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About the Author amanda19 gerladton. WA 25th May 2009 12:27am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Speedy says... If they were using Dieldrin and you asked them about it they wouldn't tell you. Cause it's been banned in most of the world for many years. ....doesn't mean it's not still hangin around in soils in Aust. or that nobody uses it.. Maybe it's all been sent to developing countries with the DDT. :-/ | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 28th May 2009 10:04pm #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 28th May 2009 10:15pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 28th May 2009 10:42pm #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 28th May 2009 10:48pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Amanda2 says... That icons and such (eg: LOL and smiley faces, sad faces etc) evolved with the use of rapid fire, casual messaging such as SMS and e-mail. Humans rely on primordial clues such as body language, eye contact, sound and tone to convey message and intent. The use of these symbols etc is designed so that the written word is not mis-construed in the harshness of B&W text. | About the Author Amanda2 30th May 2009 5:36pm #UserID: 2390 Posts: 3 View All Amanda2's Edible Fruit Trees |
Dekka says... Did you know that, despite the best of intentions, vermiculture (worm farming) has helped the spread of introduced worms throughout Australia and will most likely have an irreversible effect on our native ecosystems. Studies in the USA are showing that entire forests are now in jeopardy as a result of feral worms. In these forests the leaf litter would normally take three years to break down but this is now being accellerated to mere months. The result is that raised amounts of Nitrogen are being released quickly which is either being carried away by rainwater or utilised by plants that absorb Nitrogen quicker, such as weeds. The thickness of the forest mulch is reduced and erosion is increasing as well as there being a reduction in the amount of creatures that would normally inhabit the leaf litter. Tree germination has also been seriously effected. The topsoil pH in these forests is normally acid but this too is being raised by feral worms that excrete lime from calciferous glands. Australia has already opened "pandora's box" on this one...Even in Tasmania there are thirty or so introduced worm species at large. I don't wish to rain on the parade but there may come a time when we view the detrimental effects of canetoads as insignificant compared to that of these introduced worms. Food for thought. | About the Author Dekka Newcastle 1st June 2009 1:24pm #UserID: 102 Posts: 219 View All Dekka's Edible Fruit Trees |
amanda says... hey dekka - despite our previous disagreement - that's really interesting info'. I grow worms to put in my garden like many others. It's semi-arid here and I have never seen a 'native' worm - got lots of native cockroaches - which are wood eaters n it probably sounds a bit wierd to others but we fumigated all our stuff when we moved here so that we didn't bring normal 'roaches. We also drenched the pot plants for coastal brown ants. We have no domestic 'roaches and no bad ants (phew..). I am not gong to ask u for evidence :) but I would like to read more about this? | About the Author amanda19 geraldton.wa 2nd June 2009 12:35am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
Dekka says... Hi Amanda, I'm afraid the horse may have already bolted on this one but maybe awareness can be spread as well as exotic species. http://www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/recognising_earthworms.htm http://www.annelida.net/docs/Blakemore-eworms-Diversity-of-exotics.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0102_030102_earthworms.html http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/essays/2004su_worms.html http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/action/FAQ_sheet.pdf | About the Author Dekka Newcastle 2nd June 2009 1:05pm #UserID: 102 Posts: 219 View All Dekka's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 2nd June 2009 8:20pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... You may be able to cure your citrus of Zinc deficiency by hammering a small galvanised tack into the trunk of your tree. Has anyone tried this by the way? I was going to give it a go now my trees are big enough. We hammered an iron nail into an old unproductive lemon tree once and (maybe a coincidence...) it got a decent crop the next season. | About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 5th June 2009 6:31pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Speaking of canetoads - there is evidence that the native fauna is fighting back...when we lived near the rainforest in Cairns the native rats there would flip the canetoad over and eat out it's insides (lets hope the locals there don't inadvertantly poison these guys with RatSack..!?) There is also evidence that some spp of snakes are becoming immune to the canetoad poison (Have no idea where i read this now). Maybe there will be worm virus that will wipe out the ferals...!? | About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 6th June 2009 7:53pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 10th June 2009 12:33pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... That the distinct band u see around a mature earthworm is actually the egg sac and it works it's way down the body of the worm and when it somes off at the end it contains multiple eggs. And - if u want to collect mass worms from your farm - put some watermelon in the day b4 - the worm equivalent of