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"Hi Andrew, where did you buy your bu ya variety of edamame from ? And how did you deal with the sucking bug issue ? Thanks in advance for your advise."

"Hi Andrew, I would love to purchase a few kegs of the Bunya variety. I would appreciate it if you could share with me where you buy them ? And are they gmo free ? Thank you. Cheers, Kim"

"I've just had a look at their website, they are a Victorian nursery and don't seem to stock varieites that are sufficiently low chill enough for Brisbane? Pink Lady is usually listed as a medium chill variety of apple & you will need a…"

"I have some perennial leeks & happy to post a few next time I dig some up."

"GM food of imported origin is already on supermarket shelves."

"Your other option is a West Indian lime which is a small-fruited lime that is quite hardy. The main lime of commerce in Australia is the Tahitian. The West Indian is generally a very thorny bush and the limes have lots of seeds, but there is a…"

"Yes just keep the two halves in balance by pruning  (only if necessary)."

"No, they are closely related species so you'll get about the same amount of citrus fruit in total. Just watch that the valencia does not take over as it is a variety that is much more vigorous than the meyer."

"The locals in the NT have a thing they call a Darwin Lime. I think its the same thing that you're talking about. It is acid flavoured a bit like a tahitian lime and not at all like a calamondin which is more like a cumquat."

"The plant has only so much goodness to go around, often with these novelties you end up with less of each crop than if you'd grown them separately. They are fun to try however.  "

"Its pretty clear that being an open pollinated variety has not done 'Fordhook Giant' any favours in terms of uniformity. These days there is enormous variation within the variety and much if it inferior to what it should be. To my mind a…"

"Elders in Gatton sell the Rhizobium for soybean, otherwise any of the agricultural seed merchants will stock it. Cost is only a few dollars for enough to do a hundred Kg or so. Just make sure it is the right strain for soybean (CB1809), it is fresh…"

"It looks like a pumpkin, probably a 'Kent' variety."

"Soybean has a very specific rhizobial requirement, whereas french beans (which don't fix much N anyway) are what is known as a promiscuous nodulator."