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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 19 Jul, Joanne Lockyer (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi we recently went to NZ for a holiday and were quite impressed by Kumara. Where can I located some plants in Australia as we would like to try and grow our own. thanks
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 19 Jul, Michael Vicary (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Where can I buy Salsify seeds or punnets? I live at the base of the Blue Mountains NSW. Thankyou Regards Michael
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 22 Jan, Elisse (Australia - temperate climate): I got my seeds from www.cornucopiaseeds.com.au, I am going to plant them this weekend.
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 04 Nov, Ruth (Australia - cool/mountain climate): there is a great website to order seeds from italy , they also stock Salsify, I just put some in the ground today!! www.theitaliangardener.com.au, happy gardening Michael,cheers, Ruth
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 05 Dec, Poppy (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I got my seeds off of Ebay - a shop called Bargain seeds Hope that helps :)
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Peas 19 Jul, Dion (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I find beer traps are an excellent prevention for snail and slug damage. Snails will crawl in overnight, they can't seem to resist, and just don't wake up. Just put around a few containers of beer, in round take away containers or something similar. I use left over beer, and dregs from home brew. For slugs, I have found that adding salt to the beer works more effectively. You will need to top them up after rain etc.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 18 Jul, green toes (Australia - cool/mountain climate): sounds like a good idea
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Leeks 18 Jul, Yvonne (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Gee. So many growing questions, so few answers. I have planted my seedlings in a well prepared garden 2 weeks ago they are going well, standing up but off course still looking rather delicate. I am going to blanch them with cane mulch as they grow. By all accounts, harveting in November. We'll see how it goes. I will let you know.
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Peas 18 Jul, Tania (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi all, My snow peas are going great but my regular peas look like they are being eaten by something. What would be eating them and how do I prevent it? I have just read that putting crushed eggshell around them will stop slugs from eating them as they cant crawl on the sharp shell but my partner said he has seen a slug on a razor blade edge before so I dont know if it will work. Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance, Tania
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Peas 15 Sep, Dave (Australia - temperate climate): Tania, I have had success with coffee grounds placed around the plants, the snails have problems with it sticking to their mucous. Most coffee shops are willing to let you have their grounds.
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Turnip 18 Jul, Tania (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi all, It apprears that one of my turnips is growing above ground. Is this what is meant to happen? I thought I'd leave it as all the others only have their folage above ground so I thought this one could be an experiment, but Im not sure this is practical as I dont want to loss the whole crop if they are all meant to appear above ground. Thanks for your help in advance. Tania
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Turnip 24 Nov, John Bee (Australia - tropical climate): Hi Tania, Sorry for the delay in replying. I only just noticed your question about turnips... I’ve been growing turnips very successfully for years in my home garden. In fact I’ve never seen the swollen stem base (it’s technically not a root) growing actually in the ground. All of mine have always been fully exposed… maybe it’s the variety I use.. Actually it’s very handy in harvesting because I plant very closely and then thin out by removing the largest plant when it is of edible size. And I do that by just feeling amongst the thick foliage to find the largest base and then pull it out and let the smaller ones around it grow to be large enough to harvest on or two weeks later. My major problem with growing turnips is when I grow them in the same piece of ground for a few years in a row, they really get root nematodes quite badly so I must really start a crop rotation system. Cheers John Bee.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 18 Jul, Roger (Australia - cool/mountain climate): This is my first time growing beans, my plants look healthy but I have more then one stem on each plant should these be cut off to concentrate on one stronger plant?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 24 Jul, Roger (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Thanks Liz will take your advice.
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Spring onions (also Scallions, Bunching onions, Welsh onion) 17 Jul, Morgoth (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I saved some root ends (cut off only about 1.5 centimetres from the end) from store-bought scallions planted them (I'm calling these cut-off roots 'rootlings') and they grew really well (I think it was summer when I did this).
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Rhubarb 16 Jul, Leah (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Where can you buy rhubarb?
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Rhubarb 24 Jul, les (Australia - temperate climate): try the "diggers club" i brought one last year and is going great , just starting to flower
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Asparagus 15 Jul, peter (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Seeing as asparagus takes so long to be ready to harvest, can any one give a guide as to how much room to devote to them? We need enough for two. Any ideas?
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Asparagus 11 Jun, Margaret (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Dear Peter, we live in Piccadilly in the cool Adelaide Hills (a bit like Tassie weather in winter) and have enjoyed the produce from the same asparagus bed for 31 years feeding our family of 6 (now only 2 members still here). Over the years we have removed parts of some of the 6 original crowns in a bed about 1 metre by half a metre, and the asparagus spears keep coming up. However, raspberry canes are beginning to infest the bed, so I am about to start another asparagus bed elsewhere in the garden. Good luck with yours!
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Asparagus 16 Oct, Jen (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Dear Margaret, I just found your comment to Peter about Asparagus...... >This past week Ihave for the first time planted 2 seedlings of Asparagus with about 3 delicate fronds, but as I may be moving in the next year I planted them into a deep 420 cm HDPE pot with good potting mix, sheep and alpaca Dolomite and B&B... I did not know then that it takes 3 years till harvest!!! Do you know or have an opinion if I can transplat the seedlings into the ground at a later date, or should I just plant them out now and forget about taking them with me??? You seem to have had a lot of experience so I hope you don't mind my beginner question Kind regards Jen
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 13 Jul, ben (Australia - temperate climate): hi everybody i live in western Australia and you can get the orange(anytime), purple(most times) and sometimes the cream coloured ones. I buy them more than normal potatos
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 23 Jul, Karl (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Ben when you say you can get purple most of the time is that purple on the inside?
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 13 Jul, Jack (Australia - temperate climate): The fennel I planted has several bulbs growing together (that's how it came. Should I separate them, if so, how?
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 13 Jul, Antechinus (Australia - temperate climate): Plants can't get nutrients from the air (except carbon, which isn't really a 'nutrient' because it's essential from any growth). They all get nutrients from the soil by some method. Peas and other legumes (plus wattles) have symbiotic bacteria in their roots that 'fix' nitrogen, meaning peas can get at and concentrate soil nitrogen much more efficiently than other types of plants. This means they don't need as much fertiliser as other vegies do and are good to dig into the soil to concentrate plant-available nitrogen for future crops. I assume that they're still pretty hungry for other nutrients though - so a bit of fertiliser won't go astray.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 20 Dec, David (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Need to know what type of fertlizer I should use on my climbing peas there is good growth and some flowering however they look like they need some encouragement, maybe a specific fertiliser or tonic eg Seasol???
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 27 Feb, Bug (Australia - arid climate): Anything will do, a side dressing of compost and rock minerals (or complete trace elements) will be all that is needed for the most brilliant green pods. Cheers
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Onion 12 Jul, Sue Summers (Australia - temperate climate): I live in the Bass Strait Islands north of Tassie, I want to know the best onions to plant for making pickled onions (brown variety). Also how do I know when to harvest them?
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 12 Jul, rod mcmillan (Australia - tropical climate): I purchased shallots from the supermarket to plant out, they are only 5-6mm across at the base and multiplying like mad .Could anyone tell me if the bulbs grow bigger for any reason.ie.tempreture
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 11 Jul, Andrew (Australia - temperate climate): My bean plants look healthy and quite tall, but no flowers or beans. It has been very cold here the last two weeks or so. Whats wrong? Thanks
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Cauliflower 11 Jul, stella (Australia - temperate climate): my cauliflower plant has like green buds and a yellow flower bloomed as well ..wat is wrong with it as i didnt see any white curds forming
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