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Snow Peas (also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas) 11 Aug, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): I have heard that using potash should fix this issue, too much nitrogen in the soil/air and they want to grow instead of fruit. Potash should help it to concentrate or flowering/fruiting.
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Tomatillo 08 Aug, Heather (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Do you have to have 2 plants in order for it to produce fruit?
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Tomatillo 14 Oct, Mjar (USA - Zone 8b climate): yes, these plants need a partner to pollinate, I have found 4 plants is a good sweet spot to get enough tomatillos to do some sauce making (Salsa Verde) . I hope you found your answer already as it's now so late in the season! Good Luck.
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Cabbage 08 Aug, Robyn (Australia - temperate climate): My cabbages and cauliflowers are not forming hearts this year. They are very healthy looking, lots of leaves, and planted about 10 - 12 weeks ago. What have i done wrong?? Is it lack of sunshine, lack of nutients, or pollination..have bith green and red varieties of cabbage.
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Cabbage 10 Aug, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): I am sub-tropical and I'm just finishing picking my broccoli and cabbage. I had a couple of weird red cabbage and ice berg lettuce that were all big leaf and no heart. Same plants right next to each other, one good, one just leaf. If massive leaves then I think too much N fertiliser or just a rogue seed or something. I bought these as seedlings. Talking to an agronomist last week and he said these winter crops need cool/cold weather to form a heart. He said if the weather was hot for week or so when they were to head up then this might have stopped them. I have only grown red cabbage the last 3 years and have a big variation in the size and quality of the heart.
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Potato 07 Aug, Jane (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I was so disappointed my marrows n things were attacked/eaten/went to pot I stopped gardening. I've got my second wind! If I use store-bought spuds, can I plant them if they get eyes/will they actually grow and land on my plate? Live this site-thanks!! Stay safe.
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Potato 10 Aug, Anon (Australia - temperate climate): The difference between store potatoes and buying certified seed potatoes is disease. Store are more likely to be effected by disease. But if you have good fresh soil that hasn't had a lot of disease in it then you probably might be able to produce a good crop. You can grow a crop in the spring but also try planting late April early May.
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Broccoli 06 Aug, Anthony Ryan (Australia - temperate climate): My broccoli plants have finished producing main flower heads some side shoots are still growing though. Once they finish producing flower buds do you pull out the plant or cut or trim it so it will regrow next winter. I have heard both broccoli and cauliflowers are biennial if so what should I do for my cauliflowers also. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Broccoli 07 Aug, Anon (Australia - temperate climate): Some (sprouting) are perennial some are annual. I don't know why anyone would trim the plant then look after it for 6-8 months. Far less work to just pull it out and replant new seed/seedlings next Autumn.
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 03 Aug, Alice (USA - Zone 5b climate): My diakons grew long leaves that are flowering already and the roots are only 1 or 2 inches. Do I need to pull them?
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Daikon (also Japanese radish, Lo Bok) 06 Aug, Anon (USA - Zone 2a climate): Too rich a soil probably. Radish do not like rich soil, produces all leaf.
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Tomato 02 Aug, Bruce (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Will a plastic grow tent protect seedlings from frost
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Tomato 03 Aug, Anonymous (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Maybe if it is totally air tight. You are really stacking the odds up against yourself. It is recommended to start planting seeds in Oct/Nov in cool/mountain NZ and you are trying to grow them in winter. More chance of a good crop when the conditions are with you than against you.
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Celery 01 Aug, MARIO (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Hi, We’re growing celery from the base of the stalks, about 1/2 cm thick, Place them in a tray with a small film of water. Leave near a sunny window for around 10 days adding a little water each day. When the stalks are about 5c. high and the roots have grown we plant as you normally would. Didn’t believe it but the stalks a re growing well. Anyone else doing this? .
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Celery 16 Aug, Regina (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Yes, you can tell how fresh your produce you buy from supermarket is. We also regrow onion, lettuce, broccoli and cauliflower. We put onion in water until roots regrow then into ground, same with lettuce, we put broccoli and cauliflower in ground and started growing before winter and then the rats decided they were hungry so didn't get to grow a head of replanted stem.
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Celery 03 Aug, Anonymous (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): You can do this with a few vegetables, carrots, onions, shallots, celery etc. Look up a website PINTEREST it has lots of this stuff or google it.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 01 Aug, Constance (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I stay in Botswana.When can I start to plant chillies?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 03 Aug, Anonymous (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Look at the monthly calendar at the top of the page, set your climate zone, it tells you the best months to start planting - NOV.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 01 Aug, Judy Amstad (New Zealand - temperate climate): Where do I buy the seed artichokes to grow from please.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 03 Aug, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Look up seed selling websites in NZ.
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Carrot 31 Jul, Richard Allan (Australia - temperate climate): If sowing when it is hot, cover with hession or a couple of layers of old shadecloth. The idea is to keep the soil moist and not let it dry out at all
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Carrot 03 Aug, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate): A good idea to do this anytime. And to do it when transplanting seedlings especially when the seedlings are bare rooted (no soil around them). I have a 2m x 2m x .4m high frame with 30% shade cloth.
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Horseradish 31 Jul, Christiane Kennedy (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): where in dunedin can you buy Armoracia rusticana also known as horseraddish root?
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Horseradish 03 Aug, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Look up seed selling website in NZ.
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Tomato 31 Jul, Dennis Naidoo (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I want to plant tomatoes in containers due to know space in my backyard. What size container can I use and what nutrients should I feed my tomato plants. Also what fertilizer can be used. Regards Dennis
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Tomato 03 Aug, Anonymous (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): My daughter recommends a big container, about 30+ liters. A general all round garden fertiliser, make sure you mix about 2-3 handfuls into the soil before you put the soil in the container.
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 31 Jul, Rita (Australia - temperate climate): Contrary to the growing season of Borage I'm in Central Victoria and we have had it growing since autumn rains came. We have had several severe frosts this season and it is still going gang busters. I have noticed though that there is tending not to be seeds being produced, most likely from the lack of bees around in the cold. Something to do with climate change maybe?
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 03 Aug, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): This website is only a general guide for planting. DO read the statement at the bottom of the page, local conditions come into play. I (and I am not part of Gardenate) believe most of the planting guidance here is from soil temperatures required to germinate seeds. People say don't plant corn until it is warmer weather, probably Sept/Oct. I had corn self germinate in my garden two weeks ago, middle of winter. Tomatoes another warm weather crop has been germinating all winter. I had borage last autumn/winter, was going no where until the winter solstice then it took off, plants 1.5m wide and 1m high. The year before I has 1 bee come each morning, with the borage I had 80-100. Disease has wiped out a big % of the worlds bees. Plant some flowers etc to encourage them to come to your garden and increase their numbers. Miss used words, climate change, where I live, is it changing from sub-tropical to tropical, I don't think so.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 31 Jul, (USA - Zone 4a climate): We live just outside Portland Or. does anyone know what client zone that is? Gardenate reply - Have you checked here /www.gardenate.com/zones/#zone-US ?
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Tomato 30 Jul, lisa johnson (USA - Zone 8b climate): cannot get my tomatoes to form fruit - in large containers - dropping flowers before forming - all varieties - healthy plants but no fruit - extremely hot in Southern Alabama with humidity and good rain - what times of year are best to plant —please advise!
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