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Onion 16 Jan, Fritz (Australia - temperate climate)
My Brown Onions seem to be ready to harvest.How do I store them? What is a cool Place ? Do i keep them in the Fridge or just in the Kitchen cubboard? In Paper Bags/
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 16 Jan, Robyn Williamson (Australia - temperate climate)
I am delighted to hear that Asparagus pea is classified as a noxious weed, easy to grow plants are the best kind in my opinion. I haven't tried them before and hope they taste good. Has anyone here ever tasted them? If so, do you have any interesting recipes?
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Tomato 15 Jan, Dian Smit (Australia - temperate climate)
Nematodes are too small to see without magnification, the white threads COULD be a beneficial fungus, A book called "Teaming with Microbes" A gardeners guide to the soil food web ..Authors Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis published 2006 Timber Press, very enlightening
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 15 Jan, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Can I plant scarlet runner plants now , I live in hobart , tas
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 15 Jan, Paula (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Loofas wow - grow like crazy with just a fence to run along - eat them when they are like zuchinni size. The vine took off up a tree nearby - a bit hard to pick then. I have seeds coming out my ears. great for getting the dirt off in the bath room.
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Watermelon 15 Jan, Gillian (Australia - temperate climate)
i am a first time watermelon grower and i can say wow, the plant (1 only) is going wild. Does anyone have tips on right fertiliser/care
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Watermelon 25 Feb, Lachlan (Australia - temperate climate)
Yes, Gillian.... The RIGHT fertiliser for growing any fruit beautifully would be "MIRACLE" brand fertiliser ...You can easily get them from Bunnings.....Good LucK!!!
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Watermelon 23 Oct, Shaun (Australia - temperate climate)
Compost is much better than fertiliser for melons, marrows and cucurbits. Fertiliser actually depletes the soil of life and is generally over applied to veggie beds and either stunts plants or burns by trying to force them too much. Your edible plants will always flourish in good quality compost, especially water melons.
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Marrow 15 Jan, norsman (Australia - temperate climate)
Where in Australia can I get marrow seeds from? You know, the big ones. I want to make some marrow rum as well as eat them.
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 14 Jan, Steph (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi All, Very new at all of this! Planted squash seeds and they need to be replanted into the vegie patch now & wondering if anyone can tell me how far apart to plant them etc? Full sun? Anly help wld be appreciated :)
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 14 Jan, Garry (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
can someone tell me if this is an edible plant ?I have heard the name before but no little about it.I love growing and eating the unusual.
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Potato 13 Jan, Billy (Australia - temperate climate)
First a comment to Lisa, if the potato is green it meens it has been exposed to light. One dug up from the soils should not be green, but will turn green if left out and exposed to daylight. Jane, I planted my spuds just a couple of months ago (November) and they seem to be almost ready to be dug, the stems are starting to wilt and the flowers dropping. I think you can plant them for a few more weeks. I was amazed at how quickly they came up. Just noticed the date of your posting. Hope they have come up nicely.
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Pumpkin 13 Jan, Troy (Australia - temperate climate)
Can I just dry the seed and then plant it?
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 12 Jan, Jason (Central Coast NSW) (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Rocket would have to be one of the easiest greens i have grown. Even in my soil which is a bit heavy on clay, Rocket thrives. I have mixed some manure and gypsum though the soil with the occasion multi purpose fertiliser. Throw some seeds around and they spout in no time. Pick the leaves as you need them. I let them go to seed, then harvest the hundreds of seeds for the next round of planting. So easy!
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Lettuce 12 Jan, Kirsten (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, I planted lots of mixed lettuces. They were doing really well but then they all bolted to seed except the red ones. I was wondering whether if I just chop them back they will keep producing leaves or do I have to pull them out and start again?
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Leeks 11 Jan, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Thanks very much for the tips Chris, Demeter and Barb. The variety sounded so nice too - a French one called Jaune du Poitou. Next year I will give it another try. One positive thing the flowers are beautiful and the bees love them.
