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Ginger 02 May, Anonymous (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
I assume you are semi arid, so go to the ginger page and read all the notes there.
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 26 Apr, Patsy (Australia - temperate climate)
Can you grow yams in WA I'm 2hrs south of Perth and if so where can I get them please thanks
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Yam/Oca (also Oka) 02 May, Anonymous (Australia - tropical climate)
Plant in Oct Nov and try some internet seed selling companies - diggers eden seeds etc.
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Garlic 25 Apr, Penny (USA - Zone 5b climate)
How do I grow California softneck garlic in zone 5B, to be PLANTED in the spring?
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Garlic 09 Oct, (USA - Zone 6b climate)
we put ours in mid october and get good sized heads by mid july to end of july
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Garlic 26 Apr, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
The guide says Sept - Oct planting - if that isn't your Spring then it won't grow.
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Potato 25 Apr, Tania Santamaria (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, can you advise on a first early potato to plant. I can only seem to find mid or late varieties when I goggle. Thanks. I am moving to NSW Bega valley area in June.
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Potato 26 Apr, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate)
Your planting guide is Aug to Oct so I don't really see the point in an early variety. Planting is about soil temperature and after the likelyhood of frosts.
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 25 Apr, Susan Peterson (USA - Zone 5b climate)
Your site, and Geri Harrington's book, describe Asparagus pea/winged bean as low growing. But the catalogs and seed packages I have seen speak of it as growing up poles or a trellis. Also Geri Harrington's book ( Grow your own Chinese Vegetables) says it is not so tender as other beans and can be planted somewhat early, before last frost, whereas other sources say to wait until after last frost. I have seed packets for several kinds, red flowered and blue/purple flowered. Can you resolve these issues for me?
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Asparagus Pea (also Winged pea) 26 Apr, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
You could experiment with a few of the seeds of each variety and note which are successful.
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Rosemary 24 Apr, Gina Jones (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Hi there - I am establishing my first vege garden and have 6 raised beds - where can I go to for advice on crop rotation ( I note you have advice on what follows and precedes but where can I find the basics)
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 23 Apr, Chris (USA - Zone 10b climate)
Why can’t bush beans be planted near sunflowers?
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 26 Apr, Anonymous (USA - Zone 5b climate)
The flowers would shade the beans too much.
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Potato 23 Apr, Dionne Dixon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have to say that potatoes also grow amazingly well with parsley. They seem to be great companions.
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Potato 08 Nov, Peter Chapman (Australia - temperate climate)
They also taste amazing with parsley garlic and butter.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 21 Apr, Julie Edwards (USA - Zone 5a climate)
When do I plant the slips sweet potatoes? In my zone. We have been having late frost as late as March the past couple of years
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 22 Apr, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
There is no planting guide for your climate zone in the USA. Your climate doesn't suit by the sound of it.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 21 Apr, Diana (Australia - temperate climate)
I grew a choko in Melbourne. The plant lived for 3. years. I planted the sprouted fruit on its side never fed it. Had massed and masses of chokos. It died down late winter and sprouted the following year. It grew 20 feet into trees. Was in a very sheltered shady position. Not a warm spot but no frost. I have friends who have grown massive chokos here in our cool temperate climate. It doesn’t like frosts. I can’t imagine a choko in any kind of pot
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Tomatillo 20 Apr, ishika (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
The content written in your post is very beautiful,
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Asparagus 19 Apr, Dawn (USA - Zone 10a climate)
When you buy crowns does only one shoot grow from one crown? It looks like from pictures that there is more shoots coming up if your planting them 8 to 12 inches apart? Since we live in central coastal California is it best to go to a nursery in town for buying the two year old crowns?
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Asparagus 21 Apr, (USA - Zone 5a climate)
The crown will produce many spears. As it grows it produces more and more over the years. Plant 2' apart. Buy 1 or 2 year crowns.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 19 Apr, Marlene (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I have been given a couple of chokos and I'd like to grow a vine, maybe in my vegepod or else, in a large pot. I believe the fruit will shoot, when left for a while. I'm not even sure which end of the fruit the shoot will come from and do, I place the whole fruit into the well-nourished soil or just part of it. Thank you.
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 21 Apr, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Plant Dec for your climate zone. Leave one in your pantry and it will start shooting, then plant out. The end from where it attached to the vine when growing.
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Mizuna (also Japanese Greens, Mitzuna, Mibuna) 19 Apr, Clare (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted some mizuna seedlings two weeks ago and they are growing well. Only problem is that yellow flowers are appearing already, before I've had a chance to use the leaves! If I snip these off will they keep giving me leaves or bolt altogether?
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Mizuna (also Japanese Greens, Mitzuna, Mibuna) 21 Apr, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
How rich is your soil. Snap them off.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 19 Apr, Darin (USA - Zone 10b climate)
Popped mine in poor soil about 3 inches deep in Nov (I read they don't like rich, amended soil). Haven't seen anything yet. Maybe sunchokes in zone 10b is a problem?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 21 Apr, Anonymous (USA - Zone 10b climate)
The planting guide here says they won't grow in your zone.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 19 Apr, Lex (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I have had a scratch and they are producing tubers, so they don't have to flower.
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Onion 18 Apr, Graham Bower (Australia - temperate climate)
I have been growing butternut pumpkin and trombone zucchini in close proximity and saving seed for following season. I saved seed from each for this seasons planting. This year my produce appears to be a cross of thes two . Is this possible? Can these cross pollinate? The fruit has been huge and eats very much like a quality butternut.
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Onion 21 Apr, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate)
I believe they do cross pollinate.
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