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Watermelon 03 Jan, EMC (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Anyone have tips if watermelon would work down in Invercargill? Would love to grow some fruits down here, but can't be tree based types. Rather tight on funds so cheaper is always better, but also happy for advice as well.
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Watermelon 05 Jan, A (New Zealand - temperate climate)
EMC it is there at the top of the watermelon page for NZ temperate climates when to plant. They grow along the ground and buy some seeds from a seed selling website or shop selling seeds.
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 01 Jan, Lole Junior Gaugau (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
i want to start growing up north island just need to know where i can get some to grow
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 05 Jan, B (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Look up NZ seed selling websites.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 04 Dec, Brian (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
My first attempt of growing Kumara was in heavy duty cardboard box, with a rigid base to stop the runner escaping. 1.5 kg tuber was harvested from one slip, I was impressed. Second year was in an old bath in full sun, 5 slips, harvest revealed a lot of small tubers. 3 kg. This year, 2020, I will combine my efforts in cardboard boxes again and the another bath. Layers of cardboard in the bottom of bath with mixture of compost, vermicast, gritty sand, soil and pea straw to preserve the slips from being removed by Wekas and or Pukekos. Liqiud fertilizer will be added to the new beds before planting, Intend to harvest before May 2012.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 02 Dec, Mat B (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hello, My dwarf beans are flowering and healthy, however they've mostly fallen over... how should I keep these growing up? Thanks.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 03 Dec, Anonymous (New Zealand - temperate climate)
When growing dwarf beans it is best to hill the soil up around the stem when they are half grown, this helps support the stems/plants. Have someone help you to hold the plant steady while you hill the soil up around them now. Do it asap.
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Asparagus 22 Nov, Shona Mardle (New Zealand - temperate climate)
My 3rd year for asparagus, so first year picking with abundance. I seem to have a lot of tall skinny spindly hard shoots. I have been cutting them off. Why are they growing? Is it something I am doing wrong? Does the plant need them?
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Asparagus 23 Nov, Anonymous (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Mine are 3-4 years old. What I do now. Cut old ferns off late August (sub- tropical) then apply a few hand fulls of rooster booster from Bunnings per crown. It is only 4-3-3 organic fertiliser. I then put a 6
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 21 Nov, Promodh Kumar (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi Maren Just wondering if you have any cowpea seeds in Blenheim. I would like to plant some seeds in November. Thanks
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 30 Nov, Shiko (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, Last week I bought some cowpeas seeds form bin inn [Hamilton], and sow them and in 2-3 days it sprouted. Thanks Shady
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 21 Nov, Len Lind (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I would like to try growing kumera here on Stewart Island in a tunnelhouse. Is there anywhere I can buy sprouts, slips?
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Asparagus 19 Nov, Kate (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi - I planted asparagus crowns in early September. I'm in mid Canterbury. Nothing has come up yet at all. Is it likely my crowns rotted or do I need to be more patient! Thanks
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Asparagus 19 Nov, Anonymous (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Read up about how to plant the crowns. They would only need a light watering each second day. Dig around one to see what is happening. Put in good friable soil not clay soil.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 18 Nov, Aitaua (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hi.. Can these sweet potatoes useful for planting here in Samoa?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 19 Nov, (New Zealand - temperate climate)
They should be.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 17 Nov, Henk Stengs (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I have experimented with kumara for several years in Greymouth with mixed success so last summer tried growing them in old car tyres. Their black colour absorbs heat thereby increasing soil temperature. Three sets of tyres were used, each stacked two high. These were placed inside our tunnel house on the surface in a sunny position and filled with soil, with one slip allowed to grow from each central position from late November. Harvesting took place in early April, producing a total yield of 9 kg, with about 60% of shop quality, my best result yet. When I harvested the tubers I saw that they were confined to centres of potential growth areas, with no root development at their circumferences inside the tyre rims. Therefore over half of the volume of soil in each pair of tyres was not utilised. This year I will plant 2 sllps per tyre pair, positioned diametrically opposite, with root ends inside the rims to see if this will give a better result. I am interested in hearing from anyone else who has tried growing kumara in tyres. .
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 18 Nov, (New Zealand - temperate climate)
They grow sweet potato/kumara where I live (Qld Australia) by the thousands of acres. They hill the soil up into rows about .5m high with a base probably .7m wide. They take pieces of vine (called a slip) about .4m long, strip most of the leaves off. Keep the growing tip on it. They place the whole slip just under the soil horizontally with the growing tip sticking out of the soil. Where each set of leaves were on the slip, roots will grow and potatoes will form. Water each day for the first 2-3 weeks. Just a side issue, tires may not be the best thing to grow vegetables in. Rubber compound/chemicals could leach into the soil.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 20 Feb, Jay (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Hi could you provide time of year for this method thanks
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 14 Nov, Promodh Kumar (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Where in Manukau can I buy cowpea seeds
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 15 Nov, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
You will probably have to try an online supplier like Egmonts
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 26 Oct, Deborah Ross (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi how do you encourage it to bulb?
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Florence Fennel (also Finocchio) 26 Oct, Anonymous (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Probably like any crop, plant it during the recommended time period, Feb-April for you. Growing time 14-20 weeks. Good soil regular watering. It probably needs the warmer temps to germinate and grow and then cooler temps to mature and form a bulb.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 16 Oct, Matt Molloy (New Zealand - temperate climate)
what should ph of soil be?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 19 Oct, (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Best to plant them in the autumn. They need cool/cold weather.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 18 Oct, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
a ph of 6.5 seems to suit most vegetables
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Pumpkin 13 Oct, Mark hillhouse (New Zealand - temperate climate)
When I was a child, my grandmother used to grow pumpkins adjacent to a vary large rock area. She used to trail the vines onto the rock and that was where the pumpkins developed. I don't have a large rocky area to do this so I was wondering about spread some sort of rock aggregate on the ground and trail the vines onto that. Anybody done this before? Cheers
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Pumpkin 16 Oct, (New Zealand - temperate climate)
You don't need any special ground to grow pumpkin on. They grow in bare paddock for farmers.
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Strawberry Plants 13 Oct, Meredyth Anderson (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi my strawberries leaves are turning creamy white, though still green as well and plant looks healthy. What could be the problem please. From Meredyth.
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Strawberry Plants 16 Oct, (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Could be powdery mildew, phone an agricultural produce agency in your area and talk to them.
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