Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?

[judydawn]

Thanks for that information SueJen, I have to buy a bunch today as my crop is not big enough.  Will plant the roots, yay free spring onions down the track.

[SueJen]

Just trim about 1cm and plant JD, always works for us. A gardener friend told us about it. We just snip the spring onions off with scissors, the ones in the garden and when we need to buy cut the ends off and then plant. Although doing this haven't had to buy spring onions for about 2 years.

During winter when we dont use as many just let them grow and they are just like onions. Big bulbs.

[Wonder]

That's a great tip SueJen

[*suzanne*]

That's what my mum does SueJen, I suppose I could get mum to grow my  vegies/herbs I even killed my tomatoes once  .
I wonder if you could  grow them in a pot?

[SueJen]

don't see why not suzanne they grow like weeds

[CreamPuff63]

Great tip SJ, most recipes call for less than what you have to buy as a whole bunch. They take up so much room in the fridge vegie tray too., and are much better off staying in the garden until needed.

[*suzanne*]

don't see why not suzanne they grow like weeds

well those I can grow 

[obbie]

My zucchinis are coming up, tomatoes, Chinese veg mix, radishes, leeks. looking good.

what about your vege garden..

[RosieB]

My zucchinis are coming up, tomatoes, Chinese veg mix, radishes, leeks. looking good.

what about your vege garden..

They sound great Robyn.  I love zucchini and leeks.
  I have been waiting for some rain before I planted in the dirt garden.  I have my aquaponics garden all cleaned out and ready to go as well.  Taro is looking wonderful.  And I have tiny eggfruit on my eggplants. But the rest is still to be done in there.
Self seeded tomatoes are also just starting to have fruit.  We just leave them where they germinate which can be anywhere as the bush turkeys steal some of the fruit and distribute the seeds pretty widely.

[obbie]

we have bush turkeys here too...

[Halex]

Hally, if you cut off spring onions about a centimetre from the base, they will regrow. Even if we have to buy some always cut off roots and plant, always work.

Thank you Sue Jen, will do so. Fantastic tip.

How long do they take to grow back?

I have just started oing that with my chives


 

[chrissa]

Snails or slugs are eating my newly planted zucchini plants and I'm not happy ;(

With a cat and dog, I can't put snail pallets down ( I don't trust the pet friendly ones) so I'm gonna try the beer in a saucer trick.  Hope it works

Tomatoes are going well as is the silver beet and my basil is looking great.

[RosieB]

Snails or slugs are eating my newly planted zucchini plants and I'm not happy ;(

With a cat and dog, I can't put snail pallets down ( I don't trust the pet friendly ones) so I'm gonna try the beer in a saucer trick.  Hope it works

Tomatoes are going well as is the silver beet and my basil is looking great.

Chrissa.  Do you have a coffee machine or access to coffee grounds from a coffee shop?   Sprinkle the ground coffee around your seedlings.
The slugs/snails eat the gounds (they love it almost as much as I do)
Then the caffeine causes them to have a heart attack and die.
It really does work.  And most coffee shops are happy to give away the used grounds.

[goldfish]

Snails or slugs are eating my newly planted zucchini plants and I'm not happy ;(

With a cat and dog, I can't put snail pallets down ( I don't trust the pet friendly ones) so I'm gonna try the beer in a saucer trick.  Hope it works

Don't know if this is helpful or not as I haven't tried it yet.  Saw this on a UK gardening program today:  Take one bulb of garlic, put it in a plastic bag and crush it.  Place the crushed garlic into 1 litre of water and boil for 5 minutes.  When it is cool, strain it and keep the liquid in the fridge.  When needed, add 1 tablespoon/litre of water and spray the leaves and even the surrounding soil.

A good tip about the coffee grounds, too!

[chrissa]

Thanks Rosie & Goldfish for the tips.  I'm trying both.  My garlic spray is in the fridge cooling now and my coffee machine has been emptied.  Didn't have enough grounds to sprinkle around every plant, so looks like ill be making coffees for everyone today