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Ginger 08 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): The guide here says it won't grow in your climate zone.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 02 May, Carolyn (USA - Zone 8a climate): A friend of mine gave me some sweet potato plants rooted and planted in soil before last winter. She told me to keep them and water occasionally and plant in April/May in North Texas. These little plants are about 6" high with multiple shoots from a center stalk. Do I plant the whole plant in a pot or cut off the shoots and plant? Confused? Thank you.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 08 May, (Australia - temperate climate): You can do both. More plants if you break it up into a few.
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Asparagus 01 May, (USA - Zone 7b climate): I’m in East Tennessee. Do I plant in sun or shade? I’m originally from Iowa and it would grown wild at the base of trees.
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Asparagus 08 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Full sun.
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Watermelon 30 Apr, Sam (USA - Zone 10a climate): I’m in zone 10a Rialto ca and I’m wondering if it’s too late to start my watermelon seedling this is my first time ever planting something and I have many many many seeds of multiple vegetables and I have no idea when to start my seeds
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Watermelon 26 May, Lee (USA - Zone 10b climate): I am in zone 10a & 10b. Last year I started my watermelons on memorial day, not intentionally, and they grew really well. Today is memorial weekend and I'm planting mine now. I wouldn't say wait on purpose, I just moved so I had to wait, it never hurts to try. Because it was so late in the year, last year, I only planted 6 watermelon seeds in the ground and 5 produced. 4 of them had 4 watermelons and 1 of them had 3. I feel like these areas are capable of growing things almost year round regardless of the suggested planting time.
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Watermelon 08 May, Anonymous (USA - Zone 6b climate): Each vegetable here has a planting guide for each climate zone. Find your zone in the top bar and check the planting calendar for watermelon.
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Strawberry Plants 29 Apr, Nick Sloan (USA - Zone 8b climate): what exact soil would you reccomend, should i put in it direct sunlight? and is it okay to water the leaves if it’s on a tier planter? thank you so much for your time
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Strawberry Plants 08 May, (USA - Zone 6b climate): Any good soil, direct sunlight, water low or in the morning.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 28 Apr, (USA - Zone 10b climate): What is the difference between planting it in trays and sowing it
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 08 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): A tray probably means a seedling tray. To sow is straight into the soil.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 30 May, Jacq (USA - Zone 9b climate): Thanks! I had same question.
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Cardoon 27 Apr, Lorraine Harla (USA - Zone 8a climate): I use to live close to the Saw Mill Parkway in Westchester County in New York..I am looking for the Cardoon seeds that grew in that area. I notice there are several varieties. I would like to know where to purchase these seeds.
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Brussels sprouts 26 Apr, Lynda (USA - Zone 8b climate): I am a first time gardener with brussels sprouts. I live in zone 8B in Texas. We are at the end of April and the Google play said I can still direct sow the seeds and get a crop. Is this true?
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Brussels sprouts 08 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Plant now. It's worth a try.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 26 Apr, Denise (USA - Zone 5a climate): An old timer told me if you wait until after the first frost to harvest the tubers they cause much less flatulence. He said before the first frost they call them fartichokes. : ) Planting for the first time this year and will definitely apply this advice.
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Artichokes (Globe) 21 Apr, Cathy Krasnianski (USA - Zone 10b climate): Zone 10b. First year growing Green Globe & Violet de Provence. Both are doing very well. Not sure if necessary to prune down in late Fall, as our winters never go below 30 degrees. Haven’t found this info anywhere on the Internet.
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Artichokes (Globe) 02 Nov, Colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate): I'm also in 10b and I find they get really shabby looking if not pruned back. (I've never grown a hybrid variety, though...maybe they're tidier?)
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Artichokes (Globe) 21 Apr, SoCal BYGarden (USA - Zone 10b climate): I chop mine 2"- 3" above the base after they start turning brown late summer. They come back staring in Oct-Nov. Harvest starting February, last crop in May. Avoid year was pathetic just a few. 3rd year on I started giving them away because I had plenty.
