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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 22 Apr, Brooke (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Yes they will rot best to pick when ripe and freeze
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Ginger 10 Mar, Emily (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hi good day, Please may I know what type of sand to use to plant ginger and where do I get/buy them from? Also are egg shells a good substitute for sand. Thanks lots for your help! Have a lovely day!
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Ginger 25 Mar, Prakash chandra (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Just put lots of compost in soil and plant ginger. You may have to wait for two years before you can dig ginger out. Within two years there will be enough big ginger formed.
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Strawberry Plants 08 Mar, Julie (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): How long do you keep strawberry plants growing. Mine are about three years old now, do they need replacing?
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Strawberry Plants 23 May, Allan (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Yes, second season is always best crop, third season is ok. Replace with runners and plantlets from your current bed as they are tuned to your area. Past three years plants don’t produce as well.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 07 Mar, Tek Bir Rai (New Zealand - temperate climate): How to sow beetroot seeds ?
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Beetroot (also Beets) 13 Sep, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Get a Styrofoam box from a supermarket - cut the top half off - a lot less soil to put in and lighter to carry. Fill it up with some loose soil or potting mix or a mixture of both.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 04 Mar, Sue Ussher (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I live in Fairlie South Canterbury and want to know if I could grow Kumara here and what month should I be planting them
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Onion 02 Mar, Leigh (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi, I’m having fun growing potatoes, Kumara and even sweetcorn that have sprouted in the bottom of my pantry. Wondering if the same should work with a brown onion that has sprouted greens out of the top?
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Pumpkin 23 Feb, Trudi (New Zealand - temperate climate): I have lots of pumpkin flowers but only one pumpkin has formed. A friend mentioned male and female flowers. Can/should I remove flowers that aren't going to produce fruit?
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Pumpkin 26 Feb, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate): If you go to the Australian - sub-tropical zone - there is quite a bit about this with pumpkin. Pumpkin produce male flowers first then they have female flowers, The female flower is only open for one day (until about mid day). No bees no pumpkin. So hand pollination is required. Take about two male flowers and rub the female flowers with it. Look up the internet on how to do it. This applies to zucchini, cues and melons also I believe.
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Onion 22 Feb, Trevor Smith (New Zealand - temperate climate): If I was to sow seeds in February and plant out in say May would frosts have any adverse effect on them?
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Onion 22 May, Mark Taylor (New Zealand - temperate climate): Onions are hardy plants and so frost tolerant, they will survive the winter. My understanding is If you plant them in Autumn you can harvest them in spring as spring onions but you won't get bulbs. They need to be planted in the spring for them to develop into onion bulbs. This is because bulb formation only starts after the summer equinox when the days start to shorten.
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Onion 26 Feb, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate): If you sow now you would transplant in 6-8 weeks. I think onions can handle some frost. Check on the net about this.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 18 Feb, Ken (New Zealand - temperate climate): I planted well developed "red" capsicum seedlings mid November on well drained fertile soil. The plants grew vigorousely and needed staking. Most of the fruit showed white patches which enlarge with time an some were attacked by wasps and possibly birds. What might becthe cause?
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Tomato 15 Feb, francie hancock (New Zealand - temperate climate): what tomato do people recommend for cooler climate please
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Tomato 24 Feb, Wendy (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): We grow short season tomatoes successfully, like Early Girl.
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Tomato 21 Feb, Gaurav (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Hi Francie, I am not sure of the variety though I've seen something in Bunnings couple of months ago and that was specific to tomatoes. May be worth going/asking there? Not sure if this is of any help though. Good luck! Regards, Gaurav
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 15 Feb, Hosheder (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I want to buy some okra seeds. Where can I buy them?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 01 Nov, Prakash Chandra (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Try internet Bunnings and other places have seeds as November is here it’s planting time .Cheaper to plant Seedlings .plenty of plants Seedlings sold in Auckland markets
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 27 Mar, mark (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I buy my okra seeds from bunnings in Hamilton.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 23 Feb, Larry Grigson (New Zealand - temperate climate): just noticed an okra pod seeds germinated inside the pod.. in the friidge .... planted out now
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 15 Feb, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Try a search on-line for 'seed suppliers'
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 10 Feb, Gerald (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Both chilli and bell peppers are growing exceptionally well but a bug is drilling a hole into the top of all of them. The bell peppers are filling up with water and rotting before I know it's happened. The chillis are ok to pick. Have cut the fruit open but I can't see anything inside. Any ideas?
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Pumpkin 07 Feb, Rose (New Zealand - temperate climate): My pumpkin snapped off the vine. It is very large but the vine is still healthy. What do i do with the pumpkin to ripen it
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Pumpkin 14 Sep, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Support the vine next time. If the vine had started to die back etc the pumpkin would have been ripe/mature - 5-6 mths old. If the plant had only been growing 3 mths then the pumpkin would be immature.
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Pumpkin 08 May, Peter (New Zealand - temperate climate): had the same problem early in last season I put the pumpkin in a warm dry place in the garden shed and was left for 3 months decided to cut it and was surprised to see a fresh not fully ripe but very edible pumpkin, warm shed and dry seems to work
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 04 Feb, Greg Woodcock (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi... I have planted three thyme plants in a pot with a dwarf peach tree. I find that all three plants have developed dead spots around the centre of the plant. I feel that I am over watering the palnts. Any ideas, please? Greg
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 06 Feb, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Thyme likes to be fairly dry, so you are probably right about overwatering. Save a few cuttings and try again
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 04 Feb, Peter Wilson (New Zealand - temperate climate): How can I tell when my zuchinies are ready for picking
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