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Cucumber 19 Jan, Karen (Australia - temperate climate)
I have tried growing cucumber, there were a lot of cucumbers on the vine. A few at the start were nice but but then the rest had a really horrible sour taste so they couldn't be eaten. Any ideas?
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Carrot 19 Jan, Adrian (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
A packet of carrot seed has about 2000 seeds. Not all of them are going to germinate, but to make sure enough do I form three 3cm wide furrows in loamy soil about two metres long, 1.5cm deep and 25cm apart. I mix the seed thoroughly into a bucket of well mulched porous loam and carefull spread the mix into the furrows, ensuring that the seed is sufficiently covered with good soil that will not cake and will retain moisture without being soaked. I lightly press in the soil with a rake and keep that moist with a light spray of water twice per day. Seeds come up in 7-10 days and the carrots are always superb within 3 months. This is fail proof. And don't fertilise.
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Pumpkin 19 Jan, Dougie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
re Marlen Traynor - pumkins like a clay or heavy loam and not really a sandy soil. Add some clay by getting a few bags of brickie's loam that brickjlayers add to their "mud"or china clay as used by potters or animal feed manufacturers to your soil. Can't cause any harm.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 19 Jan, Jo (Australia - temperate climate)
i have just read about blossom end rot, which is the rot some of you have described. this is caused by lack of calcium which can be inproved by adding lime to the soil. I'm wondering if this can be done when the plant is fruiting and if it will help at all on the current crop. i know it can sometimes help with current crop of tomatoes.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 19 Jan, Jenny (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I have 5 corn stalks growing in which i have taken corn of each stalk. The corn is very nice to eat sweet as. Can someone please advise me once i have taken corn of the stalks does the corn continue to grow or do you only get that one lot, please advise as i would like to start pulling my corn out and growing something else that is in season if the corn will not continue to produce. Thanks heaps.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 19 Jan, Chris Branson (Australia - temperate climate)
I came across this site/discussion while looking for references to the purple skinned-yellow (not white) fleshed Kumara in Australia. My mission is to get some to grow for my Kiwi wife who misses them. Can anyone help me?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 09 Mar, Jan Torode (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted a few NZ yams (shop bought for consumption) at the beginning of spring. Did all the things recommended and waited for the tops to dieback before digging. So disappointed. Not one yam!!! Could they have been yams grown deliberately not to reproduce? Jan
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 28 Dec, Carole Snowdon (Australia - temperate climate)
Have been unable to find what I would call Kumara in Aus, as described by Chris Hanson, but a much smaller tuber than the sweet potatoes of all types we get here commercially. I suspect import restrictions may prevent them coming here, but did get some at a NZ Day celebration in Canberra some years ago. If you find some please let me know I miss them also. I have just received in the middle of summer, my yam tubers (Oca) but living in the Central Coast need to know if I can plant them in a container now in a mostly shady spot will that be okay. It gets pretty hot here in summer.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 30 Dec, John (USA - Zone 9b climate)
If you have any relatives or friends in Tonga, Kumara were very common there when I was visiting some years ago.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 11 Jul, Lyn Austen (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Chris,I too am looking for the old fashioned knobbly skinny kumara tubers. Even in nz my family complain the taste has gone from the larger tubers which I assume has been developed for commercial use. I will keep looking and let you know when I find them,Lyn Austen
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 05 Apr, lionel (Australia - temperate climate)
where can i buy new zealand yams in australia?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 03 Aug, nola matthews (Australia - temperate climate)
Try Diggers Club. hey sell them in bulb form & in pots at certain times of the year. Hope this helps
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 21 May, Paul (Australia - temperate climate)
I'd be interested in buying some Oca / Yam seed in WA. Does anyone know of any?
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 17 Jun, Disappointed (Australia - temperate climate)
My Father in Law threw my entire bumper crop out thinking that they were weeds.
