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Post by bug on Feb 29, 2020 7:14:27 GMT 10
The zucchinis are going nuts now. Looks like about 1.5kg on a plant.
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Post by milspec on Feb 29, 2020 21:23:10 GMT 10
After seeing the increase in vegetable prices, I've planted more broccoli seeds, about 100 onion seeds, and more coriander. I also have more cabbage to plant, once the seeds I've planted pop up. Then, plant beetroot, radish, turnips & swedes. If nothing else, I'll be eating plenty of vegetable Borsch. How deep are your beds for growing the root veggies? I have seeds for parsnip, swedes & turnips but the depth of friable soil in the space I have left is only about 8-9 inches before it becomes a bit stony and I'm thinking its not deep enough for root veggies. |
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 1, 2020 3:39:50 GMT 10
After seeing the increase in vegetable prices, I've planted more broccoli seeds, about 100 onion seeds, and more coriander. I also have more cabbage to plant, once the seeds I've planted pop up. Then, plant beetroot, radish, turnips & swedes. If nothing else, I'll be eating plenty of vegetable Borsch. How deep are your beds for growing the root veggies? I have seeds for parsnip, swedes & turnips but the depth of friable soil in the space I have left is only about 8-9 inches before it becomes a bit stony and I'm thinking its not deep enough for root veggies. My soil isn't quite that deep - to be honest, I've only ever grown beetroot here, and that was in foam boxes. I think root veggies like turnips, swedes etc will be ok. I've grown spuds in this soil - probably 6-8 inches deep, but I did build up compost as the plant grew taller. |
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 2, 2020 0:06:17 GMT 10
They say you need 12 inches of soil to grow turnips in a tub. I've grown beetroot in 4-6 inches of soil,so I guess it's hit and miss. I'm going to grow them ( turnip, beetroot, swede ) in the garden and also in pots, just to see if there is any difference with production, size etc.
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Post by milspec on Mar 2, 2020 6:26:36 GMT 10
They say you need 12 inches of soil to grow turnips in a tub. I've grown beetroot in 4-6 inches of soil,so I guess it's hit and miss. I'm going to grow them ( turnip, beetroot, swede ) in the garden and also in pots, just to see if there is any difference with production, size etc. I think I'll go and buy a couple of cubic meters of soil today and build up the garden beds. Ive got some compost to mix in so I can improve the organic content. Unfortunately the top soil around here contains a lot of broken up quartz so its a PITA to screen it to be free of small stones. |
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Post by milspec on Mar 3, 2020 12:38:57 GMT 10
Went ahead and bought 1.5cubic meters of soil and compost, now the new garden bed is over a foot deep and stone free. I've planted it with rows of parsnip, turnip, carrot and swede. In the main beds are spinnach, onion, brocolli, cabbage, peas, broad beans, silverbeet, more carrots, asparagus and I still have some leftover capsicum, pumpkin, tomatoes, rhubarb, potatoes, strawberries delivering.   |
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Post by bce1 on Mar 9, 2020 17:58:17 GMT 10
10m x 10m patch of corn.
Just harvested and over 200 +decent ears of corn!
Going to dry some on the ears and strip some and dry them as kernels.
Garden has been super productive this year, especially orchard.
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 14, 2020 23:05:34 GMT 10
Planted 1.2m row of turnip, parsnip & swede.
More cabbage and broccoli seeds.
My onion seeds are all coming through - plant them out soon. If half take I'll be well fed on onions.
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Post by bug on Mar 15, 2020 14:59:42 GMT 10
With zucchinis is there any way of harvesting the seed of next year?
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 15, 2020 19:22:05 GMT 10
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Post by SA Hunter on Apr 1, 2020 22:07:09 GMT 10
Harvested my first tub of peanuts - what a disappointment - barely 2 handfuls of kernels.
I have another 2 still going strong, so hopefully I'll get better results. If nothing else, I have seeds for next summers crops.
Planted a row each of turnip, swede & parsnip. 1 seedling came up - all from new packets of seeds ( even in date ). Hmmmmm.
My snow peas are coming up, as is a pot of coriander, and a large tub of lettuce.
Will fill more pots with soil tomorrow, then decide what to plant in them.
