|
The district's loquats are ripe and the rats
are on the move. Don't tell me you don't have rats, this area is riddled with nocturnal
rats, out to eat your fruit. Most of our local councils supply rat poison at this time of
year, because the problem is widespread. Don't be coy, ask for it or else we all suffer. A lot of Hydrandeas growing in the ground are currently showing
green veins on yellow leaves. This signals lime-induced-chlorosis and you need to add iron
chelates (pronounced 'keelates' so don't sound a dork) and that will turn them deep green
in a week and allow the heads to develop, but it's probably too late to alter the flower
colour.
My silver beet and lettuce are really moving now, so
Annie's happy picking it again. They are such gross feeders on nitrogen, they need weekly
feeds of water soluble fertilizer, high in nitrogen. Any Aquasol™, Thrive™,
Cultisol™ or Miracle Gro™ is fine, but apply to the roots, since foliar
application can burn unless diluted.
If your roses have gone bezerk too and are producing heads
of five or six small blooms, nip all but one, so they develop a single long stemmed bloom.
Unless of course you want a mass of small roses and seek a shrub display rather than cut
flowers.
While your flower garden may be delightful at present it
needs to be selectively fertilised now with some organic pellets and a drench of any of
the seaweed or kelp extracts, to help it weather the hot days that are sure to plague us
soon. |
