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Member since: Sep 09 | Last seen: Jan 13 | Years gardening: 3
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21 Aug 2012
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Rainy 18°C / 64°FDoes any one know what any of these plants are? I did a plant survey and got everything but a few. any guesses welcome. they are all from the Yarra Valley Victoria.
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25 Mar 2012
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Cloudy 22°C / 72°F
Not wanting my mint to run rampant, I planted it in the same plastic box with my Vietnamese mint.
Only issue is that the box has no drainage so that it is boggy for the Vietnamese mint.
Will mint grow in boggy conditions?
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15 Mar 2012
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Rainy 23°C / 73°F
And I’m back,
for those playing at home I haven’t posted in quite a while due to
a) Starting a PhD in agro-ecology/ entomology (getting good at bug ID now if you want to send pictures my way)
b)just moved house to a place where I now have a garden of my own.
Its been about 2 months si...
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14 Mar 2012
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Honeybee decline warrants concern, but not panic
Thought this article might be of interest to some: https://theconversation.edu.au/honeybee-decline-warrants-concern-but-not-panic-5707Cloudy 28°C / 82°F -
02 Oct 2011
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Sunny 18°C / 64°F
A friend sent me this picture asking what the purple flowering plant is,
I said wisteria, but they said it was more like a tree,
Does anyone know if such a tree exists?
(I still think it is wisteria)
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01 Apr 2011
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16°C / 61°Flooks like the indigenous flowers have been self recruiting quite well, saves me buying new tube stock!
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12 Feb 2011
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Do water crystals actually do anything? (part 4 of 4)
20°C / 68°FWell i have been watching both pots as they dried out and slowly died, here is the full scientifically formatted write up. Introduction working out if water crystals actually do anything Methods stick bird seed in 2 pots, one with water crystals one with out and watch them die. Results As the soi...
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01 Feb 2011
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Do water crystals actully do anything? (part 3)
Overcast 22°C / 72°FWell so far they have grown the same. no apparent impact on growth.
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29 Jan 2011
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Do water crystals actully do anything? (part 2)
the non-water crystals jar is the first to germinate, probably more to do with luck than anything else however.31°C / 88°F -
26 Jan 2011
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Do water crystals actully do anything? (part 1)
Overcast 18°C / 64°Fthis has always bugged me, once I used them and I could of sworn they actually sucked the moisture out of the soil. So I’ve decided to do a little experiment: I have filled 2 containers with soil and bird seed, one with water crystals and one without. I intend to let them grow without wate...
