All recent comments/discussion

Display Newest first | Oldest first, Show comments for USA | for all countries
Showing 7411 - 7440 of 20162 comments
Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 07 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Growing anything in a pot requires a lot more attention re watering and fertilizing regularly. And you would only produce a small amount of produce. Give it a go if you like.
Reply
Rhubarb 05 Feb, stephen lavell (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have a young blueberry plant and a raspberry plant . Ive potted them in large 85l pots with good soil but unsure where they should be positioned in my yard. The info that came with the plants is very confusing. Any help would be great. Thanks Steve Lavell
Reply
Rhubarb 07 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Look up the internet how to grow blueberry and raspberry.
Reply
Rhubarb 04 Feb, Charles Thompson (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have a Stratco planter box with no bottom and 30cm deep and standing on a partially shaded concrete slab. Will I be able to grow rhubarb in it under these conditions?
Reply
Rhubarb 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
30 cm of soil on a concrete slab - I wouldn't do it. The shallow soil would require a lot of attention with watering and the concrete slab - how does the excess water drain away.
Reply
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
Reply
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
Reply
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
Reply
Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 04 Feb, Quarteracre Kiwi (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi Peter - Leave them as little or as big as you like. If you pick them when they are about 25cm long, they will be lovely, fleshy and seedless. If you leave them past this point, they will quickly become marrow, which are watery and full of seeds. Give them a twist and they will come off with a bit of stalk. They will keep for a good while in your veg chiller of your fridge. If you get lots, you can grate them and freeze them in ziplock bags for winter. Give them a squeeze in a teatowel after thawing though.
Reply
Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 03 Feb, james (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
tip when they are ready eat them
Reply
Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The older varieties use to start turning yellow and they would pull away from the vine easy when ripening. And you could smell the rocky smell. Called slipping. The new varieties in the super markets don't do this so it is a bit of a guessing game. They have green skin and the flesh is tough. I grew some of the newer ones and around ripening time we had 5
Reply
Strawberries (from seeds) 02 Feb, Linda Roman (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
I press some strawberries on toweling paper. Its dry now. I want to know when can i plant it.
Reply
Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 02 Feb, Geoff (Australia - tropical climate)
Does growing sweet potato deplete the soil of any particular mineral. I have grown a good crop of the sweet potato & intend to plant some sweet corn on the next full moon. Is there a particular fertiliser that’s advisable to add, prior to or as planting? I understand that all soils are different, but assuming all things are equal, is there something to add?
Reply
Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
A bit of fert in the soil now and when the plants are about 12-15
Reply
Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 07 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
When the plants are about 12-15
Reply
Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Someone recently told me sweet potatoes take a lot out of the soil - NPK and trace elements etc. A general all round fert should have about 10-14 N 3-10 P and 12-15 K with 1-2 S. You can then up grade to a fert with trace elements. I buy from a farmers fert depot. 25Kg bags cost $20-25 and $30-35 with elements in it. You can buy stuff from supermarkets or Bunnings but you pay 2-4 times the price for smaller 2-5kg bags. Or you can go the organic way with manures et.
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 02 Feb, Dale (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have recently planted climbing beans. but am having major problems with grasshoppers and leafhoppers, They aren't giving the seedlings a chance.. I have tried a couple of natural sprays but nothing is working,Today I even put plain flour over all things with leaves-still waiting on that one..ha ha . I have been squashing them too -yuck I have even planted flowers,.and coriander . They are loving the marigolds though... Also my kale is all but skeletons HELP
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 05 Feb, Darren (Australia - arid climate)
Have you tried covering up the plants? Alternatively, apparently a yellow bucket of water attracts them. You could also try to attract birds to your garden. They will prey on the grasshoppers.
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 07 Feb, Dale (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Thanks Darren for the reply.Yes I have been covering some plants with cheap bird netting but not beans. The moths can easily lay eggs on the netting if veggies are touching the netting. Also when I lift off the netting grasshoppers do hurry in...The yellow (huge horse bucket) is in the patch now. Just hope no good insects land in the drink...!!! We have peacocks,turkeys ,wild brush turkeys and goats free ranging,so all our veggie patches have to to be well meshed and chicken wired everywhere. Blessings to you and thanks a ton for info..
