thank you girls will get some.
did look on net and dh made a batch of=
sml drop dishwashing liquid
garlic clove cut up finely
500ml water
and 1 x tsp cooking oil
and shake.
hehehehe so well see what happens between the dust and dh mix i think it will be good bye suckers lol..
yay danni.lol..good luk what did you plant ?
as for our special mix YEH..DIDNT WORK oh well heaps of moths again today dh was chasing them round the back yard ..oh boy
so off tomorrow to get the dust .
Danni, DH started our capsicums and tomatoes off, from seeds. He put them in some seedling trays, then put the trays inside a plastic grocery bag with a few squirts of water for moisture, wet the trays as well, then tied the bag up and left it in a semi sunny position. It was kind of like a mini greenhouse. He got the idea from my dad, who starts a lot of seedlings in for his vegie gardens this way He also did some spring onions They are all transplanted into our garden now. He did loose a few seedlings, but i think that was more because he didn't get them out of the trays and into the ground as quickly as he should've
maybe thats why my chives are so slow ..silly me didnt know i had to grow the seeds first hahah i just put them straight in the ground ...oh ok....ddrrrrrrr.
so i should have grown them in trays first pmsl..ohhh thats why there not growing i am laughing so hard at myself RITE NOW WHAT A TWIT I AM
we usually plant anything up to five seeds per space on a seedling tray - some will take, some won't - when they've taking, you can pluck the smaller, less healthy ones out, or you can simply split them like you do seedlings from bunnings. we get the trays for $2 from bunnings - they've got about 15 seedling spots on them from memory - about 30cm square. so easy to use. we have a proper little greenhouse cos DH wants to grow roses from cuttings - it's awesome and cost about $30 from bunnings. just a little portable one
we put all seeds and seedlings in there while we get to them - can't always go shopping and plant same day around here...
at this time of year, the air is too crisp and likely to kill of your seedlings if there is a frost. the plastic bag or greenhouse will help them until they establish some strength
This will seem like a dumb question but "little miss no idea" here would love to start a veggie garden but has no idea how to begin, type of location etc. we don't eat much of a variety but our staples are corn, potato, beans, carrots and broccholi. We occasionally eat squash, pumpkin (roasts only) and zucchini. Fruits I like apples, manderines, cantelope, passionfruit, nectarines.
Are these easy enough for someone with no idea to grow? do they need anything special?
apart from spud (jst haven't gotten round to it) we've grown all those vegies nae - we basically blocked out a part of our yard (pretty much full sun) planted, and kept watering it every couple of days... success with all of them. easy! we have used soil from thorpy - not sure if your soil is the yummy red stuff up where you are - but it's fantastic for growing the vegies!
passionfruit you need to have two vines (male and female) and they are climbers so you have to accommodate that (fence or wall to grow on - pretty simple low maintenance). rockmelon/canteloupe we grew in our normal vegie patch - high water needs, and we just let them "climb" over the side of the vegie patch as they spread out heaps. letting them hang down over the edge of raised garden beds meant they had more room and the actual fruit weren't sitting in mud or anything
fruit trees are pretty low maintenancy. nectarines are self polinating and you pick up the plants in big w or bunnings, and most nurseries, during winter. apples - you need a plant to cross polinate with - so most apples need at least two varieties. you can get hybrid plants that have been created to have parts of both fruit on the one plant. these are good if you have space restrictions but if you'll eat or cook the apples two plants is better. you may need to net the fruit trees spring and summer til fruit comes out to keep the mongrel birds off!!! citrus plants are pretty straight forward - plant and forget!
not sure if you can get to any cheap nurseries, but the "hello hello" mob had all these fruit trees and more for less than $20 each last year...
Coolio, thanks heaps BG - we don't have the red soil at home but it seems to be rich in something we don't seem to have problems and we have a few locations with full sun close to the house. Apple trees we already have 3 old trees but they are cooking apples and not so tasty to eat so I am sure for pollination purposes they will do ? Looks like I will be starting my patch soon then I want to do raised beds which I think will be easier to maintain and mow around
we have an old green apple (granny smith) that we use as the pollination one - look at what variety of apple you want, and check what types they need to cross pollinate - the cooking apples might be enough, but you might find you need something else
granny smith cross pollinates with almost anything
being in the area you are, you should have pretty fertile soil - if it doesn't seem to do too much, dig it through with some horse manure and ash from the fire - will help a heap!
did the dust today and the green grubs didnt like it as soon as it hit the plants,i rekon the plants actually look prettey with all that white stuff on them ..lol..looks like snow.
thanks for the tip danni
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yay danni.lol..good luk what did you plant ?
He also did some spring onions They are all transplanted into our garden now. He did loose a few seedlings, but i think that was more because he didn't get them out of the trays and into the ground as quickly as he should've
maybe thats why my chives are so slow ..silly me didnt know i had to grow the seeds first hahah i just put them straight in the ground ...oh ok....ddrrrrrrr.
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