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Vegetables

Sowing, spacing, feeding, pollination and harvest for the kitchen garden, crop by crop.

Articles tagged Summer Gardening. All vegetables

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Bush, Climbing and Runner Beans: How to Grow Beans From Seed in AustraliaBeans are the fastest return in the summer garden, as long as the soil is warm and you keep picking. The differences between bush, climbi...Growing from Seed

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Growing Capsicum in Australia: From Seed to Harvest Without the GuessworkCapsicums reward patience: a long warm season, an early start from seed, steady water and the right feed. Here is how to grow them across...Edible Produce
The Chilli Grower's Starter Guide: Heat Levels, Varieties, and What to Do With the HarvestChillies are easy and rewarding to grow. Here is how the Scoville heat scale works, which varieties to choose, how to grow them, and how ...Edible Produce
How to Grow Cucumbers in Australia: Trellises, Pollination and Fruit That Is Never BitterA cucumber grown up a trellis is cleaner, straighter and easier to pick than one sprawled on the ground. How to sow, train, water and har...Growing from Seed

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Pumpkin Growing in Australia: Timing, Space, Pollination, and Curing for StoragePumpkins reward a long warm season and room to roam. When to plant, how much space they need, how to fix pollination, and how to cure the...Edible Produce

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How to Grow Rockmelon and Honeydew: Sweet Melons From Seed in an Australian SummerMelons are not hard, they are just fussy about heat and water at the end. How to sow rockmelon and honeydew, how many fruit to leave on a...Growing from Seed

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How to Grow Sweet Corn in Australia: Block Planting, Pollination and Picking It at Its SweetestSweet corn is wind pollinated, so a short fat block beats a long thin row every time. Here is how to sow it, feed it, water it at the rig...Growing from Seed

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Why Your Zucchini Keeps Flowering But Not Fruiting, and How to Fix ItA zucchini covered in flowers but no fruit is usually a timing or pollination issue, not a sick plant. Here is how to tell what is wrong ...Edible Produce