Not sure how citrus cope with wind but they'd certainly look fantastic if they grew ok. Avocado don't bear well in wind and die back (the tangled...
No, I got a different book. Still not got a copy of permaculture one, I'll get it somewhere else. Working with email I got nothing but nonsense....
OK, an update. I received a series of emails promising delivery, these annoyed me more than the late delivery. Why? They were all from different...
One month later. Still waiting for one of the books. Six weeks since my order, with large air-mail payment. Simply not good enough. Add to that...
I observe single plantings of avocado fruiting well in Auckland, NZ. Perhaps in a rural setting it is necessary to have two trees, in the city you...
PS - berries, berries, berries. Berries love clay.
I agree with Bryant. I've worked out an expensive way to 'fix' clay but it's just not practical as soon as you move from a few sq metres. I've...
Plants access ammonium and nitrate, and when nitrate is in short supply they may actively up-regulate the genes responsible for ammonium...
Yes. Watching the fungi 'clean up' standing trees is fascinating, they leave the forest better off, instead of destroying it. That's not to say...
Where I have cuttings in water I'll put a few grains of dried Ascophylum seaweed in the water. This is an expensive product but at the rate I use...
It makes me happy to read your posts Bryant. Succession is a very important aspect of gardens that many tend to overlook - as the science of...
I have watched NZ native trees (Kowhai) without N-fixers struggle and nearly die, (insect attacks, fungal leaf problems, no draught tolerance, the...
Thank you Bill. I'd like to hear Elaine's course content, but only so much time, and money. And I'm a book lover (tree hater?) :D I just love...
Thank you.
Hi Infinity I do not have references in front of me, nor the inclination to work out where in my crackpot filing system they might be... From...
Hi I brought the Mollison 4-book special over a fortnight ago and paid a lot in air fare to have them delivered. But I do not have them. I...
This tomato is still alive, and now it's flowering. I've taken cutting and have them in the greenhouse, am hoping Plant & Food scientists take an...
I can only speak of my own experiences and research with regards to clay. My clay is yellow ultic clay, and is amendable with angular sand - but...
Hi Pebble, I am in a temperate climate bordering on subtropical. Tomato season is lucky to last 4 months. I think I might extend it to 6 with...
That is good advice and food for thought Bryant. I'm finding it difficult (but never impossible) to write in a popsci manner after all the dry...
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