champagne and caviar... | About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 11th June 2009 9:46pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 12th June 2009 10:13am #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 17th June 2009 1:39am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dekka says... Hello Amanda, Re: Nails in trunks. I have heard of Copper nails being used to make the plant very 'sick' and this somehow stimulates it to produce more blossom. If trees could think then I suppose it says to itself, "I had better produce some offspring this season as I doubt I'll make it to another." My philosophy is to not molly-coddle my plants otherwise they become lazy. I don't use pesticides and leave it to nature. For example, if I have heaps of aphids one year, I do nothing and the next year I find I have almost none because the Ladybird population did better as a result of last years food supply. It eventually balances out. Whenever I have a walk in the bush I marvel at how so many of the plants are contorted by their own desperate struggle to survive and reproduce... and they do. To me picture-perfect plants are only slightly more attractive than plastic ones... a bit like some of the fruit you can buy that looks terrific while the flavour is... "eh". | About the Author Dekka Newcastle 17th June 2009 8:41am #UserID: 102 Posts: 219 View All Dekka's Edible Fruit Trees |
amanda says... I always wondered what happened to my ladybirds after the spring aphid plague... I recently discovered that many hide in the mulch under my trees over winter..all set to go next spring! and boy do they go off! we get plagues of them too - it's the nicest kind of plague i have ever seen :) | About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 29th June 2009 10:50pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
Grant says... The hammering in of an old nail to fix iron deficiency is common practice. I hadn't heard of the copper nail theory but it makes sense as copper is used as a root barrier to protect things like concrete paths and earthenware pipes etc. Roots will grow around copper but not toward it.It stands to reason then that a small nail could make the tree sick enough to go into blossom (being the tree's way of trying to reproduce before it dies) | About the Author SA 30th June 2009 7:53am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Grant says... Iron is generally unavailable to a plants "roots" unless in chelated form.Yes, plants can best absorb iron from the soil in its reduced form (Fe+2) or as iron chelate. Arborists often inoculate trees with iron into the trunk or stem. Regular foliar spraying with 2-3% ferrous sulfate solution is one of the most recommended ways to correct iron deficiency. Perhaps the best way to correct iron defficiency is to address the soil conditions. Poor aeration. Damage to plant roots by nematodes and other pathogens, which may aggravate iron deficiency. Strongly acidic conditions (pH lower than 5) or strong alkalinity (pH higher than 8); High levels of calcium carbonate in the soil; High levels of bicarbonate in the soil or irrigation water; High phosphate and nitrate levels; High levels of manganese, copper and zinc. Applying iron in any form can be detrimental to a plant if too much is used.Deficiency can be corrected by hammering iron nails into the trunk. Two two-inch iron nails are inserted into the trunk on opposite sides, about 0.5 m from the ground, leaving about 1/4 inch of the nail outside the bark.The reduced iron from the nail will correct the deficiency. | About the Author SA 1st July 2009 3:10pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 4th August 2009 4:34pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Some will know this (but I didn't!) that coir peat is the only natural fibre resistant to salt. So it's really good for wicking beds, potting mixes and hydroponics - as it doesn't get degraded by the fertiliser salts and maintains is bulk and function over a much longer time (about 3yrs or more..) I am attempting to grow strawberries by the method Josh showed on ABC Gardening Aust. Here is a really interesting link about coir peat: http://www.progressive-growth.com/article-coco-coir.php | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 26th July 2011 9:29am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
John Mc says... Amanda, the roots of the strawberry plants will fill a 90mm pvc stormwater pipe within one season and block it up. That's OK if you replace the original plants each season with the runners. Better if you can find pvc channel around 150 x 70. I have stacks of it here, it takes a v large vege to block them up. Oh, and BTW, you don't need to put any medium into the channel whatsoever, just cut some 80mm holes, approx 250mm apart and put the runners directly into the channel, they will support themselves very quickly and it makes for easy removal. Put the channel on a bench around 900mm high with a 50lit container on the higher end with a small 4w fountain pump in it, use a 25mm poly hose to drain back to the 50lit reservoir containing the pump, and away you go. If you're interested, I can take some photos of my setup tomorrow to explain what I mean in detail. A lot more simpler than josh's and is fully automatic, there's no going out three or four times a day to replentish the water to the plants. | About the Author JohnMc1 27th July 2011 9:24pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 4th August 2011 11:31pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smackin the middle) 5th August 2011 7:45pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Jason Portland 6th August 2011 4:29am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hi Jason, Yeah I know some people cannot tolerate wheat & wheat products, but don't forget about the Hunza people. They used to make and eat 'chapatis', made from whole wheat, and they lived to 140 (so the story goes :-) http://www.present-truth.org/7-Health-Secrets-Sem/8%20Laws/Queen-Recipes.pdf | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 6th August 2011 7:00am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
