Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens
If you love the changing season and autumn toned leaves, then head 15 minutes up the freeway and visit the best cool climate garden in the state. The higher rainfall and acidic soils makes Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens the ideal place for growing ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Need a Bin
The sandy soils of WA are some of the least fertile in the world. Many people who move to WA from other parts of Australia and start a garden are often amazed at how we get anything to grow. They have never seen soil like it. Well we can tell ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Deep Watering
Watering the garden is a much more complex job than many people think. It is particularly difficult if your soil is water repellent (or hydrophobic), because the water just runs off instead of soaking into the soil. These soils can be treated ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Soil type intro
One factor not often considered when maintaining a garden is the soil type. Perth's soils range dramatically. You get deep gutless sands in Ellenbrook requiring considerable work to make them fertile enough to support exotic plant species ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Biodynamics
As we all know what you put in is what you get out and this is exactly the same principle that applies to organic gardening. Organic gardening is all about unlocking the natural goodness already found in soils and plants without using chemicals ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Kiwifruit Fertiliser Recommendations
Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) is a vigorous growing vine. In its natural habitat in the mountainous regions of central and southern China it is found growing in deep humus-rich soils on the sides of steep gullies. In New Zealand kiwifruit have ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Grapevine Fertiliser Recommendations
Among horticultural plants, grapevines are acknowledged as having less exacting nutritional requirements. They can be grown on a wide range of soil types, but nutritional problems show most commonly on lighter textured soils. Most established ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Glossary of terms
Soils containing large amounts of lime, usually calcium and magnesium carbonates. Green pigments located in the chloroplasts of the plant; responsible for the absorption of light energy which is essential for photosynthesis. Inorganic elements of ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Feijoa Fertiliser Recommendations
The feijoa (Acca sellowiana) is a native of South America where it is found in areas with acidic soils in Southern Brasil and Uruguay. It appears to be able to tolerate a wide range of climates and soil conditions provided water-logged conditions ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
11. Phosphorus toxicity
Kiwifruit are relatively tolerant of excess phosphorus in the soil. To date phosphorus toxicity has not been observed in the field despite the very high phosphorus status of some New Zealand soils. For example, vines have been grown in soils with ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
18. Molybdenum deficiency
The native reserves of molybdenum in many New Zealand soils are very low13. Although extensive planting’s of kiwifruit have been made on soils on which responses to molybdenum by pasture plants have been recorded13, deficiencies have not been ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Guava Fertiliser Recommendations
Guavas (Psidium gujava) can be successfully grown in a wide range of soils, but they are susceptible to wet feet. Adequate moisture must be supplied, particularly prior to harvest. Young trees should be supplied with 150-500 g 6:6:5 NPK balanced ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
