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Horseradish 29 Oct, Joy Thomas (USA - Zone 7b climate): I live in NW Arkansas. I planted bohemian horseradish late this spring in large feed bucket containers. When do I harvest? Can I leave some in the ground or will it freeze since it us above ground in a container?
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Lettuce 29 Oct, Getz (Australia - temperate climate): Hi I just planted lettuce, after few days some leaves come out but the day after disappeared! I notice lots of little lizards, do the lizards could eat my lettuce? Cheers Getz
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Lettuce 05 Nov, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Check for birds also.
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Garlic 28 Oct, Kelvan.......Margaret River wa (Australia - temperate climate): I have successfully grown garlic for several years now with huge success however this year most of my crop has secondary sprouting. I seems that the time their ready for picking in around 4 > 6 weeks most will be lost due to all cloves within the bulb sprouting. PLEASE any thoughts as to what's going on.
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Garlic 15 Nov, Ric (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Kelvan, I haven't had the sprouting problem but after 30 years of growing garlic I have just harvested the worst crop I have ever had, but having talked to fellow growers, they also have experienced lesser quality garlic and some premature sprouting as well. It is worth noting that we have experienced colder temperatures this springtime and below 15 degrees celsius soil temperature whilst bulbing will induce early sprouting. On numerous occasions I have placed garlic in the refrigerator in February to bring on earlier sprouting. I usually plant over 500 cloves each year and some years over 5000 and give the garlic away to people who can't afford the ridiculous retail prices. Of course also to replace the weak quality, low pungency Chinese garlic. I am a great believer in planetry positioning within the universe, it has a large effect on weather and all forms of life and will certainly effect all growth and evolutionary factors. Perhaps next year will be a better one or we might have to plant later as it appears the planet is cooling.
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Garlic 22 Oct, Catherine Morritt (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Is it recommended to separate the cloves from the bulbs right before plating or to do it a day or two before?
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Garlic 13 Nov, Christian (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): Just remember to only select the largest cloves and eat all the small ones for yourself. The cloves determine the size of the harvested garlic. If you select only the largest cloves then as the garlic grows and the protective outer cloves develop around the centrally planted seed, they will develop to a size that matches the original clove you plant. Small clove = small yield. Large cloves = much larger yield. Being selective about saving only the very best and largest seeds for many different types of plants is going to serve you well. I think my kids are always slightly disappointed that we always have to 'eat the mistakes' while the very best of what we grow is saved as seed for an even better harvest next year. I guess it is the same principle as animal husbandry.
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Garlic 28 Oct, (Canada - zone 4a Temperate Warm Summer climate): Either way.
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Lettuce 22 Oct, Jordan (USA - Zone 9b climate): ive tried growing lettuce (romaine mostly) in spring here in california central valley, it does not like it at all. bolts every time. trying again in winter right now, will update.
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Lettuce 11 Feb, Daniel (USA - Zone 9a climate): red leaf lettuce does better in the cooler months than does green leaf lettuce. I usually plant my green leaf & red leaf in late March on my south-facing patio so the frost cannot get to it. the red leaf will usually bot first in May or early June but my green leaf will go until it gets really hot in July or August.
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Lettuce 24 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You grow different kinds of lettuce in the cooler months to the hotter months.
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Brussels sprouts 19 Oct, Ann Spaid (USA - Zone 7a climate): Seed was planted in June. When should Brussels sprouts be harvested in zone 7?
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Squash (also Crookneck, Pattypan, Summer squash) 18 Oct, lukas (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I planted gem squash and the leaves of the plants curled upwards as soon as it come out of the bulb.I cant find any insects or mildew on the plants.Help me please,
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Lettuce 18 Oct, lukas (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): What is the best size for a letuce seedling to be planted out in the garden.
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Lettuce 22 Nov, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): When they have 6-8 new leaves. Keep them protected from the sun for a couple of days. Plant in the late afternoon.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 18 Oct, Anne (Australia - tropical climate): Can I freeze the raw fruit until I have enough to be able to make jam.
