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Shallots (also Eschalots) 02 May, Peter Cresp (Australia - temperate climate)
Where do you buy Shallot to grown can-not find them any where. I live in South Australia
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 27 Nov, Gorn Graham (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Got mine at Bunnings, How do you know when they are ready for harvesting?
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 18 Oct, tina green thumb (Australia - temperate climate)
the suppermarket, buy a bunch cut the bottom roots and plant them in your garden. Watch them grow and grow, the best few dollars ever spent..
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 16 Jun, Wayne (Australia - temperate climate)
Organic food stall central markets
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Tomato 18 Mar, pete (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
hi ian, i tend to agree with barb - i took a whole plant of mine out to the nursery - roots were fine so not nematodes she cut through the stem with secatuers and that was fine too. she told me to spray with wettable sulphur and as barb said use seaweed/fish fertiliser - have done and it seems to have arrested the yellowing. also told me to feed weekly. so planted some new plants (grosse lisse) and am trying those. i have had this problem ever since moving to this house (10 years) only variety i had limited success with was black russian - cheers
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Watermelon 18 Mar, Jess (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, we planted our watermelons around october and we are now harvesting large and small fruit. we are first time growers and were told we wouldn't grow any. the largest and first to be picked, we left on the vine as i was told to pick them when the short vine attached to them dies, but the fruit caved in and rotted before that happened. since then we have picked another and sat it aside for a week and it's nice, red and very tasty! it was only finding this site and others alike that we know what to do and will experiment with the many many others that are nearly ready. also, how will we know when pumpkins are ready to harvest? are they similar?
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Carrot 17 Mar, Lem (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
OK even though I did get a reply I will let you know what happened. The weather has cooled down and the carrots taste a lot better, I can only assume they will get better with a few frosts (if they last until then). Some of the purple carrots are yellow on the inside and some orange, they look pretty cool!
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Broccoli 16 Mar, Holly Weston (Australia - temperate climate)
Here is a really simple safe and terrific solution for those nasty caterpillars that eat broccoli. Just grate some ordinary toilet soap into a saucepan, about 1 tablespoon into a litre of water, heat it and stir until its dissolved and spray it thoroughly onto the broccoli. It may have to be sprayed again after rain. It works incredibly well in my garden and I never have a problem.
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Broccoli 15 May, Steve (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Are you sure the broccoli will still be safe and tasty to eat after spraying with soap?
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Marrow 16 Mar, "a desperate subscriber" (Australia - temperate climate)
How do I obtain some marrow seeds in Australia?
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Marrow 28 May, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live in Sydney & I can't get the hold of white marrow seeds.Can you help?
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Marrow 30 Jun, Daniel (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Great question - I have been looking too. If you get an answer I would love to hear about it. :)
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Artichokes (Globe) 16 Mar, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Deb, if the soil is reasonably fertile and you get enough rain then the artichokes should grow like mad. They're basically an improved thistle, so if thistles thrive, then artichokes should do ok.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 15 Mar, Rob (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Early spring I planted Rainbow Beets. Wonderful. I got white, red, yellow and varying combinations of coloured ringed beets. They look great in the pickling jar and taste just as good
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Mizuna (also Japanese Greens, Mitzuna, Mibuna) 15 Mar, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Kay, You can buy mizuna seeds online from Eden Seeds (listed under Asian vegetables-salad greens). Also Greenharvest.com.au.
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Parsley (also curly leaf parsley or flat leaf (Italian) parsley) 15 Mar, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Doug, Everyone I know has had all their flat parsley go straight to seed this summer with the heat. Some has finally self-seeded just in the last 2 weeks (now the weather is starting to cool).
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 15 Mar, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Glynis, Could be fruit fly. There are some good organic baits on the market these days - see www.greenharvest.com.au
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Tomato 15 Mar, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Ian, Sounds like it could have been tomato russet mite, exacerbated by hot dry weather. Spraying the leaves lightly with a foliar feed of a very weak seaweed mixture every week or two should also help. Feeding the plant with decent (home made) compost, worm wee or seaweed/fish emulsion, etc should also strengthen the plants against attack. Glad you ended up with a good harvest!