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Potato 11 May, dz (USA - Zone 10a climate): I live in Southern California Zone 10A and grow potatoes year-round in bags and containers, anywhere from 5 to 15 gallons size. I have found what works well for me is to put about 4-6 inches of good soil in the container, lay a few seed potatoes on top so the slips are pointed up, about 12 inches apart, then cover them with about 4-6 inches of soil, and water moderately or they will rot. These potatoes will only produce new tubers in the soil about 6-12 inches above the original seed potatoes, so when the plants are about a foot above the soil, if I have any new add seed potatoes and the container has enough room, when I add more soil I may consider adding a few more seed potatoes that will produce "baby potatoes" above the older tubers, then cover them with another 6 inches of soil that will also bury more of the new growth of the first seed potatoes. Doing this stimulates more growth, and I may even add even more soil as the plants get taller depending on the depth of the container. I don't always add the second layer of seed potatoes, but doing this produces a few larger potatoes below (Baked Potatoes!) and a lot of smaller potatoes above them, and they are all excellent eating. I am growing Russet, Golden, and Red potatoes in containers, but I think they are all determinant varieties since they are all started from potatoes purchased in grocery stores, and each plant only produces tubers in the area near the seed potato, but do not continue to produce tubers as the plants get taller no matter how much more soil is added. I am still learning as I go, such as "location, location, location!" is making a noticeable difference on how successful my efforts are, and I would like to find an indeterminant variety potato that will grow well in Zone 10A.
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Strawberry Plants 07 Apr, Elizabeth Nobles (USA - Zone 5b climate): What's the best strain for Taos new mexico 5 B
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Strawberry Plants 07 Apr, jim (USA - Zone 8b climate): i live in zone 8. is it too late to plant bare root strawberry plant? it is april 6th.
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Strawberry Plants 19 Apr, (USA - Zone 10a climate): plant now it says
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Strawberry Plants 05 Apr, Lynda (USA - Zone 10a climate): Which are best to grow in my zone? Thank you for your advice
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Strawberry Plants 01 May, Jane (USA - Zone 10b climate): I just bought Fragaria “Eclair” Strawberries. They are rated 10b, so should work for you.This is my first time with them, so crossing my fingers. I also have Mara Des Bois that I have purchased have bought barefoot. I have had several of the original plants for a couple of years. I grow in pots and move around as the seasons change. Everything is going into dappled sun now. This Fla sun is fierce in the midday already. Some under a Mango tree, some near my stand of bananas. I also have some amSeascapes that have survived. Sweet Charlie’s were recommended, but didn’t do well for me. Truly, these southern zones, people treat Strawberries as annuals.
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Strawberry Plants 06 May, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate): It amazes me that people grow strawberries in full sun -- sure they can grow there but their leaves scorch. Strawberries (most varieties) tend to be forest floor (perimeter of the forest) plants -- that is they are understory plants and tend to grow best in dappled shade. I have had people show me pictures of strawberries growing in the sand on a beach.... yes it was growing, but it was getting some relief from the sun for part of the day (it was on the side of a sand dune) .... and the leaves where still scorched and I certainly would not have called them prize specimens, survivors would be a more accurate name for them. I have grow them here in B.C. , Canada -- in the shade (some in full shade) and they do fine. The sun is not as intense as FLA (having lived in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale) - where I could not even withstand the sun .... I certainly would not expect a strawberry plant to manage.
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Strawberry Plants 19 Apr, (USA - Zone 10a climate): Whatever you can buy for/from your area,
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Strawberries (from seeds) 02 Apr, Steve M.C.Smith (USA - Zone 11b climate): How long do you have to freeze strawberry seeds that you've culled from fresh strawberries? How long should strawberry plants from seeds take before thinning or transplanting them?
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Strawberries (from seeds) 03 Apr, (USA - Zone 5a climate): 4-6 leaf stage.
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