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Old 28-07-2010, 04:05 AM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Broad beans.

Dan wrote:
I put in some asparagus peas for the first time. Some thing came up,
but it looks like no peas I've ever seen - looks more like pigweed.


I have never tried them.

I
also tried Baby Bear pumpkins. There were four seeds in the packet.
So far none of them have come up.


Where are you? What is the temperature like at the moment? It may
be too cold for them to germinate. Pumpkins are a warm season crop,
you would normally not put them in the ground until after the last
frost and the ground has warmed up.

I think I'll stick to buying Yates
- at least you get enough seeds to have another try.
Lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beetroot, beans, snowpeas all doing
well. Cheers,
Dan.


Try Diggers Club and Eden Seeds for internet mail order. You will get a
much wider range than Yates.


You aren't in Tasmania then.

David

Hi David,
I'm in Atherton, on Atherton Tablelands, west of Cairns in far North
Queensland. Winter is our main vegy growing season. Summer the bugs
eat everything unless you use poisons which I try to avoid.
Cheers,
Dan


Have you tried net cages to keep out the bugs?

David