soil tag
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Ideas please for Deciduous trees in sandy soil. Hi fellow gardeners, I need some ideas please. I want to grow a couple of deciduous trees at out beach place on the fence line.The idea is to screen the neighbours in summer, but not to hinder winter sun as we will also be spending time there in the winte... |
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Soil type/conditioning for growing peppers Are there any pepper growers out there who can tell me what type of soil is best for growing peppers. I know it's too late to plant them now, but would like to prepare my soil over winter so I'm ready for Spring. |
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Clay soil I have read quite a bit on the internet on how to address as we have heavy clay. Seems quite a process to remedy it. What worked best for you? Advice gratefully accepted. |
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Spreading plant that likes crappy dry clay soil? Hi, I have a long clay bank that is rubbish clay and in summer it's soooo dry. Can anyone suggest a spreading plant, prefer one that flowers? Thanks so much. |
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Bonsai soil help hello people, im having a hard time finding a trustworthy recipe for bonsai mix in new Zealand. I have river sand ,perlite ,zeolite ,pumice decorative pebbles (daltons), Daltons premium potting mix and garden loam. peat moss too. What |
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Best soil for potting I have a couple citrus plants and flowering plants in pots that seem to be struggling,maybe to do with the soil.I stopped using potting mix and compost and made home-made compost and old potting mix,added in some sheep pellets,blood and bone and a bit of ... |
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Where to dump soil/bark? Does anyone know where I can get rid of (dump) a trailor load of a mixture of sand, dirt and bark for free or cheap. Cost $100 to dump similar amount at CCC refuse station. |
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Outdoor plant pot soil drying out help please. Is there some hairy matty stuff I could put down over the soil in the pots to protect the soil from the harsh kiwi sun ? |
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CHC: Cheapest place to dump tree branches & soil as per title, soil has a small amount of concrete in it. branches are assorted. trying to tidy up yard on a small budget. any ideas. ? |
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Blueberry soil - potted Hi all, I got a new plant since the last one died - it got too dry it was a 50/50 peat moss and orchard mix. What soil so I use for the new one? If I use standard potting mix what about the acidity that it prefers from what I read |
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Soil Pipe Cutter Looking for a Soil Pipe Cutter, Have asked in Farming but no luck. then asked in general and they sent me here Can anyone help me out, cant find any on here other than one new one way over priced, and another that is over priced for a second hand one, hop... |
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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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Building on an Ash soil Hi, I am looking at a piece of land that has volcanic ash soil. I know that ash is very free draining so wondered if there are any special considerations for building a house! Would I be better to go for a concrete floor or piles! Is there additional expe... |
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How2 'clean' vege garden soil btween crops of Toms I have 2 smallish vege gardens and no room to create more, I got blight quite bad this year in one of the gardens, and have just realised this morning that its probably because i had grown potatoes in the same soil the previous year (same family same dise... |
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How to sterilise soil? Anyone know? I have just pulled out a heap of ladder ferns and they have left bazillions of bulbs behind. I was wondering if anyone knew how or what I could get to sterilise the soil, as there is no way I could get them all out by hand and don't want them to regro... |
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Soil Saturation I am after some advice, I had an empty garden - was just dirt, which I planted some daisies into it.However when I water it the water just pools on the top of the soil and takes some time to penetrate it.Is there something I can add to the soil to correct... |
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Improving Clay Soil How can I improve my clay soil for planting fruit trees and flowers!I was told that lime helps to improve clay soil!Help!Any advice appreciated, thanks. |
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Improving heavy soil Our new garden has a heavy soil . what can I do to improve it. I had similar soil in another place I lived and we put loads of compost from Mitre 10 etc on it, and general fertilizerand it improved the texture but I think it made it too acidy or something... |
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Possible soil contamination Any chemicals added to a swimming pool for pool health at normal levels, because a pool by definition has to 'human/safe' would be highly unlikely to kill shrubs. However oversaturation can easily and readily be a plant killer as also is sodium chloride a... |
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Liquid Sulfur Soil Acidifier for Hydrangeas Has anyone used this, and what consistency should it be? I purchased a gorgeous blue hydrangea that came up pink dammit! So I toddled off to the garden shop and bought a bottle of Liquid Aluminium Sulphate which was fine, as in it was liquid. Then I opene... |
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Soil for new raised bed Is it better to use compost or potting mix, or a combination? I don't want to burn the plants and don't have excess garden soil to use. What is recommended for a new garden bed. |
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Soil drains too fast-please advise. We got a veggie box, put some soil in from Bunnings, but it drains too quickly, even hardy mint is looking a bit sad. How to I slow down the drainage? The things are already planted, I don't want to pull everything out. Thank you! |
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Raised garden - soil composition Hi all We finally built our raised garden. I have searched the internet. They say use garden soil then compost and mulch. Mitre 10 on Youtube said use green waste then Tui Vegetable Mix. What do you suggest? We only have the Bunnin |
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Soil magnesium deficiency and Epsom Salts Does anyone here have any info about the quantity to use and how to apply Epsom Salts to fix insufficient magnesium in the soil? I've Googled, emailed the NZ importer (no reply a week later) and tried to find a website in Epsom, England about |
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Soil binding plant that doesn't grow too big I'm after a soil binding plant which will easily grow in clay, is low maintenance and doesn't grow to big. Ideally it would only grow about 30cm max. Any suggestions? Thanks. |
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How to repair cracked soil? Hi, my lawn started to have deep crack lines. How should I repair it? Should I concern about it? Thanks! |
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