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Asparagus 15 Dec, Trevor (Australia - temperate climate)
Yes Tim it will grow fronds from the lower half of the stem, as the same thing happened to me, good luck with the cats,
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 19 Oct, Hove SA (Australia - temperate climate)
my snow peas are growing with huge green lush leaves and no sign of flowers yet, they were planted about 8 weeks ago. Have I given them too much fertiliser? Is there anything I can put on them to encourage flowering?
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Brussels sprouts 18 Oct, greig nichols (Australia - temperate climate)
I have these large brussel sprout plants in my garden next to my cabbbages ( they are doing well) but the BS are all leaf and no sprouts the plants actuallly look as healthy as but..as I mentioned no sprouts and i tis now Oct is it to late for them and do I pull them out or do I leave them and see what happens.. I planted all three at the same time brocccoli , cabbage and BS thankyou
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Brussels sprouts 19 Oct, Moira (Australia - temperate climate)
I am in country SA and have the same problem, mine are nearly a metre tall and no sign of sprouts! I am about to pull them out and try again next year. I was told that they should be sown in Jan/Feb so that they are mature by the cold of Winter. They need good frosts to fruit, so I guess that we missed it for this year. I have also had broccoli but they didn't get a good large head on them. We ate the "broccolini" though as they were delicious. Any clues to good broccoli next year?
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Brussels sprouts 11 Nov, Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
Brussel Sprouts are in the same family as Broccolli.Cauliflower and Cabbage so grow BS the same way you would these vegetables and yes Jan-Feb is the correct sowing time for these types of vegetables they are a winter autumn grower.
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Watermelon 17 Oct, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate)
Knowing when to pick watermelons can be heartbreaking. The hollow sound when tapped can vary with different fruit, as does the colour where they touch the ground. I have found the best way to tell is when the small curly tenderal CLOSEST to the fruit stalk has died off. This method has saved a lot of mellons being picked too early in my garden. Give it a go, you will be very happy
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Spinach (also English spinach) 15 Oct, Charmaine (Australia - arid climate)
Hi I was wondering if you need to stake up spinach. Mines laying flat on the ground. Thank you
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Spinach (also English spinach) 29 Oct, Paul (Australia - temperate climate)
Charmaine, You do not need to stake up spinach. If it is laying flat it possibly means one of the following: if leaves are large - its time to pick your spinach before it bolts its not getting enough water its in poor quality soil is it a winter spinach rather than a summer spinach (check the back of the pack). Planting it at the wrong time may inhibit proper germination/growth. I also notice that you are located in an arid area - I use to live in Alice Springs and know how hard it is to grow some stuff in red dirt and hot conditions - hence the nature of suggestions above. Hope this helps. Paul
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Cabbage 15 Oct, Lionel Harris (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted a number of cabbage seedlings 6/8 weeks ago and the whole lot went to seed,WHY!!!
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Cabbage 16 Oct, mick (Australia - temperate climate)
same hear i blame bunnings for selling them to late in season
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Cabbage 15 Oct, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
It may be too warm for that variety, or else they got stressed (lack of water, too much heat) at some point?
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 14 Oct, margaret (Australia - temperate climate)
i love beans.but i cant find the chinese long beans .for ready to plant?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 12 Oct, Craig Rachow (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi I picked up some Chili Tomatoes from a hardware store today, i don't know if they are a type of chili or a spicy tomato. There is no info with them. One is almost ripe enough to try so ill eat it in a day or so. Have you heard of these or can you shed any light?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 11 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Melbourne and a ex Kiwi. Can you tell me please if one is able to but the NZ kumaras here?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 02 Feb, kate azzopardi (Australia - temperate climate)
yes u can. i've seen them at the dandenong market. i've seen them at only a few stalls towards the back. not knowing what they were, my kiwi friend that was with me filled me in. they're open tues/fri/sat. great for meat and top quaity fruit and vegies..
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 11 May, Carrie (Australia - temperate climate)
I work for a company which sells sweet potato and the Kumaras you talk about sound like what we call Beauregard orange in flesh and skin.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 10 Oct, John (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Andrew, another way of pollinating is to do it yourself (esp if you are in an area like I am, with bees seen rarely!). I use a small, fine paintbrush and gently wipe it over each stamen, therefore transferring the pollen. I do this with my chillis and get excellent results. cheers, John
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 10 Oct, Jan (Australia - temperate climate)
When do you know that Broad Beans are ready to pick? thanks Jan
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Carrot 09 Oct, Tony Morales (Australia - temperate climate)
I have fertilized my carrots with a bit of super-phosphate and had no more "forking" than usual (maybe 5 - 8%?)
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Asparagus 09 Oct, pete - north brisbane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
i planted my asparagus about 4 years ago. it has not really performed well at all. it is well fed with rotted horse manure every year, and i cut the fronds back in late winter. this year about half the crowns died. would they have died because i cut them back or is it as i suspect just too warm here for asparagus? any advice welcomed
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 09 Oct, Andrew (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
When will snow peas start producing the pods? Does flowering mean they are not going to? Thanks :)
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 09 Oct, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi Andrew, the pods will follow the flowers - if there are some bees around to pollinate them. When the flowers begin to die off, there should be a tiny pod left. Give them a few days to grow.
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NZ Spinach (also Warrigal greens) 08 Oct, Geoff Clarke (Australia - temperate climate)
I presume Warrigal Green can be propogated from cuttings.Appreciate any advice.
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NZ Spinach (also Warrigal greens) 13 Nov, Wauker (Australia - temperate climate)
Geoff, just came across this message board. Yes these can be grown from cuttings, like lawn runners in fact. I find this vegetable the same as English spinach, it doesn't leave that metallic taste that the silver beet leaves you with.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 08 Oct, Dana (Australia - temperate climate)
I grew okra very successfully last summer and loved it. I would like to plant it again but can't find the seeds. Does anyone have a source? I tried Diggers but they don't have it listed.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 09 Jan, Jantina (Australia - temperate climate)
I am a new comer to okra but i did buy the seedling from Magna Mart in Canberra
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 17 Oct, Josh (Australia - temperate climate)
Okra seeds can be ordered from "The Lost Seed" (google it as I can not post the link here unfortunately - should be the first result and it is an Australian site.) I'm planting them for the first time this year - I love okra and I hope it works successfully!
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 21 Oct, Fred (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I just bought a packet of OKRA seeds from the REJECT SHOP. The D.T. BROWN packet of 50 seeds cost A$1.50 only cheers
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Horseradish 07 Oct, Mike (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I too have been looking for horseradish. Isabel Sheppard sold me some when we lived on the Sunshine Coast but it died and anyway, you cannot bring plants to Tas.
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Horseradish 11 Nov, Will (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Head to Chung Sing's vegetable wholesaler in Campbell St and you can buy some if in stock otherwise they can ring the supplier and order some in. Transplant that.
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