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8 Feb 12 5:32 PM

Hi Kath, Many citrus are grafted. Make sure the spiney branches aren't coming from below the graft-line. The rootstocks tend to be far more spiney than the scion wood, and if left to grow will outgrow......read more

Re: Ugli looking ugly

14 Jan 12 12:26 PM

Check to see if it has borer. If it isn't borer, it is likely to be a root problem....read more

Re: carrots and beetroot

14 Jan 12 10:37 AM

Hi Doris, When you say poor crop......do you mean poor in terms of germination rate or size of roots?...read more

Re: Poor garlic crop

14 Jan 12 10:31 AM

Most garden advice says to plant garlic on the shortest day and harvest on the longest day. This advice carries over from years gone by when most gardening books were from England, and in England this......read more

Re: help identifying a plant from palmers garden centre

5 Jan 12 7:56 PM

Looks a bit like Gynura to me or by the description of the fruit maybe a Naranjilla? ...read more

Re: Snails

4 Jan 12 8:16 PM

Hi Orchidmaniac, I grind the eggshells up quite fine, and when the snails crawl across the eggshells stick to them - same thing is true for the sawdust. They seem to loathe anything really DRY that st......read more

Re: Tomatoes

4 Jan 12 8:04 PM

Hi charliewill, For years I had grown amny varieties of tomatoes including heirlooms without any significant issues. Last year I had the worst crop of tomatoes I have ever grown. I didn't see physilli......read more

Re: Snails

29 Dec 11 8:40 PM

Hi Basil, I think the answers by others are excellent. If you are trying to protect a particular plant or group of plants, surrounding them with a ring of crushed eggshells. Snails hate grit....read more

Re: what's the best time to transplant Lillies?

14 Dec 11 7:40 AM

Transplanting when dormant is best because only then has the food been stored for next years leaves and flowers. Usually lillies become dormant in late summer to autumn. ...read more

Re: New food bill in New Zealand takes away human right to grow food

13 Dec 11 8:25 PM

This bill seems preposterous, and begs the question 'Why haven't we heard about this before now?' We cannot believe it! For those of us who are interested in the future of biodiversity, and think tha......read more

Member Profile: Jane

New Zealand > Manawatu-Wanganui > Palmerston North

Wildwind Garden

New Zealand > Manawatu-Wanganui > Palmerston North

Our garden is officially 1100m2 suburban garden, but overflows out the back gate onto an area backing onto railway land which we have utilised to extend our plantings. We are very interested in our NZ butterflies and have planted host plants for their larvae, and nectar plants for the a...

18 Dec 11 3:16 PM

Scarecrow is still doing a great job keeping the birds off the ripe Tayberries. I harvested some berries this morning with my grandaughter Emily. I move scarecrow around several times a day so the birds are still wary of her : )

The birds are eating the Marionberries now, so I guess I'll have to organise another scarecrow. I had some christmas tinsel on the Marionberry, but the birds are used to that now so it's effectiveness has worn off, but it did work for a while.

13 Dec 11 8:13 PM

The cinerarias were starting to look past their best, so some have been uprooted today and taken out onto the garden through the gate to the railway land. I hope they will self seed there for food for the larvae of both the magpie and cinnabar moths. They're funny things cinerarias coming up everywhere except where they are particularly wanted! Today we have planted three echium pininana. More beetroot seed sown yesterday and more baby beans too.

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