Bogdanovist

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Jan 6	comment	what care should I give my lemon and orange tree after 8 months neglect? I use dynamic lifter on my citrus, which is a 'pelleted fowl manure' fertiliser, i.e. it's concentrated chook poo. There may be some additives, but it's basically natural. Cow manure is more of a soil conditioner than a fertiliser as such. It won't deliver enough nutrients on it's own to satisfy your citrus. I believe blood and bone is also a suitable citrus fertiliser and as the name suggests, it's pretty natural.
Jan 3	comment	what care should I give my lemon and orange tree after 8 months neglect? Depending on how virulent the grass is, you might be able to get away with simply covering it with manure then mulch and hope that kills it. Alternatively you can hit it with some glyphosate (e.g. Roundup), wait 10 days and then manure and mulch. You definitely want to clear anything growing under the trees one way or another, short grass is still alive and growing, stealing the nutrients and water from your tree.
Jan 3	answered	what care should I give my lemon and orange tree after 8 months neglect?
Jan 3	asked	What type of irrigation system works best with blueberries?
Oct 28	accepted	What's eating my Peaches?
Oct 28	comment	What's eating my Peaches? Thanks. On closer inspection there were a number of wilted stems associated with tips that had the same goopy crystal around openings, so I suspect it is the Oriental Fruit Moth. I've removed all affected fruit and stems and netted the remaining fruit.
Oct 27	asked	What's eating my Peaches?
Oct 23	comment	Glyphosate (Roundup) effectiveness and rain @coomie I have tried this myself, in that I used to think Glyphosate didn't work as I was spraying it in the evening after I had got home from work. My Dad set me straight and now I wait for a dry, hot day and spray in the morning. It works much better this way in my experience (which accords with the instructions that I of course hadn't bothered to read!).
Oct 22	answered	Glyphosate (Roundup) effectiveness and rain
Oct 6	comment	What preventative action should I take against Fruit Fly? In Australia fruit fly is an absolute menace. There is very strict quarantine protecting some commercial fruit growing areas that remain free of fruit fly. Usually pests in Australia are introduced, maybe this one is actually native! Unfortunately that is about as much as a know about it though. I know it's a big issue, but I know little about the specifics, hence the question. By the sounds of it, this question probably needs a local expert.
Oct 5	asked	What preventative action should I take against Fruit Fly?
Sep 19	awarded	Teacher
Sep 13	comment	Can a raised vegetable garden co-exist with nearby fruit trees? Thanks. I'll leave the question as is for the benefit of others, however after receiving this advice and others I've decided to put passionfruit elsewhere. In this case, do you comments still apply to Blueberries, which I understand have a relatively small root system?
Sep 13	accepted	Advice on growing Naranjilla (Solanum quitonense)?
Sep 13	accepted	Can a raised vegetable garden co-exist with nearby fruit trees?
Sep 10	asked	Can a raised vegetable garden co-exist with nearby fruit trees?
Sep 10	awarded	Critic
Sep 10	answered	Does oxygenated watering benefit deep clay?
Sep 7	comment	How deep does a raised bed need to be for a veggie patch? Thanks. I found a good deal on some wooden collars that are 20cm (8 inches) high. They stack easily though so I'll do a double layer which sounds like it should be enough given your answer. Cheers.
Sep 7	awarded	Scholar