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Rosella (also Queensland Jam Plant, Roselle) 19 Oct, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): yes
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 17 Oct, Vaughn (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): You say that harvest is in 30 to 45 days….is that from seed or from germination?
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Coriander (also Cilantro, Chinese parsley) 22 Nov, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Probably from germination - you will work it out.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 16 Oct, Tina (USA - Zone 5a climate): Yikes, I thought I could grow Sunchokes in zone 5 and bought a few. What do I do now? Can I still plant them in sunny spot or eat and wait next year? Are they still good if they got soft? I forgot them in the garage for a week. Thanks!
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 15 Oct, Dave M. (New Zealand - temperate climate): Could you point me towards an NZ supplier please. Not having much luck finding one. Thank you.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 18 Nov, Cesare Stella (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): just get some from the supermarket
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 19 Oct, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Try the internet.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 15 Oct, dz (USA - Zone 10a climate): my wife brought home a couple of Chayote that had started sprouting tiny roots out the bottom, so I researched and found that you can carefully split the fruit in half and retrieve the seed, you do not need to plant the entire fruit, but you must be very careful splitting the chayote because the seed is soft, not hard like an avocado or mango, and easily damaged when splitting the fruit. Then I planted them in small starter containers in the kitchen window, and after a few weeks when the shoots had gotten about 2 inches tall, I transplanted them outside into a 5-gallon bucket with a heavy-duty tomato cage as a trellis. A few weeks later one had been eaten by pests and died, but the other is growing and about 6 inches tall. I know this is the wrong timing for growing chayote, but since the seeds had already sprouted roots, I wanted to see what I could do with them. If the one remaining vine survives the winter here in Zone 10A, like my tomatoes and eggplants usually do, maybe it will flower and fruit next year. If a seed package or even a very reputable web site like Gardenate posts a recommended panting time, and your circumstances don't match that recommended timing, try it anyway, you never know what the results might be unless you try. I'll plant potatoes year-round whenever I have any potatoes sprouting slips. I may only get a few baby potatoes when panted "out of season", but it was either try to grow the sprouts or add them to the compost bin. I also grow garlic in Zone 10A even though it is recommended not to. They are smaller than if grown in better climates, but small garlic is better than no garlic, it still tastes great, just use two cloves instead of one.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 15 Oct, Angi (Canada - Zone 8a Mild Temperate climate): Has anyone successfully grown sweet potaotes year round in a greenhouse? This year I did an experiment with one slip from an organic sweet potato, it grew, and grew in a pot and now i have tubers! I would like to try and grow these year round with lights and heat?
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 15 Oct, Berry (USA - Zone 13b climate): I am looking for a souce to order yacon rhizomes for planting..
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Garlic 14 Oct, Linda (USA - Zone 9a climate): I put in my zone and asked about garlic and this response was below the grid: "Not recommended for growing in USA - Zone 9a regions". Now I know that there is a lot of garlic grown in the USA, so don't know why it said that, in fact I used to live near Gilroy. Other web pages say to plant mid Oct. to Dec. Makes me wonder about the advice on this website. Am I reading it wrong?
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Garlic 03 Aug, Faithn (USA - Zone 9a climate): I 've planted garlic in zone 9a several years & they do great. Softneck & some hard necks are fine to plant in fall for Spring harvest. I recently used Keen organics to buy garlic to plant. There are several good distributors on the net. Keen has great advice. Read it. You can grow garlic successfully.
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Garlic 29 Oct, Christina (USA - Zone 9b climate): I’m in 9b, central California and I have grown garlic for a few years. I “plant on the shortest day of the year, harvest on the longest day.” It has worked. Originally I just started with some organic grocery store garlic clusters, but now I save them from one year for the next.
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Potato 14 Oct, Anonymous (USA - Zone 10a climate): Which varieties of Indeterminate potatoes do well in Zone 10A?
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