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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 15 Sep, Shirley (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I am in Victoria australia, new house new garden and two plants came up in garden in separate places. I thought when they came up and saw two tone flowers that they were sweet peas. Although much stronger leaves and vines. Looked again today and underneath there are a lot of pea pods. I thought they were normal peas with different colored flowers until I saw the post about these Heirloom snow peas that grow quite large. I opened a pod and seeds inside quite full, so not sure about eating them if they get bigger They either blew here or came in soil mix we brought and put in garden. I do grow normal snow peas these are much stronger. They have been growing there for quite a few months Noticed them about May/June. I was a bit scared to eat them, that is why I started investigating
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 22 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I grew mammoth melting snow peas from March this year and plants grew 7' high in my own garden. At the school gardens I grew snow peas from Bunnings and only grew about 3-4' high with heaps of peas. I'm going to try Oregon snow peas from seed next year otherwise it will be the Bunnings seedlings in future.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 21 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Had a look on the internet and would guess that it is not common in Australia.
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Garlic 18 Aug, Bec (Australia - arid climate)
Just wondering how often I should water my garlic and how do I know when to harvest? They were planted about 4 days ago and I'm in Perth, Western Australia. Thanks!
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Garlic 21 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Read earlier post today re planting. You need good draining soil. Too wet and it will rot and too dry and will die. I would say you have sandy soil. Try a little water each day. Sandy soil water more regularly than good soil. Bit of trial and error. Google about growing it.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 17 Aug, kairo Busie (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
im interested in starting a farm of strawberries, in easterncape/south africa..where can i get the strawberries seeds?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 17 Aug, Veronica (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
I'm in the Free State WELKOM;where can I buy okra
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 30 Aug, Thomas McArdle (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
I have a few of Jing Orange variety I live in Virginia You can go to livingseeds.co.za if you want others varieties but contac me if this type is OK
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 17 Sep, Fathima Bibi Ismail (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
You can get Okra seeds at your local checkers hyper stores or builders warehouse stores. I'm in Durban and had lovely Okra last year so I'm also going to plant more this year Happy gardening
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 07 Jul, Nomusa (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Hi Fathima I only need okra leaves. Thank you. Cell 0713019787
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Watermelon 17 Aug, Rodney A Dwight (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
What is the best soil condition water Mellon grow in was and best time to sow
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Watermelon 18 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Sub tropical - plant them now. If frost is a problem grow in a pot for awhile. Water melons are usually picked before Xmas. Any reasonable soil - not a heavy clay or very sandy. Read up about how to grow them - google it. Plenty of water.
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Tomato 17 Aug, John C (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi folks, Looking for a seedless, or near seedless, tomato please. (My partner cannot physically handle the seeds but loves tomatoes.) Lots of people tell me they do exist (near seedless at least) but nobody I know has any clues on where to find them. I've looked in lots of catalogues but no luck. Any tips/leads would be greatly appreciated.
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Tomato 25 Aug, Paul Kasten (Australia - temperate climate)
Oregon Star is a favourite variety of mine, developed in the US. It is a cross of a paste and a slicer, and produces big fruit that are seedless or nearly seedless through most of the season. Great as a slicer for raw use, but so meaty it also cooks down very nicely for sauce or canning. I don't recall the name, but I found a Canadian online nursery last year that shipped a pack of seeds to me in Melbourne for a very reasonable price.
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Tomato 19 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Amish paste is another fleshy type of tomato.
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Tomato 18 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Seems to be a few of these in the USA. Probably in aussie you would look for tomatoes for paste - like Roma, Super Roma and San Marzano. Best if you GOOGLED and have a look around for ones with more flesh than seeds.
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Tomato 26 Aug, John C (Australia - temperate climate)
Thanks folks. Importing seeds directly seems problematic because of bio-security issues. Tried Google & other engines and can find none of the USA varieties in Oz. + way too much contradictory info to be really useful (e.g. almost seedless to lots of seeds for the same type). Thought I'd try this forum. Thanks for the tips on the paste varieties. That provided a different focus for my searches.
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Tomato 03 Sep, Yen (Australia - temperate climate)
The Diggers Club sell seeds for Amish Paste tomatoes. Perhaps one of their heirloom varieties might be what you're looking for.
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Spring onions (also Scallions, Bunching onions, Welsh onion) 17 Aug, NIGEL (Australia - tropical climate)
IS SPRING ONION ANNUAL OR PREANNUAL (perennial?)
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Spring onions (also Scallions, Bunching onions, Welsh onion) 16 Aug, Arthur (Australia - temperate climate)
I have grown spring onions as perennials for a couple of years now, i trim the tops and outer leaves off to eat and leave them growing. the plants were originally from the supermarket shelf i put the cut bottom root section in water for a month or so before transplanting outside. they just keep growing.
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Spring onions (also Scallions, Bunching onions, Welsh onion) 18 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Most onions are grown annually. Too much messing around I would imagine to regrow. Otherwise cut the roots off and put in water and they will grow. Google it.
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Asparagus 17 Aug, Ian D (Australia - temperate climate)
I have transplanted asparagus crowns that were well established approx 3 weeks ago. They are now sending up spears and we had our first feed from the new crop last night. Should I be letting the spears grow out instead?
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Asparagus 18 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Should be able to eat them.
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Strawberry Plants 17 Aug, Stephen Hughes (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted 12 seeds in a pot 17 weeks ago. One plant came up beautifully in 10 days, another came up 4 weeks later. This 2nd one is still tiny but has many leaves. Best sun I can get is 5-6 hrs about midday. Is the lack of sun the reason I have no flowers?
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Strawberry Plants 17 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to Veggies and Herbs at the top of the page and read about growing them. Strawberries seeds or strawberries plants. Seeds sound like a lot of work. Put seeds in a fridge for 3-4 weeks. It says can take 2-8 weeks to germinate. 12 mths to grow. Much easier to use plants. Not many flowers the first year by the sounds of it. Maybe enough sun but watering and fertilizing is important. Too much N and all leaf. Needs a bit of K for fruiting.
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Strawberry Plants 21 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Watched a video today and it said strawberries can take up to 2 yrs to produce fruit from planting seeds. She recommended buying fresh root stock. Make sure there is some green growth on them.
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Brussels sprouts 16 Aug, Lisa McCartney (USA - Zone 10a climate)
Trying to understand when to plant my brussels sprout seeds in Zona 10a. It says about P = sow seeds in Oct. Is that meaning to sow seeds directly in my garden? Because after that is says to start seeds in trays and plant out 4 - 6 weeks. Should I start them in seed trays and if so do I plant now so they can be transplanted in my garden in Oct or do I wait until Oct and just plant the seeds directly in my garden? Sorry the info is confusing.
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Brussels sprouts 17 Aug, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Use seed trays to start your brussels sprouts, plant out as it suggests on the web page. Brussels Sprouts prefer cold/cool climate, so you need to grow them in your cooler months. October is a suggestion, November might work better if your weather is still warm in October.
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 16 Aug, margaret arnold (Australia - temperate climate)
is silver beet ok to eat raw? thank you..
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 17 Aug, John C (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
The smaller leaves are yummie raw in salads, or in a stir-fry. I think they get a bit tough as they get older / bigger. (As I understand it, you don't get the Iron benefits from raw spinach. Needs to be cooked for that.)
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