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Will these make a dense hedge? mine are growing a metre a year but the small silver leaf one, NATIVE PITTOSPORUM TENUIFOLIUM are growing at 2 metres a year |
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Thrips best way to treat on plants My portugese laurel and verbinum have had an attack of thrips what is the best way to treat. |
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Plant Identification. Could someone tell me what plants these are so i can google them to see what their growing habits are just The first one looks somewhat like a seedling virginia creeper. http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/virginia_creeper.htm The second, rhu |
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Screws to go on older lightswitches Hi We are currently getting our house fixed with eqc. The screws that fit into the light switches have been lost or misplaced. They are a screw with a hexagon shaped plastic raised head . If anyone knows where I could get some it would be much appreciated... |
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Can some clever person. .tell me the cubic meterage of 7 meters x 3.5 meters by 2 cm.I am going quietly crazy here trying to work this out.Get a different answer every time; mainly becauseI am not sure how to do it! |
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Alternative to swan plants? what other plant would the monarch grub feed on ! |
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Removing pines/firewood? We have about 70 x 30-year-old pines, and about the same number of 40-year-old poplars that we want removed. They are all pretty big and too expensive to have taken out individually by a tree feller. Does anyone know if firewood companies might be interes... |
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Passionfruit Should add maybe that this is only the second year and last year we only had two fruit but they were same colour as this years crop which we got maybe two dozen. I have never seen this colour and wondered if any gardening gurus could tell me why mine are ... |
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Potato growing specialists! Gardening question Have grown potatoes for the first time . dug a lot up a couple of weeks ago, but some are pretty hard. others a bit green.Any suggestions why!(Live in Wellington and have had a rather warm summer)Many thanks |
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Potatoes. I have a lot of potatoes any ideas on how to store them so they do not turn green or sprout I have a lot of potatoes, -any ideas on how to store them so they do not turn green or sprout |
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When to prune peach & nectarine trees in Canterbury! Anyone know what the cost would be to get someone who knows what they are doing, to do the job! |
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What year did copper pipes stop going into newly built houses please! |
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Painting House. We are painting our house in Resene Tea. Looks really lovely but we have not decided on what colour we should use for the trim. Problem is our roof is a charcoal green, very dark. Any ideas what could match both Tea and the dark green roof! We've been... |
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Sliding door gear They have that SYLON look about them to me. |
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Great water saving tip - shower with buckets, then put the water on the garden.We get about 3 buckets of water from the 2 of us showering.Have a square basin, we put under taps, and 2 buckets we move around to suit.Every bit of water saved in this drought helps.Roses got a treat tonight.Also, have water b... |
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If one leaves butternuts on the vine until it withers, do you still keep watering. I am over watering the garden, and the vine will die shortly. Should I harvest them now! |
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Mustard seeds or oats? Im going to plant a couple of my Vege gardens out over winter in either Mustard or Oats! Is that a good thing to do to prepare the soil for late winter/spring planting! |
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Paint for fibreglass? yes -comes as a 2 pot mix - paint & hardener, go to any paint or pool shop and it is expensive |
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Foam backed carpet glued to rimu floor! I want to finish the floors back to wood, lovely rimu floor boards, but someone previously put down foam backed carpet, without underlay, and just glued it down to the boards around the edge of the room. Whats the best way of removing the glue and foam th... |
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Removing putty Hey all I need to remove the putty around the glass in my front door as I am going to repaint it. Is there an easy way to do this without breaking the glass please! |
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Black mildew on plants Our shrubs are covered in black powdery mildew and we have already lost 3.What can I use to get rid of it. |
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Passionfruit plant trouble Everytime I plant a passionfruit plant in mygarden it dies. I can grow everything else but not passionfruit it seems. My latest 2 plants have dropped their leaves and the stalks are dying back. What am I doing wrong! |
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Cost of painting a bedroom? In a bedroom, for 2 undercoats & 2 topcoats (paint supplied) - what would you pay! |
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Cost of adding a garage to newish home would I be right at guessing $1K a sqm meter approx |
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Interior colour help Can anyone give me names of very light grey/white with a tint of blue! Trying to play with resene ezy paint but I'm failing at finding colours lol |
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