Your Garden Questions Answered
Episode: # 10 09/06/07
Presenter: Sue McDougall
How many times have you ventured into the garden only to discover that something has gone astray? Garden Gurus Garden Club members gather at Dawson’s Garden World in Joondalup all with questions they want answers to and Sue is sure what is happening in their gardening is not unique.
One member has brought in an avocado tree that has some blackness on the stem and is growing at a strange angle. Sunburn has caused the dark colouring and it is because it is growing flat and the stems are exposed to the sun. The affected stems will need to be cut off and then the plant re-potted.
Another member has an elephant ear plant with discoloured leaves that are dying very quickly. Sue can see that it is from thrip damage. Thrips rasp away at the leaf and cause the silvering and the blackness. They also cause the death of the leaves. It can be controlled with Yates Confidor.
There is also a very sick looking sample of a lemon tree. The sample is infested with citrus leaf minor, cottony cushion scale and scale insects on the fruit. Luckily it can all be controlled with white oil!
Sue also takes a look at a sample of a tree that one member has brought it, but doesn’t know what it is. It is called the Queensland Pittosporum (Pittosporum rhombifolium) and it is fantastic for small areas in the garden because of its skinny, upright growth habit.
Growing your own fruit is something we can all do even if you call yourself a brown thumb gardener. All you need is sun light, well improved soil, regular watering and feeding and you are well on your way to growing all the ingredients for your own fruit salad.
Winter is the best time to establish fruiting plants such as peaches, nectarines, apples, pears and figs. In fact all the deciduous trees are best planted when they are dormant. This way they get their root system established and shoot away beautifully in spring.
Citrus will reward you with so many fruit and if you chose a few different varieties you can have fresh fruit from the beginning of the season, which is May right through until late spring.
Rhubarb, passionfruit and grapes are all at Dawson’s and if the choice is daunting grab yourself a copy of the free catalogue listing all the different varieties.
Dawsons Garden World – Joondalup
179 Winton Rd
Joondalup
WA 6027
Phone: (08) 9300 0733
Fax: (08) 93001244
Presenter: Sue McDougall
How many times have you ventured into the garden only to discover that something has gone astray? Garden Gurus Garden Club members gather at Dawson’s Garden World in Joondalup all with questions they want answers to and Sue is sure what is happening in their gardening is not unique.
One member has brought in an avocado tree that has some blackness on the stem and is growing at a strange angle. Sunburn has caused the dark colouring and it is because it is growing flat and the stems are exposed to the sun. The affected stems will need to be cut off and then the plant re-potted.
Another member has an elephant ear plant with discoloured leaves that are dying very quickly. Sue can see that it is from thrip damage. Thrips rasp away at the leaf and cause the silvering and the blackness. They also cause the death of the leaves. It can be controlled with Yates Confidor.
There is also a very sick looking sample of a lemon tree. The sample is infested with citrus leaf minor, cottony cushion scale and scale insects on the fruit. Luckily it can all be controlled with white oil!
Sue also takes a look at a sample of a tree that one member has brought it, but doesn’t know what it is. It is called the Queensland Pittosporum (Pittosporum rhombifolium) and it is fantastic for small areas in the garden because of its skinny, upright growth habit.
Growing your own fruit is something we can all do even if you call yourself a brown thumb gardener. All you need is sun light, well improved soil, regular watering and feeding and you are well on your way to growing all the ingredients for your own fruit salad.
Winter is the best time to establish fruiting plants such as peaches, nectarines, apples, pears and figs. In fact all the deciduous trees are best planted when they are dormant. This way they get their root system established and shoot away beautifully in spring.
Citrus will reward you with so many fruit and if you chose a few different varieties you can have fresh fruit from the beginning of the season, which is May right through until late spring.
Rhubarb, passionfruit and grapes are all at Dawson’s and if the choice is daunting grab yourself a copy of the free catalogue listing all the different varieties.
- Great range of varietiesincluding- Almonds, Apples, Apricots, Citrus fruits including Cumquats,Grape fruit, Limes, Mandarins &Oranges, Cherries, Figs, Grapes, Olives, Peaches, Plums, Pears, Grafted Nellie kelly Passionfruit and Rhubarb.
Dawsons Garden World – Joondalup
179 Winton Rd
Joondalup
WA 6027
Phone: (08) 9300 0733
Fax: (08) 93001244
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