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Strawberry Plants 26 Jul, Nolo Maqubela (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): My strawberries are being eaten by a snail like gogga, what organic method can I use to prevent them from eating the fruit?
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Strawberry Plants 27 Jul, Barbee (USA - Zone 8a climate): Here in the US we have a product called: "Sluggo" a pelleted bait that works on snails as well as slugs. (Inexpensive too.) The label says it is safe for both pets and food crops-and it biodegrades. I use it for my strawberries and it works well for me. Look and see if you can use it or it is available in your country. Good Luck. P.S. I buy mine at Home Depot home improvement store and it's available on Amazon.
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Strawberry Plants 27 Jul, jade morris (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Put a tub of beer and dishquid next to the plants. they are attracted to the beer and they get drunck fall in and can't get out.
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Beetroot (also Beets) 24 Jul, Laetus (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I am struggling with a seed that bought in senves agricultural coporation. The seed is forthook spinach,it does not germinate. What could be the problem?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 21 Jul, Kalidasan (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I need cape gooseberry seeds. Where its possible?
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 10 Aug, Pam (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Try Living Seeds and Organic Seeds. Both are online shops
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 17 Jul, Kabo Maswabi (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Where can i get safe, treated chillies seeds which will be able to thrive in the hot arid conditions
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Chilli peppers (also Hot peppers) 10 Aug, Pam (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Try the online shops: Organic Seeds and Living Seeds
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Horseradish 08 Jul, Nisha (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I live in Johannesburg and would like to buy Horseradish. Please help.
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Cape Gooseberry (also Golden Berry, Inca Berry ) 04 Jul, Anna Spence (Canada - Zone 5b Temperate Warm Summer climate): Nova Scotia Canada..... Hi can I get these plants or seeds in Nova Scotia ? . Would love to grow them. Could you please let me know where I could purchase plants or seeds. Thankyou !
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Kale (also Borecole) 28 Jun, Nicola (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): Hi everyone, I'm in PMB and found Kale and a large varriety of other hard to find seeds and plants at a garden place called Blackwoods (I think that's the name) its where McDonalds Seeds used to be behind the Royal Showgrounds on Boshoff Street opposite the Mcdonalds restuarant. There is also a fantastic little restuarant in the garden place so u can pop in, grab a cuppa or a muffin or both and walk around and look at all the plants and speak to anyone who works there if u need help. What an awesome place! *love going there*
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Jerusalem Artichokes (also Sunchoke) 22 Jun, Jacques (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Live in port Alfred, where an I get them?
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Strawberry Plants 16 Jun, Paul (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Hello I want to start growing strawberries in Zambia; where can I be getting the runners or cultivers. There is no supplier in Zambia? Zambia is in the tropics. Thank you
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Horseradish 13 Jun, hajra (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi, I'm in central Durban and have been looking to buuy both horseradish and the seeds/plant- please tell me who/where I can contact?
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Potato 12 Jun, Mvembe Tafirenyika Arthur (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Does mondial potato seed produce many flowers.I planted one hectare of the product.Its left with 3 weeks to mature but there were fewer flowers .Not all of them had flowers. Is it okay like that.
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Onion 08 Jun, hope william (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): looking for texas grano and hybrid onions 5522 seeds.
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Potato 08 Jun, Lucky Ramaabya (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): where can one get the seeds for potatoes more especially when in Botswana
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 04 Jun, Marilyn Coffen (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Must okra be cooked or can it be eaten as a salad ingredient?
