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Growing and caring for chilli plants
Hi, I'm trying to over winter my Chillies. Last season they were all coming on strong when Autumn came. I thought that if I tried to keep the plants alive it would give me a head start this season. I'm in Victoria (cool temperate). I have googled it, but it's mainly British and American area guides. I trimmed them back…
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How are your tomatoes going?
Hello everyone, Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. I came back from WA at the end of September and found that I had a tomato already growing. It must have self seeded, as it is a different variety of what I had planted in this spot. It was lying along the ground and after propping up and regular feeding and watering…
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What veggies are you harvesting and sowing?
Hi All, I just thought to ask what veges everyone is harvesting or sowing now. This is the time of the year you can enjoy all of your hard work and reap the rewards from early Spring tasks, depending on your area. The harvests from my garden are climbing beans, carrots, beetroot, spring onions, lettuce (Oak leaf etc. pick…
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How do you tag your plants?
Hi All, how do you label your pots, seeds and cuttings etc. I have used quite a few different ways. Originally I bought plastic, stick in the pot tags that I would write on with the contents. I then decided what things I had at home, to be able to recycle tags. I decided that aluminium cans were soft enough to write on. I…
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Holes appearing in the vege garden
Hi all, has any other members had the problem of holes appearing overnight in the vege garden. They're about 25 to 30mm wide and some go down up to 25cm and they are completely cylindrical, but they seem to be empty. I have dug a few, but nothing there. They are heaped up like little volcano. They look like yabbie holes.…
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Staghorn Fern. Approximately 40yo
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My Leucodendron coming into flower
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Now the flower. Eucalyptus erythrocorys has red caps, yellow flowers. Native birds love it.
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Gumnuts ready to burst into bloom.
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Fernery with Staghorn, Elkhorn, Monstera and Aspleniums (Birdsnest)
