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South Australia - October 2002 |
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7th
Oct |
You’ll
know by now just how effective your spray was to curb the Taphrina
deformans fungus that causes curly leaf on your peaches. I missed a few
spots and have had to pluck the offending curly leaves. You might be
curious what happens if you do nothing? Well the fruits shrivel over the
next few weeks and fall before they ripen, so it’s worth being vigilant. |
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14th Oct.
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Potting on or repotting is a pretty
necessary operation at this time of year. If you aim to reuse any potting
mix, I’d suggest that you blend it with at least 50% new potting mix and
even then use it for hardier plants than those that supported the previous
crop. A potting medium that grew tomatoes last year, might be used to grow
potted succulents this year when reconstituted.
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21st
Oct. |
The
myriad of English Box hedges in and around Adelaide and the suburbs could
all benefit from a light clip right now. Even the larger growing Korean
Box with the paler yellow green foliage, will bounce back with dense
laterals if clipped or pruned now. Don’t be tempted to mulch under any
Box hedge either, as it creates a favoured environment for soil borne
mealy bugs, which are the death of many a fine Box hedge row.
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28thOct.
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There’s
a bit of black spot starting to appear on the older leaves of a few rose
cultivars. It does not affect all roses by the way. Some varieties are
quite resistant to it altogether. Those affected get sensitive to
infection when planted too closely to other plants, or have poor drainage,
or maybe a micro irrigation system creates too much humidity in their
canopy.
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