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Okra (also Ladyfinger, gumbo) 12 Nov, jaxthegardener (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): it must be cooked....fried or cooked in a chutney
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Ginger 03 Jun, Dolf weyers (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): Where can I buy ginger seeds
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Ginger 07 Jul, hennie Mulder (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Ginger are grown from the root you can buy at any green grocer just check that it has at least one bud at the tip if more than one bud is present them the root can be separated
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Asparagus 30 May, lesley hay (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I have obtained 3 bags of asparagus rhizomes: Jersey Knight & Mary Washington. They are in a vermiculite mixture. When is the best time to plant in Gauteng. If June is not suitable, when do I plant? Also how long will they survive in stoage With appreciation. Les Hay
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Asparagus 17 Jan, Andrfe Lotz (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hallo Lesley, I grew up with Aspersies. Now I can not find or afford them! I would love to grow some . I have some land on the Klaserie river at the Kruger Park. Can you please help with a source of the roots? Crowns? Andre
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Asparagus 28 Sep, Liz Willson (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hi Lesly, please tell me where you got your roots from? I'm very keen to start growing but can't find seeds or roots, Email is [email protected] Many thanks Liz
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Kale (also Borecole) 21 May, Chelle (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): I would really like to grow Cavalo Nero in South Africa. Anyone know where I could get seeds? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Thyme (also Common thyme) 20 May, Sharon (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I live in the Klein Karoo and growing herbs is a passion of mine. I have difficulty with thyme as it does not do to good in my garden. My water surply is brakkish. Could that be the problem with my herbs?
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Rhubarb 14 May, yano govender (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): want to buy a Rhubarb plant i live in durban kzn in the phoenix area..heard so much about this stuff wanna taste it
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Ginger 11 May, Karen van der Walt (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I am also in Gauteng. Will it grow outside seeing that we get frost in the winter?
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 11 May, Sylvia Payze (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Hello, I bought Belgian Endive seeds whilst in Germany, and want to start growing them. I don't think they will be ready for June, as the whole process seems to take quite long, but when looking at the above instructions, I have no idea what is meant by Forcing and Blanching. Could yopu please write on how to grow Chicoree / Endive from seeds, and what to do about keeping out the sun to prevent bittering. Kind regards, Sylvia
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Chicory (also Witloof, Belgian endive) 02 Sep, Willem Verbruggen (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate): Hello Sylvia, I hope you were able to grow some witloof. In case you still need some advice, a brief discription for the growing of witloof. Please don't mind my bad writing and grammitcal errors. The growing of witloof happens in three main stages/phases. Phase one is the root growing process in the field. The seconde Phase is the growing of the crop/endive itself/ also called forcery (happens at home) and the last Phase is the growing of the seeds. The rootgrowing starts (in Belgium) early May with the sowing of the seeds in rows (distance between rows 20-25cm, distance between seeds 4-6cm). The soil must be prepared deep enough, fine, crumbly, airy and without weeds. After a few days/weeks , depending on the weather , the seed starts to germinate. You have to aim 25 plants per square meter. A little more if your soil is ritch on nitrogen. The only thing you have to do then is keeping the parcel weedfree and checking for diseases/fungi. In oktober/november, when the leaves start to turn Brown and before it starts to freeze, the roots are harvested. The leaves are cut about 3cm above the root and the root is shortened to 20cm. After the cleaning of the roots they are put to rest for a few days/weeks in a refrigarator with temp around 3°c. They van also be rested in a very dry environment. This way the plant reaches a resting state. After a few days /weeks the roots are moistened and embedded with 20 cm of covering soil 20cm (or without depending on the race of witloof). When embedded in a well in a shed or barn you have to cover them with a vaper permeabel cloth. If embedded in a welk in open air you lay an insulator (straw, dry leaves) before you cover it with a cloth. You will also need to cover it from rain. (Little shelter) From there on soil temperature, soil humidity and air temperature are very important. Traditional the farmer forces (forcery) the conditions to become idealy for the growth of the endives with heating and humidifiers. If the bottem temperature is high enough (between 10 to 20°c) you can try to grow endives without a heating system. Generaly in early spring you can use the natural warming of the earth to grow the endives. Typically it takes 21 days to grow the crops (normal conditions). Know that in winter (soil below 10°c) when using a heating/humidifiing system, you create a better and more constant envirenmont for the growth of endives, resulting in a better quality and taste. After the forcing you can select your best root/crop to collect seeds From. (Don't use hybrid races) You just keep it away From frost and comes spring you plant it in a field. It becomes a bush (1,5m) with lightblue flowers in august. Bee's do their magic and in september you can harvested and dry the seeds. I hope this helped you on your way a bit? Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or doubts. I'll try to answer them. Is witloof really that hard to find in SA and Australië? It's one of my "dreams" to try and cultivate traditional witloof in Australia but I really wouldn't know how and where to begin.. I hope you have a lot of fun farming. Greetings From Belgium, Willem Verbruggen
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