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Strawberry Plants 31 Aug, Tony Baker (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): generally you replace 1/3 of plants each year, as it's the 1 or 2 year old plants that do best. it's normal to have old leaves and these fall off to become food for next crop. You probably have a few runners starting as well, use these as new plants, just pot them up to grow on a bit or push them into the soil where you want them.
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 27 Aug, Marie Blonde Jennings Paul (USA - Zone 13b climate): Last year I had a great crop of Scotch bonnet peppers from a plant that was given to me and I saved some of the seeds. How do I start making seedlings and when do I start planting them for this year?
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 01 Sep, (USA - Zone 13b climate): Go by the planting guide here when to plant and read the planting instructions.
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Tomato 27 Aug, Anthony Jennings (USA - Zone 13b climate): Last year I planted cherry tomatoes from seedlings in January. I saved some seeds. When and how should I plant the seeds to develop seedlings for the coming year and how do I plant the seeds?
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Tomato 01 Sep, (USA - Zone 6b climate): Plant in a fine potting mix or similar soil (light and free draining) or a mixture of soil and potting mix about 1/4
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 27 Aug, Kirk McCoy (USA - Zone 10a climate): If your sweet potatoes wont sprout it is because commercial growers spray them with a anti sprouting chemical. It can be removed buy giving your sweet potatoes a ascorbic acid bath for 15 minutes then rinsing. I use 2 tsp in a half gallon of water. you could also use crushed vitamin C pills.
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 19 Jun, Maria (USA - Zone 10a climate): Thanks for the tip! I am trying for the first time and will do this :)
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Carrot 27 Aug, Pete (Australia - temperate climate): I have planted a row of carrots and they are too close togther. . Is it feasible to transplant the thinnings. Cheers Pete
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Carrot 01 Sep, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): If you transplant them - cover them with shade cloth or something similar for the first week.
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Ginger 26 Aug, ED AND DIANE (USA - Zone 9a climate): i NEED TO GROW GINGER FOR HEALTH REASONS. PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU ED & DI
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 26 Aug, adrienne Margaret mcgrath (New Zealand - temperate climate): my broad beans are only about two foot high and have flowers,?
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 25 Aug, Laura (Canada - Zone 3b Temperate Warm Summer climate): Hi All, Sunchokes or Jerusalem artichokes grow great in Edmonton Alberta. I grow them for the flowers in my flower beds at the back. They are a wonderful perennial veggie and in the colder zones, we are limited on or perennial edible plants.
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 26 Feb, Roberta (Canada - Zone 3a Temperate Short Summer climate): Are you able to leave the tubers in the ground over winter? I'm planting some this year for the first time. I've heard conflicting advice on over-wintering the tubers in 3b.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 25 Aug, Patricia ARNETT (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate): My plants came back this spring, i was not sure what they were, so i snapped a photo to plantsnap and they said it was Japanese knorweed and to get rid of it as it was very aggresive. So I did that. I missed one plant and it is now producing the berries. How could they be so wrong? We thought they wee a type of qum quat.
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Cucumber 25 Aug, Sandra (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): I planted cucumber seeds in a seed pot what size or when should I transplant them into the garden? I live in Pretoria.
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Cucumber 07 Sep, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): 4-6 true leaves.
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Asparagus 22 Aug, Kathleen Clarke (Australia - temperate climate): My asparagus plants are at least 6 years old I get a lot of skinny spears I think they are female spears How do I encourage thicker spears?
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Asparagus 29 Aug, (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Do you use any fertiliser?
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Potato 22 Aug, Sue (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): When best to plant potatoes in Turangi - still pretty cold down here at moment - do I wait until September or maybe later?
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Potato 24 Aug, Tony (New Zealand - temperate climate): the issues to consider are: Do you have chitted seed? When is last frost date? When does the psyllid bug become active (usually around December) Even if you plant now they will just sit until conditions are good. You can make earthed up rows and plant into that rather than in cold hard soil.
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Watermelon 21 Aug, ravindra govind (New Zealand - temperate climate): hi is it possible to grow melons in wellington
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Watermelon 23 Aug, Megan (New Zealand - temperate climate): Yes. We have grown them for the last two years. If you have a hot, sheltered spot that other plants wither and die in watermelon will thrive. We find it needs good, deep soil and lots of water. Better to go with a few plants a nip off the end once you have a couple of fruit on each rather than try and make one plant produce heaps of fruit.
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Watermelon 21 Aug, Sandra Carlton (USA - Zone 8b climate): I have watermelon plants all over the garden lots of blooms but no fruit yet, they were planted mid July. In zone 8
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Watermelon 23 Aug, Rosemary McElroy (USA - Zone 10a climate): I wouldn’t worry unless the blooms drop. Did you plant them as plants or seeds?
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 20 Aug, Richard Stancliffe (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Are the plants frost tolerant? We get -5degC frosts through to the end of October. I have a dozen 30cm plants to plant out. Cheers
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 02 Dec, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): The kill temperature for Fava Beans ranges from about -4c to -10c depending on the variety. Furthermore the temperature needs to be sustained; that is 2 minutes at -4c will not kill the fava bean plant; neither will an hour (most likely).... but 48 hours of temperatures consistently below -4c might. When the cold temperature is sustained the cells of the plant explode (freeze); it is the "water transportation system" that gets damaged and the plant can't continue. If you are expecting colder than average temperatures (or colder than you expect your fava beans to be able to handle) - you can cover them with plastic (clear if your keeping it on - anything if you are just putting it on top of them overnight). Tent style is best, but umbrella style (no sides) is also helpful. The most difficult time for the plants is usually around 4am when the "dew" settles, if during cold temp days you can get the plants covered overnight not only will the soil help keep them warm, you are keeping that cold morning sweat off them which can really do considerable damage if temps are cold. Also, high winds work like the morning dew; transporting the cold temperatures into the plant more readily.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 20 Dec, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate): I forgot to mention - if you have hummingbirds in your area - fava beans will produce some flowers during your overwintering process and provide some much needed food for humming birds (as do hellebores/lenten roses).
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 24 Aug, Tony (New Zealand - temperate climate): You can plant anytime and if there is a frost, the plants will fall over but recover, albeit looking a bit unkempt.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 26 Aug, Richard Stancliffe (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Nice. Thanks Tony
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Carrot 20 Aug, Eden (New Zealand - temperate climate): Great tips. This is really a piece of helpful information.
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