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where were the holes, Gavin?

Where was that soil from Gavin? Have you done the compost separately?

I dry and crush my eggshells for my compost also. Mostly for use by the worms that need the crushed powder as grit for their stomachs. Egg shells will raise the pH of soil but it also gets used up fairly quickly too. Generally, you would know the pH of your soil by doing regular tests, then...

Yes Dan, it could be a passionfruit but it's unlikely to ever produce fruit for you. Or if it does they will be very bitter and maybe dry. Pull it out. If you want a passionfruit, buy a grafted variety so you and it will benefit fully from all the effort and money you put into it.

Help your plant by pulling all that vine down off the wire and burry it! Take advantage of its leafless state to make more roots. Carefully remove those eaten leaves into the compost. Sweet potato needs to remain on the ground so it can send out roots from every leaf node. Help it to do that by...

Aphids like fleshy soft tips. Often that occurs if too much nitrogen was used or the plant didn't need all of the usual amount. Also if your compost is a bit green as in not fully matured or there is a lot of chicken manure in it, it can cause soft tips. More calcium can sometimes offset by...

Sometimes a good hard pruning is the best thing for fruit trees. As long as you have the trunk, you still have a fruit tree. All commercial orchardists prune hard regularly. Get someone in who knows what they are doing. You are in Tassie, there are several people down there who do stints on TV...

Hi there Troy. I was just checking Daleys to see if it might be a grafted variety. There is a whole forum thread for this tree. https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/prunus-mume/ If it's grafted then it's important to remove all the shoots all the way up the stem. The tree will have been shaped...

Gavin, there are a few around. Nutritech Solutions at Yandina send their soil samples to the New England University I think then have inhouse agronomists to decipher your test. They also make a wide range of amendments all organic and sustainable. The cost of any soil test will be around...

If you search this site for a thread I started over 12 mths ago about tomato diseases, it will apply equally to your eggplant. There are heaps of photos of leaves with different conditions and some stem profiles. Sorry I'm running out of time or I'd hunt it down myself.

Hi Robbie, a trick for mushrooms is to slice thinly then lay on a tray & place in the sun for 5-6hours. Because the mushrooms are actually still alive, when exposed to sunlight the gills make vitamin K, particularly VitK2. This is very important along with vitD3 for directly calcium away from...

Plenty of recipes on the internet. Just google it. Many specify individual spices but on the whole, they add up to a pack of pre-mixed pickling spices. For the amount of rind you have, you will only need half the pickling volume most recipes stipulate. You can keep the brine to use next time if...

Certainly a beauty, wedgetail! :chuffed:

Hi Tom, just start a thread in the 'tropical' garden segment of this forum. Write what you want us to know about and add the photos right there so we don't have to flick around to find photos & loose our place reading. When you make a post, way below it is the place to add media or sometimes...

Andrew, using hay in the bottom is a really bad idea! Just think of it as dry brown material at the bottom of a compost heap. Same happens under the soil you want to throw on-top. It all sinks really quickly. I did this for my mother's raised bed every 3 mths after she cleared out the beds. I'd...

Gavin, it will only stop future damage. I suggest you can just scrub each fruit before use. If you are having juicing issues it is probably a nutritional deficiency, probably potassium. Microwaving for 5-10secs or rolling the fruit with pressure on the bench will release the juice if there is...

$240 plus delivery if you can't come to pick it up. I will drive up to 30mins to deliver for cost of fuel. 800 high x 2000 long x 1000 wide. I can't find the link to the company on the Sunshine Coast. Here's a link to the same company down south and prices will be the same no doubt...

Hi there Andrew, bearded dragons come from my neck of the woods! I knew they ate a bit of fruit and veg but shouldn't you be breeding meal worms, beetles or wood cochroaches and small grasshoppers for yours?

Yes I second Dave's suggestion. Copper will help treat a variety of ailments on most fruit trees. I routinely spray all my gardens and orchard trees with copper every spring before the storms and humidity comes. It's not strictly 'organic' anymore because the copper is actually systemic but...

In Australia it's called Dipel.