Your Garden Questions Answered
Episode: #5 21/04/07
Presenter: Kim Syrus
Monica of Salisbury is moving house and wants to know if she can take cuttings from her favourite roses. You certainly can and now is a great time to get them started.
It is best to do quite a few cuttings from the same bush just to make sure that a couple survive.
It will take 2 to 3 months for the roots to develop and then the cutting is ready to be planted out. What a great way to take some old memories to your new garden.
Jim of Willunga has a crop of splitting oranges and is desperate for help. Splitting skin is generally a sign of inconsistent watering and with the summer we have just had, it is hardly surprising.
When watering citrus, it is very important to keep up regular irrigation around the drip zone or outside edge of the tree
Reposition your drippers or hand water in this area to make sure moisture gets right to the roots. Spreading a good layer of mulch will also stop the soil drying out and the fruit from splitting.
WATERWISE TIP
Weeds can fill a garden in no time. Not only are they unsightly they also compete with our other garden plants for moisture. This means much of the water we put on the garden is being robbed by these weeds and causing our other plants to struggle.
Removing weeds by hand or using a spray will quickly help reduce this competition, making sure that any water you give the garden will be used by the right plant.
Featured Products
Yates Plant Cutting Powder
Presenter: Kim Syrus
Monica of Salisbury is moving house and wants to know if she can take cuttings from her favourite roses. You certainly can and now is a great time to get them started.
- Remove a stem around 20 cm long that has just finished flowering.
- Cut the spent bloom and trim off all the leaves.
- Recut the base at a 45 degree angle and dip into some rooting powder.
- Now, fill up a 20 cm pot with propagating mix and push the cutting in just over half way, then water in.
- Place in a part shaded area and keep the mix moist but not too wet.
It is best to do quite a few cuttings from the same bush just to make sure that a couple survive.
It will take 2 to 3 months for the roots to develop and then the cutting is ready to be planted out. What a great way to take some old memories to your new garden.
Jim of Willunga has a crop of splitting oranges and is desperate for help. Splitting skin is generally a sign of inconsistent watering and with the summer we have just had, it is hardly surprising.
When watering citrus, it is very important to keep up regular irrigation around the drip zone or outside edge of the tree
Reposition your drippers or hand water in this area to make sure moisture gets right to the roots. Spreading a good layer of mulch will also stop the soil drying out and the fruit from splitting.
WATERWISE TIP
Weeds can fill a garden in no time. Not only are they unsightly they also compete with our other garden plants for moisture. This means much of the water we put on the garden is being robbed by these weeds and causing our other plants to struggle.
Removing weeds by hand or using a spray will quickly help reduce this competition, making sure that any water you give the garden will be used by the right plant.
Featured Products
Yates Plant Cutting Powder
- A cutting powder formulated to encourage rapid root formation on plant cuttings for propagation
- Contains two different plant hormones for effective and fast root growth.
- Works on most cuttings.
- Easy to use, simply dip moistened cutting into powder
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