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Rockmelon (also Canteloupe) 12 Dec, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
There are a couple of photos on the rock melon page. Click on them to make them larger.
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 07 Dec, cherry rotella (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
I planted red capsicums in august. They are growing tall, lots of foliage. Very tiny peppers are appearing but they are not growing any bigger. They appear to be turning brown and falling off.
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Potato 28 Nov, Selwyn Law (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
I have grown some potatoes in flexi-bins - the light cheaper ones, 30 and 40 litre sizes. Drainage holes I melted into the sides of the containers with a hot pipe (neat holes) about 50mm or 2" up from the bottom. The holes being higher, allows a pool of water to remain in the pot and excess to drain out. Try a little potting mix about half full and top up the shoots with straw etc. Works well and containers are reasonably easy to move if required.
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Cabbage 27 Nov, Rex (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I wonder if you can tell me if cabbages can resow themselves ? I have cabbages growing along my fence a long way away from my garden so don't know how they come to be there
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Silverbeet (also Swiss Chard or Mangold) 07 Nov, Nathanael (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Why can you not grow silver beet next to corn? is it just because of the shade of the corn?
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Onion 05 Nov, wes (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
We grew white onoins & have just harvested & are now drying in the sun. How long should they be dried ? Is it better to leave the tops on or should they be cut off to speed drying? Regards,wes.
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Borage (also Burrage, Bugloss) 28 Oct, Duncan (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
Borage is a dynamic accumulator, which means that it collects and stores a lot of nutrients within its biomass. It sends down a long taproot, extracting nutrients from the sub-soil and massing them within the plant. The easiest way to benifit from this is to simply cut the plant back and use it as mulch. Also, the small leaves and be eaten within salads etc, and the larger ones cooked like spinach/silverbeets. They have a slight cucumber flavour to them. The flowers contain a chemical thought to help prevent cancers, although this could use more research.
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Tomato 16 Oct, graham michelle (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Am wondering which is the best tomato plant to grow in glasshouse on the coast in southern new zealand
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Rhubarb 05 Oct, linda (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
I have a rhubarb plant that is a year old and I see it has stalks that look like they have seeded. Do I just cut these out and will the plants keep doing this. This is my first go with rhubarb. Thanks Linda
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Rhubarb 08 Sep, Colleen S. Johnson (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Best to divide your rhubarb.
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Zucchini (also Courgette, Summer squash, Baby marrow) 23 Jul, sartaz (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
how can i fix a broken zuchini stem. does anything work for it or i have to put it in the bin.
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Horseradish 04 Jun, Maria (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi just wanted to know if I can grow this in Dunedin, or where I could buy some fresh horse radish, thanks
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Horseradish 21 Sep, Ross (Australia - tropical climate)
If your soil is volcanic they should do well the best horseradish I ever grew was in red volcanic soil in the Redlands east of Brisbane
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Choko/Chayote (also Chayote squash, christophene, chouchou, mirliton) 27 Apr, hennie (New Zealand - temperate climate)
At what time of year cN the choko be planted ? Must it be planted in an ater with direct sun ?
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Garlic 25 Apr, Tony (Australia - temperate climate)
Just wondering what fertilizer i should use for the garlic after planting Kind regards Tony
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 12 Apr, Ronnie (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
I would like to grow collards or collard greens. Where can I find seed or seedlings please. Are they the same as silverbeet or does silverbeet have the same or similar levels of Vitamin A?
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 28 Feb, Linda (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Hey there, you can buy the seeds online.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 08 Apr, Paul (New Zealand - temperate climate)
But whereabouts online? I have yet to find it available online in NZ and importing it from overseas is likely to run foul of our immigration laws.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 17 Jan, Alan Jorgensen (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi, you can try Kings Seeds in Kati Kati Bay of plenty they have a mail order system. Good luck.
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Collards (also Collard greens, Borekale) 18 Apr, Barry (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi Paul The Koanga Institute have seeds available they call it the Dalmatian cabbage. I think i have seen it advertised in either the Egmont seeds catalogue or the Kings seeds catalogue. All three have on line catalogues. Collards are a type of Brassica. Regards Barry
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Capsicum (also Bell peppers, Sweet peppers) 07 Apr, Sara Boeyen (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Last summer I planted four green capsicum seedlings and they have been prolific producers and are still flowering now. However the capsicums have been very bitter, only the very large ones are edible. This is the first time I have grown capsicum, could the soil nutrients be to blame? I think next year I will try a coloured capsicum so at least I know I won't be harvesting them too early.
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Pumpkin 26 Mar, Mark (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Have you heard of a tribumple pumpkin or a name similar.
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Pumpkin 31 Aug, Graham (New Zealand - temperate climate)
The name you want is Triamble. A grey pumpkin with deep grooves between usually three segments
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Leeks 17 Feb, lez Howard (New Zealand - temperate climate)
I always plant seeds on Nov 1st in a nursery bed ,use liquid feed to raise . Febuary I plant by the moon Calendar When planting I dib hole 150 mm deep ,place in two sheep pellets and water in . Trim tops and root before planting .If too hot cover in shade cloth, and water regulary until established. Have had good sucess in the past.
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Ginger 10 Feb, viv akhil (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Can ginger be commercially grown in hot houses in NZ?
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Eggplant (also Aubergine) 06 Feb, John Fawkner (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Eggplant in a tunnel house set fruit but keep dropping them. suggestions?
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Potato 09 Jan, Laura Kidd (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi, We have planted some potatoes and they are almost ready to harvest. I'm not really sure of the variety as my husband planted some potatoes, not from seed. It looks like there are some seed pods forming whee the flowers are. Can we use these for our next crop? If so, what do er have to do?
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Amaranth (also Love-lies-bleeding) 05 Jan, Liz (Australia - temperate climate)
This is a message for Mike who wants to change his zone - you didn't include yr email address - Scroll to the end of your reminder email and click on the change details tab - You can change zone there.
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Beans - dwarf (also French beans, Bush beans) 28 Dec, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Bean disaster!! Someone forgot to close the gate in the "hare proof" fence and where we had three rows of dwarf beans with their first proper leaves - we now have three rows of stems only :(
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 13 Dec, Scott (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
VERY invasive, but we do have them here for sale in our community gardens
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