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Tomato 04 Mar, Steve (Australia - cool/mountain climate): This year I grew four sorts, Black cherry, marmande, Kotlas and one other I forget. All from the Lost Seed Company. For the first time ever I applied monsterous neglect and I've had my best ever crops. At least 20 kilos so far and still growing strong. Other than an automatic watering over three weeks in December I have done almost nothing. No shoot removal, bad supports, they have sprawled into one huge mess of about 6 square metres which cover the ground so much that weeds have no chance at all. (I haven't weeded since I planted them). I just stick an arm into the pile and pick beautiful toms. I've even left chewed one to drop and rot as it's too hard. I think I've finally discovered the secret to tomato growing.
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Salsify (also Vegetable oyster) 03 Mar, Jo Mckenzie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm trying it for the first time seeds seem to take ages to come up - i sowed them 2 weeks ago - maybe its still to hot here but will keep trying!!!
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Carrot 02 Mar, boot (Australia - sub-tropical climate): carrots are the best if eaten when straight out of the ground
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Kohlrabi 02 Mar, shaun (Australia - cool/mountain climate): We like it roasted like spuds, or grated in salads, lightly steamed in fact any which way...so under rated. The green tops are nice too in stir fry or as a boiled veg. Do not let it get too big as it goes woody and then is quite unpleasant...not the taste, the texture with bits and shreds in your mouth.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 02 Mar, shaun (Australia - cool/mountain climate): some was asking about amaranth..there are two types one ornamental one edible as I understand..choose carefully we got ornamental by mistake and it grows like a weed although easy to see and pick out.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 02 Mar, shaun (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Giot collards from Eden seed and eBay...I let them go to seed in the garden and they self sow well. Not prolific and the white cabbage butterfly have a good go at them more than anything else in the garden. Also grow Kale very well..what an under estimated beauty
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 02 Mar, Trev Judd (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi there, I live in Ipswich, Qld and would like to know where I can buy some plants. It's early March. Is the season too late? Regards, Trev
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 28 Apr, Dale (Australia - temperate climate): Trev Judd of ipswich. Trev i live in ipswich and have rosellas growing bit early for seed but you are welcome to some when available.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 18 Jun, helen (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Dale, Do they grow very tall? I don't want a plant that gives too much shade to an already small garden. Maybe I could train it onto a trellis? Or prune reguarly..? I would b interested in some seeds too. Perhaps I can sned some stamps?
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Marrow 02 Mar, Monica (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I've tried to grow Spaghetti Marrow, was succesful with lots of greenery, strong vines and even flowers, but they just fell off without bearing any fruit at all! why?
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Pumpkin 02 Mar, hayley (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi, I'm new to this. I am growing butternut pumpkins. They have spread everywhere and are getting beautiful yellow flowers but no pumpkins. What am I meant to be doing? I have had success with my snowpeas, corn and carrots...just not pumpkin. Can someone please help?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 02 Mar, Pru (Australia - cool/mountain climate): To stop flowers falling off plants put a 10 cm straight line of Epsom salts about an inch away from the main stem. Works a treat. I now have 9 fruit on one plant.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 28 Feb, Caroline (Australia - temperate climate): I have been looking for mustard greens seed and I can't find them in the traditional gardening stores, where can I find them?
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 03 Jun, Jackie (Australia - temperate climate): Any supermarket in the spice section will do.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 20 May, frank (Australia - temperate climate): Can get a wide variety of mustard green seeds form seed clubs, ie diggers and greenseeds. Google for catalouge. Purple king is my faverout
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 28 Feb, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate): For those of with summers too warm for coriander... Another option is 'long-leaf coriander' (Eryngium foetidum), a completely different species. Not quite as yummy as normal coriander, it has a strong coriander taste, and it copes with heat. I grow it in semi-shade all summer long. You need two lots - one you allow to go to seed, and the eating one where you pick-out the flower stalks as they form, to avoid the leaves getting too prickly.
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Asparagus 28 Feb, Teresa (Australia - cool/mountain climate): We planted our asparagus crown in an old tyre will this make a difference to how it grows?
