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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 28 Apr, shack (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
hi okra do not grow like potatoes they grow above ground (True, but you are posting under OKA/Yam a completely different plant - Liz)
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 28 Apr, shack (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
where would I buy ham seeds from thought it was difficult to grow unless you have means of keeping them warm
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 15 Jun, ray (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
dwarf beans get about 18 inches and need a little support,they also prefer cool temps.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 24 Nov, Anonymous (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
Hill the soil up around the bottom stem when about 10 (what?)
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 02 May, Tean i growrence Bull (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
Question please :- Can I grow my dwarf beans in 12" tubs ? and how high do they grow ? or have I got to plant them along with my runner beans on canes ? Thanks
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 10 Mar, Maz (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
I have just bought a lovely big dried loofah. I soked it in the bath and many seeds floated out. Can I grow them? and how should I treat them?
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Lettuce 28 May, Rammi (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
I m in the mediter see what is the bist kind to agriculture .
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 17 May, Mike n Lucy (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
We are now growing chouchou in a temporary greenhouse in Bexley in Kent. It came from the stone of the fruit and is growing like crazy with a bit of fleece netting over it to keep it warm. The fruit makes a fantastic juice esepcially when mixed with a smidge of orange juice. The juice is used in Brazil as a natural remedy to help lower blood pressure. It sure does seem to work.
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Cabbage 25 Mar, Paul Gilbert (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
Seedlings of early cultivars should be thinned to15 to 18 inches apart and late cultivars to 2 feet apart, once they form two true leaves. To avoid damaging the roots of remaining plants, snip extra plants off instead of pulling them out of the ground. Apply an organic fertilizer when plants are half grown
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NZ Spinach (also Warrigal greens) 13 Nov, Michris Janse van Rensburg (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
I am from South Africa where can get seeds I want plant it for the poor people here
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Pumpkin 04 Nov, eddie coy (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
loads of pumkin seeds when do i plant for next year
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Pumpkin 04 Nov, eddie coy (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
can i sow beetroot in my cold greenhouse
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Garlic 15 Oct, Stokkers (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
Just wondering. Have any of you started garlic off in modules rather than straight in? I have seen onions started off this way.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 03 Sep, paula (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
I have chinese lantern growing my garden but they are bright red can these be eaten? are they the same as cape gooseberries. they look similar but are bright orange case
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 29 Aug, Helen Elam (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
the thick white stem of Swiss chard is cooked separately: cut up in sticks of 6 cm long by 1 cm diameter. cooked gently in butter. I have eaten this as a n accompaniment to girolles and riz de veau - the leaves were cooked and pureed to make a wonderful sauce.
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Celeriac 01 Sep, chris (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
In France they use celeriac in a different (and succulent) way: Thinly grated, raw, just like carrots, and mixed with a mustardy mayonnaise. Delicious, especially next to a green salad or thinly grated carrots.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 10 Jul, Keenonveg (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
I have had good results from autumn planted BBs over the years, but for the last two years the plants have only flowered on the bottom few inches. Those flowers produced nice pods, but were gone in a fortnight, with no more to follow! What am I doing wrong????
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 09 Jul, mrs livingstone (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
Can you prune back aubergine plants. They have just flowered but are overtaking the greenhouse. Would be obliged for your comments. (new to this)
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Pumpkin 09 Jul, Mike (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
I have plants still growing from last year and producing new growth and flowers. Will these produce good fruit or should I tear them out and replant?
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Turnip 08 Jul, dave moss (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
hi, being a novice gardener , first year after retirement, i have planted numerous veg with a limited success, but turnips have been a castraphe, can't spell either, turnips have grown to the size of a jaffa orange, upon pulling 2 up one was split and both were brown inside , not right through but it put us off eating them, can you possibly advise what i have done wrong, thank you dave
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Watermelon 07 Jul, Noo Noo (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
Hi all, I want to grow watermelon on the south coast of the UK as I have aquired a plot of land for an allotment. I want to grow the pink flesh and green outer type but as I can not import seeds from Australia I am taking them from a shop purchased melon from god knows where and want to know what to do with the seeds do I put them in water or dry them and put them in the airing cupboard (I know that sounds silly) but you would be suprised what can be grown in one. any ideas. Thanks
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Watermelon 11 Jul, Noo Noo (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
Thanks Natalie will try the organic ones and also the seeds I have and yes crossed fingers. If I manage to do it I will let you know. Cheers.
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 04 Jun, Mike (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
My pak choi has lots of Tony holes in its leaves - what could be doing that?
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 03 Jun, Prasadi (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
i have planted pak choy and they growing very well however they have yellow flowers on them . is this natural or something wrong?
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 07 Feb, (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
do now worry. the flower is natural. you can even eat the flower (before it blooming)
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 29 May, Kevin (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
I planted two eggplants here in California and they not grown at all, help!
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Garlic 26 May, jo hodgson (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
I planted garlic early April - nothing showing above the soil yet - any ideas pls ??? Thanks.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 24 Apr, Maiju Ylistalo (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
I don't actually live in United Kingdom, but it was closest to me, I live in Finland, in Northern Europe. Beautiful country with lots of forests and lakes. I googled "Rosella" since that's the name of my dear little sister only 6 years old. I found out it was a bird and was intiqued to see it's some sort of a plant or flower. I'd love to know a little bit more about it, if you can tell me something about the Rosella plant I'd be delighted!!! Have a beautiful autumn all of you, we are now eagerly waiting for the summer to come.. Greetings from the North!!!! <3 Maiju (pronounced My "u") :)
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 10 Feb, Sandra Rowland (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)
Is it possible to grow sweet potatoes in the uk?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 01 Jan, Jane (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)
I didn't think so, but I read on the blog of a Canadian gardener how she had a massive crop last summer, so I'll have a try this year. She cut the sweet potato in half and suspended it with the end in water until it grew shoots, then twisted the shoots off and planted them once all danger of frost was past. She also warmed the soil with black plastic.
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