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Plants wrongly labelled at school plant fair There is a plant fair near us every year (in early spring), and it is highly recommended.I went and spent about $450 (a lot of money in my books) as we were building our house.However, the plants have not all worked out.2 x big trees didnt leaf up (at the... |
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Ideas for planting in a pot please My husband gave me a lovely wine red pot and I don't know what to plant in it. It's square, about 600mm tall, small at the bottom and much wider at the top. I plan to put it on some paving in a sunny area. I prefer plants that flower and I thought... |
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Spring bulbs. I just got my Kings newsletter. Oh joy, summer is over, lol! |
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Shrub/small tree for sculptural garden? Hi there, gardening experts - please help! I am looking for a plant that will grow up to around 2.5 metres tall and 1.5m wide to give some screening to a deck area. The deck sits about 800mm above a North facing raised garden in Wellington, and it h |
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Horse Manure for Gardens. Hey guys i39m not a gardener but i do have horses which means i have a mountain of manure sitting in a Hey guys, I'm not a gardener, but I do have horses which means I have a mountain of manure sitting in a pile at any one time.Can someone please let me know, when is the best times of year for me to let gardeners know I have this mountain - |
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Conflict of Interest Not gardening or DIY but the board I prefer to use. Does anybody know in a case such as named above if the lawyer has to disclose what the issue is. My son has a court case on 15th and last Tuesday was contacted by his lawyer who told him there was |
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Watermelons Hi all I have a watermelon plant which has two lovely big melons nearly ready. The issue is that there are about 4-5 other ones which are tiny (2-3cm only) and don't appear to be growing. It gets the soaker hose on every night for 2 hours |
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Tomato Help Please! Hadalooki would.ntworryasyourtomato.slookhealthyStartspayingnowmightruinyourtomato,sthey willtastesomuchdifferentthanshop,s |
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Adding bleach to tank water. could someone please help me, how much bleach can i add to my tank water , i have around 20,000L of water in my tank |
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Exterior paints for plaster finish Really wanting something along the green lines. We have brown aluminum windows and doors and brown fascia and spouting. Any idea or pics please. |
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Exterior Paint Colours - greys? I have spent more in test pots over the last couple of weeks I probably could have painted the damn house. We have a large A frame style bungalow built 100 years ago.Currently it has Resene Parchment Walls, Brand new Iron Roof in Grey Friars and Dar |
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Elderberry growing in your area, christchurch Hi , trying to harvest some elderberry but my recipe needs more than what I have got to make it with, -can any one help me with access to some more-just message me on my Facebook page-Michelle Lagatule -thanks in advance |
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HELP! Staining hardiplank Our house has a nice light real wood look. It would have been done with Wattyl Hardistain. Aparently they no longer make this and looks like I might have to paint it. I love the wood stain look. Its really only one side of the house that needs doing at th... |
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Any herb experts here. I planted dill and fennel this year but both bolted to seed, so what do I do now! pull them out! chop them back! do they re-grow!Amateur gardener here! |
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Pandorea pandorana,yellowing leaves. Hadput a post on herebefore regarding this climberbut still having problemsa brown spot app Hadput a post on herebefore regarding this climber,but still having problems.A brown spot appears on the leaves,then they turn yellow and fall off.I have treated it twice with epsom salts,but this has made no difference.It is still sending out new shots t... |
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Some plant ideas please I have a large area of garden that I want to try and sort out.I am not terribly 'plant minded' lolI would like plants that dont grow too tall, but bush out a bit, flower nicely (prefer if there were some plants that would flower in different seaso... |
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Cover sheets Does anyone know where to get cover sheets cheap or free in Christchurch! Firms often put them out for free to get rd of them.Cheers |
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Bugs on my new rose plants - help? I'm new to planting roses in my garden and noticed on many of the new ones they are covered in little tiny green bugs near the buds and leaves and some larger dark crawling things on the leaves.My husband sprayed the roses with something called Rose S... |
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Could anyone identify this pest please? These caterpillar things are all over my plum and peach trees, can anyone tell me what they are and how to best get rid of them please! |
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Buying concrete OK, so I need about 200 litres of concrete. Too small to have delivered, and it would have to be carried up steps anyway. I could buy 20 bags of readymix for $200. Or I could buy a bag of cement and some builder's mix very much cheaper. |
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Identification of possible Epiphyte ? Large I would much appreciate identification of the below plant.it is rather large and looks to sit on its own root system which look like punga fibers.or maybe it is growing out of a dead punga. |
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Ahhh crap, plumbing/building advice? So we went away Auckland Anniversary, had a WICKED motel with an AMAZING shower (strip skin off your body). we returned home and I thought my mind was playing tricks on me as I'm sure our shower pressure wasn't quite the same and I had to turn the... |
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Dead Orange Tree I'm sooo sad one day my orange tree happy green leaves next day the leaves had shriveled dry fallen of branches. how can i save the juicy tree. |
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Dang- heirloom tomato fell off the vine, want seed Hiya, I had this huge "maroon" tomato growing - knocked it off the vine when I were bringing them inside (8 degrees tonight in chch) so wondering. is there any hope for using the seeds to regrow it in future seasons! It's a prett |
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Composting I am new at the composting business and can anyone help me in regards to lots of tiny insects flying around in the bin. I started the compost heap about 2 weeks ago, putting veg and fruit scraps in every day. Have covered it with a small layer of grass cl... |
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