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What to plant next
Geoff & Heather wrote:
Chookie, I've grown Rattlesnake runners right through summer in Newcastle - onto my third planting now. Fantastic cropping stringless beans and seem resistant to most everything - we've had very erratic weather and they have coped very well. I left the second planting to go set seed - stopped watering and left the big ones to dry out which they have done - but then we got a bit of rain and they flowered again. Only place I have found them is at Diggers Club - but I have saved some seed :-) Staycalm, From my recollections of gardening in Melb its probably a bit late for runners, and perhaps a bit early for broad beans. The broad beans will grow well through winter, but even if you don't plant them until Jun/Jul - they will still crop about the same time - Oct/Nov As per others comments - winter greens could go in now - you should be able to get crop of broccoli or cabbage before you plant the broad beans. Caulis could also go in now but usually take a bit longer to grow. Cheers, Geoff "Chookie" wrote in message ... In article , "Staycalm" wrote: I am just pulling out my four cucumber plants as I was a bit careless and watered too much of the leaves and eventually got wilt. I have a lot to learn. Still, I had loads of cucumbers from them. Can I plant a couple of different varieties of beans in the same place? How should I prepare the soil? There is a wired support going across the bed. I am in Melbourne. I agree with Johnno. I tend not to prepare much for legumes; they don't like rich soil. My next experiment is to plant some Scarlet Runners (possibly today). I haven't worked out when is a good tiime to plant climbing beans in Sydney; I think our summers are too humid and will try them now. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue Yep he's right, re beans, but if we have an early winter, (which I doubt) it could work out. I alway give it a go. If you don't try yourself you will never know(or even remember)You have to stay keen. Also middle of winter you can put in garlic bulbs, if you like them. |
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