vege tag
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Vege Gardening. My daughter is in Year 12 and has to complete an assignment on growing your own food for NCEA level 2. She has a questionnaire for home vegetable growers to fill in but for some reason getting people to complete it is like getting blood out of a stone! If... |
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Wood chips as base for vege garden We recently chipped a heap of magnolia branches and other tree branches I'm now wanting to fill raised beds for veges. Can I use the fine chips as a base under the compost and soil etc? Do they break down at all and or have any nutrient s to add? |
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Cooked vege in compost is it ok or will I get overrun with rats and mice? |
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Tanalised vege garden beds I am building up my garden beds with tanalised timber and was wondering if the Chemicals (As, Co) will leach into the soil and contaminate my soil/vege? |
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Cut Flowers in Vege Garden. I have a built-up vege garden which is really too big for our needs. I love flowers in the house and I was wondering which annuals are great for cut flowers. Bunnings have cheap $1.30 punnets and I will plant them in amongst the beans, lettuce, silver bee... |
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Any vege growers on at the moment? When is the best time to plant potatoes, carrots, parsnips, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc - root veges? And when will they be ready? Can they be planted throughout the year, so there are fresh veges all year round? If so what months to plant - and w... |
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Which brand of vege seeds is best. Just starting off by building a raised vege garden planter box. There seems to be quite a few brands of veg seeds available - anyone any good/bad experiences with a particular brand please. ? Tks & rgds |
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Using grass clippings as vege mulch? Hi guys, just wondering if anyone uses grass clippings on their vege garden to keep down weeds and keep soil cool for winter crops! Seen this talked about, but have a weird phobia about motor oil from the mower, and influencing the flavour of the veg. Am ... |
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Newbie vege growers, what to plant when, look here http://www.gardengrow.co.nz/ Quite a good little website although i would double check the region they say you are. According to them i'm a sutropical climate (Whangarei) |
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What are you planting in your vege garden March? im thinking broccolli, maybe onions!, spinach, lettuce. |
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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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1st Time Vege Gardener.Jersey Bennies I live in North Otago, South Island. Have had one really good lot of Jersey Bennies and am now wondering is it too late for me to plant another lot! Can anyone recommend a good 'winter' potato variety! Agria! Thanks |
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With the dry weather vege plants suffering Has any one tried putting foam in bottom of raised gardens to help keep moisture in.? A lot of my plants have died ,so looking for ideas for next year plantings |
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Yates Weed & Feed and the vege garden I believe Weed & Feed is the reason more people are now having a weed free lawn, I know for me it's been the easy no fuss way to apply with a garden hose thats had me using Weed & Feed twice a year. |
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Year round self sufficient vege garden. Does anyone have perhaps a link with a good step by step plan for a year round vege garden? When to sow, when to harvest and the rotation so we have veges all year. Do you generally plant a new row every couple of weeks? I have just started and was a bit ... |
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Best material for vege garden paths I am wondering what people recommend for garden paths between vege planter boxes. Maybe something to detract slugs and snails. Any recommendations appreciated. |
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Anyone using vege garden planning software / apps? Hi guys, I'm constantly forgetting dates of when I plant, so struggle to know when a crop is due for harvest. Have taken to writing sow dates on a whiteboard but was wondering if anyone uses software to make it easier? I know there |
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The Vege Patch Good to see all the hard work slowing coming into fruition: Tomatoes (in pots) all have fruit on them now, types are cherry, Early bird and Super Tom, lime and lemon tree in pots, then lettuce, carrots, celery, apple cucumber, lebanese cucumbe |
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Weeds taking over vege garden. Cranked up our 'small' vege garden & is coming on nicely with regular watering but the weeds are showing everywhere. Only small, mostly too small to pull out just yet but is there a spray or an easy cure that won't kill the plants. Tomatoes are tall enoug... |
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Raised Vege Garden Weedmat Hi Would like your views on using weedmat under 300mm raised garden bed that will be used for vegetable growing. Will it hamper or aid drainage? Will it actually stop any weeds? Will it hamper growth eg carrots what else. Any other pros/cons. |
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Catching possums & rabbits destroying vege patches I’ve had problems over the last few months with possums eating chook food from the chicken feeder. I set both Timms and cage traps baited with carrots right next to the chook feeder but they were not interested, they just honed in on the chook food... |
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Going plant shopping for the new vege garden Can someone tell me whats the best to start with at this time of year. The soil has been prepared and the area is near a fence with full day sun. Mostly West facing. |
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How to keep cat out of freshly planted vege garden Any Ideas? I just have it all nice and neat row after row of plants or seeds and the blasted neighbours cats think its a dirtbox. I tried pepper but doesn't seem to deter them. Other than having to cover the whole lot, what works for you? |
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Espaliering fruit tree/vege garden plants - advice I have just put up a rather nice shade house and want to espalier a fruit tree on the north facing wall. It is an outdoor entertaining area as well as a pottager garden and I am trying to put in all fruit, vege, and herb plants. Apart from the espalier I ... |
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