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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 24 Dec, warren smith (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello My sweet corn is growing very well and developing kernels already. Trouble is that now they are starting to fall over as the root system has come up out of the ground. Have I done something wrong in the process? Should I stake them? Regards Warren
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Turnip 23 Dec, pete (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
re turnip spacings - i think 10 cms would be plenty - just so long as they are not hard up against each other
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Cucumber 23 Dec, pete (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
hi katja sounds like you have sooty mould. how i get around this is to grow my cucumbers on a trellis. just a post at each end and string about 9 inches apart between the poles. clip the cucumber leaves to the string with a clothes peg. keep stringing until they reach a height of about 5ft. the air circulation reduces the amount of sooty mould.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 22 Dec, Tui (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
my plants are looking quite pale and stunted (light green to yellow) and I am getting male flowers that twist up and die before they open. What is going wrong?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 22 Dec, Dimpy (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted few okra seeds with seedling mix. They didn't show any groth for a month; then all of a sudden grown for about 3cm. But when transplanted in hot weather, none of them could survive. Any tips for saving them
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 21 Dec, Ray (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
my sweet corn are going gang busters. 7 stalks & over 20 corn.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 20 Dec, Jason (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hey Simon, the chilli you have is a Rocoto (red)
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 19 Dec, Glenda (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Sheila mentioned that she sells the plants. I'm in Brisbane and would love to buy 1 or 2 for my backyard. Where are you in Caboolture?
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Garlic 19 Dec, Julie (Australia - temperate climate)
Well, the large garlic seems to have come good after all! I gave up on it and left it alone, but when I dug up a few, they had fomed cloves after all. I'm sure now that if I had continued to water them they would have split.
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Cucumber 18 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
Does anyone know if possums eat baby cucumbers? I have plants that have been flowering for 2 weeks or more, but I cannot see any sign of fruit maturing. (Melbourne Australia)
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Pumpkin 18 Dec, kelly from adelaide (Australia - temperate climate)
hi, i want to grow a pumpkin plant. is it too late to plant a seedling? and will i be able to grow it in a large pot?
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 16 Dec, Bronwyn Millford (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I live in Country Romsey, Vic and have these plants just coming up..again,.,,have had them for years since my mother gave thenm too me..they are just gorgeous..i give the seedlings away each year to friends and they all love them
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 16 Dec, Pat (Australia - temperate climate)
The sweet corn I am growing is ready to pick but many of the cobs are missing the kernels. Some only a few others almost half the cob. The remaining cob tastes perfect and sweet. Any suggestions
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Potato 14 Dec, Janet (Australia - temperate climate)
I've not had much success with potatoes in the past. My present crop seems to be OK but should I stake the plants as they are falling all over the place even though I've been adding more soil and straw. Also little bunches of green"fruit" have appeared on some plants. Anyone know what these are?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 14 Dec, Catherine (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi Judy, I have the same red/orange bugs eating my zucchini leaves I think. Any info from anyone on this would be appreciated. My onion, garlic, chili spray didn't seem to deter them.
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Leeks 13 Dec, Evelyn (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I grew leeks for the first time and harvested the first one yesterday. It was flowering and it was the leek with the thickest stem. I must have done something terribly wrong as the stem was very hard and difficult to cut. Almost like cutting into a piece of bamboo. I did not cover the stems (blanching?) with soil but let them grow normally - maybe I should have done something different. Any advice.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 13 Dec, JPVD (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi all. my second shot at corn is going great. 6X2 block and all about 2 metres tall. F1 hybrids meant a result from direct cross-parenting. If you replant seeds from F1 plants, you are actually growing F2!
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Pumpkin 12 Dec, Lisa van der Lee (Australia - temperate climate)
I have some pumpkin seedlings given to me by a friend. Prepared the soil a few days ago and I can't wait to get them into the ground. First shot at growing them. My cucumbers have been really successful so I am motivated to try pumpkin as we eat it alot and the kids love it. Fingers crossed they grow well!
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 11 Dec, GB (Australia - temperate climate)
To Stuart: Depends where you live. In WA they are for whatever reason considered a pest and as such the seeds cannot be imported into the state (but you can grow from bulb???). Maybe try the diggers club (google it).
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Tomato 11 Dec, lisa (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have grown my tomatoes from seed from big tomatoes yet all five bushes are growing small cherry tomatoe size fruit lots and lots of them, what have i done wrong?
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Sunflower 11 Dec, Taryn (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
will they survive autum and spring i know they won't survive winter and they will survive summer but what about autum and springe!
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Sunflower 11 Dec, Taryn (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
peoplez don't plant the sunflower withs no shell plant the black ones (NO white ones!!!)
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Cucumber 11 Dec, Tiggerbow (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi john d, It is possbile that that is as big as the cucumber/zuchinni was going to get. It is best to pick these fruits when they are still rather small. I have heard that when a cucumber goes dark green and the little spike start to grow on them they are ready. With a zuchinni is is best to pick when they are around 15 cm or so for nice sweet fruit. Apparently with zuchinni you are supposed to be able to pierce it with your fingernail. Both of these fruit grow very fast so it is best to check them at least every day. We have had success growing these for the first time this year. Good luck and happy eating !! Jodie
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Tomato 11 Dec, Helena (Australia - temperate climate)
John - by any chance is it possible that you live somewhere close to Melbourne? Would like to see your savagelly clipped tomatoes. Grandmother (63) (interested ONLY in gardening)
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Cucumber 10 Dec, john d (Australia - temperate climate)
hi i have planted cucumbers twice this year, they get to about 30cm then started going yellow and eventually die. any ideas what could be causing this? same thing happened to the zucchini planted near by but all the other vegies are ok.. i have mixed horse manure in th eground could that be th eproblem? any ideas would be much appreciated cheers
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 10 Dec, Clare (Australia - temperate climate)
I was wondering if anyone could help me-I have two small plants in a medium sized pot and they started off growing so well and fast inside during the end of Winter but now they seem to have stopped growing. They are about 25cm high and when I put them outside they wilt but inside they seem to not grow at all. Any advice? Thank you!
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Broccoli 10 Dec, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I have grown brocolli successfully this year for the first time and we have had many meals with them, but now they are flowering and I don't know whether to pull them out or leave them to go to seed. Will they self seed and come up again next year?
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Cucumber 10 Dec, fezz (Australia - temperate climate)
this (and last year) my cucumbs.never got off the ground . the first year i couldnt give enuff away so i pickled them. the next yr. igot half the yeild, although they grew 8 feet up the trellis. but the last two yrs. they grew only 2 foot . the cucumbs get to about 3-5 cms long and wilt and dry up brown b4 falling off. can anyonbe tell me whats going wrong. theyre grown in the same spot every year
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 09 Dec, STUART (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Has anyone any ideas of where i can purchase some seed for these french shallots, I have hunted everywhere locally to no avail any help will be most appreciated
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Shallots (also Eschalots) 02 Sep, Cygnetian (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Stuart, if you happen to be in Tassie, Mitre 10 tends to sell them, but only in the winter, a few months before they're due to be planted. I bought some red shallots a few years ago from Mitre 10 marketed by Trenton Cottage Bulbs . Apparently, however, this season there was a problem with red shallots - some kind of disease on the mainland or something. Basically, keep an eye out in winter in the hardware stores and nurseries. I think they pretty much always sell out, like potatoes.
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