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Rhubarb 05 Sep, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
We have a plant still going strong after 30 + years
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged bean) 27 Aug, Michelle (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Where can I buy Aspargus pea seeds in NZ to grow
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged bean) 31 Aug, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Try Egmont Seeds
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Leeks 23 Aug, Antoine Scriverner (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Bertie, Try some keiserite.(magnesium sulphate) Its magic. But don't forget a good side dressing of super + blood & bone.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 29 Jul, Allykat (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I brought yams at mitre 10. The packet says planr July/August but all online info says plant in Spring. I live inland Tasman area if that helps.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 08 Aug, Richard Grevers (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
I'd go with the online info. We plant October/November, harvesting May/June (better after the first frost). They can take their time to really take off - ours had minimal foliage until March.
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Garlic 21 Jul, mini me (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
I get my elephant garlic cloves started in egg trays, with a little water in the bottom . too get them to start rooting before i plant them. Its Way quicker then the fridge method. Also nothing worse then planting a garlic clove that wont root. This method works for me ,so i will continue to do it :)
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 15 Jul, Joanna (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Has anyone grown Okra in Christchurch? I bought seeds coz I'm curious about them but it doesn't look like they grow in our Temps?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 27 Jan, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Have had limited success growing in a greenhouse in Christchurch - poor harvest despite healthy plants
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 05 Mar, Dave Sinclair (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
N Otago /Waitaki River. Planted 12 seeds, late Dec, 3 seedlings 2 survived. 6 pods.by 5.3.23. Yes they do grow, In Hot House, but they like 20-30 degrees cel 24 hours a day. Dave.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 29 Jul, Tim (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I've grown it in Chch before. It grew well (lots of vegetation) but I didn't get a very big harvest off it.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 14 Jul, Deb (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I tried to grow yams last year without success but leaves shot up this year. I noticed some yams have grown but they have some green skin as they were on the surface or partially exposed. Are green yams toxic like green potatoes?
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 27 Jun, Virginia de Joux (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi - wondering if you have any choko plants spare? I am struggling to find a seed source.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 05 Aug, Anthony (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
i Buy a choko from the store and leave it on top of my fridge or in a fruit bowl on the table .The choko will sprout from one end. Once sprouted it is ready to plant out. Plant the whole vegetable in the ground on its side. Then support and train the vine up a stake or trellis. i then train it to a overhead rack, (Old wire mesh fence gate on poles ) 1 choko will produce a lot of vines , and should yield 80 fruit or more
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 30 Jun, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Buy a choko and put it in your pantry until it starts sprouting.
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Watermelon 13 Jun, Fifita Filipe (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Will the seed collected from hybrid watermelon can be ok to grow in our garden???
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Watermelon 24 Aug, Richard (New Zealand - temperate climate)
It will grow but will not be true to type. You don't know what you will get. Hybrids are produced by pollinating specific flowers with specific pollen. So when the hybrid grows fruit it is neither of these. It is a mix of both, just like our children. If we plant seeds from that fruit we have broken the hybrid chain. The result will be a lottery
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Watermelon 17 Jun, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hybrid is a cross of different varieties - plant these seeds and the watermelons may be hybrid or like one of the crosses.
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Watermelon 15 Jun, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Seeds saved from hybrids don't usually grow true.
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Parsnip 10 Jun, dopey duck (New Zealand - temperate climate)
growing parsnips is much like growing brussel sprouts you need them up and running before winter,parsnips need frosts to sweeten them up and brussels need cold to keep the sprouts tight but dont overcook them aldente is perfect and it lessens the sulphur smell,taste.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 03 Jun, Jessy (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Grew my first ever choko this year starting with a whole choko in the ground. Got more than 200 chokos. I like the taste of choko after it started sprouting. So I ended up with a lot of sprouted choko seeds which I planted in the ground. (Only the seeds, no flesh attached to it). They are growing well and I am harvesting the growing tips from them already. If these plants from seeds alone grow big, will they produce chokos? Does the nutritional value of chokos change as they start sprouting? Thanks.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 05 Aug, Anthony (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Best to plant the whole choko after it has sprouted. I have heard, that just planting the seeds is not as successful .But you can always try right.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 29 Apr, Lynn Laurent (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Since moving to Tauranga I have found it better to plant broadbeans mid winter …. June as any earlier the flowers are not pollenated. Wait until mid winter so the bees will be active when the plants begin to flower. That way you don’t lose the first line of beans. Uncle in Hastings always did the same. Then they crop November into December.
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Pumpkin 28 Apr, Anne Elizabeth Mence (New Zealand - temperate climate)
when is the right time to plant pumpkin and cucumber seedlings. Not long had my vege garden and keen to get started.
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Pumpkin 02 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to the top of the page and it will tell you when you can plant for your climate zone.
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Rosemary 24 Apr, Gina Jones (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Hi there - I am establishing my first vege garden and have 6 raised beds - where can I go to for advice on crop rotation ( I note you have advice on what follows and precedes but where can I find the basics)
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 19 Apr, Lex (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I have had a scratch and they are producing tubers, so they don't have to flower.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 17 Apr, Lex (New Zealand - temperate climate)
This is my first attempt at growing Jerusalem artichokes. I'm in a temperate zone and planted them in November. Only one plant has produced one flower! Will this be a problem?
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Leeks 07 Apr, Murray Patterson (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi Annette, It appears that you may have Cutworm problems. I have had these in my garden and they cut the small plant at the base. I have now got around this by planting my small plants in toilet rolls which I place in the ground and have about 5 cm above ground. Around this I have cut a hole in some tinfoil paper and placed it over the toilet roll so it has what you could call a skirt over the ground and this has cured my cutworm problem. They do not seem to like it at all. As they come out at night to eat I think the foil has deterred them. Murray
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 04 Apr, T.Tau (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
When do i cut all my leaves back, or do i leave some leave on??
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