SKopittke's journal
Member since: Jan 12 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 6
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04 Nov 2012
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This afternoon, we planted out some of seedlings that had been sitting in the seed raising tray for over a month. They include three egg plants, three tomatoes, two and a half rows Taiwanese cabbage, and several bunches of spring onions. We got to use the mature compost from earlier this year to ...Mostly Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
20 Mar 2012
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How does rose fertiliser affect other plants in the same bed?
Marigolds from Yvonne and Rose & Floral gardenRainy 27°C / 81°F
I have a “rose garden” which only has two rose bushes and other low-growing annuals and perennials. I notice that most other plants in this bed have active growth of leaves, but produce few flowers. For example, my marigold had a few first flowers then the leaves soon overgrew the flo...
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15 Feb 2012
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Last place I set foot in my garden
SW corner gardenThis garden has never been fully explored since we moved in this house last October. It was not too bad looking from a distance, but for an observant gardener, it wasn’t at it’s best state. Among a few bulb plants and two trees, weeds were starting to take over and a couple of unwante...Rainy 31°C / 88°F -
26 Jan 2012Zucchini Changing Colour and Veggie & Herb garden
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Storms 27°C / 81°FThis is the first zucchini harvested in my own garden. Very exciting but it is small. It measures 7.7cm, about half the normal harvesting size. The reason it was harvested early is because it started to have yellow showing between the very end and the middle part of the fruit. I have no experienc...
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24 Jan 2012
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Amazing recovery of croton under Mother Nature
Croton Growing and SW corner gardenStorms 26°C / 79°F
I inherited this croton last year. It had been living beside an East aspect patio. It has always had a metal stake to correct its leaning tendency. In general, when I got this plant, it was in good health except the leaning position was never corrected.
When we moved to our house, this plant was ...
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22 Jan 2012Gazania - large Blooming and Potted garden
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Storms 27°C / 81°FAfter one month’s recovery from their transplant shock – a big shock indeed being out of ground sitting in the sun for hours before planting -, today, finally here comes the first bloom, a crimson coloured flower! The flower isn’t as big as I expected. When I last saw them bloom...
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19 Jan 2012Nursery garden
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Storms 30°C / 86°F
In order to protect my precious little cuttings and seedlings from the neighbour’s cat, I sourced myself a mini greenhouse from Bunnings. It is very light weight and easy to assemble. It took me about 10 minutes to assemble. There are four tiers, three already filled up with various size po...
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18 Jan 2012
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Parsley reviving after series of rain
ParsleyCloudy 32°C / 90°F
Around two weeks ago, I transplanted some parsley from their original pot to the front flower garden, hoping that they would grow lushly and form a little low edge like some attractive ones I have seen in photos. Well, the sun heating up to 40 degrees © did not help at all – all of the...
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15 Jan 2012Zucchini and Veggie & Herb garden
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Rainy 26°C / 79°F
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14 Jan 2012Chilies - from Price St. and Veggie & Herb garden
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Rainy 28°C / 82°F
Who dares to eat a red hot chili like this??
