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Cauliflower 21 Jul, Rob (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Not realy a good plan, the old leaves both provide some nutrients and protect the flower from sun damage insects even bird guanu and if you've got kids they find it good fun to keep looking for the first flowers.when they do finally find them its a great moment as there is that success feeling, that adds to the fun and enjoyment of gardening
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 19 Jul, Colleen (Australia - temperate climate): What is the best corn variety for Victoria... Gippsland?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 02 Aug, Bev (Australia - cool/mountain climate): What corn you grow is really based on what you're hoping to eat/cook. If you look at the seed catalogues of the open pollinated seed companies, you'll find they offer hybrid varieties too.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 21 Jul, Mike (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I would have a guess and say it probably doesn't matter what variety you plant but more when you plant it. Temperate - Sept to Jan and Cool - Oct to Jan. I tried a heirloom variety and it didn't taste very good. Went back to the Big Hardware Chain (Bunnings) and bought seedlings - the hybrid kind. Probably comes down to what kind of corn you prefer. I have tried seed planting for green cabbage, red cabbage, broccoli and corn this year - won't bother again - will just buy seedlings.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 29 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Something I have done and will do again is use a cob of corn I bought from a supermarket. Or a cob from a planting of seedlings. Let it dry out and use the seeds. Only do this one or two times and then start with a new cob. Hybrids don't grow true to type.
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Pumpkin 19 Jul, Terry Forster (Australia - tropical climate): I am looking for Gramma Pumpkin seeds. I Grew some of these years ago near Beaudesert.Has any body heard of these we made dessert pumpkin pie with them.
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Pumpkin 21 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Google "Gramma Pumpkin seeds" and you will find where to buy them. I can't put other company names on here. .
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Pumpkin 09 Aug, Terry Forster (Australia - tropical climate): I ordered them today, thanks for the advice.
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Strawberry Plants 18 Jul, Vanessa Davis (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hello !!! Can Strawberries grow as a creeper on the fence (or will it spoil the growth...... or must it be flat on the ground ?
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 18 Jul, Taro (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Planted a whole bag of fijian pink in coromandel in may. Cut the corms up into chunks followed all instructions, but unfortunately they all rotted. Transplanted another variety that was growing before and it was 100% sucess rate although the leaves have produced round brown discolourations. Any suggestion for a particular variety and where to get it from? Cheers
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Garlic 17 Jul, Soola Thoo (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Can I put garlic gloves into soil in July/august and still be able to get harvest?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 17 Jul, Eric Nelson (Australia - tropical climate): I'm actually in Thailand but your site doesn't list that. Having a hard time growing chilies here and looking for any hints. Soil has plenty of nutrients but does not dry out due to the rains and clay underlayer. At this point I'm thinking of adding sand to the soil to aid in drainage. I've dug a hole in the garden down to the clay layer and filled it with water. It drained within 5 minutes so it's really about my topsoil quality. Thanks!
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 16 Apr, Sylvia (USA - Zone 9a climate): Sand would be too heavy. You need to add compost or other organic matter into the soil when planting. To loosen soilup. Chilies/peppers do better in soil pH 6.5 to 7.0. Helpful info link https://bonnieplants.com/how-to-grow/growing-peppers/
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Tomato 17 Jul, brian jones (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Should i remove yellow flowers from immature plants just planted?
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Tomato 20 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): What variety of tomato have you planted. No, they will flower as they grow. If it is a bushy type of tomato most of the fruit will ripen at the same time. If it is an indeterminate type of tomato it will keep growing - as it grows it will keep flowering and when you come to harvest them, the harvest will be spread over weeks months. If it is not a bushy type (determinate) it can grow to several meters high.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 16 Jul, Elisha (Australia - cool/mountain climate): I have recently acquired several very healthy cape gooseberry plants that were grown about 40mins drive away. However our weather is much harsher (cold and snow several times a year). Do they stand a chance out in the weather or should I find a home for them in the greenhouse?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 17 Jul, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate): They're frost sensitive and will die over winter unless you keep them in a greenhouse.
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Garlic 15 Jul, Barbara (Australia - temperate climate): Just wondering if I cut off the green tops for stir fry as suggested it does not hurt the bulbs growing?
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Garlic 03 Aug, Bev (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Your bulb depends on the sugars developed by the leaves - so if you cut the greens to eat you are compromising the bulb. The bulb will still form when its ready, but it will be smaller
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Garlic 17 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Maybe try shallots - easy to grow and can grow most of the year.
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Garlic 15 Jul, mick (Australia - temperate climate): Never had any success growing garlic from supermarket stock despite the shoots being green signalling it's time to plant. I bought 2 rather expensive bulbs and planted out 6 weeks ago. The plants seem to be powering on but I'll see what they look like in December/January. Really hopeful they will work as we consume a lot of garlic...which Woolies and Coles are now selling for $25/kg. Any suggestions as to fertiliser applications, or not, during the growth cycle?
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Garlic 13 Aug, Michael (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Mick I have read that Australian garlic, especially supermarket stock , is almost always infected with fusarium root rot. I will next year try to overcome this by washing the cloves with either bleach or hydrogen peroxide (cant remember the protocol). Surprisingly the south american garlic did not show the same problem and grew too well with a very good root system, but sent shoots up from the developing cloves and matured very early (4 months)
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Ginger 15 Jul, mick (Australia - temperate climate): I had my first attempt at growing ginger late last year and harvested my first crop a month ago. Amazing and the taste was nothing like what you purchase in the shops. I will be replanting shortly and will then keep a permanent clump on a rotating basis. I have not bee so lucky with my galangal. Got a fair result and then split up the next season but lost almost all of it. It might have been too dry. Currently have plants growing which have been better located and on mounded soil. They are supposed to have yellow leaves as the middle of winter at present but the galangal is emerald green with no sign of having a break for winter. Maybe the roots remember last season and are making up for their poor results.......... Looking forward to trying this crop as well.
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Rhubarb 15 Jul, Jan Quirk (Australia - cool/mountain climate): A friend gave me a healthy looking bunch of rhubarb with leaves intact. I have heard that it is not good to eat the stems if they have had frost on them as the toxin is forced down the stalk from the leaf, is this true? Thank you
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Rhubarb 19 Jul, (Australia - temperate climate): never heard of this before only leaves are poisonous
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 14 Jul, Kathy (USA - Zone 6b climate): I did not start my collard, cabbage, seed in March - can I plant the seeds in the garden now in mid-July? Also, can I plant cauliflower in the garden from seed in July? I live in zone 6b. Thanks!!!
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Asparagus 13 Jul, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I trimmed my asparagus bushes about three weeks ago andI put about 2-3" of compost on them. Ten days ago I put 2-3" of horse manure and another 2" of compost on. In the last week I have had approx. 20 spears from 3 plants.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 13 Jul, Helga Martin (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have rossella growing and in the past have been successfull however the last two times i have tried to grow these they get to a height of say 400mm and they start a dieback with a white sap like liquid coming out of the bottom of the plant eventually killing it.Any help would be much appreciated we live up in the mountains west of Sarina yes we get frosts however the last rossella plants die back in late summer.
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Potato 13 Jul, Mutebi Joseph (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate): How can I get potato seeds in Uganda E.Africa??thanks.
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Potato 16 Jul, John (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Your question is a challenging one because of disease that are affecting potatoes in Uganda. I suggest you contact your Agriculture Department or look up 'potatoes' on the internet to find healthy seed. It may be listed as 'Certified' seed which means that it is disease free. Trust this helps.
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