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Peas 19 Apr, Liz at Gardenate (New Zealand - temperate climate): Find your zone at the top of the page, then find the plant on the Vegetables and Herbs tab. You will find the information there.
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Cucumber 18 Apr, Stephanie (USA - Zone 8a climate): This is my first year planting in this zone as I recently moved here. I am used to planting in a much different climate. My other plants in my garden seem to be doing well. However, my cucumbers are dying. Please help!! I plant 2 foot apart. I planted next to green beans and radishes. Are they getting too much water?not enough fertilizer?
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Cucumber 25 Dec, Zain (USA - Zone 8a climate): Cucumbers growth’s slows down when the temperature goes over 95 degrees and also below 50 degrees
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 18 Apr, Pastor Dennis Naidoo (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): HI Guys Need some help on my black beauty egg plant. I have planted my egg plant about three months ago and there is no fruit appearing. The leaves are turning yellow and also there is something eating up the leaves. Any help will be appreciated. I;m based in KZN Richards Bay. God BLESS
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 20 Apr, M (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Check the planting guide - you may have planted too late. Find a spray for them, mix of molasses and water may do it. 1 tablespoon per litre water. Or find natural sprays on the internet. Leaves turning yellow could be deficiencies in nutrients in the soil. Read up on the internet.
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Chives (also Garden chives) 18 Apr, amy (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): is garlic chives grown like chives? is it too late to grow garlic chives now is mid autumn?
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Chives (also Garden chives) 20 Apr, Roland (USA - Zone 9b climate): I grow garlic chives all year here in Central Florida. In the cooler months I grow them in full sun. In the hotter months I grow them in partial sun. They like water and are heavy feeders. Compost well and enjoy your garlic chives.
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Chives (also Garden chives) 27 Jul, Deb (USA - Zone 9b climate): Thanks that info is helpful!
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Pumpkin 18 Apr, Sandi (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Butternut Pumpkin seedlings have popped up in my worm farm. Removed and put some in pots. They are growing. Is it worth planting at this time of the year in Brisbane?
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Pumpkin 20 Apr, Anon (Australia - temperate climate): Read the planting guide.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 17 Apr, Meg (Australia - sub-tropical climate): What does it mean in the description to pick the tops once the plants settle?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 28 Aug, Janet (Australia - temperate climate): I was interested in this also. It might be a typo but they said "start setting" not "settle". I believe they mean when the pods begin to form ie to set pods. As for the blackfly, Wikipedia was no help. Sometime tiny black bugs appear on the soft new foliage at the top of my plants. I assumed they were aphids.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 02 Dec, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): Most likely the bugs are aphids. Ants actually enslave or farm the aphids. The aphids are placed on the juiciest part of the fava bean plant by the ants; and the aphids suck the sap. The aphids then excrete honeydew which is what the ants are after. I generally just hose off (water spray) the aphids - I have also found an organically acceptable spray/pesticide to target the aphids; I try to limit the use of the spray opting for water. You should take action as soon as you see aphids.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 21 Apr, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): At the top of the broad bean plants there is a growing point - a cluster of new leaves -. When your plants have reached about a metre high (or less for small varieties) , pick out that bunch of leaves. It helps to prevent black fly infestations and encourages the plant to produce more beans from side shoots.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 17 Apr, Colin and Taksan (Australia - temperate climate): Our corn has grown well but on opening it to check there were caterpillars eating it. What is the best way to control these?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 20 Apr, (Australia - temperate climate): If they don't eat much just cut the damaged section off. That is what I do. Caused by the heliothis moth. Look on the internet for a spray.
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Cucumber 17 Apr, Daniella (Australia - temperate climate): 2 little cucumber plants is growing now as we're in authum please advice me if I can grow the plants outdoor in a pot? Thanks a million Daniella
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Cucumber 20 Apr, (Australia - temperate climate): Read when to plant in the temperate climate.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 16 Apr, Suem (Australia - temperate climate): What does it mean when it says "Pick the tops out once beans start setting (to prevent blackfly) ."
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 16 Apr, Tanya King (USA - Zone 5b climate): Your site says Amaranth isn't recommended to grow in Zone 5, but I've seen amaranth grow and spread on the University of Colorado Denver campus. It seems to be growing just fine as it comes back every year.
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 02 Jul, Victor Vasconcelos (USA - Zone 6a climate): At what time does it grow in Colorado?
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Watermelon 16 Apr, Ms Wanderful (USA - Zone 9a climate): What are the best melons to plant in zone 9a & 9b? And when in the season. Can I plant a melon in a container?
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Pumpkin 15 Apr, Suzie (Australia - temperate climate): Okay, just that it was a very sweet butternut pumpkin so I have dried out the seeds and will plant in September. Thanks for the advice everyone, it is always great to get something for next to nothing. Happy gardening!
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Potato 15 Apr, Robin (Australia - temperate climate): I have some saved potatoes in a box of sand in the bottom of my fridge which have sprouted. surely if they sprout at 4 degrees c. they will grow in our winter months ? Cheers Robin
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Potato 15 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I'm sub-tropical and they grow them from April/May here and in the spring also. You probably don't want frosts.
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Potato 17 Apr, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Commercial blokes here plant them in May, in good draining red soil that is above frost line, like on a high area not in low areas.
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Potato 15 Apr, John Mauger (Australia - temperate climate): In very cold or wet soil potatoes are likely to rot. Frost will also burn them off. If you have an area where the soil is warmer and is protected from frost you could give them a go if you wish. Better to plant them about 3 weeks before the expected last frost so they will have emerged after the frosts have finished. If they come up early and a frost is expected just cover them with a box, a suitable sized flower pot or a layer of straw for protection.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 14 Apr, Tina Christopher (Australia - temperate climate): While leaning over the gooseberry plant , I started coughing And difficult in breathing , can you get a reaction of this plant
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Potato 13 Apr, William Smith (Australia - temperate climate): G'D Day I have grown Potato in a container from shooting potato bought from the Supermarket, planted 17 weeks ago the container is now 80 cm high 50 cm in diameter , however the plants have not started to die back when should I harvest ? Cheers William
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Potato 15 Apr, John (Australia - temperate climate): Potatoes can normally be raided about a month after flowering. These are 'new' potatoes. Remove them carefully and replace the soil and the rest will mature as 'old' potatoes when the tops die off.
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