Muddy Boots
Landscape Designer, Keith Edwards, and 'Garden Girl', Elisabeth Kingman, join forces to bring an engaging, informative, and entertaining take on all things gardens. From growing perfect produce to garden design, Keith and Elisabeth will cover it. Come along and get your hands and boots muddy. For more information follow us on Instagram @muddybootspodcast
Muddy Boots
Question Time 21!
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Keith and Elisabeth
Find out who will be this month’s Q&A winner of The Plant Runner’s prize!
We have been inundated with excellent questions, here are some of the topics discussed this month:
- Passionfruit hoppers can be controlled by weekly spraying of ECO Neem and Eco Oil
- Frangipane with woolly aphid. Keith suggests controlling with Pyrethrum (add a drop or two of dishwashing liquid)
- Don’t over prune natives such as chrysocephalum apiculatum - dead head only, particularly in summer
- Mites on plants like Vibernum? Try Mavrik or ECO Neem and Eco Oil
- Dilute worm tea to ration of approx 1:10 to 1:15 or hear how to wash through the worm farm to collect worm wee and castings - stay tuned for more tips on worm farms in our upcoming episode!
- Deter possums from eating your passion fruits by providing a decoy apple!
- Some basic principles on pH testing and correction
- Pomegranate trees - best to have 2 plants of different varieties will increase the yield through cross-pollination
- Ornamental grape vines excellent for summer shade. Keith suggests Thomson seedless and crimson seedless. Ensure Neutral pH, good potting mix and liquid feed
- Ficus Pumila - a great clinging climber
- Keith’s top tips on keeping rabbits off your plants!
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