Jason says... When are they supposed to have lived to 140 years :P? before or after the introduction of wheat. Only their current post wheat life expectancy is known and it's 50-60 years, seems like wheat knocks 80 years off you then :p lol. Anyway my stance is NO one should eat wheat, It's surely the cause of 80% of all health problems in this country. It's a really stupid idea to want to grow more of the stuff now that the problems with eating it are just being commonly understood | About the Author Jason Portland 6th August 2011 8:28am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
amanda says... Geez Jason - I seem to know more and more people who are now gluten intolerant - wonder what's going on. It seems like a bugger of a problem to have. I wonder how many Italians are gluten intolerant... I guess we could talk about these things in much depth - as diet is one of those inexhaustible topics. One of the interesting things that people don't seem to focus on is that we are creatures of protein. The nice thing about protein is that to turn it into fat - it actually burns more calories than it's worth.. :) Biltong is a great snack food, therefore.. I like a lot raw foods (especially veg) but including meat/fish - like beef or tuna carpaccio, sashimi etc ....mmmm! I love it that I can grab a fresh snack while I am working in the garden....it's one of the great joys, of growing, that folk who don't grow, miss out on I reckon..? I especially love to see my 7yr old embracing munching in the garden too :) (but I am no bread fan...unless it's something very special like wood oven baked ciabatta or such... ;) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 6th August 2011 10:58pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 7th August 2011 11:37am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Dont forget that gardening is usually a solitary or family pastime which means less contact with others who may carry the cold virus.Those people who work, travel or socialise with many others are far more likely to catch a cold, flu or any other virus bug. Taking vitamin C ,echinacea, mangosteen juice etc doesnt actually stop you catching viruses, but lessen the effects especially when there are biotic bugs waiting in the wings to give you secondary infection. | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smackin the middle) 8th August 2011 7:53pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Since most people in the lower latitudes in Australia are deficient in Vitamin D.. Well if you are outside a lot that's probably why you don't get sick as much + just not being near as many sick people. I never did manage to get on a long haul bus trip without having the flu a few days later. I used to think the Japanese sitting next to me on planes with face masks was a bit rude but now I realise they were just smart :) | About the Author Jason Portland 8th August 2011 10:20pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Quick pik from the West Australian newspaper.."New research suggests plants make noises and can "hear" some sounds" (Trends in Plant Science) (sic)..young corn plants make regular clicking sounds... (Dr Monica Gagliano) Makes you wonder about all those "old housewives tales" about talking to your plants and playing them good music to help them thrive hey..? :) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. 400km north of Perth 13th April 2012 10:22pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 13th April 2012 10:47pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Wow this thread is sure an eye opener to me and I never knew that that wheat is bad for you let alone that fat,smoking carnivores live longer.Sugarcane has also enjoyed a huge expansion in recent years.140 year old life spans is hard to swallow and the old nail in the tree. I too don't have allergies,had a cold or flu in the last decade or visited a doctor in the last 15 years or so. | About the Author Mike27 14th April 2012 6:25am #UserID: 6847 Posts: 22 View All Mike27's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. 400km north of Perth 14th April 2012 11:10am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 14th April 2012 1:09pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. 400km north of Perth 14th April 2012 2:28pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... There is a really good site that I have just accidently discovered. Its full of bright recycling ideas for the garden & is very informative with its own links!Definately a bookmark to be included. http://pinterest.com/canadacole/gardening/ | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 14th April 2012 4:55pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... I was going to plant trombone zucchinis and bell chillies they might keep me awake at night.The roar vegies cause enough commotion as it is.SG they would help with the wind section of your orchestra. VF I took a picture a big blue Terriswalkerius terrareginae at Mt Lewis a few years ago and now it is cyber-plankton.They can be whoppers. | About the Author Mike27 14th April 2012 7:34pm #UserID: 6847 Posts: 22 View All Mike27's Edible Fruit Trees |
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