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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 02 Feb, Anonymous (New Zealand - temperate climate)
In hindi it’s called choraiya.
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Potato 02 Dec, Peter Button (New Zealand - temperate climate)
My Agria potatoes, planted early October, are about 1 meter high! Is this a normal growth pattern?
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Potato 12 Dec, (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Sounds like you used too much nitrogen,
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 01 Nov, Dot Wise (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Just planted 100 kumara slips (tipu). Hope to harvest by Waitangi weekend.
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Luffa (also Loofah, plant sponge) 02 Oct, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Try Kings seeds and plant Barn
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 08 Sep, Karen Miles (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Our taro plant has purple stalks and the flesh of the tubers are whit is it safe to eat them? Than you.
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Strawberry Plants 26 Aug, Maggie (New Zealand - temperate climate)
My strawberry plants had vigorous growth during winter but the leaves look like wild strawberries. Now looking very sad and limp. Do I need to dig these up and replant new ones.
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Strawberry Plants 28 Oct, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Replant each 2-3 years.
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Strawberry Plants 26 Sep, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Possibly too much nitrogen.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 23 Aug, Ching (New Zealand - temperate climate)
When is the time to harvest taro and how?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 15 Aug, Diane Davidson (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I'm fascinated by this Yacon plant - don't know if I'll be able to grow it as I only have a balcony garden at my apartment. I understand that they need quite a lot of space. But I'd like to try, if I can discover where zi could buy the roots for planting. Otherwise, perhaps there is somewhere that I could buy the fruits for eating. I'd like to experiment with different ways of cooking/eating them
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 08 Sep, Sharron (New Zealand - temperate climate)
What part of New Zealand are you living in? I have a yacon and might be able to give you a root
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Cowpeas (also Black eye peas, Southern peas) 11 Aug, Alice (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Are all the soybeans grown in New Zealand black-eyed soybeans? Besides Canterbury, where else are they grown? Are there two types of black-eyed soybeans—one where the black eye part is smaller and less noticeable, and another where the black eye is more prominent and longer? The translation is: I want to buy the black-eyed soybeans with a more prominent and longer black eye. Where can I buy them?
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 28 Jun, Rose (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Can Choko plants be purchased in the Wairarapa?
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Beetroot (also Beets) 05 Jun, Murray (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Why does it say not to grow beetroot next to carrots? I have done this.....
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Beetroot (also Beets) 17 Jun, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Probability a mistake.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 26 Jul, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
It is because they are both root crops and might deplete the soil
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Sweet Marjoram (also Knotted marjoram) 29 May, Katherine boys (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
My sweet marjoram did not show knots as I'm accustomed to when I had it in another garden. Instead, it showed long (2cm) flower heads. I like the knots which are very pungent and wonderful in salads. Could the plant have been too well nourished? The leaves aren't really grey-green, just green, and not at all strong in taste.
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Burdock (also Gobo (Japanese Burdock)) 22 May, Sheree Boyd (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
You can buy burdock seeds from Kings Seeds online, product code #6500.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 31 Mar, Robyn Douglass (New Zealand - temperate climate)
How to prune choko plant to keep it s.all as I only have a small garden area
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 28 May, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Not the crop to grow in a small area.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 25 Mar, Peter (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Planted 10 kumera slips in October 2023.... Harvested 50% of them 5 in March 2024....massive green foliage but sadly 6small (very small) finger sized harvest kumera is the only result...starting to get cooler but leaves still dark green....do I leave them in till the weather of leaves change. ( Auckland grower)
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 07 Apr, Marc (New Zealand - temperate climate)
leave Kumara in the ground at least until mid April. Leaves start to die off or in Auckland slow down in growth. Make sure the edges of the bed are well mulched, this will keep the moisture in the ground and the top soil cool (cooler). I harvest the orange (Beaumont) ones first, followed by the red, then purple and gold as last. there is about a week between harvests. Allow the kumara to dry before storage other wise they will rot. Keep them well protected from rats, my first red kumara harvest was approx 20kg until the rats consumed them in 4 nights to 2 kg.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 29 Mar, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
Harvest once about HALF of the leaves start to fall over and die off (turn yellow) -- HOWEVER I'm not sure if you planted at the being of October or the end. Given good growing conditions it should take about 120 days -- if you planted at the end October then that is about 120 days.... but it could take longer -- and since the leaves have not fallen over, then I would say, it will take more time. If you planted at the beginning of October, then you are taking a lot of days -- and it could be that the growing conditions have not been optimal for the whole time.... and I would still wait for leaves to fall over... but I would start to wonder if perhaps for some reason all the conditions that your plant needs to have met in order to set tubers have not been met (nutrition, soil type/ph, water, sun light, temperatures etc.). Same rule for potatoes, harvest once the leaves started falling over and turning yellow. That is to say: as long as the leaves are a upright and green they are still collecting light and storing energy (making tubers - and making them larger)
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Spring onions (also Scallions, Bunching onions, Welsh onion) 23 Mar, Dot (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
If you grow spring onion in a container inside, can you grow them earlier?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 21 Mar, (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Try the local organic stop
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 09 Mar, Diane (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I have been given some Cape Gooseberry seeds from and existing bush. I see that it is too late to sow these in March. Can these seeds be kept until August, or am I better to discard them and start again at sowing time.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 02 Apr, Caity (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Diane they will be fine. Just store them dry cool and dark
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 15 Mar, Dave in California Zone 10A (USA - Zone 10a climate)
Diane, I keep seeds from a lot of the common vegetables I grow like spinach, peas, carrots, beans, tomatoes, corn, and such, but I have never grown Cape Gooseberry and do not know what the days for germination are supposed to be, but as general rule I would keep the seeds and maybe start them in trays or pots a few weeks before it's time to transplant them outside. That way you will see how many sprout and then decide if you need to get other seeds. All the seeds I save usually have very good germination rates for a minimum of a couple of years, and I have been getting good results from a lot of the seeds I saved from three and four years ago.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 24 Feb, Gerry (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hello can I grow sweet potatoes in Clyde Central Otago?
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