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Strawberry Plants 21 Sep, Glenda Hall (USA - Zone 10a climate): What is the best strawberries to plant in zone 10 in SW Florida
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Ginger 20 Sep, Robert Katz MD (USA - Zone 10b climate): Is there a ginger plant that grows in Zone 10B ? Is there a blueberry bush that will survive in Zone 10B? Many Thanks, rk
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Ginger 04 Nov, Jean-Claude (USA - Zone 10a climate): I am in zone 10a and have been growing ginger successfully for a few years now. I usually start my plants around February.
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Garlic 20 Sep, Kim Kautzer (USA - Zone 9b climate): I'd like to try my hand at growing garlic, but we can get some pretty hot spring days here in inland Southern California. I'm wondering if I might have better luck in our "screenhouse," which has full sun around the east, south, and west sides (regular window screen that doesn't block any sun). The roof is covered with shade cloth. I have successfully grown tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and herbs in large containers in the screenhouse. I'm hoping there'd be enough shade to protect the garlic on those super hot, sun-intense days. Thoughts?
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Garlic 01 Dec, David Jolly (USA - Zone 9b climate): If You grow garlic in 9b just requires refrigeration for 2-3 week min to trick it into thinking it winter. In summer you will have to use shade cloth and/or monitor water on really hot spells. I grow several hardneck & softneck last year. Might be a bit late to start the process now though.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 19 Sep, Robin Mendelson (USA - Zone 11a climate): What bulbs can I plant indoors in south Florida?
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Garlic 19 Sep, Robin Mendelson (USA - Zone 11a climate): Can you plant garlic indoors in Florida?
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Rhubarb 10 Sep, Helen (USA - Zone 10a climate): Does rhubarb have to be out of sun lite? Can it grow here in San Diego?
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Rhubarb 14 Sep, (USA - Zone 5a climate): Most plants need lots of sunlight. Check what Climate Zone San Diego is in the climate zone section here and look it up if you can grow it.
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Garlic 05 Sep, Cynthia Hamilton (USA - Zone 6b climate): I want to plant elephant garlic. I should plant it deeper, correct? This article said to just barely cover.
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Garlic 07 Sep, (USA - Zone 4a climate): Plant as they suggest but keep an eye on the watering - don't let them dry out too much.
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Watermelon 04 Sep, Harrison Brown (USA - Zone 10b climate): I would like to know what type of fertilizers I can use to fertilizer my pigeon peas, corn, and watermelon plants?
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Watermelon 07 Sep, (USA - Zone 4a climate): A general garden fertiliser will do.
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Garlic 02 Sep, Molly Beverly (USA - Zone 7b climate): We have grown up to 3 acres of garlic over the past 30 years. Plant in October/November, harvest the end of June. Around mid June the tops will start drying. Pull a bulb and count the wrappers. If there are 5 wrappers it is time to cut off the water. Harvest when the tops are mostly dried. I make braids from the largest bulbs right then. Hang them in the kitchen. Let the garlic cure 2 weeks in the shade before storing in a cool, dark place at room temperature. I grow soft neck garlic with big cloves and it keeps braided, hanging on my kitchen wall until the next harvest. And... always save the biggest bulbs with the biggest cloves for the next planting.
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Garlic 22 Oct, Jose (USA - Zone 8a climate): How often do you water the garlics? And you braid them? How do you get them ready to replant for next season? I live in Lexington South Carolina. Email me any tips I’m looking to get planting garlic for the first time. I’d appreciate it.
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Potato 30 Aug, Bonnie Hawks (USA - Zone 6b climate): Can this area plant. Potatoes/sweet potatoes in the fall?
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Potato 01 Sep, Melinda Schwab (USA - Zone 8a climate): Sweet potato farmers here grow sprouts by “bedding” seed potatoes in March. This is done by placing the whole potato in the ground, covering them with a thin layer of soil and plastic. Sprouts will be cut and transplanted from the greenhouse or bedding field to a different field in May or June. It takes approximately 90-120 days without frost to grow a sweet potato. Sweet potatoes are ready to dig 90-120 days after sprouts are transplanted. Around here in August the rows are plowed and sweet potatoes are flipped on top of the ground. Most sweet potatoes are cured. Curing changes starches in the sweet potatoes into sugar, making it sweeter and the skin tougher. It takes 4-7 days of 80-85̊ temperature and 80-90% relative humidity to cure sweet potatoes. After being cured, sweet potatoes are stored at temperatures between 55-60º F and 85% relative humidity. This special storage process is why sweet potatoes are available 365 days a year here in USA. Here in North Carolina, USA sweet potatoes are shipped all over the world. It is one of our largest farmed food crops. I hope this helps... ~Melinda
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Potato 14 Dec, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): Thank you - excellent information - especially about "bedding" the sweet seed potatoes and cutting the sprouts for transplant!!!
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Potato 07 Sep, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Where I live sub-tropical Australia we are becoming the sweet potato capital of Australia. The sprouts are called ?
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Potato 18 Oct, Peter Hurley (USA - Zone 4b climate): Sweet potato sprouts are known as "slips". In the United States sweet potatoes tend to be the reddish type with orange flesh, a good variety is Georgia Jet, Australia may be more familiar with what we would call yams.
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Potato 01 Sep, (USA - Zone 6b climate): April May if you had checked the planting guide here.
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Garlic 29 Aug, Jim Tocci (USA - Zone 7a climate): My research seems to indicate that soft neck garlic might be more appropriate for my region vs hard neck. We plan to put them in mid-October to early November. Thanks!
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 27 Aug, Marie Blonde Jennings Paul (USA - Zone 13b climate): Last year I had a great crop of Scotch bonnet peppers from a plant that was given to me and I saved some of the seeds. How do I start making seedlings and when do I start planting them for this year?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 01 Sep, (USA - Zone 13b climate): Go by the planting guide here when to plant and read the planting instructions.
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Tomato 27 Aug, Anthony Jennings (USA - Zone 13b climate): Last year I planted cherry tomatoes from seedlings in January. I saved some seeds. When and how should I plant the seeds to develop seedlings for the coming year and how do I plant the seeds?
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Tomato 01 Sep, (USA - Zone 6b climate): Plant in a fine potting mix or similar soil (light and free draining) or a mixture of soil and potting mix about 1/4
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 27 Aug, Kirk McCoy (USA - Zone 10a climate): If your sweet potatoes wont sprout it is because commercial growers spray them with a anti sprouting chemical. It can be removed buy giving your sweet potatoes a ascorbic acid bath for 15 minutes then rinsing. I use 2 tsp in a half gallon of water. you could also use crushed vitamin C pills.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 19 Jun, Maria (USA - Zone 10a climate): Thanks for the tip! I am trying for the first time and will do this :)
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Ginger 26 Aug, ED AND DIANE (USA - Zone 9a climate): i NEED TO GROW GINGER FOR HEALTH REASONS. PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU ED & DI
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Watermelon 21 Aug, Sandra Carlton (USA - Zone 8b climate): I have watermelon plants all over the garden lots of blooms but no fruit yet, they were planted mid July. In zone 8
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