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2 starts with ... Hi everyone, over here in the west our soils are not so crash hot and pretty well lack about everything. So I was wondering if it is possible to plant native bush foods in a vege mix obtained from the local soil supplier this contains manure, compost, loam and a few other things I think or will this be too strong a mix. The plants I was thinking of planting are as follows: Davidson plum, white aspen, aniseed myrtle, black apple and riberry. Thanks for any help. | About the Author John GINGIN,6503,WA 20th October 2014 8:55pm #UserID: 1758 Posts: 99 View All John's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Diana Brisbane 28th October 2014 8:32pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author John GINGIN,6503,WA 29th October 2014 11:57am #UserID: 1758 Posts: 99 View All John's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author John GINGIN,6503,WA 29th October 2014 4:23pm #UserID: 1758 Posts: 99 View All John's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Diana Brisbane 29th October 2014 10:34pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... When I used to grow natives, the ones potted in a nice peaty compost mix often failed. The roots are used to the rich mix and cant tolerate the sudden change when planted out. The solution was to use a silty clay 20% or less into untreated pine sawdust. Young seedlings adapt quickly to it and then adapt quicker when planted into very poor soil. If you already have good soil you dont need to do all that and maybe there is some other problem. One possible further problem is the use of excess fertilizer. You should be able to find a special natives fertilizer mix at a nursery or Bunnings. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 30th October 2014 7:34am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |