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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 21 May, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate): Just buy a couple of chokos from the green grocer. Keep them in warm shade until they sprout then half bury them. Mine did much better in clay than sand.
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Artichokes (Globe) 23 Apr, Maria Agenbag (Australia - temperate climate): Hi. I'm in the Barossa where we have really hot summers up to 45c in Feb and really cold winters. I want to plant seeds I got hold of. When would you suggest I do that. I do have a small green house. Should I use that and when. Thank you so much Maria
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Tomato 21 Apr, Geoffrey Wilson (Australia - tropical climate): I have tried to grow tomatoes at Palm Beach Gold Coast for many years. They will grow nicely up to when they start to form fruit and then the bush starts dying off from the bottom up until there are no leaves left I have asked so many people about this but no one can give me an answer Maybe you can give me some suggestions of what is wrong
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Tomato 02 Jun, Ruby (Australia - arid climate): I have grown tomatoes for many years on the coast and now in Hervey Bay. Forget growing in summer. It's too humid. The soil temp at night is too hot and too humid. I start on April once night temps ate under 29 deg. Back off on watering too much and less nitrogen. Plant deep, cut off lower leaves and talk to them!!! Hope this helps.
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Tomato 03 May, Green thumb (Australia - temperate climate): Try a new area. Dig the soil and add compost/manure or fertiliser. Add some Epsom salts to the soil - buy at supermarket. As the plants grow up to 600-800mm tall, pick off the bottom few leaves and suckers. Always leave the top 6-8-10 leaves. Tie plants to a stake each 300mm in an 8 configuration around the plant and pole. Water in the morning and water at the soil level. When a tomato plant grows and you prick fruit, the bottom leaves die. Little plants need a little water each day or two - big plants need a good deep watering 2-3 times a week, unless it is summer they may need more. My toms are 1.8m high, green as anything and not a dead leaf yet. Fruit developing.
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Tomato 25 Jun, Green Thumd (Australia - sub-tropical climate): These tomatoes were seeds from seedlings given to a seed seller who grew them out and harvested the seeds and sold them. They are from Guyra Glasshouse (NSW) - biggest tomato grower in Aus I read. These plants have been unbelievable. I grow them on trellises 6-7' long - 3 plants to a trellis. I have 3 trellises about 2.5' apart running N -S and another trellis at my house. The middle trellis of the 3 hasn't produced too many tomatoes - shaded by the others but gee have all the rest produced heaps. I don't know what variety they are (a hybrid) but they produce a lot of fruit and no disease or grubs. Have picked about 40kg and still have approx. 25-30 kg to pick.
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Asparagus 20 Apr, Michelle (New Zealand - temperate climate): I have grown some asparagus from seeds and they are about two inches high. I really want to plant them in the garden now (because I remember to water my veggie garden but often forget to water the seedlings so I just want to get them in the garden so they are better looked after also they don't dry out so quickly there as well.) Is it Ok to plant them now and will they survive the Pukekohe/Auckland winter in the vegetable garden and all come up in spring?
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Leeks 20 Apr, Derek R (New Zealand - temperate climate): I have just lifted a fantastic crop of leeks. They grew so easily which I didn’t expect through the summer months but so happy they did. Would it be ok to replant leeks in the same soil for winter.
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Ginger 19 Apr, michael (Australia - temperate climate): We live on the NSW Central Coast. I had a disastrous year growing ginger this year and most did not shoot. I also grew Galangal which struggled all summer and winter but is now powering on like there is no tomorrow. Does anybody grow Galanga? If so then when is the best time to dig up and divide rhizomes and/or use some for cooking?
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Ginger 24 Apr, Peter (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi, yes we grow a small amount of Galangal all year round in Brisbane coastal, once established you can just dig an outer piece off anytime its required.
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Tomato 18 Apr, karen (Australia - sub-tropical climate): re: end rot_ always put calcium of some kind in the planting hole then feed with powdered calcium and maybe spent coffee - diluted, a couple of times in the growing season. I collect all my eggshells and use, powdered, for all the mandrake plants, especially the ones in pots - once a month application for potted plants.\
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Onion 18 Apr, SHIREEN WALTERS (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Can I plant spring onions and coriander now (middle April) ?
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Onion 29 Apr, Allimuthu Perumal 0329443959 (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Yes you can but try a tomato box size for coriander
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Pumpkin 17 Apr, Virginie (Australia - temperate climate): I have grown my first pumpkins this year, and they hung on the vine. Amazing, 3.8kg hanging! Now, my question is: if I store them outside, will the possum eat them? Thank you in advance
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Pumpkin 17 May, Vic (Australia - temperate climate): Possums ate mine - so did the rats! So you need to store them where these sharp-toothed creatures cannot reach them.
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Pumpkin 16 Apr, Lynette (Australia - temperate climate): I have pumpkins coming up now from garden compost. Is it too late to let them grow?
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Pumpkin 22 Apr, Robyn (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Depends what climate zone you live in, what type they are and if you have cold conditions and frost. They probably germinated due to the warmth of the compost so if they are in a warm sheltered position you could let them grow and see if they reach maturity. Then you will be able to keep the seeds as they will be acclimatised to local conditions and should always grow better than seeds introduced from elsewhere. All depends on if you have the room to experiment.
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Asparagus 16 Apr, John (Australia - temperate climate): When we planted crowns about 4 years ago, most seemed to be male. But each year, more and more of the plants started bearing the red berries, indicating female. This year, they are almost ALL carrying red berries. Any thoughts?
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Asparagus 06 Jun, Chris Dawson (Australia - temperate climate): John why are you saying that most appeared male? Did they produce male flowers with stamens? Or are you basing your assumption on the lack of berries in autumn? Regardless, female plants produce berries, males don't produce berries, very few asparagus plants are hermaphrodites so the ones with berries are female. Perhaps they were all female, more likely you allowed seed to fall, it sprouted and produced more female plants.
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Asparagus 15 Apr, Lynne Harriman (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): hi do you recommend pulling out the flowering female aspauagus plants as i've read they do not produce sprouts well. thanks
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Asparagus 06 Jun, Chris Dawson (Australia - temperate climate): No, that is a myth. Peer reviewed studies show that female asparagus produce longer, fatter spears that are better than male plants. Males may produce more spears, but they are thinner, shorter and not as good.
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 15 Apr, Yolanda Simons (New Zealand - temperate climate): where can I please purchase witlof plants . Kind regards Yolanda
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 01 Jan, Deborah (New Zealand - temperate climate): I bought a bundle of seedlings at PacnSave in Mt Albert in October or November. They were from Awapuni Nurseries in Palmerston North. They are now enormous, bitter and taking up space. I've just read I was supposed to dig them up, cut them back hard and plant them in the dark but that didn't happen. They'll probably become compost, sadly.
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Carrot 14 Apr, Rob (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Do carrots need a lot of sun
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Carrot 09 May, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Looks like NZ cool/mountain climate zone doesn't work for carrots. Try the aussie cool zone for carrots. Plants need sunlight 6-8 hours generally.
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Carrot 17 Apr, Michael (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I find that difficult to believe given that all of the commercial carrot growing in the North Island is done in the volcanic plateau around Ohakune and Rataehi.
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Garlic 14 Apr, joe graham (Australia - temperate climate): I see a question from Paul Riley temperate climate Australia regarding shot garlic. can someone tell me do you plant garlic with the green shoot sticking out of the soil or is ok to plant deeper Thanks for any advice in advance
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Garlic 12 May, ken gadischke (Australia - temperate climate): garlic should not be planted after it starts to shoot. Only.plump cloves with no sign of a shoot should be planted. Mid May in temperate climes is the best time to plant.
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Garlic 04 Jun, Carolyn Young (Australia - temperate climate): Why don't you plant shot garlic? I have a stack to plant i was just going to now
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Garlic 16 Apr, Paul Riley (Australia - temperate climate): G'day Joe, mine weren't shot when I planted them last week but I have a few up and would have thought the best way would be to have them proud. That's what they'll end up like anyway...
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