is there any reason I shouldn't try rotting down noxious weeds in water-filled barrels to create liquid manure? I'm thinking of Kikuyu, wandering Jew and wandering dock at home, and gorse and blackberry on our land. I'd want to give it at least 4-5 m
Read more…my artichokes produced a lovely flourish of chokes which i cut off and enjoyed. since that time they have not produced again (about 3 wks). could my soil be lacking a nutrient? - ive composted and blood and boned and potashed! soil drains well from
Read more…I have a Red currant I planted 2 years ago and it has grown well and put on lots of leaf but no sign of flowers or fruit. Can anyone tell me what the problem and remedy could be thanks.
Read more…I am looking for a choko plant seedling if anyone has one.
Not to be confused with Moth plant which is very similar.
Read more…Has anyone grown pie melon on a frame instead of letting it ramble? If so, how successful was it?
Read more…hey I have a magnificent crop of roses and an equally stunning crop of aphids that I can't keep up with using the digital squash method
Has anyone tried neem oil - I don't usually spray and try to be completely organic - will it damage the bees and
Read more…There are sooooooo many varieties.We like to grow something a bit different that isn't available in the shops. Grew Black Krims last year, they weren't a family fave. Any recommendations???
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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
Read more…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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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
I planted about 8 cavolo nero plants, thinking they would be similar in size to silverbeet.......however, after well over 4 months they're not really worth mentioning - if I picked all the leaves off all 8 plants it would almost be enough for one mea
Read more…Does anyone know how long cca wood leaches for? I have a client with an existing garden that is fenced with cca all around it (7mx4m) It has been in the ground since 1985. Does anyone know if it stops leaching at any stage?? If it does still leac
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…are welsh bunching onions the same thing as welsh multiplying spring onions??
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…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 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".
