cucumber 20 Nov, Di Liversidge (Australia - tropical climate)
I have lots of small cuces on the plants but they go yellow and rot when they are still about 3cms long. What's wrong with them? The plants have lots and lots of flowers and look healthy. It's wet season in Darwin so they are getting plenty of water and are in a rectangular pot with plenty of drainage.
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Cucumber 21 Nov, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
You may also want to consider little bugs chewing the stems behind your cuces try spraying them with some dipel or pest oil some of the bugs are so tiny its difficult to see them and with it being the wet season where you are caterpillars could also be the culprit. Also if you have used seeds that you have saved or been given by someone else it could be a case of them being a hybrid which means they wont produce.
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Cucumber 21 Nov, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
It could be that the flowers aren't getting pollinated. You could chase some bees in the right direction or brush the male flowers (with a straight stem and no bulge behind the flower) onto the female flowers (which will have a tiny cucumber behind them).
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Lettuce 19 Nov, Bryan (Australia - temperate climate)
I have planted several perpetual lettuce but half of them are going to seed less than 2 weeks after we picked our first leaves. I understood with perpetual lettuce that we just harvested the lowest leaves. I assume even perpetual lettuce will seed eventually but is there a way I can prolong the life to more than the few weeks? Thank you
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Lettuce 17 Dec, John Allman (Australia - temperate climate)
Less sun
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 19 Nov, chris p (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
my eggplant flowers well but the fruit doesn't develop - the flowers drop off, what is missing?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 02 Jun, Margaret (Australia - temperate climate)
My plants are large enough and healthy - they get plenty of flowers but no fruit has started. Maybe thye need a bit more sun for this time of year?
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Cucumber 18 Nov, Russell (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted (seedlings) 4 cucumbers and 6 zucchinis (Zs) in deep well nourished soil (Bokashied food scraps) in an area about 140 X 90cm, put 4 180cm stakes at the corners and strung wire horizontally at 20cm intervals to support the Z leaves which are huge. During growth I am removing many of the Z leaves to let the sun in. I spray any powdery mildew (pm) with Echo Rose which 'eats' pm (and black spot). Fantastic results. Not like last year when the Zs went all over the place on the ground with stacks of pm
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Tomato 16 Nov, Pyley (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi David.. Whitefly can be controlled by using a low toxic product called Natrasoap. It suffocates the pests, then they dry up and fall off. You can also add a few drops of Peppermint or Eucalyptus oil as well.
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Leeks 15 Nov, Yvonne (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Wow! How time flies! My last post was July 18th and I said I would get back to you in Nov. with my leek progress. Well I blanched them with cane mulch as I said I would, and when they were about eight inches high I started blanching with shredded newspaper. (I have a shredder) Well the newspaper worked really well after the initial cane mulch. The leeks are now tall and strong but not thick enough for harvesting. So I have blanched twice with cane mulch, once when I first put the seedlings in and again about four weeks later, about four weeks after that I blanched with newspaper and again two weeks ago. Thanks for the info about the flowers, I hadn't thought that far ahead yet. I will get beck to you when I harvest my first leek. Cheers
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 15 Nov, WogBoy (Australia - temperate climate)
re mel, 8 Nov, try not to water at the base of the plants but around them once they are establish. i have my corn in rows anbd i water in between the rows so water goes both sides of the plant. the base of the plant stay dry and you can fill the middle trench with straw to keep the ground wet and minimise evaporation
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Tomato 15 Nov, David (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Help!! Dear All, I live in St Kilda in Victoria, my Tomatos which are only a couple of feet high are covered in clouds of whitefly, Ive tried everything, concoctions of sunlight soap and vinegar, pyrethrum, you name it but nothing seems to work. I have heard companion planting in conjunction with at least one other method is the best way but as i have tried so many different methods, i am somewhat sceptical. Does anyone have any tried and true methods to stop whitefly (other than not growing tomoatos)?
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Tomato 17 Jan, Grace (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi David, I'm not sure if you have found a solution to your whitefly problem, but I thought i'd post this anyhow. I haven't tried this yet, but I saw a great segment on GA ages ago where Colin uses a vegemite 'tea' to attract lacewing, whitefly's natural predator. I found the fact sheet for you, but I can't post it. Just google it: Gardening Australia, fact sheet 'home-made remedies', series 20, ep 22, Presenter: Colin Campbell, 27/06/2009 Also, basil is a great companion plant to tomatoes, I tend to interplant them between rows. I hope this helps, and isn't too late!
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 14 Nov, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
Capsicum are biannual with the exception of sweet peppers they tend to be annuals. The trick with capsicum is to sacrifice (cut off) the fruit is produces until the plant is about 50cm tall its painfull because they are prolific while young but the problem with letting them produce straight away is the plant doesnt get any bigger then approx 30cm tall because its putting all its energy into the fruit rather than the plant. Once you get it to 50cm stake it and keep the food up to it (liquid food) and you should get 1 year to 18mths out of it.
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 13 Nov, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
There are onli two reasons your silverbeet has fallen down like that the first one would be not enough water dig some of the soil up around them and see how moist it is sometimes soil looks lovely and wet on the surface but is dry as a bone 15cm down the second reason is that they have completed there life cycle and are dying naturally. You didnt say how long they have been in for but if its more than six months then there done and need replacing.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 13 Nov, Barb (Australia - temperate climate)
I am new to all this. What are collard greens?
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 14 Nov, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
Collard is commonly known as kale and they come from the brassica family which is cabbage,broccoli,brussel sprouts etc... Most kale is ornamental and not for eating but i have seen the edible type sold in punnets at nurseries but i have to say i have not seen them for a long time.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 29 Nov, Marina (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
"Most kale is ornamental and not for eating but i have seen the edible type sold in punnets at nurseries but i have to say i have not seen them for a long time." Is this true? Ornamental? I've got curly leafed Kale and I use it in my green smoothies. Should I be worried?
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 02 Dec, TB (Australia - temperate climate)
No, curly kale is a vegetable. I think it would be hard to mistake ornamental kale seedlings for edible kale, not least because they would be found in different sections of the garden centre! There are a number of different kinds of edible kale, more often sold as seed than as seedlings, and not that often seen at mainstream nurseries/seed suppliers.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 02 Dec, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Ornamental kales are quite safe, but don't taste as nice as the culinary types. Curly leafed kale is a culinary variety and tastes fine. I got seeds from Eden seeds.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 05 Dec, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
Also to clarify ornamental does not mean poisonous it just means its not the best suited to consuming. Also ornamental Kale is regularly found in amongst the vegetable seedlings in plant nurseries because most of the staff who place the seedlings dont know any different.
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