Sandy Soils and Plants in the Wrong Spot
If you have ever asked yourself the question whether it is better to water the garden with a bucket or a watering can Kim has the answers. The answer is it depends on what plants you have and how you have prepared the yard. As a bucket can ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Clay Soils
Many people think that the worst soil you can have in the garden is heavy clay. However, Don explained that any soil can be a good garden soil. Indeed, most natural soils in Australia are suitable for growing a garden. In most instances it is ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Soils and Site
Strawberries can be grown in most parts of New Zealand, but the main districts of commercial production are Auckland, Waikato, Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua and Canterbury. Strawberries can be grown in most parts of New Zealand, but the main districts ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Location and Soils
Because of the strong emphasis on quality on both the export and domestic markets, commercial production of spray and Sim (standard) carnations should be considered only as a greenhouse crop. Before being planted into the greenhouse, the crop ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Adding Organic Matter to Soil
The worst problem facing gardeners in Australia today is that when soils dry out, they can become water repellent, or hydrophobic. When this happens, water just runs off instead of soaking into the soil. Don showed an example of a water repellent ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Fertiliser Manure
Horse manure is very fibrous, rots down quickly and is regarded as being useful for heavy clay soils because of its fibre content. It also works well on sandy soils. It can be incorporated into the soil, or used as a mulch to about 5cm (2") ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Great Features
The foundation to great plant growth starts with the soil. Using top quality soils and mulches have a critical effect to the amount of water absorbed by the plants. Using a low grade soil could cause a lot of run off and evaporation, which is ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Yorkshire fog grass (Holcus lanatus)
A velvety greyish perennial mat forming grass, usually under 50cm high, which grows best in wet soils. Leaves blades are flat, to 10mm wide and softly and densely hairy. Flowering stems are erect with a seed head to 5-17cm long. The seed heads ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Free Call:
Western Australia has some of the least fertile soils in the world and we still manage to have some fantastic gardens. Sue thinks it is because we understand the importance of using products that save water, and help improve the fertility of the ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Fertile Soil
The Bay of Plenty is one of the most fertile regions on the planet and the reason is in the soil. These are deep, rich, volcanic ash soils that receive incredible rainfall, between 1.2m to 1.8m per year. This is a great thing as far as kiwi fruit ... [... more]
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Growing Vegies
In our segment Don talked about the value of animal manure in the garden. Manure conditions soils of all types, it provides nutrients, it is already more or less decomposed and it is teeming with bacteria and other beneficial organisms. Animal ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Powerfeed
www.seasol.com.au Turns sticky clay soils in friable soils without the use of gypsum Increases shelf life of cut flowers PowerFeed is the only product widely available in the home garden market in Australia that provides the amazing benefits of ... [... more]
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