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Black spot on roses All this wet warm weather, grrrrr. Anyone remember if Is it trim milk or baking soda I can use on them please! Otherwise I have Conqueror oil in the shed, can I use that. TIA. |
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Feeding pumpkin to Monarch butterfly caterpillars? I've heard this can be done, and i've also heard it cant be done, any one tried it before! My 3 swan plants are dwindling rapidly and i think their food supply is going to run out in the next 3few days. I was brutal a few days ago and killed off a... |
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Advice re skylights We recently moved into our "forever" home and want to have a skylight (or 2) put in the lounge which only gets the avo sun from 1pm on. We have contacted 2x companies for quotes but know the MB is always the best for straight up advice from thos... |
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Major Bathroom/rotting floor/ceiling repairs Help please! Our hot water cylinder has been leaking for years and now we have rotten floor under the hot water cupboard, bathroom, laundry and pantry. It appears it has been leaking from a pipe going into the roof and the roof will need major repairs als... |
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Help - Cockroachs inside I have had some cockroaches throught the winter but with the nicer weather they had stayed outside. Lastnight there were 3 really big ones in the house. one had stripes across the back.Any ideas what would have brought them back inside and als |
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Name of weed We always called it papyrus, but get rid - it's a takeover artist and once established can be a real pain. |
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Lessons learned the hard way. bump. too funny to lose! keep them coming! |
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Giant Cabbage White butterlfy - Nelson ugly critter.lucky you rang maf huh. |
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Rasperry picking Where to go in Christchurch to PYO rasperries. |
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Feijoa tree losing it leaves anyonegot any suggestions why!,. I would be grateful for any help please ,. |
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Callistemon Little John bottlebrush Hi there, does anyone know how long these take to grow! Can find lots of other info on them but not how quick or slow they grow! |
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Yates Seeds - A Ripoff or What ? Purchased yesterday a Packet of Yates Climbing Bean Seeds from Mitre 10 Mega . Sowed them this morning and only 12 seeds in the Packetat a cost of $5.98. I Feel This is an absolute Rip-Off.Maybe they charge a Lot for the Name. |
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Caterpillars Help small green caterpillars eatingleaves of Tomatoes, Potatoes and even Rhubarb what spray would you recommend. |
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Ground that chokes out weeds. im wanting a ground cover that chokes out weeds in my garden. im forever weeding it and i dont have a foot that likes me standing or using it too much. so was wanting some help. |
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Rose id please. Lovely colours, not very fragrant These are commercially grown roses - and they are AMAZING in colour, aren't they! I have been trying to determine the name for ages now - every time I see them, I buy them because I think the colour is so fantastic - and I don't like orange! But t... |
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I have little white fluffy looking bugs all over the creeping plant I have growing next to my deck. I'm not sure what it is, I have cut the hedge right back and sprayed bug spray all over it, but they seem to be heading to other plants in the garden. I just opened the ranch slider to let th... |
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Compost. What is the best way to do compostspace is not an issue What is the best way to do compost!Space is not an issue. |
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Purple wildflower? Anyone know the name of the tall purple wildflower which grows along the roadside!It reminds me of the dried flowers hanging upside down in bunches.common name rather than the latin one, I want to include it in a poem |
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Washing Machine wont stop filling ok its old but Id rather get it fixed than replace it. The thing doesnt stop the water flowing in so its overflowing unless I manually stop it, Lucky the thing is outside under the carport but its a pain in the A.Any idea! Im pretty handy and could |
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Primers for painting? Hi there. I have been looking over previous posts for different types of Primers (Sealers). 2 that I have seen mentioned are Smart Prime by Zinsser and Smooth Surface Sealer. The question is, where can I get them! I have tried looking at different website... |
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Strange plant in garden Hi sister has had astrange plant come up in vege garden,looks like a pumpkin plant nut grows upward, has white flower like a pumpkin and has now got whitefruit with spikes on it any ideas please, plants have been disposed of so cannot post photo. TIA |
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Oxalis - Anyone know how to get rid of it? Oxalis is starting to take over our beautiful garden, I think it must have blown in or with birds as it really is spreading amongst the garden.Anyone have any ideas of how to get rid of it! TIA |
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Mossie controls by planting. Hello, has anyone had success with any particular plants!I have googled this but some sites recommend crushing the leaves and nowhere says really how potent the catnip/citronella grass/ageratum etc is.I was thinking of planting something in boxes around a... |
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Pink Christmas lily ! Can someone please tell me what part of the flower is the seed ! I was given some flowers and thought that i might be able to grow some of my own lillies with the seeds from the flowers. They smell just devine ! |
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Do I lay vinyl in bathroom b4 shower install? What is the standard practice! Am installing a shower and vanity etc. |
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