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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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Peas 23 Feb, Frank save (Australia - temperate climate): hi I like to point out that temperate does not cover Sydney near airport, it should be called warm temperate, it makes a big difference, quoting suburbs also gives people an idea what will grow where,thank you
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Peas 02 Apr, matt (Australia - temperate climate): You're kidding right Frank? Near Sydney airport is neither sub-tropical, nor cool/mountain. Temperate covers a lot of the Sydney basin just fine, and the rest comes down to your aspect and nuances of where you live.
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Peas 26 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have one website saying sub-tropical is all the way down to Sydney and another saying it stops just over the northern NSW border. Websites are only a guide.
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Peas 18 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Mike, yes. I was lead to believe that subtropical was from midway between Mackay and Rockhampton and extended into Nrthn NSW. However, as you say, 'Websites are only a guide', which is why I planted some things out of season (according to packets). For example, some people said eggplant won't grow here. It does.
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Broccoli 23 Feb, Marjorie (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, one of my broccoli plants have a head already and we had cut the head off. Should I remove the plant now? thanks!
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Broccoli 26 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You can let it develop small side shoots. Depends when you want to replant that area with new seeds/plants.
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Potato 22 Feb, Muzi (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Can i plant potatoes twice a year?
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Asparagus 22 Feb, Theunis (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Where can i get plant material
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Asparagus 27 Feb, Sheena (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): https://livingseeds.co.za/vegetable-seeds/asparagus
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 22 Feb, Bruce (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): I'm new to growing rocket, my question is - once you have harvested rocket, can you let it re-grow and harvest again, if so how many times can you harvest of the one plant or once you have harvested, must you replant
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Rocket (also Arugula/Rucola) 30 Sep, Lindsay (USA - Zone 8b climate): In Vancouver. Just pick 1/2 or 1/3 of the leaves and it will continue to regenerate. I've been doing that for months now. I pinch the flowers to prevent bolting but will probably let a few go so it can self seed for next year.
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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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Strawberries (from seeds) 21 Feb, Masego (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Hi, I live in Kimberley, Northern Cape. Is it a good time to buy strawberry plants or should rather wait for August?
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Asparagus 21 Feb, Sandy (Australia - temperate climate): Just bought a property with what was told is asparagras. seems to be all fern its Febuary. From what i hv read in previous posts you let the fern dye down & fertilize but when does it come back to harvest ?
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Asparagus 22 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Cut it back late winter and put compost/manure on it. Spears will start coming out in Sept. Pick spears until Nov and then let it go to fern again to let the plant build up for the following season.
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Cucumber 20 Feb, Jim (Australia - temperate climate): What is the best variety to grow in the Bendigo area to make cucumber pickles (4-6kgs per batch)
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Cucumber 21 Feb, John (Australia - temperate climate): We grow a variety called Biet Alpha and picked copious amounts of cucumbers off it. It is a more traditional green cucumber with bristle patches on the skin. The cucumbers were about 15-18 cm long but the size is certainly compensated by the yield.
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Cucumber 20 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Go to internet seed selling companies - Boondie Seed, Collection, New Life and look through the varieties there. You need a burping variety I have read.
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Asparagus 20 Feb, Elona (USA - Zone 7b climate): I recently learned that asparagus and strawberries make good friends. Learn something new everyday. Here we go!
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Strawberry Plants 20 Feb, Mario (Australia - temperate climate): Hi, when the plant sends out a runner and that new plant attaches to ground, do you cut the runner in between the two plants?
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Strawberry Plants 20 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Yes - make sure it has established itself a bit first - a few leaves. That stops it taking from the older plant. Next year cut all the runners off before they establish - or start a new lot. After two crops of fruit plant new runners.
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Ginger 20 Feb, JOE TURNBULL (Australia - temperate climate): Can i grow all year around or can i leave in the ground and it will reshoot ?
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Ginger 02 Mar, Hamsa (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Harvest ginger once the leaves die that usually happens in winter and leave some with roots in the ground for next year harvest A gardener told me, if I needed ginger before harvest time, break the ginger from the side of the main plant
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Ginger 20 Feb, Mike (Australia - tropical climate): I suggest you read the commenst here about growing and harvesting ginger - it has it all here.
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Watermelon 18 Feb, Lynn (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have tomatoes growing with a watermelon vine. The watermelon is doing well, but the tomatoes’ leaves are growing distorted. Does anyone know about interplanting these two crops? Should I pull the tomatoes out?
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Watermelon 20 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Tomato yellow leaf curl virus went through southern Qld back in 2009 or so. It has probably spread far wider by now. The leaf is like your hand with the fingers still curled in. The leaf doesn't open out and grow. The plant becomes stunted. Caused by the silver winged fly. Look it up on the internet. It can be stopped with a soap spray. If no success pull it out and put in rubbish bin. It wiped out the tomato growing industry in Bundaberg.
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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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