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Find out who will be this month’s Q&A winner of The Plant Runner’s prize!
We have been inundated with excellent questions, here are some of the topics discussed this month:
- Passionfruit hoppers can be controlled by weekly spraying of ECO Neem and Eco Oil
- Frangipane with woolly aphid. Keith suggests controlling with Pyrethrum (add a drop or two of dishwashing liquid)
- Don’t over prune natives such as chrysocephalum apiculatum - dead head only, particularly in summer
- Mites on plants like Vibernum? Try Mavrik or ECO Neem and Eco Oil
- Dilute worm tea to ration of approx 1:10 to 1:15 or hear how to wash through the worm farm to collect worm wee and castings - stay tuned for more tips on worm farms in our upcoming episode!
- Deter possums from eating your passion fruits by providing a decoy apple!
- Some basic principles on pH testing and correction
- Pomegranate trees - best to have 2 plants of different varieties will increase the yield through cross-pollination
- Ornamental grape vines excellent for summer shade. Keith suggests Thomson seedless and crimson seedless. Ensure Neutral pH, good potting mix and liquid feed
- Ficus Pumila - a great clinging climber
- Keith’s top tips on keeping rabbits off your plants!
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