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Onion 02 Apr, Debbie h. (USA - Zone 9b climate): Can you plant onions that already have a green stem coming from it? Like ones in fridge if not used fast enough .
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Onion 22 Jun, Jayne Matzkin (USA - Zone 9b climate): I've done it. You take the outside layers off until you reach the layers the green stem is attached to and plug it in your garden. They become a bigger version of themselves. I see this a way of not wasting that onion and tossing it.
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Onion 07 Oct, Janelle (USA - Zone 10a climate): Yes, I just did exactly that this summer. Instructions on previous reply are correct.
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Onion 08 Apr, Anon (USA - Zone 4b climate): Put the question into google and it will explain how to do it.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 01 Apr, Kathleen (USA - Zone 8b climate): Will mint grow in shady area under tree with some sun. I am in zone 8b and it is hot and humid.
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Mint (also Garden mint) 06 Apr, Anon (USA - Zone 8b climate): Read the comments here, www.gardenate.com/plant/Mint?zone=12
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Sunflower 30 Mar, (USA - Zone 6b climate): I live in Cleveland ohio. Wanted to know if I can grow sun flowers here
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Sunflower 03 Apr, aurora (USA - Zone 10a climate): Yes! I've visited Cleveland countless times and I've been to a sunflower field there :)
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Sunflower 31 Mar, Anonymous (USA - Zone 7a climate): You can work out your climate zone from the blue tab then go to sunflower page.
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Strawberry Plants 27 Mar, Gillian Alegre (USA - Zone 10a climate): Hi! I live in Orange County California. What type of strawberry grows best in this zone during summer?
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Strawberry Plants 29 Mar, (USA - Zone 3b climate): Check with nurseries, commercial growers in your area or do some searching on the internet.
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Horseradish 27 Mar, Garre MacKillip (USA - Zone 3b climate): can i plant horseraddish i bought in a store, maybe cut the root in quarters and plant? just curious. Thank You.......Garre
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Horseradish 29 Mar, (USA - Zone 3b climate): Plant in June.
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Cucumber 23 Mar, B (USA - Zone 8b climate): My cucumber are starting to vine and was wondering I’m in zone 8b it’s still cool here would they be alright
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Cucumber 14 Mar, Kylee Slocum (USA - Zone 4b climate): I want to grow cucumbers from seed in a 24” container. Can you help me with when I should start them. I am in 4b zone.
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Cucumber 15 Mar, (USA - Zone 4b climate): Check the calendar planting guide on the cucumber page.
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Cucumber 13 Mar, Peter Cyr (USA - Zone 8b climate): I plan to plant them in a spot with a bag of composted chicken manure in Zone 8b. Any suggestions? Last year my cuke plants were glorious and were started from a packet of seeds. Unfortunately I did not get one cuke. Lots of flowers but I think they turned out to be all males.
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Cucumber 02 Oct, Tera in El Paso (USA - Zone 8b climate): Same problem here this year; beautiful leaves, taking over the area on my balcony....but all male flowers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know with tomatoes you have to get the temperature to drop low enough to get them to fruit, maybe same with cucumbers?
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Cucumber 15 Mar, Anonymous (USA - Zone 4b climate): Mix in well composted manure with some good friable soil - about 1 part manure to 3 parts soil. Too much manure and the soil will have too much nitrogen. The female flowers have little cucumbers behind the flower. You need bees to pollinate the flowers. Check between 7 and 11am to see if bees are active. You can hand pollinate, read how to do it.
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Potato 10 Mar, Heather Warren (USA - Zone 8b climate): I live in Squamish, BC. (Zone 8b). When can I start putting potatoes in buckets? :) (Gardenate: Try here /www.gardenate.com/plant/Potato?zone=12 )
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Cucumber 08 Mar, Bill Lott (USA - Zone 9a climate): How close is too close, to not plant near my tomato plants Thank You
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Cucumber 09 Mar, (USA - Zone 4b climate): Probably 2m.
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Tomato 06 Mar, Abby (USA - Zone 10a climate): My tomato plants are ready to go into raised bed. But the temperature drops to mid 40s at night. Is it okay to plant them out yet. Thanks
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Tomato 09 Mar, Anonymous (USA - Zone 10b climate): Tomato plants can handle night temps in the mid 40s but you should harden them off a bit if they're used to a hothouse. If you want to baby them so they'll grow a bit faster, consider covering them at night with horticultural fleece, though you shouldn't actually *need* to unless frost threatens or the night is forecast to be very windy.
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Tomato 08 Mar, (USA - Zone 4b climate): I would wait until it warms up more - more like in the 50's
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Brussels sprouts 04 Mar, Holly Ann Blanton (USA - Zone 8b climate): I was just curious, i live i the Valdosta Georgia area and I wanted to know something. I have he Catskill Brussel Sprouts and It tells me for my region for where I live is very close to North Florida border. Approzimately 10 min away. So I am located exactly in the middle of the georgia map. At the bottom. If you see. As for the Burpee seeds that I got today at my local walmart store it states for the climate that I do not need to plant until September-November ... now for the northern tip of the border of Georgia it states that the Catskill Brussel Sprouts can plant in April-May. Any suggestions..
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Brussels sprouts 05 Mar, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Brussel sprouts do better in cool weather, so choose your planting time when you know the hot summer days are finished.
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Brussels sprouts 16 Jul, Holly Blanton (USA - Zone 2b climate): Thanks so much for the input. It is now Middle of July. Starting off the seeds in a Jiffy greenhouse starter . Looking forward in planting my Catskill Brussels. Surely, I will let let you all know how my harvesting goes. :)
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Parsnip 02 Mar, John Drake (USA - Zone 7b climate): I have found that germinating the seeds first in a plastic tray with a lid works best for me, I place a paper towel on the bottom of the tray and dampen it with water and then sprinkle the parsnip seeds onto the paper towel. I then snap the lid on and leave the tray on top of the refrigerator where it will stay warm. I'll check on the moisture level every so often and before too long the root will appear. At that point is when I carefully lift the seed out with a spoon and plant in the prepared bed.
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Parsnip 04 Mar, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Great idea - I will give it a try when it cools down next month.
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