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Strawberry Plants 11 Mar, Judy Lewis (New Zealand - temperate climate): Depends how old the plants are. Strawberries produce well for 2-3 years and then need to be replaced. If they look healthy - no black spot etc - then keep them for another year. Trim off any dead leaves and side-dress with compost. If there are runners, wait till they are firmly rooted in the ground before separating them from the mother plant. Any time from now, these new plants can be dug up and replanted where you want them. I have six rows, and each year, the first two rows are removed, and two new rows replace them on the other side of the bed, never in the same place.
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Strawberry Plants 11 Mar, Anonymous (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): I live sub tropical Queensland Aussie. The commercial growers here plant new plants (runners) in mid April. So leave your plants alone until then. Prepare new ground now to put the new runners into in April.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 08 Mar, Kelly (Australia - sub-tropical climate): In my past experience of growing beans like scarlet runner in Southern Tasmania, they are prolific. And now, I am in Northern Coastline, I have to do the opposite of everything I have done in Tasmania. Nonetheless, it is all about knowing and tweaking the timing. We can always trick the plants to do what we want them to do. (Gardening is not as organic and natural as one may think. It is highly mathematical and formulated if you want the best yield). Good luck experimenting.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 11 Mar, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Yes, growing stuff in southern Aussie seems to be a spring summer thing whereas in the northern half more like autumn winter. Gardening is about germinating and growing in the best season to suit each crop to achieve the best results. I don't grow much in summer because of cyclones, heat, wind, rain, humidity. It is the old - reward for effort equation.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 08 Mar, Kelly (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Is it important to store all my seeds in the refridgerator? Can I simply store it in a plastic box out of the sunlight?
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Beetroot (also Beets) 11 Mar, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Seeds generally only last a few years so best kept in the fridge. If you are going to use soon - this autumn/winter then in a box out of the sunlight would be ok.
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Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) 08 Mar, Kelly Soo (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Looking at the weather this year in Coffs Harbour, do you think I could sow direct for the Napa Cabbage this outside in July?
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Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) 11 Mar, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Chinese cabbage germinate very quickly. I have them germinating now. You could do it in May June July outside. If now make up a little tray of light soil, plant and keep moist - not really wet. They will germinate in 3-5 days.
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Cauliflower 06 Mar, Niki little (Australia - temperate climate): Is there anywhere in qld that you can purchase fioretto cauliflower blossom seeds. Thank you
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Cauliflower 09 Mar, anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Google about it. It is a new cauli and Perfection Fresh has exclusive rights to it.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 06 Mar, Coral Reynolds (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I bought some Jerusalem artichokes at the market / restaurant near Lanseria airport.We roasted some and made soup....delish.Then planted 4.At first thought they wouldnt grow...but dont give up ...today they are nearly 6 feet tall ...about to flower.Cant wait to harvest them !
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 05 Mar, Pat Chubb… (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate): Do collard greens have the same problems in the garden as cabbage? For instance- cabbage moths?
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 09 Mar, (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Keep a close eye on them and tell us what happens. Bst to plant when the moths aren't about, when there is little rain for insects and bugs to breed.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 05 Mar, Carol Howard (USA - Zone 9b climate): Looking for tips on growing peppermint in my zone (9b) due to the extreme summertime heat and poor ground soil conditions in my yard Need info on watering, soil, feeding, & light for best results & healthy plants
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Mint (also Garden mint) 20 Mar, Cynthia (USA - Zone 9b climate): I live in zone 9B, Inland Empire. First off I suggest you grow any kind of mint in a pot, as it is highly invasive. I live in a really hot area, so I grow my mint were it only gets morning sun, otherwise it fries, and becomes filled with white fly's.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 16 Mar, Elder (USA - Zone 7b climate): My best advice: Peppermint is hardy, grows in poor soil and drought tolerant. I do recommend planting in a container, even then once the roots work their way out of the weeping holes you will have it where ever it sat or where ever the trails touch the ground long enough to take root if it isn't trimmed regularly. VERY invasive species and that goes for all of the Mint Family. It will ruin a Garden/vegetable bed quickly. Due to the extreme heat you might try a little experiment. Plant some it in full sun, some in partial, and full shade to find whats best in your conditions.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 09 Mar, anonymous (USA - Zone 9b climate): Suggest you do some internet research on improving your soil, when to water, light requirements, and fertilising.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 04 Mar, Deleene (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I live in a very hot long summer rainfall with a short very cold (black frost at least once in winter) area. When is the best time to plant my Loofah seeds?
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 21 Sep, Bee-Pie (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): Early spring. Do it now.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 09 Mar, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): https://www.gardenate.com/plant/Luffa It is right there in the calendar.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 02 Mar, Dena Vidovich (Australia - temperate climate): Why aren't my runner beans flowering?
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 02 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): It might just be a bit early . Try spraying with some cool water.
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Tomato 01 Mar, Gary Hall (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Did anyone else have problems with tomatoes this year I had to convert back to my tiny Toms ( skin too tough for those pesky pests next year I going back to Nicotine spray that'll knock them around a bit) .
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Tomato 07 Aug, Tom (Australia - sub-tropical climate): My summer toms had a lot of rust but I kept cutting out the infected foliage and the rest of the plant produced just fine. The vines didn't look great but I had bumper crops of large, delicious tomatoes. Also a long season the seed came up in early spring and they produced for 6 months.
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Tomato 10 Mar, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have a problem with wilt at the moment - never had it before. Very annoying.
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Tomato 04 Mar, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I don't have much problems with cherry tomatoes - other varieties the pest generally get to them and yellow leaf curl virus. I'm going to try double layer of bird netting I bought cheap.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 26 Feb, Dayna (New Zealand - temperate climate): I carefully took some seeds from a strawberry I purchased at a market. I never grown before but thought, I'll give it ago. The seeds are so tiny that I really didn't bury them, just placed on the top of the soil and gave a light water, this allowed the seed to move down into the soil, but not too deep. From memory it took about 5-6 weeks for anything to show. I thought, this is not working but decided to leave them alone, keep putting them on the window sill in the sun & kept them moist. Eventually a tiny little green stem appeared, yeah!. They were very slow to grow at first, but as soon as they have a few leaves on them there growing sped up, I put out side for an hour a day then back onto the window sill. I just re-potted all 8 plants into larger pots using just potting soil and sheep pellets. I've just put them outside in the full sun and will keep them moist. Hopefully they will continue to grow ready to be planted out onto our new property up north, at the end of this year. Gardening can be experimental and so rewarding, not to mention therapeutic, just have fun and try anything as you might just get lucky. I can't believe I've waiting this long to grow strawberries. All I can say is just give it ago, and with strawberries, just be patient.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 20 Mar, Jody Thomas (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): I found a load of self sown strawberry plants (not runners) growing in my garden the year after I planted my heritage strawberry plants. They bushed up well but the leaves were smaller than a regular strawberry plant. They had tons of tiny, skinny strawberries; the taste was pleasant but more pungent than a regular strawberry but the texture was pulpy. I still scoff them whilst working in the garden. I would be inclined to make jam etc from them as they wouldn't be flash in a dessert...however, if its all you have they are still a good (if different) flavour and I am sure they have a good nutrient profile as they are very dark red and they are free!
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Strawberries (from seeds) 25 Nov, Aaron Haymes (New Zealand - temperate climate): I read that you should cut the flowers off in the first season to let the plant grow so perhaps that's why the fruit was small.
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Strawberries (from seeds) 05 Mar, Gretchen Brown (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Hi , loved reading your strawberry growing journey . I’m interested to know how you got the seeds ready to plant . Did you extract them from the strawberry with tweezers ? They’re so tiny . Did you dry them ? I would love you to talk me through the process . Thanks v much
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