Lisa

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I'm an Australian software engineer and tweet as lisa dp. Some plants I'm cultivating now... and being a geek figuring out the family cultivation commonalities between...

  • Alismatales - Araceae: peace lilies
  • Apiales - Apiaceae: carrots, celery, coriander, parsley; Araliaceae: Japanese aralias; Pittosporaceae: pittosporum screener
  • Arecales - Arecaceae: cane palms
  • Asparagales - Amaryllidaceae: onions, spring onions and other alliums; Xanthorrhoeaceae: aloe vera
  • Asterales - Asteraceae: lettuces, dahlias, gazanias, common daisies, sea daisies; Goodeniaceae: fan flower
  • Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae: beetroots, chard; Nyctaginaceae: bougainvillea; Polygonaceae: rhubarb
  • Brassicales - Brassicaceae: rockets, cauliflowers, mustards and other brassicas
  • Cucurbitales - Cucurbitaceae: cucumbers, zucchinis, pumpkins
  • Fabales - Fabaceae: navy beans, happy wanderer
  • Lamiales - Lamiaceae: mint, basil, catnip, rosemary, lavender; Scrophulariaceae: creeping boobialla (in lieu of lawn)
  • Rosales - Moraceae: figs, ornamental ficuses; Rosaceae: apricots, nectarines, apples, standard roses
  • Poales - Poaceae: sweetcorn
  • Sapindales - Rutaceae: limes, boronia
  • