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Ginger 17 Feb, Veronica Cook (Australia - tropical climate): I have successfully grown ginger and have got my 2nd batch growing. We chose a large pot for the 1st lot as the plant grows sideways as the corms grow, this 2nd batch we have the 2nd lot we have put in larger containers. We live in Mandurah
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Pumpkin 20 Jan, SA MID NORTH (Australia - arid climate): Be careful using your grey water on edible crops due to pathogens
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Pumpkin 24 Jan, Jaz (Australia - arid climate): I'm mid north SA also, I thought we were temperate??
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Lettuce 20 Jan, Miles (Australia - temperate climate): I am trying to grow lettuce in soil I have added my home compost to. All seedlings get nibbled down to nothing at night and I can't identify what is going it. I live in Perth and very keen to know what is doing it and how I can control them
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Lettuce 21 Jan, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Go out at night and see what is eating the seedlings. Sparrows eat my lettuce the first couple of months of the year. I have a bird trap now. They also eat the heart out of my snow peas certain times of the year. Work out how to put a border around each plant or the whole block of lettuce. Like a 90mm pipe 100mm long and put oil or grease or Vaseline on the outside. Or look up similar things on the internet for slugs, snails etc. Or build a frame and cover with shade cloth.
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Cardoon 19 Jan, Linda Garland (New Zealand - temperate climate): If I cut end of season cardoons down to about 10 inches above the grou d will they still send out shoots?
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Tomato 19 Jan, Carol (Australia - temperate climate): To keep the slugs, caterpillars from Tomatoes and other vegetables away break egg shells up and spread around plants. Works great
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Pumpkin 19 Jan, Peter Golding (Australia - temperate climate): I live on Sydneys Northern Beaches. I have my pumpkin vines growing flat out on my lawn. Maybe 3 months since planting from seeds. I notice they produce many flowers but as yet most have dropped off and none have turned to fruit. I have possums and Bandicoots around but dont think they are causing the issue. How can I please keep the flowers from dropping off? I keep the water up to them and have used seaweed solutions a few times and added fertiliser pellets. Thanks for your help in advance
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Pumpkin 20 Feb, N (Australia - temperate climate): Live in Melbourne and had the same problem... Then I started hand pollination and fruits were setting on 95% of my female flowers
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Pumpkin 20 Jan, anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I suggest you look up on the internet how to grow pumpkin. Look up how pumpkin needs bees to take pollen from the male flower to the female flower. Look to see if you have any plants flowers in your yard/neighbour that attract bees. Otherwise learn how to hand pollinate the female flowers.
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Pumpkin 21 Jan, Peter Golding (Australia - temperate climate): Thank you I will do so
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Pumpkin 22 Feb, Lembit (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Does any one know why the we have to hand pollinate pumpkins - the bees used to do it when I was a child?
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Mizuna (also Japanese Greens, Mitzuna, Mibuna) 17 Jan, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): My mizuna is getting old and scraggly and has formed a big root like a rough turnip. I was going to pull the mizuna soon. Is the root worth eating?
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Kohlrabi 17 Jan, Carol (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): When is best time to grow kohlrabi in Auckland?
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Garlic 17 Jan, pierre visagie (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): can i plant garlic in tunnels. what rime of year. watering intervals.
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Garlic 21 Jan, anon (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Read the top of the page for planting times. Water today and tomorrow stick you finger into the soil 75 mm, if your finger is wet then you don't need to water. Small waterings to start with and then increase it as the plant grows.
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Strawberry Plants 16 Jan, Suzanne (New Zealand - temperate climate): I live in central auckland and grow strawberries in a large concrete trough approx 340 mm deep and wide. I had the opportunity to get a number of strawberry plants a few days ago, and want to know if I plant them now, protect them will they winter ok?
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Strawberry Plants 20 Jan, Another gardener (New Zealand - temperate climate): I live sub-tropical Queensland Australia, strawberry plants here send out runners from early summer. These runners develop new plants along the runner. These new plants are transplanted out early April, they grow and produce fruit from May to Sept. IF those plants offered to you have soil all around the roots and has not been disturbed much then they may keep growing. My suggestion is to find new plants around the time you normally plant strawberries in your area. Read up about growing strawberries in NZ.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 16 Jan, Roger Davidon (Australia - temperate climate): Various attempts to grow coriander in pots in Adelaide to no avail, could you please advise on growing conditions, watering, soil type and prep, fertiliser etc. Thank you very much
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 07 Mar, Craig (Australia - temperate climate): Goolwa SA....you can plant in pots as the temperature of summer cools down....as in right now...(march 2022)....they will grow for ages from now before going to seed..they seem to love the temperatures cooling down..but plant enough because you will only get a short growing period if planted in September because as the days begin to heat up again they will bolt to seed quickly...keep them moist and use some thrive soluble fertiliser when watering occasionally to keep them at their best....I use potting mix and compost and some neutrog rapid raiser as they love food....this year i tried to grow some in summer in pots in between rainwater tanks to keep them cool but they bolted to seed quickly even though it wasnt a hot summer here
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 24 Jan, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): I never had any luck with this plant until I ignored recommendations to grow in sun. Once I grew in partial shade, it flourished and stopped bolting. It only likes full sun in cool weather. Also snails love it so I raise my pots off the ground.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 17 Jan, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes here, I suggest you use seedlings. Good friable sandy loam soil, not sand not clay. A light fertilising and my suggestion don't grow it in pots. If in pots PAY attention to it ever day.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 16 Jun, Chris (Australia - temperate climate): I say do NOT start with seedlings. That is one of the biggest mistakes you can make with coriander. Transplanting shock often causes them to bolt to seed. Sow seed directly where it is to grow. Partial shade often helps in hotter climates. ( It says that here - www.gardenate.com/plant/Coriander?zone=2)
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Tomato 15 Jan, Mish (Australia - temperate climate): We have been experiencing very hot, dry days. Up to 42 degrees Celsius. Could this be the reason that my tomato plants died? They were watered regularly & kept in the shade.
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Tomato 15 Jan, Another gardener (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I think it could just be seasonal. My tomatoes were going great (Nov and into Dec picking) and towards the end the whole plant just died off quite quickly. Same conditions as you, hot weather. In a lot of crops you can have early mid and late season varieties.
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Pumpkin 15 Jan, Mel (Australia - arid climate): I am on my third year of the same vine (essentially) with butternut. I'm currently trying a new angle with them and wondering if anyone has tried similar. I was losing a lot due to it sitting in water constantly. Grey water from kitchen sink, bathroom sink, dishwasher and washing machine all runs through the area. This year I have built a tunnel and have been weaving it through like a creeper and am now trying to train it to go up and around a fence. Has anyone had any success with "climbing" their pumpkins
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Pumpkin 15 Jan, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If you let all that water into your vegie garden then your soil would be WAY TOO WET. I am surprised any thing grows in it. I suggest you move your garden bed or the run off water. Or raise the garden height. They will grow on fences or trellises. I have some Kent doing that now.
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Ginger 15 Jan, Alan (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi, does ginger need full sun, semi - shade or full shade? Where does it do best? How many hours of sunshine will best help ginger growth.
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Ginger 16 Jan, Anon (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): I suggest you use google,
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Watermelon 14 Jan, Dale gibson (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hi there ,I planted my watermelon seed in early November and surprisingly they germinated within 2 to 3 weeks ,..6 weeks on an the growth is very slow...it is mid January 2020 I live tolaga bay east coast nz ...weather climate is warm and hopefully will continue threw to march ...have I left it to late.. let me no. regards
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