I am raising my own seedlings.
I water them once to twice a day.
I watered them this morming and the rocket had this foam on it I removed it before I took a photo. Oops
But its weird. It looks like building foam insulation but is gooey inside like a
Read more…Hi there, could anyone help me with a couple of questions? I'm growing celeriac and tamarillo's for the first time. When do I need to cover the tamarillo's? and I have conflicting info about whether to cover the tops of my celeriac with soil or not
Read more…I know they grow from cuttings and by suckering- but where can i GET these? I am happy to buy and to pay all costs etc in order to procure a dozencuttings...
Read more…Does anyone grow, or have knowledge of if we can, how to grow peppercorns in NZ? Or where we would get them fresh?
Ive fallen for the fresh peppercorns which I found in my Duck Curry from kaffir Lime on Symonds Street - such a sumptuous curry it was
Read more…I am looking into buying a worm farm (The Warehouse) has anybody got got one?
Do they prefer full sun, semi shade, all shade??? Any tips on sorting kitchen scraps?
Read more…I've been doing a lot of reading about grafting fruit trees, however so far there has been no real explanation as to why??
If you have a very good apple or pear for exaample why not just take a cutting to grow?? Surely this would grow as fast as anyt
Read more…Netting is successfully keeping the birds from our strawberries, which are planted in an old circular concrete trough, but now the ripening fruit is getting eaten from beneath by woodlice. Does anyone know of an (organic) deterrant?
Read more…I hope someone can help - I have runner bean plants that are healthy, with lots of flowering, but have had no fruit at all. They are grown out of the wind, regualr watering but from seeds that I had from last year (which also did not fruit, but did n
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I have a 3 year old passionfruit vine and have noticed mould on parts of it this week. It is mainly on fruit - on the stem where it joins the fruit as well as the top quarter of the fruit itself. It has been very dry here so don't think dampn
Read more…I'm currently rediscovering my love of gardening, and while i was digging up the old plot i realised that our feijoa tree looked quite miserable.
I've heard that feijoa trees cross-pollinate, and that you need both male and female trees. Is this tru
Read more…I have really terrible soil, tis only a fine layer of topsoil then the rest is clay based with an extremely hard layer of silica pan. I make all my own compost as I have access to loads of lovely cow & goat, & chook poo so it is all there in my comp
Read more…Hey I started growing Roma tomatoes for the first time this year, went away for 3 weeks over Christmas and when i came back they have gone wild
I thought because they were determinate i didn't have to pinch out the laterals but now there is soooo much
Our tomatoe plants are growing really well in our hot house and flowering profusely, but they are dropping the flowers and therefore not setting any fruit. Any ideas? A tomatillo in the same hothouse is performing in exactly the same way. Could it
Read more…We are trying to obtain a few hop flowers to dry for an insomnia pillow. Does anyone (maybe down Motueka way) have access to some? We could send down a courier bag.
Read more…Hi I am interested in growing cherries without having to graft them, ie growing them from pips, and wondered if anyone knows of any surviving varieties which self fertilise? Ie the cherry tree once blossoming pollinates and fertilises itself without
Read more…Anyone growing apples that don't get infested with codlin in Christchurch? I read that late apples can be resistant, and have grown granny smith that avoided all but the occasional worm, but I'm not that fond of those apples, and would like to try so
Read more…My broccoli plant is getting huuuuuge... well, this is my first time ever growing vege which is really exciting. Planted seeds back in Oct. now these massive leaves are covering other plants around. Just wondering if I should prune the plant? Would
Read more…On an internet search it suggests they could be raised off the ground to stop them getting in. Just wondering what they are and is it ok to leave them in the soil or should I try to eliminate them?
They are black/grey thin and less than 1/2 cm in len
Read more…This seed was sprouting inside the cherimoya. Is this normal? Do other fruits do this?
Is there any advantage to hand-pollinate zucchini? We're just starting to get flowers and notice that the zucchini plants in one of our gardens has all female flowers, the male ones are not fully formed yet. Should we get the paintbrush out and trans
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