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 |
Coastal Garden Design
Keeping a garden looking its best though dry times can be tough going, but imagine a garden by the ocean. Sandy soils hold little moisture and the wind dries things out even more. Then there's the salt, which can do terrible damage to delicate ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Print fact sheet - Yengo
Mount Wilson is an elevated region in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney just off the Bells Line of Road. As well as having a cool, mountain climate due to its elevation, the area is also endowed with deep, fertile basaltic soils. The combination ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
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 |
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 |
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]
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Guavas
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]
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Grapevines
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]
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Nutrient Deficiencies
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]
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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]
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