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Potato 12 Dec, Nic (Australia - temperate climate)
Why do you not grow Cucumbers and Potatos in the same garden bed?
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Potato 10 Feb, Dean (Australia - temperate climate)
Because they compete for nutrients and water and planting this way only diminishes potential harvest.
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Garlic 12 Dec, (Australia - tropical climate)
Try Russian/Elephant Garlic. Not a true Garlic but member of the leek family. Milder flavour than stadard Garlic. Here in Noosa Hinterland planted in March produces huge bulbs ( for 3 years now). Just harvested this year crop. On-line suppliers tend to run out of stock quickly best to register an interest and receive an e,mail when available. Good Luck...Mel
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Rhubarb 11 Dec, Judith (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I bought 2 rhubarb plants they were doing very well for a couple of months. Then 1 wilted and died A couple of weeks ago, now the other one is starting to do the same thing. Should I give it some chook pellets? I would hate this one to die. I love rhubarb. It is in a raised garden.
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Horseradish 11 Dec, Suzie Pickering (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
I would like to know that too. Have been looking everywhere, can't find it.
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Horseradish 19 Sep, alan (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
i have the plants you can phone me at 0832472372
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 11 Dec, (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi again Lorraine :) Yes, it's teeny slugs that are doing the damage - and boy can they eat !!! I read a couple of forums about safe ways to get rid of them (I have two little dogs) and am trying this method and it does kill them. However, you can't just put it on the plant, you have to make contact with them. So when it's raining, or night time. 100mls of Cloudy Ammonia to 400mls water in a spray bottle and zap them. To that you can add a drizzle of washing up detergent so it sticks to them better, and they die instantly. There is heaps of slug ideas/info out there like using crushed eggshells, beer traps - there's quite a list. Good luck, and am wishing me the same ;)
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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 10 Dec, Kitty (Australia - temperate climate)
And don't throw the snow pea leaves away- delicious sauteed with garlic!
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Cucumber 10 Dec, Elizabeth (Australia - temperate climate)
It's the second time I'm growing pickle cucumber , but I don't what happened this year, the leaves are yellow, cucumbers are yellow. Don't know what to do :(
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Rhubarb 10 Dec, Gabrielle (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
I have a rhubarb plant that has grown lots of very large stalks with huge leaves. The stalks are red at the base but quite green for most of their length. How do I know when they are ready to harvest?
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Rhubarb 24 Mar, Colleen (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Rhubarb is ready to use whenever you feel it is big enough, it does not ripen as other crops.
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Rhubarb 12 Dec, Ken Thackeray (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Rhubarb seems to come in several varieties, almost all green stemmed to deep red. I have grown both types and as long as the stems are of a decent size they taste much the same when cooked. Delicious ! Just don't eat it too often, as rhubarb is very high in Oxalic Acid and can be toxic in large doses.
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Rhubarb 27 Jun, Grant Hackett (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
You can safely eat as much rhubarb stalks as you like, just don't eat the leaves, that is the part of the plant that is toxic but they are safe to compost
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Potato 10 Dec, Elwyn (Australia - temperate climate)
Is December too late to plant potatoes I live in Sydney
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Mint (also Garden mint) 09 Dec, Leann Ruth (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Hi there. I would like to fined out the names of all the different types of mint that is growing in South Africa? I would all sow like to fined out from you what type of mined would one plant down in Cape Town? Considering that it rains most of the time down there.? Thank you 4 all your help from Leann Ruth M
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Beetroot (also Beets) 08 Dec, Neil (Australia - temperate climate)
How do I know when the beetroot is ready to eat?
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Beetroot (also Beets) 21 Dec, Andrew (Australia - temperate climate)
Dig around the bulb with your finger to see the diameter. Smaller beets (25mm) are sweeter but bigger ones go further. Don't let them grow larger than 5-6cm across else they will start to get starchy rings throughout and taste woody.
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Corn Salad (also Lamb's lettuce or Mache) 08 Dec, sylvia newman (Australia - temperate climate)
Where can I buy mache lettuce seeds (Lambs lettuce) in Perth
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 08 Dec, Lorraine (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
What makes the small holes in bok choy
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 09 Dec, Veronica (Australia - temperate climate)
I would love others thoughts/opinions on that to Lorraine, but I have found the teeniest, weeniest little slugs on mine over the last couple of days. Also found really teeny flies on it as well. Anyone know how to get get rid of these little hole makers ??
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 07 Dec, Lisa (Australia - temperate climate)
My capiscums hav fruited for the first time. The plants are about 20cm tall and each have 2 fruits and more flowers. The capiscums have only grown to to the size a bit smaller than a ping pong ball byte have started to ripen and wrinkle. Is it best to prune the first fruits to promote new bigger growth?
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 13 Dec, Rosie (Australia - arid climate)
Lisa I have done a little more research on them and I gather that capsicums need calcium for good growth. I have poured a little bit of calf feeding powder milk around the base and also put a 'human' calcium tablet in the soil at the base of the plant. It seems to be helping. Good luck.
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Lettuce 06 Dec, Allen Lee (Australia - temperate climate)
Kellie 15Nov. Your squiggly lines in your lettuce leaves may be leaf miner the moth lays egg on the leaf and they hatch burrow into it and feed eternally. They also attack spinach and citrus may also attack otherplants at times to remedy this try using eco oil at rates on direction. This will leave a film of oil (non toxic) on the leaf the moth will be unable to lay eggs (slip off).
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 05 Dec, Angela (Australia - temperate climate)
I have the purple kings growing. started off really well lots of flower and quite a few beans before they had reached the top of the pole. Now the lower leaves are all turning rust colour and not producing many beans. any suggestions. I have fed them with dynamic lifter about 3 weeks ago. They have had water from reg rainfall. 2 or 3 heavy rains per week.
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Sunflower 05 Dec, Tony Sieh (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Dear Sir/Madam, I am exploring the possibility of grow South African species of sunflower in Malaysia. From what I have heard, South African sunflower is ideal for the South East Asia climate as well. Is there any expert who I can talk to about this? Where can I get the seedlings? Thank you so much for helping! Regards, Tony
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 02 Dec, caryl (Australia - temperate climate)
where can i buy amaranth seeds or seedlings,i live on morning ton peninsular,vic ,australia
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 07 Feb, Andrew Page-Robertson (Australia - temperate climate)
I bought seeds from Masters in Mornington, the range is called "A taste of the Americas' and its sold as AMARANTHUS Calaloo red leaf, brand Johnsons
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 24 Jan, Darren (Australia - temperate climate)
Digger's Club also has seeds. I have the Red Amaranth from them growing well and ready to start harvesting at the moment.
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 14 Dec, Rachael (Australia - arid climate)
You can buy them of ebay or seeds2freedom have a great selection too.
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NZ Spinach (also Warrigal greens) 02 Dec, Peter Couttie (Australia - temperate climate)
can you grow N.Z.spinach, tetragonia tetragonoides, from cuttings ?
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