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South Australia - April 2002 |
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1st |
It's
still not too late to plant some varieties of Sweet Peas. The Modern
Spencer English Sweet Peas can be planted locally from now until mid June
to flower in September. Locally grown seed is available from the McDougall
clan at 18 Second Street Gawler South 5118 send a stamped SAE for their
price list of named varieties or email gawlersweetpeas@iprimus.com.au
to be emailed their list. Packets at $1.00 each or a single named variety. |
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8th
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As
a gardener you may have heard of ethylene. It’s the gas that apples and
lots of other flowers give off in storage and it effects the plant hormones
and makes bananas ripen quickly if they are stored nearby. It’s why
greengrocers don’t store their apples and bananas in the same cold store
or they would ripen too fast.
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15th |
‘Chomp
chomp chomp’, that’s the sound of slugs and snails eating their way
through your small seedlings, if you just had the ears to hear. Well we
might not have the ears but we have the eyes as proof. If you aim to raise
a crop, it be flowers for a spring display or winter vegies, then you may
be prompted to do something about them.
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22nd
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I
like the way television cooks tell us how easily a dish is prepared.
It’s a pity we don’t get the same precaution when buying plants.
Especially bedding plants, like the annual flowers that gardeners buy with
such high hopes and unless prepared to apply considerable care will rue
the purchase.
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29th
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I
was reminded recently that with mushroom season is here and that you must
cut mushrooms to harvest them and not pull them up. Pulling them is akin
to harvesting flowers by pulling the shrub up. If the mycelia or root
system is removed you have effectively stopped the mushrooms from coming
again in that patch, so use a knife to collect your mushies.
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