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Sunflower 27 Jun, Ruby (Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer climate)
What about growing media
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Sunflower 29 Jun, marco (Australia - arid climate)
hi i live on the gold coast Queensland .i planted sunflower from seed around six weeks ago .flowers are popping out now .i live in sub tropical area . plant in a pot first ,let it grow strong then transplant . they are fun to have in the garden .
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Rhubarb 25 Jun, Deborah Winquest (USA - Zone 7b climate)
I live in south central Tennessee and want to grow rhubarb. Can I do so as a perennial or do I have to treat it as an annual? And where is the best place to plant the crowns?
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Rhubarb 02 Sep, Tiffles (USA - Zone 8a climate)
From what I read, give it a good spot for it to get sun during fall-spring and protect it from heat(shade it) during summer. It's delicate to heat. I'm going to try planting mine on north fence and then planting sunflowers for shade but giving it good ventilation in between. We made need shade cloth.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 25 Jun, Peter (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Is it possible to grown yams from the shop? I know that its best to use seed potatoes but yams?...
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Sunflower 23 Jun, Cristal Chacon (USA - Zone 8b climate)
I planted sunflower seeds today. Hoping to get blooms by mid August. Do you think this will happen? Or not enough time?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 23 Jun, Nat (Australia - tropical climate)
An eggplant has self seeded in sunny spot, next to my olive tree in Brisbane.. It's now 22/6/2022 so am wondering if I could successfully dig it up and put it elsewhere in the garden. Really healthy stocks (3 of them each about 10ml + wide). Hmmm. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 23 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Dig out with a shovel or spade and keep as much soil as possible around the roots. Put into a new hole, pack the soil around it and water well. Plant them about 700mm a part.
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Celery 19 Jun, EC Sunshine (Australia - temperate climate)
I've never used seed for growing celery. I buy an organic/non organic bunch, chop off the base place in water and replace the water regularly and place on kitchen bench in sun for a while. Once its starts growing ( starts fast but I let it grow for a while) I then plant it. I've just pulled an amazing bunch planted undercover but northern sun that started just before the recent Sydney rain event in March. I was concerned with the flavour being watery and bland due to the soil being blanched by all the rain so left it in a bit longer when the sun came out. Amazing!!. I am now growing another one from the base of this one I just grew.
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Celery 03 Aug, Carol J (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Celery is originally a riparian plant - i.e. grows naturally at the edge of streams and so on - so all the rain is their happy place.
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Celery 23 Jun, Michael (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello all, I agree with EC sunshine coast and Rokky, I have both seedling plants (garden centre bought) growing nicely in raised garden beds since the beginning of May (temperate climate -Adelaide, day temps range from 14 - 18 currently overnight temps 6- 10 . I started planting Celery bottoms in June from supermarket bought celery bought weekly. Both lots are growing really well. All are planted close together, to promote blanching and structure, some are stringless and some regular stringy type. Now that we are past the Solstice hopefully the longer days will encourage good growth. I treat the growing beds with Bicarb water solution for disease and sprinkle the growing beds with Blood and Bone for plant growth and to keep the local possum away.
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Celery 04 Sep, Teresa (Australia - temperate climate)
Michael, your mention of bicarb is interesting. Would you mind sharing what proportions you use and how often? Thankyou. Teresa.
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Marrow 16 Jun, Ballsy (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Can I grow marrow in NTH QLD Australia?
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Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) 15 Jun, john millington (Australia - temperate climate)
one web site says avoid growing wong bok in cold times of the year. this site says sow in soil temp 10 to 20, the packet i bought says all year on east nsw what is right
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Chinese cabbage (also Wong bok, wong nga pak, napa cabbage) 17 Jun, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I'm sub tropical and have grown these into the winter. Plant April to June after the rains/pests. You may be able to have a crop from Sept depending on how cold it is where you live. Or how hot it becomes after winter. Plants slow down growing in the cold months. The thing is have a go and see what works for you.
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Garlic 15 Jun, steven witzer (USA - Zone 6b climate)
Can I grow music garlic in zone 6b, and what if I am sent the garlic too early?
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Garlic 17 Jun, Anonymous (USA - Zone 9b climate)
Check the planting times here for garlic.
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Garlic 03 Aug, Dirty Fingernails (USA - Zone 9b climate)
The chart you refer to says garlic is not suitable for zone 9b.
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Asparagus 14 Jun, Desert dwelling gardener wannabe (USA - Zone 9b climate)
What is the best variety of asparagus to grow in zone 9b?
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Asparagus 17 Jun, Anonymous (USA - Zone 9b climate)
No planting time for asparagus in your climate zone. Maybe wrong climate.
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Asparagus 26 Oct, Martin McOmber (USA - Zone 9b climate)
I am learning to grow asparagus in Zone 9b. Plants are 2+ yrs old and starting to produce healthy spears. Would like suggestions on how best to grow them.
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Potato 13 Jun, Tedele (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Can I plant potato in June July or August I live in western cape south africa
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Potato 21 Sep, Bee-Pie (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
Yes, you can.
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Potato 17 Jun, Anonymous (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Go to the blue tab above CLIMATE ZONE and work out your zone and the check planting times.
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Potato 13 Jun, Deb (USA - Zone 10a climate)
How late can you start growing potato’s? My first batch was planted March 20 but plants are already wilting back and I was wondering if I could plant more in June?
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Potato 16 Jul, dz (USA - Zone 10a climate)
I live in Zone 10A and have been growing russet and golden potatoes in grow bags and large containers here for about three years, and I notice I can plant them year-round and they will grow, just slower in winter, and if we get an occasional frost, it may kill the top, and when temps hit around 100 or hotter the potato tops may die off also. No matter what time of year, my potatoes often grow for a few months and then the tops start to die off no matter the season or conditions, but I don't know why, so when that happens, I'll reduce the watering for a couple weeks and then harvest. I try to do "succession" planting, so I always have some potatoes growing, and am still experimenting with what works best, especially trying to learn more about correct watering for the Zone 10A conditions. I do have better success, producing more and larger potatoes, with 10-20 gallon and larger containers than the 7-gallon fabric grow bags.
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Potato 17 Jun, Anonymous (USA - Zone 10a climate)
Check the planting times for your zone.
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Watermelon 13 Jun, Fifita Filipe (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Will the seed collected from hybrid watermelon can be ok to grow in our garden???
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Watermelon 24 Aug, Richard (New Zealand - temperate climate)
It will grow but will not be true to type. You don't know what you will get. Hybrids are produced by pollinating specific flowers with specific pollen. So when the hybrid grows fruit it is neither of these. It is a mix of both, just like our children. If we plant seeds from that fruit we have broken the hybrid chain. The result will be a lottery
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Watermelon 17 Jun, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hybrid is a cross of different varieties - plant these seeds and the watermelons may be hybrid or like one of the crosses.
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