elderberry
I too would like to try growing elderberry from cuttings if anyone has any spare,,,cheers,
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Tree collards
Hi, just wanting to know if anybody in NZ is growing/supplying tree collards which apparently are difficult to grow from seed, mainly sold as cuttings, and produce greens all year round.
Read more…Disease on apple tree
Hi all,
We have an apple tree which came up out of the compost, presumably from the seed of an ordinary fruit shop apple, and we left it to grow to see what happened. Last season it produced its first apples, smallish red ones and nice to eat.
Recen
Read more…Growing Nuts - What Kinds Can I grow?
Hey Everyone,
My wife and I are mid process buying an acre just outside of New Plymouth. We are looking to grow a few nut trees on the edge of the planned orchard, but I am not sure what is suitable. We are 6km from the coast, so not particularly ele
Read more…nut cracker
can anyone give me any info on nutcrackers please? Ive been looking around for a while, have seen some very expensive American built ones, then theres windup and down ones which like it would take a fair bit of work to crack heaps of nuts, and ones
Read more…Where to buy asparagus crowns
Where can we source asparagus crowns, with reasonable shipping to Taranaki? Preferably organic.
Are there any varieties suited to our rainforest climate? (400m up, a bit cooler than the coast). Our soil is acidic and very free draining (volcanic as
Read more…Disease on my pea plant?
I put down some pea straw as mulcha couple of months ago and had nice little pea sprouts popping up from the seeds in it. Also, i planted some telephone pea plants.
Both have since started getting brown blemishes on their leaves and stems - worse clo
about broad beans
I sowed broad beans this March (As I ususally do). They usually grow slowly during winter for me and I get an early crop in spring. This year they are already flowering!! So ... I do not know wether to leave them alone or to cut them up and dig the
Read more…chilli plants
I have a lovely crop of chillis on the plants in my wee glasshouse, but frosts are closing in and Im wondering if I pull up my chilli plants and hang them somewhere, like you do with tomatoes, will the chillis turn red and ripen?
Read more…Keeping carrots in the ground
Kia ora,
I heard a story that if you cut off most of the top of carrots you can keep them in the ground for a few months without them going woody in the centre. Does any have nay experiemnce of this?
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Laine
Read more…How many months does kumara need to stay in the ground before harvest?
I planted kumara slips in November 2011and I've just been out to dig up a few to see if they are ready and they are still very small. Every so often, I've been pulling the vines back so they don't wander in the paddock. Does anyone know how long k
Read more…Coffee Plant
Is anyone growing coffee? Have a 3 yr old plant that is growing well and nearly 1m in height. I don't know if I have 2 problems or if they are related. I have small limpets (my word) on the underneath of leaves and one the stems, either cream in colo
Read more…When do you pick sunflower seeds?
I have a couple of sunflowers, some still to flower. Anyway one is already losing their petals, so the question is when do I harvest sunflower seeds? this is the first time that I have grown them.
Read more…Sweet berries and/or fruit plants for the garden (1/4 acre)
Mindspin! :o) A whole new garden to plant, and not sure what ... want it to be sweet to look at & sweet to taste ... lots of fruit! but what?
Have planted a Peach Ingelby. Tahitian Lime and a lemon tree, plus have started a blueberry hedge, am con
Read more…OK to put tomato plants in same raised bed as 1.5 meter tamarillo tree?
We made a big 1.5 m x 1m raised planter of composted earth (to make it easier to avoid digging too far!) and planted the tamarillo, it has flourished.
Now I need space for two tomato plants and I put them in with it this morning, but thought I better
Read more…Wrong time to plant Impatiens cuttings?
I want to grow Impatiens from a cutting - in December on Waiheke. It is now flourishing everywhere nearby, on similar sloped land facing the same way as my section. Is it possible to grow it from a small cutting? How big exactly? I have rooting hormo
Read more…Ahhhhhhhh! That Wandering Dew!
Hey does anyone have ideas of how to control/kill wandering dew? It seems to be in take-over mode and is spreading itself into all areas of the garden. I'm not sure if this has been partly my fault...if it has lived on through the lawn clippings I'
Read more…Rabbit-proof fence
What's the minimum for a (temporary) fence to keep rabbits out of a vege patch? (in terms of height etc. and depth beneath ground if that is necessary?)
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Sprouting Potatoes
Hi everyone, a quick Q on potatoes. Do they need to be in the dark to get them to sprout properly? Mine have been in the light and are taking ages to get anywhere, so I have today moved them back into a dark spot in the garage. You knowledge please!
Read more…Ginger beer plant
Can anyone advise me of where I can get a ginger beer plant (a la http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_beer#Ginger_Beer_Plant)? I don’t want to use any old yeast. I’m in Auckland.
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