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Tomatoes help please Once tomatoes are well established, do I need to prune, or do I just let them go! |
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Electrical fuse ---thoughts We have just had our stove upgraded & the new F & P model installed. Left the switchboard fuse on the bench so the electrician would see it to put back into switchboard after install. But oh no, original fuse still on the bench when we got home &a... |
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Leaf Curl on Peach Tree My Golden Queen tree is a mass of curly leaf!I am so shattered as I did spray with Lime Sulphur after leaf fall in winter and had done a few liquid copper sprays.Should I have done more!I guess it's too late to do much now! |
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Shade Tree Advice please Hi I am a moron garden-wise and freely admit it! I would like to plant a fast-growing shade tree in my dogrun - suggestoins please. It needs to not be poisonous to either dogs or cattle once it grows. Second question I have a tree |
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Front loader washing machines - what to look for? Need to buy a front loader for new laundry - dont know anything about them. Just the two of use so no need for a big machine - had a look at HN last weekend but really didnt know what we were looking for apart from size. |
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Painting advice We have a black steel gate which is full of white oxidation spots, to repaint do I have to remove all the spots or just lightly wire brush.Should I use a primer first |
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What plant? I have an extremely aggressive vine in the garden, its wound its way up the fence. around/up flaxes etc etc - I've only noticed its growth in the last 2 weeks. We rent so extremely frustrating to be in the garden 247 as busy professionals. |
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Anyone watching Country Calendar? What a fantastic episode tonight, loving it! |
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How much sun is the minimum for roses? We have just planted up a row of standard orange star of courage roses. The perfume is lovely. The last rose on the end is worrying me, we may need to move it. It won't get much sun at all in the winter, and in the summer the sun won't be all day,... |
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Turning hot water cylinder off during day? And switched on at night. Would that safe power! Since every time you use water during the day it has to heat up again. Or is power actually cheaper atnight as compared to peak hours! |
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What plants are go for sloping banks? I had agapanthus, as the roots will hold the banks up. What else who you recommend! |
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Electrical Question Is it illegal to wire a rangehood into an existing oven socket! Im guessing yes.Thanks |
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Compost. Is there any way one can have home made compost tested at maturity to find out its nutritional value and whether it has Is there any way one can have home-made compost tested (at maturity) to find out its nutritional value and whether it has all the good things one's plants need! My compost bins are 25 feet long, by 5 feet wide, by 4 feet deep. They are div |
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Bright Green Blisters on Tomato Leaves My neighbour came over today with a puzzling problem with his tomatoes. He has two branches on two different plants where the leaves have developed bright green blisters on them which eventually turn dark and burst making holes in the leaves. There is no ... |
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Hydrangis (sp) I have taken alot of cuttings I want to plant these plants to cover a large horrible bank.At the moment I have them sitting in a bucket of water, is this right or should I plant them straight into the soil,must admit they look unhappy at the moment.I look forward to replies, thanks.Al... |
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Living portraits, plants planted in a wooden frame which hangs on the wall.Does anyone on here make them or knoiw how they are made!Thanks |
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Would you buy a bagged or bagless vacuum cleaner? And why! I am confused. Had a bagged electrolux for a very long time and the time has come to get a new one. Only other kind I have had is the bag that you empty. |
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Does anyone know what this tree is? Horse chestnut! hard to tell from the pic |
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Zucchini's/ Pumpkin & Beans still okay to sow seed Wanting to know if it is still okay to sow some seeds of the above esp Pumpkins! For outdoors area wanting to plant them behind a shed and then forget them until harvesting time. Is it to late in the Christchurch area for this! |
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What is this plant please? google cycad |
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Flower bed help Well, my advice to you is - by all means do your planning, construction and preparation over summer, but realistically, you have missed the boat as far as planting successfully is concerned. I am assuming that you are wanting an herbaceous border (perenni... |
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Laminate flooring Does anyone have laminate flooring and what did they use as a transition between eg carpet and laminate! I have been looking everywhere for what is called a T-bar threshold, it matches the laminate and creates a nice transition. It screws down into the su... |
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Security lights anyone know a good brand of security lights for the yard! The kind with the sensors. I bought the Elite brand but these are useless as they come on and off intermittently.suppose that reflects the low cost. |
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I need free crushed she'll for ground cover Or someone with a truck for a cashie. |
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A question about Cactus A friend of mine has the most gorgeous cactus with bight orange and purple flowers in her garden. The "leaves" are really long and it's a huge plant. With neither of us knowing very much about cactus I cut a couple of leaves that were holdin... |
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