I couldn't resist digging up a plant... but there was no bulb. Just looks like a spring onion base. This is my 2nd go at trying to go garlic and this is what happened the first time round. No bulbs had formed from the cloves I had planted. They've de
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I am after some advice about my vegies - I have 3 applecrates and the vegies look like they have got dust on them although it is not dust - they are pale and are starting to get holes in them as though someone or something is eating them. It is
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I was told to spray my peach and nectarine trees for leaf curl at bud swell. I saw the buds swelling so sprayed and then flowers appeared not leaves... have I sprayed too early? Should I spray again when the leaves look like they are developin
We have some established citrus trees on our new propery (a lemon, a mandarin and a grapefruit). They are all fruiting at the moment, with mixed results (the lemons are ugly but tasty, the mandarins are tiny and the grapefruit are excellent).
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Read more…We love blackberries, and have tried growing them from cultivated nursery grown and from a wild cuttings, the latter was really too small to survive. Does anyone in the North Canterbury area know where we can get wild blackberries, and/or a rooted c
Read more…In my quest to do everything as cheaply as possible I want to avoid buying seed raising mix, but am finding ordinary soil is not getting things off to a good start. What are the magic ingredients of a good home-made seed raising mix?
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So as to spread the word about a catalog that arrived in the mail yesterday, i thought i would type a thread to warn as many people as possable,i know most people here wouldn't pay these prices but i'm sure there are some silly enough to
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I share a garden on Aitkinson Road we have a Lime Tree that is all leaves and no sign of budding... I shifted it last year it's about 2 metres away from Lemon tree.. It just was not doing anything prior to shifting, leaves slightly yellow etc. Now j
Read more…I got carried away a few months ago and planted some broad beans, they germinated and flowered and are still flowering but no signs of beans as yet. I noticed today that some of them have brown spot on their leaves. Oh yes I live in Dunedin.
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Read more…Hi all. my globe artichoke leaves are rotting on my well established plants. any ideas why?
Read more…I have a rainbow valley paw paw and a mountain paw paw - both of which are fruiting very well on 2 yr old plants. The mountain paw paw starts to go yellow when ripe and falls off the tree. The rainbow valley paw paw hasnt as yet and the fruit are a l
Read more…are welsh bunching onions the same thing as welsh multiplying spring onions??
The possums are eating up my veggies at night! I hear that spraying rhubarb leaf tea on the veggies might help.
Any other ideas? (besides a big fence and a shotgun)
Read more…I've just moved into a new place with (yay) volcanic soil. No more sticky boggy clay! The previous tenant kindly left behind some raised beds. I've grown veges successfully in the past but haven't paid any attention to the nutrients (or lack thereo
Read more…I just stumbled across this site and thought others might also be interested. A quote from their site "When it's time to plant we send you an email and/or seeds".
Are there any clever ideas for separating the worms from the castes...without getting too mucky?
Read more…Ive just been given a black passionfruit plant, and have planted it against my garden shed hoping it will be warm and sheltered enough for it to survive frosts (am covering with frost cloth whilst small), does anyone have any tips to help me please?
Read more…I'm a newbie gardener so still getting my head around all this but one thing I have come to dislike heavily is snails and slugs. Is there an organic solution to these little blighters? also I've seen this copper tape stuff anyone know if it works?
