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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 21 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Further to yesterday's advice. You could go on the internet and spends hours trying to find your answer. I have never seen it or grown it. Best to ask some flowering society or agricultural dept. From my knowledge and experience most plants need a certain temperature range to germinate and then temperature range/climate to grow. That is why some plants are recommended to grow in spring in some climates and other climates it might be summer or winter.
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Asparagus 19 May, Helen (Australia - temperate climate)
I bedded my 4 year old crowns down for winter, ie, cut back fronds, fed, remulched - and now I have at least 2 new spears per head. Should I just let them go to frond and cut back in mid June ..... or can I harvest and eat them (preferred option of course .... but a healthy plant is a better one ). Thanks for any advice. Helen.
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Asparagus 21 May, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have only grown it for 4 years. During the summer/autumn asparagus grows ferns and puts nutrient and energy back into the crown to be able to produce new shoots next spring. In winter the ferns dry off etc. I don't hand water mine from May onwards. In late August I trim off the ferns and apply a mulch/compost and water. New shoots appear in a week or so depending how cold it is. I think you have jumped the gun by about 3 mths. Eat the spears and cut back the watering.
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Peas 17 May, Chris Chitumwa (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Thanks for the info. I was looking for the best time to grow peas in my small garden. The article was very helpful.
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Peas 19 May, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hoped you looked up your climate zone in S A for the info. Planting is a couple of months later than sub- tropical Australia. We receive most of our rain in the summer also.
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Ginger 17 May, Sally (Australia - temperate climate)
May I plant ginger now — mid-May?
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Ginger 23 May, Teresa (Australia - temperate climate)
Depending on where you live? It’s too cold for Melbourne now. Ginger should be planted in October.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 17 May, Matthew Malcolm (Australia - temperate climate)
looking for some NZ Oka/ yam seed in Tasmania if anyone knows where i could get some
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 04 Jun, Lisa (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi Malcom, in Tasmania you can usually find oca for sale as providence growers (Salamanca market or roadside stall at Nieka), and sometimes in store when it’s harvest time at hill st, young’s veggie shed and organic grocers.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 14 Mar, Gaye (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
This is the best place I have found - Daleys Fruit https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/search.php?q2=oca
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 19 May, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try on the internet.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 17 May, Alenka Bosnic (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi it's mid May do I pull out my eggplants or can I prune them back and get them ready for Spring Summer.
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 18 May, Paul Lehmann (Australia - arid climate)
If you don't get any frosts you can leave them in the ground/pot but give them a prune back to half their size. If you have frosts you can cover them if you really like them or pull them out and plant a green manure crop to put energy back into the soil. Eggplants are hungry plants!
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 17 May, Chuck Celestine (USA - Zone 8b climate)
it's May 16th and I'm wanting to sow some okra seeds. Has anyone had success in zone 8b? Would love some tips, for i don't have much room so I do mostly containers, but I can make space if needed. Thanks so much Chuck Celestine
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Sunflower 16 May, Thelma Jenkins (USA - Zone 7b climate)
Our area has a lot of wind, up to 95 in summer. Get some snow in winter. Would like to plant them along our fenceline around our 1acre. Zone7b.AZ. Any advice will be appreciated.
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Rhubarb 16 May, Donna Johnson (USA - Zone 10b climate)
Will rhubarb grow in my zone if I plant in a container and if so which kind should I plant?
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Cucumber 15 May, Tracey (USA - Zone 6b climate)
Can cucumbers be planted by berries?
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Cucumber 15 May, ASHLEY (USA - Zone 9b climate)
Hi, I was curious to know if I could sow/start cucumbers from seed indoors?
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 14 May, László Kántor (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Are any of the giant arrowroot/taro varieties -- like the Dasheen grown in wet soil in Kenya -- available to buy in Australia?
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 15 May, Anon (Australia - temperate climate)
Read the comment below I posted yesterday.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 14 May, Bronwyn Roberts (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi from a little vill in Bay of plenty wanting to buy sum bulbs an have a go at growing them Cheers
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 15 May, Anonymous (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Try an internet seed selling website or nursery or Bunnings.
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Pumpkin 14 May, Sid Clancy (Australia - temperate climate)
I live in Central West NSW, when should i be planting my pumpkins?
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Pumpkin 18 May, Paul Lehmann (Australia - arid climate)
No frosts, no problem! Get them going as early as you like! I have to wait till last frost is gone, early November but this year I'm going to get some frost covers and start them a bit earlier.
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 13 May, László Kántor (Australia - tropical climate)
Is the "Burundi" variety of taro tuber (or corm) available in Australia?
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Taro (also Dasheen, cocoyam) 14 May, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go to daleysfruit .c**.au or greenharvest.c**.au on the internet. Not that variety but what is the common grown in Australia. Green Harvest has a great article on how to grow it etc.
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Strawberry Plants 13 May, Carol (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate)
Which type of strawberry does the best in zone 3a?
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 12 May, Scott F (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Are pak choy frost tolerant?
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 18 May, Paul Lehmann (Australia - arid climate)
A light frost is not a problem but if you get a heavy Jack Frost they will go to God like any other plant. I'm in Arid Western Vic and get at least two or three Jack Frosts unless I cover them with a frost proofing cover.
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Pak Choy (also Pak choi) 13 May, Anon (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
By the planting guide for cool mountain climate I would say maybe an odd light frost. Where I live we don't have frosts. They are a cool weather crop.
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