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 28 Feb, Leah (Australia - temperate climate): I have struggled to keep coriander producing in the past too (i.e goes to seed very fast) However, the best way I have recently found is to plant seed around other leafy vegetables, where it stays moist and shaded. I have had ALOT of coriander come up under and around my beetroot and it is thriving happily there... I just pick leaves as I need them which keeps the plants small enough to be happy under the other plants.
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Radish 27 Feb, Carol (Australia - temperate climate): Hello, My name is Carol. I am the wife of a farmer, J.Thompson, we grow all different types of fruits and veg, we grow a lot of carrots, tomatoes, snow peas and radish. All those rules and tips are nothing like the real deal. Basically depending on the type of radish, you use sufficent fertilizer, you dig a hole, place your seeds about 3-5cm apart (they need room to grow!) and give them 600mLs of water everyday. After about 2 weeks you should be finding some results. If nothing has changed and there is still no signs of radish, it is a dodgy brand of seeds, you are not giving it enough sunlight, it is just a dodgy seed or you need to take better care of it. THAT is the real deal. Do not believe any of that scientific stuff! it is just nature. Thankyou I hope your radish grow successfully.
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Radish 01 Jul, Yasmin (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Thankyou for the help Carol! :)
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Tomato 27 Feb, Lyn (Australia - temperate climate): My tomatoes have been disappointing this year as well . The Black Russian and Cherry's producing hardly any fruit .The pot grown Romas which i let bush out and basically ignored did the best.So maybe a little neglect is the way to go. Marissa if you live in Adelaide there has been a fruit fly outbreak so maybe that's the cause of the maggots. Apparently you need to tell the local council if that's the case .
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 26 Feb, Hoi (Australia - temperate climate): I love okra, do you think if i start planting it now and it will last through winter? Or does it die during winter and spring back to life after that? I am not greeb thumb but trying my best... home grown vegies are the best in taste! my kids love it and so am i
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Potato 26 Feb, Mark (Australia - cool/mountain climate): My potatoes looked fantastic above ground - strong lush growth from spring to mid-summer, but the harvest was disappointingly meagre. Any suggestions?
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Potato 10 May, (Australia - temperate climate): Many potato varieties respond to shorter day length. That is, they will produce a crop when they 'sense' that the days shorten. Maybe you should look at planting your potatoes at a different time of the year. Perhaps mid/ late Summer so that they will come into flower as the days shorten in Autumn/Winter.
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Potato 10 May, (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Mark - I too live in the cool-mountain zone - the Blue Mountains - and had a very disappointing yield of Nicola potatoes this year for the number I planted. I think was just a strange summer with cool and rain and the occassional few hot days - enough to make any self-respecting plant be undecided about what to do! I wondered if it wa the type, but i think not..Better luck next year Glen
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 26 Feb, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate): We're harvesting Okra most days now. I clip them off the plant when they're a bit bigger than my biggest finger and store them in the fridge. Once we have about 6-7 we cook them. Our favourite is with tomatoes: saute onion, then saute Okra a few minutes, add tomatoes and cook about 10 mins, let sit 5 mins. You can add spices like cumin/cardamon too if you like.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 26 Feb, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hey Jason, your corn sound fantastic! I had a bad time with corn this year - male flowers came out in a heat wave before the female tassels were out and massive winds blew pollen away. So yield was down, but still v yummy! I'm tempted to stick in another crop now - hopefully not too late in the year.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 26 Feb, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Aurelio, If it's green caterpillars then try using Dipel, which is a bacteria product that only affects caterpillars. Best not to use sprays/powders as they don't affect caterpillars, but they will hurt beneficial insects. Some wasps will attack caterpillars, so make sure you have flowers around to attract the wasps, and don't use pesticides as they harm the good bugs that help keep things in balance.
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Carrot 26 Feb, emma sutton (Australia - cool/mountain climate): how to grow carrot in the garden because this year we are growing ved in the garden and how long dus it take.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 25 Feb, John Studte (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Cathy.Please contact me at [email protected] and i will organise that for you.John
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