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Tomato plants leaves shrivelled All of my tomato plants leaves are shrivelled up (as is my neighbours.) It happened almost as soon as we bought them from the garden shop.They have good strong stems and leaves apart from that, and are growing good tomatoes.The garden shop does not |
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Damaged chrome bath tub drain hole HI, does anyone know of anyway to 'rechrome' a bath tub drain.it'sover 10 years old. The chrome finish is chipped in places and copper shows through. |
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Monarch Caterpillars and Pumpkin. Have about 12 big fat caterpillars that have devoured our swan plants, read about the pumpkin thing that says to slice thinly and place in a deep container (with the caterpillars obviously) Just wondering, will the caterpillars crawl away themselves when ... |
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Can anyone identify this weed? Looks a lot like hydrocotyl. |
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Are Fresia bulbs. Are fresia bulbs easy to plant and when does one plant them, i'm not a gardener but do love fresia's please help me someone thanks |
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Colour to paint front door? House colour is creamy beige, roof and spouting is Karaka green, as is the majority of fencing, windows are aluminium and white. What colour should I do the front door (its currently forest green) |
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Hopping moth things on jasmine We have a beautiful weeping cherry tree beside our front door (new home).It is enclosed in a heebie boxed hedge and the ground cover (to the top of the hedge) is jasmine. The jasmine has flippin' hopping moths all over it.They have migrated to t |
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Tomato problem. It maybe something like fuscarium wilt. Whatever it is I think you may find it is soil borne and you cannot plant back into the same ground again unless you plant non susceptible crops. Not sure how long it lasts till you can plant tomatoes, potatoes or a... |
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WHAT CAUSES TOMATOES To look lovely on the outside but even when ripe have a greencore in the tomato at the stem end and sometimes extending down the sides. This spoils the tomato as it has to be cut out before using. I think the brand is Big Beef but I have seen it on other ... |
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Long stemmed flowers for wedding bouquet What long (ish) stemmed flowers could I plant that would be ready mid-late November for a wedding bouquet! |
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Lemonade Tree.where to get? Mother has just returned from Tasman with huge bag of Lemonades-look exactly like a lemon but not at all sour. Kids loving them. Do they grow in ChCh! And /or where can you buy them from! Anyone know! |
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Stupeid Question Bugger can't even spell stupid :) I'm looking at laying River Stone on a Garden that is 15m long by 2m wide. How do I work out how many cubic metres I need to order and does anyone know of a good supplier in Auckland!. |
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Tomatoes wont grow. Anyone else having trouble growing tomatoes, i was told it was because it was a cold november, but my friends ones are growing fine, mine are not much over a foot in height with yellowing leaves. |
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3 speed ceiling fan With light. Looking at putting one in to gently push the heat down in the winter.I only want low speed; is it possible to isolate speeds 2 & 3 so you dont have to go through high every time you turn the thing off. Just of |
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What's flowering now for pots? What wee plants can I get now that will be flowering for a wee while, want to put some stuff in my pots on the deck. Thanks |
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Cucumbers - disaster of a season Anyone else having problems with cucumbers this year!Normally I have an embarassment of them but this year the plants haven't developed many roots and have mildew.I bought some compost this year and am wondering if there is too much bark in it. |
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Wanted to buy - frangipani plants, or seeds please To grow inside in Christchurch. Happy to pay for postage etc. Preferably white, or white with yellow centre. |
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Samsung washing machine water level sensor Samsung WD7704C8C/xsa washing machine.Front loader.I have been told there is a problem with my water level sensor. Can anyone please tell me how to fix it! I am pretty good at pulling the machine apart and have checked everything and am told it is the wat... |
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What are these bugs? aphids!I thought spider mites were reddish. |
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Painting wooden window frames - What type of paint i need to repaint the window frames on my house. most of them are getting a bit rough looking and could do with a tidy up. what sort of paint am i supposed to use! im going to give them a clean and light sand and then paint onto the existing paint. any he... |
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Plumbing advice with a connector please Hi all, have an old galv water pipe running under our lawn, and I want to cut it shorter to have another tap closer to the house. Question is, is there such a fitting that will "clamp" aroundthe galv water pipe tightly,and allow me to fit plasti... |
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Tomatoes - are you pulling off all the lower leave with the weather we have been having, rain, sun, etc, lots of lower leaves are turning yellow.Pull them off, and dispose of them.Will not affect fruit, and will hopefully keep plants healthy.I always pull off lower leaves, but more important than usual th... |
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Cleaning pink mildew/lichen off weatherboard I've been waterblasting the house. It's painted weatherboard, and the south side is mouldy and also has this pink mildewor lichen stuff that grows in little spots. Where it's really thick, it's reddish-brown.I scrubbed the weat |
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Toilet was cracked in the 1st quake and has been replaced but i would like to make the old one into a bit of a feature in the garden with a plant in it just cause it was damaged in the 1st quake.any ideas re a plant that would like living in a toilet and would thrive!i was going to give my idea up but i... |
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I have a resin figure, can it go outdoors? I got a what I thought was a cast aluminum mermaid ornament from an op shop, my brother said it was too heavy for aluminum and was bound to be silver resin instead. No clue on mermaid itself to what it made off. If it is resin can it be an outside ornamen... |
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