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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Mar, Nicole (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I also have the problem of my capsicums rotting before they ripen. Plants are healthy and fruit is large and healthy but they take ages to ripen and then seem to rot before the process is complete. Any advice??
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 15 Mar, Wendy (Australia - tropical climate): I have the same problem. I have been advised that they like potash once a week so that may also help them to ripen I am going to try garden lime, Epson salt, tomato fertilizer and fish fertilizer as per the following video and see how mine go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdfnhXJU9fM
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 28 Sep, Brenda (Australia - tropical climate): Some of my My capsicum leaves are turning brown on the edges & dropping off. I have fruit in the tree that don't seem to be affected yet. Any suggestions on what could be causing this.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 27 Feb, frank (Australia - temperate climate): the leaves on my capsicums are wilting but I cant see any bugs on them
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Feb, melina (Australia - temperate climate): Hi i have read somewhere this is due to inconstant watering and that the plant is not able to absorb something???? It may be calcium I think, and that you need to add agricultural lime to the soil, I think its called blossom end rot
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 14 Feb, noeline hoyle (New Zealand - temperate climate): I too have capsicum rotting ,is there some spray to use please/
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 15 Jan, Emma (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, I am having the exact same problem with the capsicums rotting before they are ready to pick. Was there a solution to this? Thanks, Emma
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 23 Mar, aaron (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Most of the produce has been eaten by insects. Is there any organic base spray to combat this?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 22 Mar, Sacha (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I planted 3 capsicum trees last September and have had some great produce over the summer. At the beginning of Feb they started looking sad and stopped producing fruit. I fertilised them and they have started producing fruit again but the fruit rots before it ripens on the tree. What should i do?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 08 Oct, Tassy Michele (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hiya Sacha & Nicole, Try picking the fruit when there is a darkish/brown patch (5 cent size) on bottom of fruit. This is when the fruit has started to ripen. I have purchased the green fruit at the supermarket like this and stored in the fruit bowl until it has ripened. Often green is cheaper than red at the supermarket. When you have too much to use fresh, slice/dice and freeze in small lots to use later --- great flavour to quiches, stirfry, rissotto etc. Cheers
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Tomato 22 Mar, Keny (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Are there any tomatoes that I can grow from March? Redland Bay QLD.
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Pumpkin 21 Mar, Steve (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Great tip from Yarralumla Nursery: I've had trouble getting my pumpkin fruit to set. I get small fruit up to 10cm that then wither and die. I've corrected acid, I've hand pollinated, I've water regularly and fertilized heavily, all to no avail. Someone at the nursery asked if the plant was large, healthy and still producing shoots - yes it was. They suggested clipping the ends of each tendril/shoot to stop it growing so the plant can concentrate on growing fruit, not leaves. It seemed to work - the next few flowers to polinate have progressed to a mature pumpkin.
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Cardoon 21 Mar, carmen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Desperate to buy cardoons seeds. Can you tell me where?
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Spinach (also English spinach) 21 Mar, sandy (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Sharon, my spinach went to flower also, I pulled them out except for one plant just to see what would happen, I cut the flower off and pulled the rest of the leaves off and it grew back! not sure if that's what you are meant to do but it worked for me
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Leeks 21 Mar, sandy (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I planted my leeks about 2 weeks ago I have never grown them before is this the right time?? I'm not really understanding how you should plant them? Can someone help me please!!
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 21 Mar, Diane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My bean plants were also growing very well, they flowered and produced a few beans but now the leaf ends are going brown and look burned (just like Hellbelle 11 Feb post). I would appreciate some feedback about possilbe causes.
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Pumpkin 21 Mar, Nick (Australia - temperate climate): I have planted 3 butternut pumpkin plants and they have all grown rambling vines about 3m long. Each has flowered and started to produce fruit but the now the leaves closest to where the plant comes out of the ground have all dried, died and fallen off the vines. This has left me with about 1m of dry woody stem and then 2m of plant with lush green leaves and small healthy looking fruit. This is the first time I've planted pumpkin so I don't know if this is normal behaviour for these plants or whether there is a problem with them. Any advice greatly appreciated.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 21 Mar, brian slane (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Thank you Lisa (Australia)
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Broccoli 21 Mar, brian slane (Australia - cool/mountain climate): does anyone know a good insecticide to apply to broccoli, cabbage etc. I would appreciate any suggestions. I have noted the one with the toilet soao. Thank you
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Broccoli 05 May, Derek (Australia - tropical climate): I use eco oil, it works fine.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 21 Mar, george (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Can anyone help I have tried twice to get my dwarf beans going but by the time they rreach 6 leaf stage they are being eaten by something. or may be sucked by something.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 21 Mar, Andrew (Australia - temperate climate): Make sure there is plenty of air circulation around the plants this will help with the mildew.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 20 Mar, Jenny (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Can anybody help. I planted my rosellas before Christmas and to date still no flowers
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 20 Mar, monique (Australia - sub-tropical climate): my beans are really hard what is wrong with them and they are a bit brown
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 19 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate): I have 4 capsicums growing in pots which are just flowering apart from the constant attack of green caterpillars that I pick off regularly the plants seem to be doing reasonably well until. But recently some of the leaves, top one mainly, are curling. Can you advise what can be done to help guard against the caterpillars, and the leaf curl. Thank you.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 10 Feb, jennifer2075 (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I too are growing capsicums in pot and found watering every day caused the plant to stress and now it has leaf curl. I have cut back on watering (even though temps 38 - 39) and pruned large leaves and find the plant is coming back. Whether the fruiting has been affected we shall wait and see.
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Pumpkin 19 Mar, Ben Linke (Australia - temperate climate): Hello, in early december 2009 i noticed a few pumpkin plants starting to appear in my chicken cage. i started watering them as soon as i noticed them growing. it took about 1 and a half months to take off and produce flowers. but the flowers kept falling of the stems and still are, what do i do to stop the falling off??. the plants are now covering about 25 to 30 square metres and climbing up the fences and on the roof. i have about 8 pumpkins on the plants, 3 which are quite large. because they grew with out my intensions i am unaware what varietys they are.. i am willing to send pictures to anyone who could please help me identify them!.. im almost certain that 1 of the few plants is a butternut... Help Me Please.... Ben
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Parsnip 19 Mar, Peter G (Australia - temperate climate): I now grow my seedlings in 3-4 inch pots.Take a stryropor brocolli box,cut off to make it about 4-5 inchs high. place in pots, sieve in and around to fill all spaces. mix ; mush compost, my own compost and garden soil in equal proportions. always keep moist and best covered until germination. plant out when roots poke through base of pot.result, good even rows, no gaps. when planting , add your choice of fertiliser in base of hole, cover a little and back fill with your best growing soil.It is worth the trouble Thanks Muddy knees - who also has his own method of transplanting.Have not tried it with parsnip , but I know it will work!
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 18 Mar, Nancy (Australia - temperate climate): If the shallots have been treated prior to selling at the supermarket so they wouldn't sprout, then that means they are dead food. Probably not very good for you; the same treatment that killed the bulb could have a bad effect on us. Or at the very least, destroy vitamins and enzymes. I am increasingly growing as much as possible of my own living food--shallots, garlic, onions, potatoes etc.-- without sprout-retardant chemicals.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 06 May, Dion (Australia - temperate climate): I'm trying to 'grow my own' as well, but starting off with green leafy things to get the 'biggest bang' for the effort. Have you seen how much spray is on supermarket silverbeet - awful! Do onions take much room?
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