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Strawberry Plants 20 Jun, Joann Alexander (USA - Zone 8a climate): I planted several strawberry bare roots several died a few produce strawberries small ect… the leaves are growing some are curling up…I used soil that was suggested and fertilized with berry tone and coffee grounds…what am I not doing
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Strawberry Plants 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate): Coffee grounds are not a fertiliser. Any organic matter - lawn clippings, animal manure, coffee grounds, fish bones or meat etc NEEDS TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO COMPOST before plants can use it. I saw a trial where they applied coffee grounds, and it made the plants stunted and very poor looking. Normal soil with fertiliser or good compost is all that is needed.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 20 Jun, Jessica (USA - Zone 9a climate): My pole beans look amazing but they are not flowering. Any ideas? Am I just being impatient? Thanks in advance!
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate): By about 1-1.2m high you should be having flowers.
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Onion 15 Jun, Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I cannot find Potato Onions on this website....as I am not successful with growing regular onions, from a seed tape, I was gifted some potato onions,.. telling me they are easy grow and keep well too>>>> Is there a organic grower who can give me some tips>>> for Tasmania as I read to plant out from now on over the next 3 mths>> Thats all???? Thanks Jen
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Onion 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Grow them similar to how you grow onions. I tried growing somethings from tape - useless idea, I think.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 15 Jun, Bethany (USA - Zone 9a climate): Growing tomatoes without burning them
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Strawberry Plants 14 Jun, Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): When to fertilise IF I leave the plants in their bed, as it is only the second year...?? and do I have to remove and replant plants as many are NOT 30 cm apart??? and they say slow release fertilser... is the standard slow release pellets suitable>?? AND if I may I have a self seeded plant NOW in late autum start of winter here in Tasmania... and it has flowers and mini fruit set??? What is mother nature doing??? Any tips, thank you
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Strawberry Plants 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Do your plants produce runners during the non-cropping part of the year? If so use these runner plants to plant out next year. I don't know how they grow in cool climate but in sub-tropical we plant out first-second week of April. fruit June to Sept - new runners grow during the summer. Don't use too much fertiliser - will make plants all leafy if you do.
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Strawberry Plants 13 Jun, Nevaeh.Robinson (Australia - temperate climate): can strawberries be move from inside to outside
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 13 Jun, (Australia - temperate climate): how much water a day does chilli pepper need
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Give good watering each 2-3 days in winter and 1-2 days in summer. Stick your finger in to see if the soil is still moist.
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Tomato 13 Jun, Ali.Emery (Australia - temperate climate): how long dose it take to grow tomato's
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Tomato 25 Jun, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here about growing them.
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Watermelon 13 Jun, Suzy Georges (Australia - temperate climate): Hi. I live In Sydney new Australia, I don't know my zone of growing vegetables, I am very interesting to grow watermelons and other melons like honeydew, rockmelons, but I have not good knowledge of how and when to start sow the seeds, and what is the best fertilizer and how often to put it on, and how much and when to water the watermelons, I tried 2 times but I failed, and I don't know what is the best seeds to buy to grow large and sweet watermelons I love to see watermelon growing and show my children so they get excited to see watermelons in our yard, please can you teach me in a simple way to understand how to stat and how to take full care on growing watermelons thank you. Best Regards Suzy
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 12 Jun, JH (USA - Zone 8b climate): I tossed 2 sweet old potatoes in my garden bed many months ago ( maybe 6). I now have vines growing everywhere from them. Will I get sp from them? If so, when and how to check? SE Texas
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate): Scratch around the vine base when they are about 4-5 months old - pick when you think a good size.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 10 Jun, Gene O’Connell (USA - Zone 9b climate): Well, I’m in 9b and we can’t grow much here in the summer months of JUNE AND JULY, but, seeing as how I am desperate to grow Something, I planted a small bed of German parat radishes and some mustard greens, albeit under shade. We shall see how that goes. Otherwise, I’ll have to wait til August.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 10 Jun, (USA - Zone 9b climate): Well, I’m in 9b and we can’t grow much here in the summer months of JUNE AND JULY, but, seeing as how I am desperate to grow Something, I planted a small bed of German parat radishes and some mustard greens, albeit under shade. We shall see how that goes. Otherwise, I’ll have to wait til August.
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 10 Jun, El (USA - Zone 10b climate): Hi! I'm curious to know what if anything I can companion plant with cowpeas. Thank you for your time!
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Garlic 10 Jun, Julie (USA - Zone 5b climate): I planted garlic in May to keep critters out of my raised beds. It definitely helped with keeping the critters out. When should I expect to harvest? Would they still be good to eat, or do they need to overwinter? Thanks, Julie
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Garlic 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate): An old saying plant shortest day of the year and harvest the longest day. (daylight hours that is)
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Potato 09 Jun, wilma van wyk (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Hi, can I put plastic or cardboard on tip of my soil where I want to plant potatoes? There is alot of grass in my yard.
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Marrow 06 Jun, John (USA - Zone 8a climate): Can I get a monthly planning guide based upon my zone?
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Marrow 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate): No you have to look up your climate zone and then the veggie etc you want to grow. Search the web to see if someone has produced a planting guide for your area. I have one for SE QLD Australia (around the Brisbane aera) for my area.
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Peas 03 Jun, Paige Marie Lasater (USA - Zone 9b climate): What is the growing information for snap peas. Like snow peas or regular peas?
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Peas 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate): All peas would be similar, I think.
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Horseradish 31 May, Vicki (USA - Zone 10a climate): I've read conflicting answers as to growing horseradish in zone 10a. It's true that Florida has awful soil, especially close to the west coast. I love horseradish and it's hard to find the real pungent horseradish in the stores. Can i place a 5 gallon bucket in the ground and fill it with good soil and plant the horseradish in like November and let it grow till the end of February, after our frost warnings before harvesting? Winters here are fairly dry, so root rot shouldn't be a problem, and the months of December through the beginning of February are cooler with temps staying primarily in the 50°-60° range during the days and 40°'s overnight. Some frost may occasionally occur.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 30 May, Glenn (Australia - tropical climate): Hello :) I planted my sweet potatoes in mid January, therefore they have had a good 16 weeks of growth however, they leaves are still very green and healthy looking. I know that I am supposed to wait until the leaves die down and turn brown, but I wanted to know if the leaves turning brown wasn't always a factor, and that I could harvest them now based on the time since planting? Thank you very much for your guidance. G.
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Asparagus 19 May, Joyce (USA - Zone 7b climate): I am away in April and half of May. I live in zone 7b. My asparagus are or nearly are ferns. Is there a variety that takes longer into the season to send up spears? Is it too late in the season to plant these now?
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