OldBushie
SupporterHave you tried using liberal amounts of pepper where you have planted seeds, I imagine that would deter anything "Sniffing' around the seed bedsOriginally Posted by Saitch
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OldBushie
SubscriberX2. I've had to do a fair bit of spraying recently re: caterpillars. If you have bees around, watch what you spray with. I don't worry too much about the feral honey bee but we do have a several species of native bees to consider.Usually that means that they are laying eggs, Be on the look out for caterpillars
OldBushie
SupporterI just use derris dust
It nails the caterpillars' AND them mongrel aphids, It does make the plants look a bit "Mankey" for a couple of days But it doesn't seem to harm the bees,
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YarnMaster
SupporterThey would probably be the moths that develop from lawn grubs . Lawn Grubs have been bad for a couple of months now so should be growing wings by now .
ChatterBox
SupporterI've got a Midget Duster to put the derris dust on with. I got it from America like the one in this link
Vintage Garden Duster J & P Jackson Perkins Midget Duster Garden Tool | eBay
Don.
OldBushie
SupporterI have planted most of my seedlings now and only have some more cabbages, leeks and celery to plant out on Sunday as it looks like we are going to get a little bit of rain Monday/Tuesday
My pumpkins that were coming on nicely with fruit setting on them got "Hammered" by the 30kt Easterlies over the last couple of days now look like a mob of sheep have been through them and the 4 tomato plants i have in have also suffered
Everything else in the Patch seems to be going OK (So Far) But I have been hand watering early in the morning and late afternoon each day because the wind has been stripping the soil of moisture.
With the temps dropping next week and some expected showers I should not only be able to have a break from the watering regime it should put some water back into the tanks so I wont have to cart water (hopefully) and with a bit of rainfall the garden should go "Nuts"
Ill get a couple if pics when the sun comes up and post them
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OldBushie
SupporterI took some pic's this morning.
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Some corn coming along nicely
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Seedlings yet to be planted
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Beans, beetroot and you can just see the shallots coming through between them.
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From left to right.
Chinese cabbage, Savoy cabbage, carrots (2 rows) fennel, Brown onions and along the back wall are Pac sum.
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Bush Beans and cauliflowers
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From left to right.
Silver beet, Spring onions and broccoli
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Potatoes coming up
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Wind Battered tomato's
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Peas
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Wind Battered Pumpkins, Hopefully they will survive.
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The BIL dropped me off a nice Big load of composted cow poo that I will use as mulch
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just stared to dig my small patch over again after giving it a rest for a couple of months...
planted a few snow peas in one of the big pots as well...
got lemons, oranges and mandarines off the grafted citrus tree as well
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OldBushie
SupporterI planted a lemon, mandarin and orangs tree this year in the ground after having disastrous results having them in pots.
I am hoping that once established they can cope with being neglected for 2-3 months over winter as the ones I had in huge pots didn't fare very well.
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ChatterBox
SupporterSugarcane mulch is also good for keeping the soil moisture in place, and decomposes to enrich your garden. It's quite an economic solution.
Don.
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