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Maybe time to cover with some bird netting. Make a frame and cover with bird netting. Easy to lift on and off. Or try some wire netting with shade cloth over the top. Like an inverted U. I'm about to do this for dwarf beans - to stop the bean fly in Autumn.
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 07 Feb, Dale (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Thanks Mike for your tips. Can you cover climbing beans using inverted U method? Also, do the bees need to pollinate bean flowers? I am interested in making the cover for dwarf beans,so can you explain a little more on how to make cover.(as I am not very good with making things).Blessings to you and thank you for the handy ideas.
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 13 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
To make a U cover (better description is an n shape) for climbing beans would be quite a job and probably expensive if you don't have the materials around the yard now. We had climbing bean at the Men's Shed over 8' tall. Beans don't need bees. For dwarf beans you could go to Bunnings and buy a roll of wire netting (dog mesh or similar) - I think they do 5 M rolls. 1200mm or 1500 mm high would be better. Make a shape like a small n - 1200 mm 400 up each side and 400 across the top. With the 1500 mm 500 up each side and 500 across the top. Cover with 50 or 70% shade cloth - ($5/mtr Bunnings). Shade cloth is 1800mm wide - so put that over the top and lay some wood posts or what ever along the cloth on the ground - also put a piece of tin or wood on the end to stop them going in that way. My plants are growing pretty good - will be interesting to see if they flower soon. My tunnel is a little small.
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 17 Jun, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Mike thanks for pointing out that beans don't need bees. I'm a fairly inexperienced gardener - try and try again, this time I seem to be a little more successful - and what I have found (in my previous attempts at vegue growing) is that just as I think I'm home and hosed, something happens: grasshoppers turn up - party time - something gets my tomatoes, tomatoes get what I have learned us blossom rot, leaves turn yellow - and so on= kaput! I also am never sure as to whether I am giving too little or too much water. At times the soil on top looks well-watered but if I check I find the soil is not so moist underneath. Any advise/suggestions appreciated.
Reply
Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 03 Mar, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I took the tunnel and shade cloth off about 2 weeks ago as the plants were a little spindly. The have grown well and are now flowering. The bean fly hasn't attacked them -- yet ???. When I plant beans now (seedlings - March) they are always attacked by bean fly.
Reply
Eggplant (also Aubergine) 02 Feb, Frances Pegrem (Australia - temperate climate)
I am not sure when to pick my eggplants. They are yellow, some are bigish and others growing. Some of the first ones to go yellow went spotty but some of the later ones are larger.
Reply
Eggplant (also Aubergine) 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
It takes about 15 weeks to grow. Pick one and cut it open - if it has lots of seeds in it, it has gone too far but you can eat it. Keep doing this until you work out when to pick. Try and pick when only a few seeds. Not too big - not too small.
Reply
Potato 01 Feb, John (Australia - temperate climate)
Spuds are shooting in pantry. . .does that mean I can plant them now in North Central Victoria?
Reply
Potato 05 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
A good indicator if shooting.
Reply
Potato 26 Sep, Irene (Australia - tropical climate)
Just wondering, though ... wouldn't your 'climatic conditions' be different in your pantry than in your 'outdoors'? Just because the 'climate' (temp etc) was ok in the pantry, would that necessarily mean the climate/soil temp etc would be suitable? Secondly, what are other's thoughts on planting potatoes chitted in the dark of a pantry .. wouldn't the sprouts be 'leggy' (light starved) and weak?
Reply
Cucumber 01 Feb, Margaret (Australia - temperate climate)
My apple cucumbers have flowers but no cucumbers there are lots of lady Beatles on them do not like to use a chemical spray could that be the reason?
Reply
Showing 7411 - 7440 of 20162 comments
Gardenate App

Put GardenGrow in your pocket. Get our app for iPhone, iPad or Android to add your own plants and record your plantings and harvests

Planting Reminders

Join 60,000+ gardeners who already use GardenGrow and subscribe to the free GardenGrow planting reminders email newsletter.


Home | Vegetables and herbs to plant | Climate zones | About GardenGrow | Contact us | Privacy Policy

This planting guide is a general reference intended for home gardeners. We recommend that you take into account your local conditions in making planting decisions. GardenGrow is not a farming or commercial advisory service. For specific advice, please contact your local plant suppliers, gardening groups, or agricultural department. The information on this site is presented in good faith, but we take no responsibility as to the accuracy of the information provided.
We cannot help if you are overrun by giant slugs.