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Post by hd1340 on Apr 1, 2020 22:55:28 GMT 10
Not much in the garden a/c being in a rental with no garden beds and bloody wallabies. Growing what I can in tubs and hanging pots a few spuds, broad beans, silverbeet, celery, chives, mint and mangelwurzel. Shops have been stripped of most seeds and seedlings I bet the panic buyers don't realise how long most things take to grow and how challenging gardening is in Tassie.
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Post by spinifex on Apr 2, 2020 8:47:39 GMT 10
Harvested my first tub of peanuts - what a disappointment - barely 2 handfuls of kernels. I have another 2 still going strong, so hopefully I'll get better results. If nothing else, I have seeds for next summers crops. Planted a row each of turnip, swede & parsnip. 1 seedling came up - all from new packets of seeds ( even in date ). Hmmmmm. My snow peas are coming up, as is a pot of coriander, and a large tub of lettuce. Will fill more pots with soil tomorrow, then decide what to plant in them. Turnip and swede should be out of the ground in less than 7 days at this time of year. My daikon were up in 4. Did soil dry out at some point 2-3 days after sowing? Sow parsnip and carrot into moist soil, water in lightly with a watering can and then put a plank of wood directly on the row of seed. Check under the plank every day and when you see seedlings start to emerge - remove the plank. Keeping parsnip and carrot beds moist at all times is vital. |
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Post by SA Hunter on Apr 2, 2020 11:51:19 GMT 10
They were moist the whole time - I'll try the plank method though, and put in a few rows of your daikon seeds too.
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Post by Beno on Apr 2, 2020 17:40:24 GMT 10
We’ve just had great germination of broccoli by really compacting the soil after the seeds were planted. Don’t know why but it worked. We literally trampled the seeds with boots and they nearly all sprouted.
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Post by SA Hunter on Apr 2, 2020 23:55:59 GMT 10
I planted another row of turnip, parsnip & swede into moist soil-then put planks over the top. Also planted more brocolli seeds - first batch haven't come up at all either  Went to Bunnings this morning as I knew they were getting in a shipment of seedlings - pffft - bugger all left - found a punnet of mini cabbage - apart from tomatoes and a few other summer crops - nothing - all sold out. Same with the seeds. |
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Post by tomatoes on Apr 3, 2020 21:46:21 GMT 10
I have some peas that I planted for micro greens that we haven’t eaten and I’ve just left growing. They are now very long (maybe 50cm) and looking healthy. I’m assuming we could still cut the tops to eat, but I’ve also been wondering if I could transplant a few into a pot to get peas.
I’m just not sure what the difference is between seeds planted for micro greens and seeds planted for growing on to adult stage. Would it just be the variety? Would there be any other reason I couldn’t keep them growing?
They are labelled “Field Peas, Microgreen Seeds” and then “Pisum Sativum”.
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Post by SA Hunter on Apr 11, 2020 20:27:36 GMT 10
A row of swedes have popped up ( using the plank method ), not much luck with the parsnips & turnips.
Planted another 12 mini cabbage seedlings.
Also planted a Siberian tomato plant, and have put three stakes around it, and wrapped it in plastic - will see if it grows or not. It tolerates cold weather, so will see how it goes.
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Post by fei on Apr 11, 2020 22:11:29 GMT 10
I've grown a heap of mung bean sprouts this week with the kids. Made the noob mistake of sprouting too many; gone from one jar to two jars once the first filled with sprouts in a few days. Also have mint and basil going great guns in pots on the windowsill.
Have some tomato seedlings growing in pots on the balcony. Not much growth yet, maybe due to cool weather in recent days. Also drying out some pumpkin seeds that will plant in a few days.
Ordered a bunch of seeds for various leafy greens, cucumber, loofah and a few other summer veggies. Hopefully will receive soon for planting out before the hot weather starts in a few weeks.
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Post by Ammo9 on Apr 11, 2020 22:16:18 GMT 10
We're planning out finally starting a proper vege garden.
We're going to do a waist high planters with storage space underneath for firewood along the fence. About 5m long in total, but I'll start with one half that length to see how it goes.. it's been a while since I've done any woodwork projects.
Then a series of 600mm high raised beds, about 3 or 4.
At the moment we've only got herbs in pots... And a sweet potato in a jar.
We're looking into growing potato, sweet potato, tomato, carrot, onion, capsicum, broccoli, sunflower, green beans, chilli, cauliflower, beetroot.
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