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Blood Group Diet

...d tests – a few drops of your blood are examined under a microscope and an image is projected onto a screen. If the blood cells clump together or appear misshapen they conclude that your diet is causing a toxic reaction with your blood group. Rosemary Stanton says that this type of diagnosis is downright shonky. For more information, visit the quackwatch website: www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/livecell.html What they say about di... read more

Magnolia Little Gem Not Well

...hs Have you fertilised? If so, with what and when: When needed Is the plant indoors or outdoors: Outdoors What other treatments have you given the plant: Seasol Upload photo if available: image.jpg Other Comments: Can not see any bugs- have sprayed. Other trees are fine. Answer: Sorry Trudy, not enough info. No photo came through. Don  ... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: Hi I have a nectarine tree that’s about 6 years old when I first purchased the tree it had fruit on it but it hasn’t carried any fruit since it’s grown and is just shy off 3 metres tall.

...n the plant:  Booster to help tree carry fruit Upload photo if available:  image.jpeg Other Comments:  Hi I have had my peach tree for around 6 years when I first purchased it guy at the nursery said it 3 years old and it had fruit on it. I try to keep it clean around the steam and water if regularly it looks pretty health but hasn’t carried any fruit   Answer: Hi Michael,  Your peach tree looks pretty good to me. It is quite normal for a young fr... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: Kiwi tree not caring fruit

...ents have you given the plant:  Insect replant Upload photo if available:  image.jpeg Other Comments:  I have had these kiwi trees for 6 years know and having had any fruit I have asked our local nursery pro at flower power Bunnings other private plant shops no one has given me the same answer so I have tried every thing. I love my trees and have another eight citrus trees at home which seem to be doing well but I would appreciate your proffession... read more

Orange Fungus Appears On Wooden Chairs After Rain

...other treatments have you given the plant: None Upload photo if available: image.jpg Other Comments: There is an orange fungus that has started to grow all over my wooden outdoor chairs after all the rain. How do I get rid of it, as I’m sure it’s probably rotting the timber? Answer: Hi Kim, Clean the orange fungus with Scotchbrite, then paint on a water based wood sealer like Intergrain Ultradeck (you can do this while the wood is wet if you like)... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: Lawn will not grow in one patch, and the patch is spreading.

...fertilised? If so, with what and when: Yes, with rooster booster in October 2015, also aerated the soil then.   Is the plant indoors or outdoors:  Outdoors   Is the plant in a pot or in the ground:  Ground   What other treatments have you given the plant:  None Upload photo if available:  image.jpeg Other Comments:  I noticed there is a nest for small black ants in the soil where the grass doesn’t grow   Answer: Hi Richard (AKA Sherlock!),  Someth... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: Something is rotting away at the bottom of my cherry tree trunk

...n the plant:  Seasol & powerfeed, occasionally Upload photo if available:  image.jpeg Other Comments:  Could it be ants ?   Answer: Leave the poor bloody ants alone Tracey! Ants are good guys who help aerate the soil etc. But You! You put evil black gunk around the poor tree’s roots. Remove the evil. Your tree has a fungal decay caused by the evil gunk and perhaps other soil issues – it has about a 50/50 chance of recovering. After removing the gu... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: Mop top seems to be dying, I have 2 in my front yard and over the past couple of days one has begun to look really sick and all the leaves have shrivelled and are starting to yellow, it’s happened very quickly

...her treatments have you given the plant:  None Upload photo if available:  image.jpeg Other Comments:  The other one is super healthy as this one was a couple of days ago, many thanks for your help   Answer: Hi Rob, it’s a bit hard to tell from the photo – I needed some closeups. Go in under the foliage & check for borer holes and sawdust. If there are any, bung some metho & perhaps some Yates Caterpillar Killer down the holes. Fluff up the soil a... read more

4 Seasons of Western Australian Flowers

...avida) Grevillea spp. Morrison (Verticordia nitens) Further reading ‘A new Image for Australian Plants’ by George Lullfitz. Available for $29.90 (including postage and handling) by writing to: George Lullfitz PO Box 34 Wanneroo W.A. 6946 or email: [email protected] Further information Ask at your local nursery or specialist native plant nursery (such as the ones listed below) for advice on native plants that are suitable for your climate a... read more

Gnomes

...ent times that were made to resemble politicians, celebrities and there have even been massacred or ‘satirical’ gnomes. One of the ‘satirical’ gnomes was shown.   Unfortunately he had a screwdriver in his back but with some care the gnome was restored to a shining image of Happy the 4th of the Seven Dwarfs by the end of the segment.   Our satirical gnome was made by Terry Sedgwick of Melbourne but sadly he is no longer making them although there a... read more

Microscope Art

...ly accurate as well as artistically exciting". In the future he sees these images being used on cards, wrapping paper, fabrics or as art works. The photographs Ralph’s subjects include crystals, pollen, plant stem sections, insects, plankton, vitamin C, sulphur, his own urine, baking soda, bat hair, kangaroo hair, radiolarian shells and fish scales. Pollen samples are particularly fascinating because they vary so much in shape depending on the pla... read more

Greco Roman

...were in their containers. Water each plant well after planting and spread a 20mm layer of decomposed granite as a mulch over the entire garden. Blitz Tipz: Do not compact the granite when using it as a mulch. Spread it thinly (about 20mm) as it is inorganic and won’t rot down. Containers Move the containers into position before filling them. Half fill each with potting mix, place a plant in the container checking its height. The level of the plant... read more