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Cucumber 25 Nov, (Australia - temperate climate): Google fungus on cucumbers. It comes up with powdery mildew - see if the photos look the same as your cucumbers.
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Strawberry Plants 10 Nov, Denise (USA - Zone 5b climate): New to gardening. I have several strawberry plants in raised planters that I planted in early summer. Wondering if I should bring them in to our attached garage to protect them from freezing this winter? Thanks!
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 10 Nov, Rosalind gayles (USA - Zone 8b climate): I'm in charlotte nc....when is best time to start loofah seeds?
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 25 Nov, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): April May if you live Zone 8a. Go to luffa page set climate to 8b and it will tell you when to plant.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 10 Nov, Sarah (Australia - temperate climate): Planted dwarf Beans early September with a lot of success. Have harvested 3 times including this morning. I can see some leaves are starting to turn yellow. What vegetable can I plant to replace. Summer can be extremely hot at times
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 25 Nov, (Australia - temperate climate): https://www.queenslandgardening.com/calender.html Try this website. I'm sub- tropical and I don't grow veg in summer - too hot wet and windy. Start again early March.
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Garlic 08 Nov, (USA - Zone 9b climate): I live in central California, zone 9b. I plants softneck garlic last year and it did very well. I refrigerated it for 3-4 weeks and then planted in November. Doing the same this year.
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Ginger 06 Nov, Bridget kor (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): My ginger was growing well after getting a piece of my neighbours established plant. We have had a very wet winter and after dieing right back it has not resprouted. Neither had the neighbours. Did the wet do this? Should I lift the bulbs and replant it?
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Rhubarb 02 Nov, Maren (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): My plants are healthy but the stalks aren’t very red in colour? And red only halfway up the stem?
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Rhubarb 25 Nov, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): That is normal.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 01 Nov, Cindy (USA - Zone 10a climate): I just harvested the jerusalem artichoke that we planted last spring. The flowers were done but the plant was still alive. I have lots of small tubers and thick root with sprouts. Is all this OK to cook and eat?
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Lettuce 01 Nov, Madison (USA - Zone 9b climate): How much water does Lettuce need when hardening off???
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Lettuce 05 Nov, (USA - Zone 3a climate): Keep soil moist but not soggy wet. A light watering each day. Even twice a day.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 01 Nov, Annie (Australia - temperate climate): I'd like to buy inca berry/ cape gooseberry plants or seeds. Does anyone have some for sale? In Gippsland. TIA
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 22 Nov, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try the internet seed selling sites.
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 29 Oct, Lisa (USA - Zone 6a climate): I've already harvested n cut back the tops. I grew them in a grow bag, is it possible to overwinter them inside my house under lights? If I do will the survive and grow flowers again?
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Horseradish 29 Oct, Joy Thomas (USA - Zone 7b climate): I live in NW Arkansas. I planted bohemian horseradish late this spring in large feed bucket containers. When do I harvest? Can I leave some in the ground or will it freeze since it us above ground in a container?
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Lettuce 29 Oct, Getz (Australia - temperate climate): Hi I just planted lettuce, after few days some leaves come out but the day after disappeared! I notice lots of little lizards, do the lizards could eat my lettuce? Cheers Getz
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Lettuce 05 Nov, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Check for birds also.
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Garlic 28 Oct, Kelvan.......Margaret River wa (Australia - temperate climate): I have successfully grown garlic for several years now with huge success however this year most of my crop has secondary sprouting. I seems that the time their ready for picking in around 4 > 6 weeks most will be lost due to all cloves within the bulb sprouting. PLEASE any thoughts as to what's going on.
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Garlic 15 Nov, Ric (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Kelvan, I haven't had the sprouting problem but after 30 years of growing garlic I have just harvested the worst crop I have ever had, but having talked to fellow growers, they also have experienced lesser quality garlic and some premature sprouting as well. It is worth noting that we have experienced colder temperatures this springtime and below 15 degrees celsius soil temperature whilst bulbing will induce early sprouting. On numerous occasions I have placed garlic in the refrigerator in February to bring on earlier sprouting. I usually plant over 500 cloves each year and some years over 5000 and give the garlic away to people who can't afford the ridiculous retail prices. Of course also to replace the weak quality, low pungency Chinese garlic. I am a great believer in planetry positioning within the universe, it has a large effect on weather and all forms of life and will certainly effect all growth and evolutionary factors. Perhaps next year will be a better one or we might have to plant later as it appears the planet is cooling.
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Garlic 22 Oct, Catherine Morritt (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Is it recommended to separate the cloves from the bulbs right before plating or to do it a day or two before?
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Garlic 13 Nov, Christian (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): Just remember to only select the largest cloves and eat all the small ones for yourself. The cloves determine the size of the harvested garlic. If you select only the largest cloves then as the garlic grows and the protective outer cloves develop around the centrally planted seed, they will develop to a size that matches the original clove you plant. Small clove = small yield. Large cloves = much larger yield. Being selective about saving only the very best and largest seeds for many different types of plants is going to serve you well. I think my kids are always slightly disappointed that we always have to 'eat the mistakes' while the very best of what we grow is saved as seed for an even better harvest next year. I guess it is the same principle as animal husbandry.
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Garlic 28 Oct, (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Either way.
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Lettuce 22 Oct, Jordan (USA - Zone 9b climate): ive tried growing lettuce (romaine mostly) in spring here in california central valley, it does not like it at all. bolts every time. trying again in winter right now, will update.
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Lettuce 11 Feb, Daniel (USA - Zone 9a climate): red leaf lettuce does better in the cooler months than does green leaf lettuce. I usually plant my green leaf & red leaf in late March on my south-facing patio so the frost cannot get to it. the red leaf will usually bot first in May or early June but my green leaf will go until it gets really hot in July or August.
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Lettuce 24 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You grow different kinds of lettuce in the cooler months to the hotter months.
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Brussels sprouts 19 Oct, Ann Spaid (USA - Zone 7a climate): Seed was planted in June. When should Brussels sprouts be harvested in zone 7?
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 18 Oct, lukas (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I planted gem squash and the leaves of the plants curled upwards as soon as it come out of the bulb.I cant find any insects or mildew on the plants.Help me please,
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Lettuce 18 Oct, lukas (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): What is the best size for a letuce seedling to be planted out in the garden.
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