Question Time 21!

Muddy Boots

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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