Yates Fungus Gun
Start off with a good dose of an organic feed like Dynamic Lifter scattered about. The pellets will breakdown slowly to gradually release nutrients to the plants and improve the soil. At the same time, your seedlings will also need an instant ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Thrive Concentrate Fruit and Flower Plant Food
To help your plants produce more flowers, one of the essential nutrients needed in the soil is potassium. When you are next in your local nursery look out for Thrive Fruit and Flower which is specially formulated for, you guessed it, flowers and ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Transplanting
Gardens and everything in them are living things, by observing and understanding nature we become better gardeners. For example, if your soil is expelling water you can't simply just plant a plant and expect it to survive. Right now is a good ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Sherry Thomas
Sherry Thomas arrived on American soil at age thirteen. Within a year, with whatever English she scraped together and her trusty English-Chinese dictionary by her side, she was already plowing through the 600-page behemoth historical romances of ... [... more]
Random House |
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 |
What is listeriosis?
Listeriosis is an infection in humans caused by Listeria bacteria. These bacteria are widespread in nature. They are found in soil, dust, water, unwashed raw fruit and vegetables, fish, undercooked poultry, unpasteurised milk or dairy foods, soft ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Figure 4:
Dramatic differences in the internal quality of satsuma mandarins measured between neighbouring orchards can been attributed to subtle microclimatic differences interacting with fruit development. Lower soil temperatures at one site delayed ... [... 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 |
Passionfruit (Purple Granadilla)
Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) tolerate a wide range of soil types provided they are free draining. Such conditions are essential to minimise the risk of root canker which is a complex disease resulting from a combination of Phytophthera, ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Young trees
Minimal pruning is generally carried out on citrus grown in New Zealand, thus the quantity of nutrient which needs to come from soil reserves or fertiliser applications in a cropping orchard, depends on that removed in harvested fruit. Typical ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
FERTILISER RECOMMENDATIONS
Figs (Ficus carica) can produce good crops even under fairly low fertility levels. Soil cultivation should be only superficial otherwise feeding roots will be damaged. Trees are very sensitive to dry soil conditions and regular supplies of water ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Move To Stop Recording Possible Contamination Welcomed
Residents are welcoming the likelihood Auckland City Council will stop recording potential soil contamination on property reports but it may be too late to remove the stigma already affecting property sales. AUCKLAND, 23/11/2004 - Residents are ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