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Potato 11 Jan, Anne (Australia - temperate climate)
i tried to grow potatoes but very poor yield. Plants grew very tall and spindly and few small potatoes what am I lacking in my soils? I used lots of blood and bone manures, chicken and fed weekly with thrive. Should I have used more compost and trace elements?
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 10 Jan, Dru (Australia - temperate climate)
Seeds arrived from NZ with no trouble Mine also struggled to grow. Really felt it was too hot but it has been a scorcher. The few I did get to grow had the prettiest red flower but then they all died. Will try next year in a more sheltered spot.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 10 Jan, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I got my last years rosella plants at Bunnings and they were very different to usual. They commenced fruiting when only centimetres high and never did have a flower first. They were very poor for months and just as the weather started to get colder they had a lot more fruit. I checked with Bunnings suppliers about the plants and was told they got the seeds from Melbourne. I did not think these plants would ever grow down south so I am wondering if maybe the plants were the result of someone trying to produce rosellas for a cooler climate. Never did find out what the problem was with my plants.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 18 Apr, rhondda basaglia (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Do Bunnings in Townsville,queensland have rosella plants suitable to grow in the tropics
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 27 Feb, Luigi Pameijer (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I planted my 12 Rosella seedlings that I got from Bunnings in Late October 2014. in January I harvested the first crop and made some very tasty jams. I then made a second harvest (a little more that half the first) Yes you guessed it jammed that too. They are still growing and delivering though less and less each time. They are getting regular watering either from the rain or irrigation.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 07 Oct, Trevor Manly (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate)
I was living in an area of B.C. CANADA where winter temperatures got down below minus 35 degrees. Sometimes I could start my Rosellas indoors in big pots in April and by May long weekend could move them outside into a sunny spot. By end of August I could harvest enough fruit for several pots of jam and a few left over for next years seeds. If you're careful one could grow all sorts of them in southern Australia as it is a heck of a lot colder in Canada and the jam is great...you can eat the leaves and stalks if you're into that. It is colder there for sure but sunup is before 4am and sundown is after 10 pm so that extra sunlight helps
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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 10 Jan, Helen O'Toole (Australia - temperate climate)
We planted afew seeds and now we have have about 12 rockmelons that will be ready at the same time is there any way I can preserve them?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 10 Jan, Simon (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
hey Jason, thanks for the info. yes now I remember just want to know what I will be eating and giving to friends, Cheers
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Tomato 10 Jan, Marina (Australia - temperate climate)
My tomatoes had the wilt very badly this year. I've pulled them all out now. I've added lime, blood and bone and mushroom compost to the soil and am growing legumes as suggested. I noticed as I turned the soil, clumps of what looked like white threads about 5cm long. Are these the dread nematodes and if not, what? Also the garden stakes I used for my tomatoes and have now pulled out have white stuff clinging to them along with the soil. Is this the wilt fungus? Is it ok just to rinse the stakes off before reuse? Is there a drench I can apply to kill off nematodes and the wilt fungus? I would really love of any help. Help! Marina
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 09 Jan, karen (Australia - temperate climate)
help, my capsicum are bearing good quantity but rot before they are ready to pick, what am i doing wrong
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 22 Mar, marcy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
it is most probably fruit fly when ytou open the rotting fruit you will most probably see little worms inside you can try home made fruit fly bites ,
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 09 Jan, john studte (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi John in Tassie again.I have quite a good crop growing at the moment and should be plenty to spare in aprox two monthsPlease contact email ad above.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 02 Sep, Steve C (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi John, I have been trying to get hold of some Oca tubers to plant this year and have not found a source in Tassie as yet-the closest i got was Young's veggie shed in Nthern Tas, sometimes they get them in from a local grower. Any chance that i can buy some off you? Cheers Steve
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 09 Jan, Dez of Queensland (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have planted two lots of sweet corn, both from the same seedling batch, Five where planted in my Aquaponic system, and three where planted in wicking garden system. The Corn in the aquaponic system is a far greener (Quite dark) and stronger plant, with two heads of corn on each stem, where as the corn in the wicking system, has only one corn head per plant and not as strong. Photos can be emailed on request: [email protected]
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