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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 02 Jun, leonie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi John I am trying to get hold of nz yellow flesh kumera. Do you have any to sell?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 25 Feb, Cathy Peck (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I contacted this place cornucopiaseeds and they said they will have yam tubers June/July
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Beetroot (also Beets) 25 Feb, sharon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Beetroot will turn white when cooked if you cut the stalks to close to the bulb before cooking Leave some stalk on when cooking or they bleed out into the water.
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Watermelon 24 Feb, lisa rias (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
HI MY WATER MELONS ARE GROWING EVERYWHERE BUT THEY HAVENT PRODUCED ANY FRUIT ONLY SMALL ONES WHICH DIE. DO THEY NEED MORE WATER?
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Watermelon 08 Jan, Robin (Australia - arid climate)
YES A BIG YES this comes from a grower once they start to set fruit they need water
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 24 Feb, Cheryl (Australia - temperate climate)
Rocket grows well, but in no time it became extremely bitter, I cut it right back, but the new growth is the same
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 24 Feb, Sara (Australia - temperate climate)
I am going to try my first crop of snow peas,I will prepare the bed first as the soil is not in good condition and hope to get a good result, after reading all the the tips. A bit afraid of powery mildew. I live in Adelaide
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Potato 24 Feb, rylie (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
what height and width is a avarage potato?
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Watermelon 23 Feb, susan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
our plants are growing everywhere but now some leaves have gone lighter in colour. What does this mean?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 23 Feb, Cathy Peck (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi John in Tasi I have longed for a feed of fresh yams for 32 yrs and only ever have them when I go home and thats rare, sometimes they are not in season when I am there. I have just begun a nice garden and would love to grow them I am willing to pay for them. Cathy Peck
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 23 Feb, Alison Smith (Australia - temperate climate)
Feb 10 - We've planted a black pearl capsicum - stunning black foliage & fruit. Just harvested and deseeded the ripe fruit (red). I will try my hand at growing some more from seed. I make the mistake of not handling them with gloves, so my hands are still stinging. The brother in law's a chilli fan, but these'll blow his head off!
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 23 Feb, Errol (Australia - temperate climate)
Asparagus pea seeds available from various agents of Ericavale Aust. 07 5497 0266 . Various growers had problems but others in Melbourne found very vigorous
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Potato 22 Feb, guy (Australia - temperate climate)
i live in central west nsw what vegies can i grow from march right through winter. any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Pumpkin 22 Feb, Leonie (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi have had great sucess planting a pumpkin in straight compost. It has loved it and one plant has given me four decent size pumpkins with some smaller ones growing. Have trailed it up on some plastic lattace over a water tank which has worked a treat!
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 22 Feb, David (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Folks, I trying to locate a supplier of Collard Greens seeds or seedlings in the Perth Western Australia area. I've scoured the usual web sites, without success. I've tried contacting Brisbane Organic Growers of Windsor QLD but it appears their web site is shut down. Can anyone please help me?
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Pumpkin 21 Feb, kylie (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I have a pumpkin vine growing in my garden that must of been here b4 i moved in and it has sprouted on it own. It only has 1 decent size pumpkin on it but i am not sure how to tell when it is ripe i live in perth western australia.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 21 Feb, ashley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
To Julie Lake , re coriander,thanks for the advice , convincing proof of the accuracy of your advice is just starting to appear in pots and garden I seeded about 2 months back - lets hope I get enough for a supply of seed. Will have to find some way for around the year supply because we really get through some and I hate buying those limp supermarket offerings. Thanks again.
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Watermelon 20 Feb, Jo (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I am growing a variety of watermelon called "red rocket". These are supposed to be, according to the tag, large oblong-shaped with a high yield, however, the only 2 fruit I have growing are just the size of small rockmelons and appear to have stopped growing. The oldest of these 2 is about 5 weeks now. Are my expectations of what is called large fruit and high yield too high, or do I need to do something to help them along. I have recently used Dynamic Lifter For Fruit and Citrus in the patch but am unsure if this will help. The other problem is that, although the plant is very vigorous and has plenty of flowers, it doesn't seem to fruit, even though I've used the brush trick to help pollinate. The only thing I can think of is that it doesn't get a lot of sun, but if this was the problem would that not also affect the quantity of flowers and health of the vine?
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Watermelon 26 Sep, gordon lee (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
hello, last year 2019 i grew red rocket melons, i got melons up to 17 kg, grew in part shade up to full sun, they simply need full sun and heat, even under 30% shade cloth no good, heaps of flowers and melons, plus grow other plants that give you more flowers for pollination and bees, even ants will pollinate, happy growing
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Sunflower 19 Feb, stephen (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Garden centre seeds were too expensive so I planted a whole heap of sunflower seeds which we buy from the supermarket for our cockatoo. Now I have got heaps of seedlings all very close to one another. Should I thin them out by transplanting or by pinching out? And what do you reckon is the minimum space I can leave between seedlings. Thanks
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 18 Feb, h (Australia - tropical climate)
I grow rosellas every year and frobably get between 100 150 kgs make some for myself and families and just give the rest away dont evin buy plants as they just keep coming up
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 04 Mar, Gail Wills (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I am a volunteer for a community centre and make Rosella Jam to raise money for the centre. Do you have any extra fruit we could have?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 18 Feb, Jayaprakash (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
(Canberra) I planted Okra seed in November and harvesting now. Growth was slow at teh beginning due to cool night temperatures this time
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 18 Feb, Jayaprakash (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Where can I find Luffa seeds??
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Broccoli 17 Feb, Jacqueline (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I planted broccolini's last week and they seemed to be doing really well until this morning. I was greeted with just stems this morning, everything has been eaten off all of them but the stems! Help! Can the plants be salvaged and what could be the culprit?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 17 Feb, AURELIO (Australia - temperate climate)
HELLO 1ST TIME GROWER PLANTED EVERYTHING IN NOVEMBER MOST THINGS HAVE GROWN BUT CANT SEEM TO STOP THEM LITTLE GREEN WORM LOOKIN THINGS THEY SEEM EAT ALL MY LEAVES AND LEAVE HOLES IN THE LEAVES IVE TRIED SPRAYS POWDERS ANY HELP PLZ P/S IM PROUD OF ME EGG PLANT ITS ONLY GOT 1 AT MOMENT BUT ITS GROWIN GREAT
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 17 Feb, Heidi (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have some spaghetti squash seeds - would they be right to plant now?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 16 Feb, Karen (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Help, I am after info on capsicum and Zucchini. 1. Capsicum, I grew my capsicum and it came up fairly well, I then put it into the garden, a fairly sheltered spot there I was told they do not like too much sun, 2 of the plants, did not well at all, droopy leaves and the fruit has brown hard bits on it. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. 2. Zucchini No luck what so ever with them. they get a lot of green foliage, but mostly male flowers, no matter if in pot or ground. Whats happening? We use our compost, rich in all things, horse manure and no chemicals, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 16 Feb, Esther (Australia - temperate climate)
Asparagus pea is known as "four angled bean" from where I come from. It grows very easily when it's draped onto the fencing. We used to slice the asparagus pea & stir fry it with sambal prawn. Yummy!
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Cucumber 15 Feb, Kellie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
hi there, I am a new gardener, growing cucumber in pots on my verandah. I get to the stage where a couple of fruit are produced and then the leaves turn yellow and brittle and the whole plant seems to die back. Any ideas? Many thanks!
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