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Strawberry Plants 20 Jun, Joann Alexander (USA - Zone 8a climate)
I planted several strawberry bare roots several died a few produce strawberries small ect… the leaves are growing some are curling up…I used soil that was suggested and fertilized with berry tone and coffee grounds…what am I not doing
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Strawberry Plants 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate)
Coffee grounds are not a fertiliser. Any organic matter - lawn clippings, animal manure, coffee grounds, fish bones or meat etc NEEDS TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO COMPOST before plants can use it. I saw a trial where they applied coffee grounds, and it made the plants stunted and very poor looking. Normal soil with fertiliser or good compost is all that is needed.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 20 Jun, Jessica (USA - Zone 9a climate)
My pole beans look amazing but they are not flowering. Any ideas? Am I just being impatient? Thanks in advance!
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate)
By about 1-1.2m high you should be having flowers.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 15 Jun, Bethany (USA - Zone 9a climate)
Growing tomatoes without burning them
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 12 Jun, JH (USA - Zone 8b climate)
I tossed 2 sweet old potatoes in my garden bed many months ago ( maybe 6). I now have vines growing everywhere from them. Will I get sp from them? If so, when and how to check? SE Texas
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate)
Scratch around the vine base when they are about 4-5 months old - pick when you think a good size.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 10 Jun, Gene O’Connell (USA - Zone 9b climate)
Well, I’m in 9b and we can’t grow much here in the summer months of JUNE AND JULY, but, seeing as how I am desperate to grow Something, I planted a small bed of German parat radishes and some mustard greens, albeit under shade. We shall see how that goes. Otherwise, I’ll have to wait til August.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 10 Jun, (USA - Zone 9b climate)
Well, I’m in 9b and we can’t grow much here in the summer months of JUNE AND JULY, but, seeing as how I am desperate to grow Something, I planted a small bed of German parat radishes and some mustard greens, albeit under shade. We shall see how that goes. Otherwise, I’ll have to wait til August.
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 10 Jun, El (USA - Zone 10b climate)
Hi! I'm curious to know what if anything I can companion plant with cowpeas. Thank you for your time!
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Garlic 10 Jun, Julie (USA - Zone 5b climate)
I planted garlic in May to keep critters out of my raised beds. It definitely helped with keeping the critters out. When should I expect to harvest? Would they still be good to eat, or do they need to overwinter? Thanks, Julie
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Garlic 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate)
An old saying plant shortest day of the year and harvest the longest day. (daylight hours that is)
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Marrow 06 Jun, John (USA - Zone 8a climate)
Can I get a monthly planning guide based upon my zone?
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Marrow 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate)
No you have to look up your climate zone and then the veggie etc you want to grow. Search the web to see if someone has produced a planting guide for your area. I have one for SE QLD Australia (around the Brisbane aera) for my area.
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Peas 03 Jun, Paige Marie Lasater (USA - Zone 9b climate)
What is the growing information for snap peas. Like snow peas or regular peas?
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Peas 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate)
All peas would be similar, I think.
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Horseradish 31 May, Vicki (USA - Zone 10a climate)
I've read conflicting answers as to growing horseradish in zone 10a. It's true that Florida has awful soil, especially close to the west coast. I love horseradish and it's hard to find the real pungent horseradish in the stores. Can i place a 5 gallon bucket in the ground and fill it with good soil and plant the horseradish in like November and let it grow till the end of February, after our frost warnings before harvesting? Winters here are fairly dry, so root rot shouldn't be a problem, and the months of December through the beginning of February are cooler with temps staying primarily in the 50°-60° range during the days and 40°'s overnight. Some frost may occasionally occur.
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Asparagus 19 May, Joyce (USA - Zone 7b climate)
I am away in April and half of May. I live in zone 7b. My asparagus are or nearly are ferns. Is there a variety that takes longer into the season to send up spears? Is it too late in the season to plant these now?
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Asparagus 25 Jun, (USA - Zone 4a climate)
I live sub-tropical Australia - warm to hottish. Plant new crowns in the spring. When big enough to eat (after 3 years growing) I cut the fern offs late winter (mid end August). I harvest for about 10 weeks and then let them go to fern again. I could vary my cutting off of ferns from early August to early Sept. Your seasons are the opposite to mine, so you're talking February onwards.
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Cucumber 18 May, Yvonne (USA - Zone 7b climate)
Do I need to help pollinate cucumber when they are flowering if I have netting over them?
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Cucumber 03 Jun, Paige Marie Lasater (USA - Zone 9b climate)
Get a variety that doesn't need to be pollinated. Pine tree seeds (super seeds.com) has quite a few.
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Cucumber 19 May, Bee (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
Yes, if the netting is so fine that pollinators can't in.
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Brussels sprouts 16 May, Denise (USA - Zone 7b climate)
I got tall, beautiful plants with tiny, floppy, and more often no sprouts. What happened?
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Dill 03 May, Tina Mercado-Mills (USA - Zone 12a climate)
I just learned that Dill attracts butterflies, which I would love to see in my beautiful garden. I live in zip code 94509. Should I plant an established dill plant in it’s on pot to avoid the caterpillars from eating other plants in my garden? Thank you.
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Parsnip 27 Apr, Tony Kelly (USA - Zone 8b climate)
Where can one get parsnip seeds???
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Cucumber 17 Apr, Terry Hoge (USA - Zone 6b climate)
I have struggled with Cucumber beetles for several years, what is the best method for controlling them?
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Cucumber 05 May, TLow (USA - Zone 7b climate)
I struggled with cucumber beetles and cucumber fleas last year. It almost decimated my whole cucumber crop. I fought back with wide-spectrum beneficial nematodes for the soil to kill all the larvae, and I ordered a bunch of green lacewing larvae to go with it. In a week, there were no cumber beetles or cucumber fleas. My aphid population, which I wasn't as worried about, shrank as well. I started this season by spraying the soil with beneficial nematodes, and I will order lacewings at the first sign of aphids and their ilk.
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Potato 16 Apr, Cheryl Munroe (USA - Zone 8a climate)
How many potatoes to grow in 5 gallon buckets?
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Tomato 12 Apr, Marie (USA - Zone 10a climate)
What tomatoe variety is good for 100° weather?
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Tomato 21 Apr, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 8a Mild Temperate climate)
I was just thinking about this tomato and thought of you - Indigo Rose. FTN - The history of the Indigo Rose cherry tomato is brief and elusive. In the 1960s, breeders from Bulgaria and the United States began the cross-cultivation of wild tomato strains from South America, specifically Chile and Galapagos, with cultivated varieties - eventually Meyers completed the work on this. I have grown this tomato (and all the others I mentioned) and this girl loves heat and sun .... when all my other tomatoes were drooping from heat and excessive sun these girls where reaching for the sun. A really beautiful tomato. - they where not my biggest producers ( but my area is a little cool for IR's) - the taste and beauty of these tomatoes was unsurpased. Additionally, they seemed to need less water than the other tomatoes. INFO on these tomatoes is scarce... but I would give them a try figuring they are not as tough as the Punta Banda....but certainly a hot/sunny tomato....and unlike the PB they will require some water.
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