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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 23 Feb, Joan Markby (Australia - temperate climate)
Do green capsicums turn red.or are they different varieties
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 25 Feb, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Yes, your capsicums will change colour as they ripen. Varieties are red, yellow, orange when ripe.
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Pumpkin 23 Feb, JUDITH MCPHERSON (Australia - temperate climate)
Why would I not be getting female flowers on my butternut vines?
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Pumpkin 25 Feb, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Female flowers follow the male ones and it sometimes takes a few days for them to start.
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Cucumber 23 Feb, Christine C (USA - Zone 7b climate)
My garden area isn't super big - how far away/close can my cucumber and tomato plants be?
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Cucumber 14 Jun, Cecil D. (USA - Zone 5b climate)
I grow in raised beds and have no problems w/ tomatoes in a bed next to the cukes. As long as you don't plant nearby in the same container or soil you should be perfectly fine.
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Cucumber 27 Feb, Anonymous (USA - Zone 4a climate)
Probably 3-4 meters.
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 22 Feb, Manjeet (Australia - temperate climate)
Is it okay to use the Mustard seeds used cooking for planting, red or yellow?
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Mustard greens (also gai choy) 24 Feb, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Try it and see what happens.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 22 Feb, Manjeet (Australia - temperate climate)
Recipe for okra Okra Wash and dry well, make a cut across the Okra and stuff it with a mixture of Cumin, coriander, Turmeric, chilli, and salt powders. Heat oil in a Vok and fry them till slightly brown. Best eaten with Indian Chapattis or Naan. Do give it a try!
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Onion 21 Feb, Narelle (Australia - tropical climate)
Is Mackay too hot to grow onions? What's the best variety for up here? Thanks
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Onion 22 Feb, (Australia - tropical climate)
Any variety.
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Onion 22 Feb, Anonymous of Bundaberg (Australia - tropical climate)
Go to onion, set the climate zone to tropical and it will show you in the calendar guide. They take a long time to grow and are generally cheapish in shops.
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Fennel (also Bronze fennel) 21 Feb, mick (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Fennel that is skinny and not bulbous is the male plant discard it and keep the plump ones these are female
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Asparagus 21 Feb, Steve (Australia - temperate climate)
Hello my plant is about 4yrs old was getting skinny shoots until I put dried chicken manure from my chooks on and within weeks I started getting thicker shoots the size of an index finger, I'm in Alice Springs where we get minus 5 temps in winter when is the best time to prune as I've never pruned it before. Thank you looking forward to hearing from you.
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Asparagus 08 Mar, John Mauger (Australia - temperate climate)
Asparagus is a 'gross feeder' meaning that it likes rich soil with plenty of nitrogen. That is why the poultry manure gave them a burst. Harvest the spears from Spring into Summer, then let the spears grow into 'ferny' heads. Keep the water and nutrients up, use a good mulch to retain water, then cut the heads off at ground level when they turn yellow in late autum. Leaving the ferny heads on helps the plant to regenerate. You should have a good crop next season. Asparagus is quite cold hardy. Trust this helps
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Tomato 20 Feb, Debbie (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Hi I live in Central Otago and have a variety ot tomato plants that have flowers but no fruit. Am I wasting my time, will they produce fruit & ripen?
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Tomato 31 Mar, Wendy (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
I find the shorter growing tomatoes like early girl do much better - anything longer than 8 weeks seems to only just have fruit at the end of the season and then no time to ripen
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Tomato 22 Feb, Anonymous (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
It says plant spring/summer, give them time to grow.
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French tarragon 20 Feb, Wendy Strathearn (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I am making a calendar for my potting shed wall., from your website, thank you for that. Just a quick question, you have French Taragon, plant out seedlings from Sept to Jan, however, there is no instructions for Sowing Seed. I am assuming it would be sow seed August, then Sept sow seed and plant out etc etc. Have i guessed correctly? Thank you Wendy Strathearn
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French tarragon 21 Feb, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hi Wendy, The catch with French tarragon is that it doesn't produce many seeds and 'Tarragon' seeds sold commercially will almost certainly be Russian tarragon. If you are lucky enough to have genuine French tarragon seeds, then your plan for growing them is suitable.
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Ginger 15 Feb, pattatas (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Ginger is very expensive here in Tasmania at the moment. $65/kilo! How large do the pieces of 'root' with sprouting bud have to be to be viable? (I get them started in a small pot kept above the fridge which benefits from the extra warmth generated.)
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Ginger 09 May, Toni (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Start with a piece about as big as your thumb. Don't plant until Summer in Tassie or the root will just rot.
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Ginger 22 Feb, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I'm Bundaberg Qld - someone here advertising on Facebook Market Place selling Ginger (he may have run out by now) $30/kg. You can have up to 5kg posted to you for $9.50 or $13. You would only get about 1.5-1.75kg in small bag and probably 3kg in bigger bag. I could find out their phone number.
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Ginger 18 Feb, (Australia - temperate climate)
Ginger is a warm/hot climate crop.
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Ginger 14 Feb, Ursula (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
We reside in Kwazulu Natal East Coast Sub Tropical Climate. When is the best time to grow ginger
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Ginger 22 Feb, (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
It has it in the calendar guide at the top of the page.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 14 Feb, Julia (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hello I planted corn glass gem and because I had a few gaps in the plot I planted about half again with sweet corn. It has been 15 weeks since planting on 25oct and they are tall but the cobs and not cobbing very much. They seem immature. Is this perhaps as I planted the two types?
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 04 Mar, guggerlugs (New Zealand - temperate climate)
When I plant sweetcorn seed I usually plant a few more than needed if you have failures they are readily transplanted then you can fill the gaps, if they all germinate if you leave a bit of space at the edges you can shift them there.Don't plant too many but plant batches about 4 weeks apart if you have the space then you won't get over run with corn my third crop is just forming tassles now as we finish the last few cobs.
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Sweet corn (also corn,maize) 22 Feb, Anonymous (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Did you over plant the plot? Corn needs to be spaced as the directions say and it needs to be well watered and fertilised. Plants that germinate later than some can be left behind and not grow well, small thin weak.
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