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South Australia - January
1999 |
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Select the date from the list shown below for
this months tip |
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Jan 11th
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During the recent hot weather you probably
noticed your French Beans would not form, but the flowers aborted and fell off.
That’s not because the bees will not work on days of 39°C, it’s a natural
response by nature, who thinks it’s just too darn hot to bother! Beans are self
pollinating, they don’t need bees.
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Jan 18th
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Annie’s accusing me of arboricide (the noun for a tree killer) after my attempts at
hardening-off the "Norwegian Spruce" Christmas tree. I still think it will
recover, but things are not looking good. I’ve used a wetting agent on the soil media
and a seaweed extract to revive it. Just a few hours in the morning sun and it turned
brown your Honour. The jury is still out! |
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Jan 22nd
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The succulent red-stemmed weed popping up all around the garden after the hot weather and
cooler spell is "Purslane" Portulaca oleracea, which is used by
herbalists as a salad vegetable. |
