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Plum Tree - Is it time to prune? Just wondering if now is the time to prune our plum tree or if not, what month is best to do this! |
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Garage floor paint I am moving soon, and getting a new Man-Cave - a new 9m*8.4m of wood and metalworking fun and games storage, with a new concrete floor. At present it is still only plans, but like the hair, it will happen. What is everyone's experiences with 1 p |
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Cordyline Pink edge leaves going yellow anyone have any idea why! |
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Shade sail rain collector We're having a good rainy day here in Nelson.It's the first rain since I had my shade sail put up.Even tho the sail is porous, it seems to be directing a lot of it's drips towards the middle. So I've been keeping a bucket there all d |
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Secada's killing baby Rimu trees How can I stop the Secada's laying their eggs in my baby Rimu trees, they make long scatches on the bark and the trees are dying off.Any ideas! |
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Wasp Funnel Trap Question. What is the best bait to use in these! I made one with a lemonade bottle, and put beer in it, ive tried honey in water and both are not much success, only trapping one or two wasps per day, im trying to keep them away from our grape vine, as they are atta... |
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House with no undercoat We are going to start repainting our house,The previous owner said the place had been painted two years before be bought it.(Its now two years on from that)Problem is they never prepared or undercoated and the paint is peeling off in places.Am wondering i... |
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Solar Tube or similar Dunedin. Have a dark passage when all door closed so wondering about having a solar tube or something similar fitted.Not a large area. Any thoughts, experiences, recommended installers, price! Thanks. |
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Oops, i made the mistake of taking tops off onions I have just harvested my onions, to store. I, without thinking, took the stalks off all of them. They wont store well now, will they! |
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Shadowclad and Zincalume Claddings I'm looking at buying a house with the above claddings. Are they OK! Any issues with either of them! |
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Raised vegetable gardens Can anyone give me some advice! I have had 2raised vegetable gardens for about 4 years now which we built when we moved into this property.They have supplied us well with winter and summer vegetables.This year my gardens have not done so well and I now re... |
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Urgent help please! Workers cut thru tree roots It's pretty hard to kill a tree, yes it probably upset it a bit, but don't forget the roots go out in all directions, it should be fine, it will regrow them. |
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Plumbing Questions (1) Is black Alkathene pipe still used today for supply cold water to houses. (2) Take a present situation where there are 3 units in line one behind the other. At present they share a single water meter. If a new pipe was run from the road (about 3 |
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Gas bottle problem have a full 9kg gas bottle with OPD fitted - which seems to have activated and !jammed - we can only get the low flow out- how do we get it to work properly again! |
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Persimmon trees? What fertilizer do you use on a Persimmon tree please! |
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Removing part of a metal roof Hi, I need to remove several sheets of concealed fixed roofing (similar to Dimond deck 400), do some work underneath and then relay the orginal sheets. The sheets are around 7m long from ridge to gutter. The sheets I need to remove are in the middle of th... |
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Plants for a patio Hi I have a long planter box built into my patio. It is about 50cm deep, 30cm across and 2m long. I will need to plant into pots or tubs placed inside the planter as I can't fill it with soil. There is good drainage. Our house is an old villa an |
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Can heat pumps be soundproofed (outside)? Are there ways of soundproofing heat pumps (sound coming from the unit outside!) We have one which is very quiet even when you stand outside by it. We only use it occasionally in winter and used it on Christmas day when it was 34 degrees. Parents also hav... |
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Scarlett runner beans Now its the end of the season do I pull out my bean plants or can I cut them above ground level for next year to come up again . New to gardening ,so just wondering on what to do ! |
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No storm water on my house. Can I soak pit I have nearly completed an addition to my home and one of the last things needed for code compliance is connection of new down pipe to the storm water. When I had the drain layer take a look we found that the other 3 down pipes go straight into nova flow ... |
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Soil testing kits Any suggestions on a good general soil testing kit(And where to buy it)!Or is it better to send a sample off to a company!It's for a small veggie garden.I'm sure it must be really low on just about everything so thought it would be good to find ou... |
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Growing vegis in winter Have recently planted out cabbage and silverbeet.We get frosts up to about minus 6 degrees.Should I enclose the areain plasticyour thoughts on how they will cope without protection from frosts.I have never grown vegis in the winter before but thought I wo... |
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Plants for office with artificial light Currently I have a coupe of plants in my office but would like a couple more, but as it is in the middle of the building it does not receive any sunlight-any suggestions for long lived plants! |
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How did your sweet 100 tomato plants go? I have just pulled my one out -. grown in a black pot on north facingopen deck - full sun and open to the elements. fertilized if every fortnight with tomato foodand the following fortnight with sulphate of potash -413 tomatoes. took off some laterals and... |
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Getting sticky off furniture Does anyone know the best way to get the residue from self adhesive labels off solid wood furniture.! |
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