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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 20 Oct, Debbie (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Where can i buy seeds or seedlings of chop choy. I live in midrand. Gauteng and i cant find a nirssry
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 20 Oct, Chau (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi The squash is dropping off before it is fully grown. What might be the issue.. Thanks Chau
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 24 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate)
The fruit comes from the female flower and it needs to be pollinated by a male flower (much like people) for it to develop into a fruit that is then able to produce seeds and reproduce a new plant. check google for male/female flowers on squash, same applies for pumpkin, zucchini and cucumbers etc. early in the season the plant may not have both sets of flowers but as the plant develops it will. you can also hand pollinate. hope that helps.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 19 Oct, Monique (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Hi, wondering if anyone can help me out. My spinach is being eaten like crazy and I can't seem to figure out what is eating it. Not only are all the leaves full of holes, but a lot of the leaves seem to have bites taken out of. It happens the moment new leaves start growing. Could this be a worm? And what can I do to prevent this? Whatever it is seems to only be targeting my spinach plants. I grow lettuce and tomatoes as well as cucumber, zucchini and bush beans and none of these plants have been eaten.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 03 Dec, Nicol (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
This also happened to me, but it wasn't insects - it was birds having an early dawn feed. I placed bird netting over my crop and they've not been eaten since. I think the bird netting also keeps out flying insects which prevents them laying their eggs in the seed bed and therefore no worms/caterpillars to eat the leaves.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 12 Nov, jaxthegardener (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
hi. mine are too. its the snails and slugs. go out at nite and you will see them feeding. I am using a garlic/chillie and soap water spray to keep the pests away.
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Spinach (also English spinach) 08 Jun, Valda (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
How do you make garlic/chilli and soapwater spray?
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 19 Oct, Peter Kirstein (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
I live in Dundee, KZN. Where can I buy seed for planting my own Borage?
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Garlic 19 Oct, Suzette van Jaarsveld (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Planted Garlic April 2015 Namaqualand 40km from the coast of Hondeklipbay.. When should I harvest? Plants started to fall to the ground/lay flat. What can be the reason.
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Cabbage 18 Oct, Joseph Mavhetha (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
What type of soil is suitable for cabage and how many times do you need to water it. And what chemical is used to stop bacteria from damaging it.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 18 Oct, Fay Whitehead (Australia - temperate climate)
Do you have any NZ yams for sale? If so, can you give me details. Do you know if they can be sent to Perth? Thank you.
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Asparagus 18 Oct, gwyneth (Australia - temperate climate)
my asparagus has been in for 3 years. this year I am getting plenty but they are pencil thin. should I feed them.
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Asparagus 24 Oct, (Australia - temperate climate)
Yes, add manure to the bed when the weather warms up at the beginning of spring each year.
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Ginger 17 Oct, Belinda (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I live in Canberra. I am wondering of anyone has successfull grown ginger here, outdoor or indoor and has any tips please? Thanks!
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Strawberry Plants 17 Oct, Max (Australia - temperate climate)
We am growing some strawberries in a bed with some success. Now, we have deciced to use polypipe on a 45 degree upward slant to grow more in the same space. What we're confused about is the varieties out there. I have trolled the ne but cannot sem to find anythjing about any of the plants which I have seen in the shops : Red Gauntlet; Pink; Alinta; Toga; Nellie Kelly: etc. If someone could give some info on each & others out there, I would appreciate it... Cheers
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 17 Oct, sonja (Australia - temperate climate)
I've planted a choko and it was doing well and had plenty of new chokos but now they have all dropped off and the leaves are going yellow and then dying. What can I do for it so I can get a crop.
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Radish 16 Oct, Joe graham (Australia - temperate climate)
i left radish plants in garden last summer. they have kept growing. now they are a large twisted root with branches coming of them with small white flowers. i have noticed that there i a large amount of pods.on each plant. on closer inspection of the pods i have found that each pod i picked has 2 or 3 green seeds. if i pick the pods a this stage and dried them will i get viable seed. i would like to do this as i have kept this garden bed organic as much as i can. i cant stop the bees cross pollinating. but im still trying to keep it organic. Thanks for your help
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Radish 18 Jan, Erika Semenoff (Australia - temperate climate)
Try and wait until the pods are dried. I did this with a few plants and had more seeds for next year than I knew what to do with :)
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Rhubarb 14 Oct, John Madden (Australia - temperate climate)
What do you do when plants produce a seed head?
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Tomatillo 13 Oct, Rosemary brown (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi...Tomatillo seeds can be purchased by mail from Yilgarn drylands permaculture in Western Australia...have just planted & am waiting . Rosie
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Broccoli 12 Oct, Javed karim (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Dear sir .i want to know which time is best to plant Broccoli. I am from HUNZA pakistan, and I want to check according to our climate.I need your guidance.
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Broccoli 28 Mar, Andrew (Australia - temperate climate)
Javed, in Australia Broccoli grows best during the cooler months, it can be grown over summer here but tends to bolt and go to seed quicker in summer, I plant it in early to mid Autumn, it just depends on the climate where you live
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 12 Oct, Prometheus (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
A quick tip for those trying to grow eggplant in a cool climate with a short growing season - rather than waiting for the end of Spring frost (usually November here), you really should be getting eggplants in the ground by October at the latest. They need a long growing season to produce abundant fruit and the warm weather months in these climates are limited. They take a long time to raise from seed, so are best purchased at nurseries etc. at this time of year. To protect them from Spring frosts one trick is to cut off the top halves of plastic softdrink or mineral water bottles, remove the lid for ventilation, and securely place the top half in the circle of soil surrounding the young seedling. In the event of late frost, this will improve their chances of survival. If growing in containers, moving them to a sheltered, part-sun location (eg. under the dappled shade of a tree) may also help protect them from late frosts. The same can be done for other frost sensitive crops in the nightshade family eg. tomatoes, chillies, capsicum. Happy gardening, P.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 30 Oct, Steve (Australia - temperate climate)
Great advice! Thank you very much :-)
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Rosemary 11 Oct, Stella (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
Howdy Is Rosemary a slow grower ?
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 09 Oct, Aussie Bob (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Planted these in early May on the sunshine coast and got several large (15 cm diameter 40 cm long) radishes harvested in October. They seem to be very susceptible to tight soil i that will cause them to stunt as the ones in the bed with looser soil were much larger. Good sun exposure is a must or they will reach for the sun and grow twisted.
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Potato 09 Oct, graham paul (Australia - temperate climate)
I have grown potatoes in the past and had good results this time they grew to about 30cm and 1 wilted and died the rest grew to about 40cm which to me seems a bit higher than usual and gradually others are wilting also well before flowering, Can someone help me with problem. Regards Graham
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Onion 09 Oct, graham paul (Australia - temperate climate)
how do you grow pickling onions I have sown brown onions, regards graham
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Brussels sprouts 08 Oct, john (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
i planted my brussel sprouts early they have grown really good to about 4 foot high and plenty of leaves but the sprouts are only small,now it is october and the weather is getting hotter do i persist with them hoping the sprouts will get bigger or just pull them out.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 08 Oct, Kim (Australia - temperate climate)
We planted 1 rosella. After it finished fruiting/flowering & started to die off we pulled it out. Went & planted a navel in same spot & about 6 months later 13 new rosella plants appeared. We planted them out & had a great crop. Hoping this happens again, waiting, waiting.
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