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 14 Mar, footballi4 (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hey everyone, I just registered on this brilliant forum and desired to say hey there! Have a fabulous day!
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Tomato 14 Mar, Ian (Australia - temperate climate)
I have been growing tomatoes in pots at North Sydney for the last 10 years. Each year is more problematic and depressing than the previous even though I sterilise pots and use new potting mix each year. Plants start off very healthy then about the time that fruit set, the plants start yellowing from the bottom and within a few weeks they are history. This year was interesting in that I placed the pots on a second story balcony well away from previous plantings on the assumption that whatever was killing the plants near the ground may not exist on the balcony. I planted in September, great plants until mid November when they did the same thing - started yellowing from the bottom up and ended up basically dead after a few weeks. I took one of the plants (Mighty Red) which was dead except for one small leaf about 10mm above ground level. I cut the plant off completely immediately above this leaf and planted it in a new garden bed we have recently created in the area where we had previously used pots. For a couple of weeks nothing happened then the plant started growing and now in mid March we have just picked 3 large tomatoes off a very healthy (large) plant with another 15 or so tomatoes still on the plant. I still don't know what causes the problem but the experiment with this 'Lazarus' plant is nothing if not interesting.
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Tomato 17 Mar, Gerrard Kavanagh (Australia - temperate climate)
Have harvested lots of good tomatoes including green ones yesterday. Most plants dried and look like they are dying back. However some appear to have started some healthy looking new growth. Do I pull them all out and get ready for peas or other nitrogen rich crop or see what happens with the new growth?
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Tomato 20 Jan, Nick (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Is it too late to plant tomatoes in late January in sydney
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Tomato 06 Mar, (Australia - temperate climate)
Yellowing leaves mean it is underfed which happens easier in pots. Feed with lots of compost and dynamic lifter. Use liquid fertiliser as well. A quick acting and compost and dynamic lifter will keep the plants going longer term
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Tomato 25 Sep, John (Australia - temperate climate)
Do the smoke-tobacco carries a fungus disease .
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Tomato 16 Aug, Matt (Australia - temperate climate)
Its to hot and humid in Sydney to grow tomatoes well in Dec /Jan Get your plants going early inside and grow from Aug to Nov then have a break then start again in Feb when temps just drop a little .Cherry tomatoes will do much better .All tomatoes don't like being moved so try and seed them where they will stay and don't water the foliage and smokers shouldn't touch the leaves or the plants at all they hate it.And the ones you neglect and that come up by themselves will always do better than the ones you put your heart into. They also need calcium (egg shells).Dont touch them!
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Tomato 08 Aug, Don (Australia - temperate climate)
I live on the lower north shore in sydney and every year I plant my tomatoes and they start to flower in abundance as there a no bees here I go around with a small paint brush and try and pollinate them going from flower to flower but being as careful as I can doing this exercise ,I disturb them and they fall off and only a few make it to a tomato stage where am I going wrong a frustrated tomato grower.
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Tomato 23 Jul, Sagala (Australia - temperate climate)
Watch out for bugs and pests as they can leave little holes in the tomatoes so be careful when picking
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Tomato 12 Aug, Coogee (Australia - temperate climate)
To be honest, our water supply is polluted with high concentrations of fluoride. also, persistent con trails being sprayed over the city and coast are detrimental to the the health of the plants. Try using filtered water and keeping them out of the rain.
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Tomato 15 Apr, leon (Australia - arid climate)
Hi i have been trying to find out earlyest date i can plant tomatoe seeds in perth western australia would it be after the shortest day of the year? I can bring them up on a window sill if its to cold just wondering about the sun longth.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 14 Mar, Glynis (Australia - temperate climate)
I am having the same bug problem as Diana, 7 Apr 09. What can I do about it. The plants are fruiting well, but by the time they are grapefruit size they are going brown/yellow and full of grubs.
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