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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 19 Sep, Eddy (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Can they grow on canterbury christchurch
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 06 Oct, denise (New Zealand - temperate climate)
i live in Kaiapoi and grow in tubs. the soil is warmer
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 21 Sep, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Did you read the notes here. I suggest you do and pay attention to when to plant.
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Zucchini (also Courgette, Summer squash, Baby marrow) 19 Sep, Bess (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Is it advisable to pinch out the growing tips to stop the plants from getting too big? Thanks!
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Zucchini (also Courgette, Summer squash, Baby marrow) 20 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
NO!!! The longer it grows the more zeeks you pick.
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Zucchini (also Courgette, Summer squash, Baby marrow) 12 Oct, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I have plants that are 5-6' long and still bearing zeeks. i want to pull them out but a fellow at the men's shed keeps hand pollinating them and they keep producing fruit. They are 5.5 months old.
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Sunflower 17 Sep, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Read the notes here about when to plant, how long it takes from planting to harvest. Probably can grow in most places. Animals if hungry will probably eat them. How big the flower grows will depend on how well the plant grows to some extent.( And the variety) If first attempt at growing you probably have little chance at producing flowers on a certain date.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 16 Sep, Dez (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Yes bumble bees around everyday. maybe its a late season for Broad Beans?
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Chives (also Garden chives) 13 Sep, Kathy Rielly (New Zealand - temperate climate)
can chives been grown in pots?
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Chives (also Garden chives) 14 Sep, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Kathy, you can grow chives in pots. They form a clump and will last a few years if you keep cutting them.
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Chives (also Garden chives) 15 Sep, Kathy Rielly (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Thanks Liz, put them in a pot today.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 13 Sep, Dez (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I've had my BB planted since March/April. They have heaps of flowers on them but there's no beans appearing. Have seen plently of bees to germinate them but still nothing. any ideas on what's gone wrong - with it now being sept??
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 14 Sep, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Dez, do you have bumble bees around ? They tend to shortcut the nectar gathering from BB flowers by piercing a hole though the back of the flower.
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Sunflower 09 Sep, Lynda Lepelaars (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Can sunflowers grow at the coast, I was going to grow some up against a fence. Also I have another section at a different location in which I have hundreds of seeds that I would like to plant out. Do you have to keep them away from livestock? Look forward to your help. Regards Lynda
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Pumpkin 03 Sep, Jeff (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I have saved seed from a pumpkin we like and allowed to dry. I am soaking some in water and some in a damp paper towel and left some dry. None are showing any sign of striking. Do I just wait longer or will they strike if I plant some out?
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Pumpkin 11 Sep, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Take a plastic tray you buy your meat or chicken in from supermarkets - 2-3
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Pumpkin 03 Sep, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Pumpkin seeds will take about 7-10 days to show any activity. Your best bet is damp paper towel or seed raising mix. As they are frost tender, pumpkin seeds need some warmth to start germinating.
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Broad Beans (also Fava bean) 01 Sep, warren (New Zealand - temperate climate)
ok i live near the sea in eastern southland my advice from very experenced gardeners in winton to plant broad beans very early august or before that.... i have always found that you can plant them later before xmas and obtain a good crop if you plant early in cold ground its not going to get there quicker . i dont think that the ground will be at 6 deg on the first day of spring What is your thoughts any how. another comment on blanching, then freezing all it will do is change the colour to a dull grey the fact is that it is going to be cooked any how, i stopped blanching ages ago.
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Corn Salad (also Lamb's lettuce or Mache) 22 Aug, Pamela Dawson (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Are seeds for corn salad plants readily available in nurseries - first I have heard of it from a friend and would like to try growing some. If available what is it known as on the seed packet.
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Corn Salad (also Lamb's lettuce or Mache) 22 Aug, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Pam, you can buy corn salad seeds from online suppliers, like Egmont Seeds.
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Beans - climbing (also Pole beans, Runner beans, Scarlet Runners) 17 Aug, John McGregor (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hi You say sow bean seeds at soil temps between 16 - 30C or August to April. Our soil temp, in Auckland, wont get to 16C until late October. Will it still be OK to sow in late August. Thanks in anticipation John McGregor
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 16 Aug, Adrienne (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Can you please tell me what is the best type of fertiliser to prepare the soil for kumara?
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Sweet Potato (also Kumara) 11 Sep, Mike (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Any general fertiliser - but probably something with a fair bit of P in it. N P K - something like 10 -14N, 6-10 P, 10-15 K.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 14 Aug, Kay Patena (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Where can I get okra. I live in Hamilton New Zealand.
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 17 Aug, Jenelyn (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I bought my okra seeds from trade me but I saw okra seed selling at bunnings warehouse and ordering garden centre
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 15 Aug, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
You can buy okra seeds from any reputable online seed seller e.g. Egmont Seeds.
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 11 Aug, Barbie (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
We are in Taupo where we get a lot of frosts. Our borage plants are unaffected and just keep on flowering week in week out. In Auckland our borage plants died back in late summer.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 02 Aug, Heather-anne Lang (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi I live on Pirongia in the Waikato and am wanting to grow some yacon. Does anyone have any crowns to share or sell. Because we are on the side of a mountain we don't get frosts so hopefully it will grow well. Thanks.
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Yacon (also Sunroot) 08 Feb, Jay (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Hi Heather, Did you get any yakon when you inquired? I live in the village and have just been given a plant, we could share.
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Sunflower 28 Jul, Sheryl (New Zealand - temperate climate)
We would like to grow sunflowers for my daughters wedding in late February 2018, I am in Auckland. When would be the best time to plant them? I will buy the young plants from a garden centre I think. We are going to grow them on a friends large property out in Whitford. They may get some wind. Also they are rabbits on the land?? Many thanks
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