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16 Jun 15, Colin (Australia - temperate climate)

Please help! How can I get crisp white stems and dark green leaves on my Fordhook Giant like the stuff I see in the supermarket? My plants never get past mid-green.

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24 Oct 15, Teesha (Australia - temperate climate)

Lots of sun!

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08 Apr 15, Carol watts (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have always cut the leaves just above the ground, very successful for years. My community garden gurus tell us to break them off. I feel this bruises and tears the remaining stalk and encourages rot. Who is right please?

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22 Nov 14, Bec (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I planted my silverbeet seedlings a couple of months ago, they are starting to flower, if I cut off flowers, will they keep going

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26 Jan 15, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I cut off the stalk at just above ground level and they start again, I do wait to collect the seeds from most plants first, then chop and drop the stalk and rest leaves as mulch around the plant, I am also in a cool growing area and it works well, but I also always leave some plants go to seed and that way never have to bother to start new seedlings!! Happy gardening Jen .

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10 Nov 14, Maureen (Australia - temperate climate)

My silver beet plants developed many yellow outer leaves. When I pulled the plants up, there were mole crickets clinging to the roots. I believe mole crickets usually eat grass roots. Could the damage to the silver beet be from the mole crickets. How do I get rid of them?

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23 Sep 14, Adrienne Streppel (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

My silverbeet leaves are harbouring beet webworm. How can I save my plants or do I just have to sacrifice the leaves that are attacked.

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10 Sep 14, Marion C (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Ihave grown silver beet and Swiss chard quite successfully before, but my last crop seemed to get a lot of rusty coloured spots on them , any ideas why?

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08 Mar 15, Meg (Australia - temperate climate)

Mine had rustspot too and i treated it with lime sulpher, did the trick.Take off any damaged leaves first then spray.

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25 Aug 14, Robert (Australia - temperate climate)

I love to grow silver beet but earwigs attack so badly despite surface spray around the area or rolled up newspaper. I tried growing in flower pots but the result has been very small growth. What next do you suggest , thank you,

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