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Oregano (also Pot Marjoram) 02 Sep, Anne-Marie (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Tracey, my husband makes this yummy dish often and always uses Oregano - better flavour, more versatile and can be used in several other recipes we make, like bolognaise sause, with oven baked Mullet, chicken bone broth. We have grown oregano both in the ground and pot, morning sun and not too wet or it will die! I recently bought some in a pot and repotted it to a larger pot within 3-4 weeks... grows very quickly! We've had a very mild winter (warm days) but very cold nights.
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Basil 23 Aug, M K Sharma (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): hi, i want to buy Basil plant.Its available in cape town, South Africa.
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 23 Aug, Mario Skapin (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I bought the seeds from "ITALIAN GARDENER" they are situated in Adelaide, find it on google by the name, they are very obliging and helpful, and they have a mobile number on site that you can call. I bought Radicchio,Salad mix, Cicoria Zucherina di Trieste, witlof and other seeds from them. i am starting to do the final stage with witlof now hope it works. Cheers Mario
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Celery 22 Aug, Eileen Stowers (New Zealand - temperate climate): Just a query. How is celery grown in NZ. ? When we lived in UK (many years ago) we used to dig a trench and when the celery was showing above the ground it was wrapped in news paper up to the leaves and then increased as the plant grew. This meant that most of the stalks were white and crisp but we find that the NZ celery is stringy and dark green on the outside . Is this to do with the climate or method of cultivating ? Also my father used to empty the soot from the chimney round the plants at a short distance away from the roots. (I know this would not be an option here ) !!!! but maybe there is an alternative.
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Celery 17 Jan, Mike Logan (New Zealand - temperate climate): Celery is grown close together to stop the sunlight from reaching the stalks and lower leaves. If it receive lots of sunlight the stalks go green. You can use different ways to stop it as you said happens in UK. If you grow good big celery you pull the outside 10 or so stalks off to expose the lighter coloured stalks.
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Cabbage 21 Aug, Alex Little (Australia - temperate climate): Why should you avoid growing beans next to cabbages?
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Cabbage 22 Aug, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): Website - sustainable gardening Australia says beans are good neighbors of cabbage. It also says don't grow beans next to beetroot - and I have that happening - all going good so far. Most to do with similar diseases etc. Read up about companion planting. Sometimes it works sometimes not.
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Cucumber 21 Aug, JC (Australia - tropical climate): Hi, I've just moved to Cocos Keeling Islands and have heard it is difficult to grow any fruit or veg here. Any advice on what to plant and when, how to improve soil conditions etc. would be appreciated as fresh food options are costly and not reliable. TIA
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Cucumber 24 Aug, Darren (Australia - temperate climate): This is just a generic answer, not specific to the Cocos Keeling Islands. Any where the soil conditions or climate are considered poor, I would suggest raised garden beds filled with a good soil blend and organic matter. If the soil is unavailable, then a good potting mix (without moisture retention) and organic matter/compost will be fine. Then just grow what you want according to your climate.
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Cucumber 22 Aug, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): Improving soil condition is about adding good soil if possible or adding organic matter - compost, manures, plant residue, grass clippings, veggie scraps etc to the soil and letting it all decompose - could take a few months. As for what to plant ask the locals what grows and what doesn't. I assume it is hot and wet so that rules a lot of things out. Look around and see what grows and have a go.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 21 Aug, Eileen Stowers (New Zealand - temperate climate): My Grandfaher told me to empty the tea pot round the mint when the tea is cold and it will thrive. I tried it and got three times the size of the leaves that I got before with only water !! Has anyone else tried this ?
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 19 Aug, Kathy Mc (Australia - temperate climate): I have red capsicum, blackjack zucchini and burpless cucumber. I planted a Dwarf eggplant in a pot. can I plant the others in a raised garden bed now.. Thanks for your help
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 22 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm in sub tropical. I have zucchini plants about 4-5 weeks old - planted from seedlings. I have other zucchini plants - from seeds just coming up now. I have the round white cucumbers seeds germinating now also. I have capsicum seeds germinated for 3 weeks or so and they are hardly growing. Temps here in August should be like 10-11 at night and 23-24 in the day. This year we are about 2 degrees above both. Been 28-29 a few days in the last fortnight. Very mild winter. Seeds germinate differently during the year. Quite a few seeds were germinating in 48-72 hrs in early Feb. Now they are taking 7-10 days. All to do with soil temp.
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Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) 21 Aug, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Read the notes about each plant on this website. Different planting times for each.
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 19 Aug, Themba (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi Is it true that boiling corriander and drinking its water helps in curing prostrate cancer?
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Garlic 19 Aug, Charles Schembri (Australia - temperate climate): Where can I buy garlic for planting.. Would be OK to plant now
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Garlic 21 Aug, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): From the notes on this page. "Garlic is traditionally planted in cold weather and harvest in summer ("plant on the shortest day, harvest on the longest"). Try Tooley Garlic. Google it.
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 19 Aug, M H (Australia - temperate climate): Anyone in Melbourne growing carouby de Maussane snowpea?
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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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