Planting Guide

[GaryD]

Hi,

Want a planting guide tailored to your location? Try this......here (http://www.gardenate.com/).

I receive the planting guide monthly by email.

Regrettably, it's only available for Oz, NZ and UK.

Gary

[bushboy]

great site - thanks Gary

[duggeeeea]

has anyone found that some fruit/veges that cannot be grown traditionally but do OK in A/P? Here in Darwin eg we could not grow lettuce/peas/strawbnerrys traditionally - but I see Murray growing strawberrys in Bris. Do you think that straeberrys might be a chance in A/P in Darwin??
Cheers
Doug

[SunCoaster]

Great find. Love it, so easy and informative. Not to duplicate the wheel, but would be great to have the planting instructions relevant to growbeds.

[Outbackozzie]

has anyone found that some fruit/veges that cannot be grown traditionally but do OK in A/P? Here in Darwin eg we could not grow lettuce/peas/strawbnerrys traditionally - but I see Murray growing strawberrys in Bris. Do you think that straeberrys might be a chance in A/P in Darwin??
Cheers
Doug

Strawberries do ok in AP, until you have something go wrong with the fish and you have to salt the water. If you have a seperate system for quarantine, and you can easily remove the fish from the large system then this would not be a problem. It is nearly impossible for me to remove a certain individual fish from my system, the tank is too large. I maintain 1ppt of salt to keep everything good.

I gave strawberries up as too much trouble.

[bushboy]

hi duggeeeea - I have found rhubarb ( green stemmed variety)
does better in AP - previously in the garden soil it has died out over summer here,
but so far I have a very healthy looking plant in one of my grow beds -
so healthy in fact that I have dug out 3 other plants that were almost deceased
and put them into other grow beds in the hope of saving them.

We love stewed rhubarb!!

[DaveOponic]

hi duggeeeea - I have found rhubarb ( green stemmed variety)
does better in AP - previously in the garden soil it has died out over summer here,
but so far I have a very healthy looking plant in one of my grow beds -
so healthy in fact that I have dug out 3 other plants that were almost deceased
and put them into other grow beds in the hope of saving them.

We love stewed rhubarb!!

Ahhh! Rhubarb!!! About $ 25 a kilo here in Brunei when you can get it and pretty sick looking rhubarb at that. I have never bought it.

Probably too hot to grow it here in the tropics though.


Dave

[David McPherson]

Bushboy
I love rubarb too have one growbed dedicated to it but having trouble with it wilting and then dying Have just put shade cloth over as in hot position Do you know wether it likes loots or little water will keep replacing and experimenting till I get it right David

[froggo]

Hi David McPherson,

sorry to butt in on the rhubarb, but I cannot help being amazed at how my rhubarb is going in AP over summer.

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These were two almost dead rhubarb plants in soil before being transplanted in Feburary.

They are in semi shade in my hothouse. I'm running a cycle of 14minutes on and 1hr 46min off.

God bless froggo

[organicusrex]

Here's one for in the USA.

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/

[David McPherson]

froggo
Your rubarb look great Have found some more info on rubarb from Qld dpi temp above 25C will slow growth suppress reddning and may cause problems in plant establishment Mine were doing ok until we had a few hot days mid 30s Will move whats left to more shaded spot My water temp runs 23-25C at present and I will try and maintain similar temp through winter with solar heating at presen under construction I run on a CHOP system the beds fill and empty on about 20-30 min cycle David

[organicusrex]

Regarding your rhubarb Froggo. It's closely related to a wild plant we have here in America called Burdock. They like the same growing conditions and in the wild Burdock is generally found on forest margins, lowlands that are partially to heavily shaded but also along old farm fields with hedgerows. They don't mind being in moist soil but not in boggy places. That is why rhubarb doesn't do well above 25C and thrives mostly in the northern parts of America and into Canada.

The native Americans harvested Burdock root in the fall and used it in a variety of ways. My favorite is cut into coins raw with a dash of sea salt. Here is a another interesting way to eat it. http://gothamist.com/2007/07/12/turkishstyle_bu.php Pics below.

If you can mimic those conditions, minus the soil part, then your rhubarb should do well.
Bon Appetite!