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19 Jan 2009No go on these tomatoes :( Blossom end rot for the lose tomatoes - Italian (Don Burks Italian Selection) Dying Down and Bed 1 gardenThe tomatoes haven’t enjoyed the recent weather. I’ve been careful and was using exclusion bags to control the fruit fly – have taken a number of bags off to harvest the fruit and found the bottoms of all the fruit are rotting. Sad. The roma’s seem ok – but these a...Sunny 27°C / 81°F
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18 Jan 2009All going well - massive 'greens' harvestA massive harvest from the silverbeet and pak choy. I’ve picked the lot, steeped it in hot water, and put in to the freezer as there is far more than we will use for now.Sunny 23°C / 73°F
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04 Jan 2009Lots of fruit fly 2 2In spite of my best efforts the garden seems to be full of fruit fly. 5 male fly in the trap today and I witnessed more crawling over the immature (and too hard) persimmon. I believe I have done everything possible to control the problem within my yard, unfortunately peering over neighbouring f...Sunny 29°C / 84°F
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04 Jan 2009harvesting time Pak Choy HarvestingSunny 29°C / 84°F
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04 Jan 2009About time for the green leafy's Silverbeet HarvestingSunny 29°C / 84°F
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31 Dec 2008De-Mango'd mango Treating and Backyard gardenA number of the juvenile fruit are already infected with fruit fly. Given the poor cropping due to weather and a need to control the problem – I’ve removed all remaining fruit from the tree. No home grown mangoes this year which is a shame, but I need to control the problem now.Sunny 35°C / 95°F
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30 Dec 2008Fruit Fly - war has been declaredYep – looks like the dreaded Queensland fruit fly is in my neighborhood. There were more of the buggers in the traps last night (male fruit fly trap) which means some controls are necessary. Fortunately I’m currently looking after some friends chickens, so the chooks are being reloca...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
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30 Dec 2008Water on the Boil - nice and sweet for new years corn Harvesting and Bed 1 gardenHarvested a few ears, lovely and sweet – and that was raw ;) Looking forward to picking a few ears tonight. Following the ‘have the water boiling’ before picking method to preserve all the sugary sweetness. I’ve been waiting for this moment since I planted the seeds :)Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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30 Dec 2008The Heat! and Fruit Fly... 1 1The heat is literally baking the garden. I’ve resorted to shade cloth and similar to shade vulnerable plants and seedlings, hope it helps. Several fruit fly in the trap today. I’ll set out some baits tonight as I’m not letting the buggers destroy my tomato crop. Otherwise not ...Overcast 26°C / 79°F
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20 Dec 2008Birds have attacked my seedlings 1Gotten home to find all my seedlings have been pulled up. Not eaten, just pulled out of the ground. Birds. Not happy.Overcast 21°C / 70°F
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