Scleranthus dying back - what went wrong?
Hi there - I did get some info from the national botanical gardens (pasted below).
It worked for a couple of years and then it turned brown again and died…
Scleranthus dying back - what went wrong?
Hi everyone,
I've had a Scleranthus Biflorus for about 18 months now. It started out a few inches diameter and grew nicely into a mound more than a foot across.…
Citrus leafminer - how to win
Ok it looks like the remaining leaf miners have given up and gone home
Probably aided by the fact there aren't many new leaves left to…
Citrus leafminer - how to win
Great - thanks for that Stewie. Leaves are nice and slippery now They're also a much more vivid dark green than before so the…
Citrus leafminer - how to win
Thanks Stewie. There is a small lime pretty close. I've had to pull some new leaves of that too but doesn't appear to be anywhere near as bad as the…
Citrus leafminer - how to win
Hi everyone,
I have a small mandarin bush about 2 foot high planted in the spring. It got through summer in unspectacular fashion but had been having an autumn growth spurt…
Kentia palm > how to know if I killed it (!)
Hi guys,
Just a quick note to say that the Kentia is growing again! I've kept it much moister as suggested and used some Seasol and Powerfeed and it's growing…
Kentia palm > how to know if I killed it (!)
Thanks Stewie - funnily enough after the failed acclimatisation experiment I did move the smaller of the kentias into a larger pot and that is the one that is growing…
Kentia palm > how to know if I killed it (!)
Thanks guys. It may well have been a case of not enough water as well as the sunburn. But how much does it need?
As an aside: I bought a…
Kentia palm > how to know if I killed it (!)
Hi everyone,
I have a couple of Kentia palms in pots that I wanted to plant out in the garden eventually. They'd been next to a north facing window in…
Sugar cane mulch always dry?
Thanks for the link SaveH20, that sounds just like what is happening here. I've been reading the forums, taking note of what has been suggested on this thread and balancing…
Sugar cane mulch always dry?
Thanks for all this information.
Starting at the beginning, I did some soil tests this weekend.
- I don't think the soil is currently hydrophobic. After the few mm rain…
Sugar cane mulch always dry?
Great info - thanks for the quick replies.
I've been doing some reading on the forums and it seems like as part of improving the soil, some things need to…
Sugar cane mulch always dry?
Thank you, it sounds like your soil underwent a real transformation! Would this be one of the suggested posts from Fu? viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43570
My soil has plants in…
Sugar cane mulch always dry?
Hi - I think I must be doing something wrong and hope all you knowledgeable people can help
We have the grey sandy…