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Cabbage 18 Jan, Brian Latta (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
i tried growing cabbages in Brisbane and found they grew amazingly fast to Tasmania but i had major insect problems, tried white oil spray and it didnt do much. Would rather use natural products does anyone have advice on this.
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Pumpkin 18 Jan, Kym (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I have recently planted pumpkin (approx 6-8 weeks ago) our first vegie patch. How do I know when they are ready to pick?
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 18 Jan, jim (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
my beans are getting eaten by something i have no idea what can someone please tell wahat it is eating them?
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Tomato 18 Jan, Lyndall (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have planted roma tomatoes, they started to flower at about 40cm high and are now about 1m tall but each time they flower the flower soon dies and drops off and no fruit?? Im wondering what is doing this?? I also now need to know is there a tomato plant that grows no taller than 1m because i have them in a built up vege patch which is completley caged in thanx to the possum problem I have!! So my tomato plants have now hit the top of the cage with no where to go and no fruit, which is really frustrating! Do i cut them right back or start again with a completley different type?? Hope to get some help soon Lyndall
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 17 Jan, leigh morris (Australia - temperate climate)
as an ex kiwi i really miss the purple kumara & the yellow/orange yams unfortunately the orange/golden/and purple flavoured sweet potatoes don't have the same flavour and i have not been able to find yams anywhere
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 17 Jan, Wendy (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Mine grew like the clappers (planted autumn, in Tasmania, treated exactly like garlic which thrives here) but each one threw up a tough flower stalk and didn't form bulbs - now I know why - apparently they only form bulbs above 21 degrees C. May try spring planting next time so they will grow through the warmer weather.
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 02 Sep, Cygnetian (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Yes, the planting times above are not right for Tasmania . Shallots should be planted in spring in Tassie (as per packet instructions on purchased seed shallots).
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 02 Sep, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
The planting dates are intended as a guide - local conditions may affect your planting times.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 17 Jan, beth (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted my sweet corn in late November and it is currently about 1.5 metres high. I only had a minimal ammount of seeds so i planted them in a pot. I only have 1 stalk in the pot. Will it still be possible for my sweet corn to germinate and grow corn cobs because I only have the one stalk? If so how much corn can I expect to get from one stalk?
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Chives (also Garden chives) 17 Jan, Catherine (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I too have had problems growing chives from seed. They don't even germinate. I tried directly in garden bed, and also in seed trays.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 17 Jan, Chris L (Australia - temperate climate)
Have planted various kinds of chilies. 1- Habaneros are ornage when ripe but not hot at all. Anyone can explain why? 2- Something is eating the leaves of my Thai chilies. Plant is almost bald. Have used pyrethrum spray & snail/slug pellet but to no avail. Any idea what the mystery pest is & what can I do? 3- What's the best way to prune chili plants? Thanks & Happy gardening, y'all! :-)
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 17 Jan, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)
Have planted some chilli plants from seedling in pots about a month ago. Plants are about 40 - 50cm tall. The are very slow at producing flowers compared to a mates plants. He isn't doing anything different to me. Any tips to get flowers and fruit?
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Asparagus 16 Jan, meg (Australia - tropical climate)
neighbour in babinda grows asparagus. bunnings cairns had crowns recently. i am having a go .
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Sunflower 16 Jan, Celina (Australia - temperate climate)
We planted sunflowers in late January last year and they still came up, our first crop has just finished and we are about to plant some more, one head will give you about 500 seeds so dont buy any more 3kg bags for the birds if you have planted in 10 plants, to stop the bird put a paper bag over the top of the head to collect the seed
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 16 Jan, ron (Australia - temperate climate)
plant corn close together to promote cross pollination
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 16 Jan, Paul (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Guys, I had a heap of chilli seeds sent to melbourne from the states about October last year. Due to my wife being pregnant and other things I forgot about them. I planted a heap of them last week. Is their any chance I will get anything off them or is it too late? I'm kicking myself.
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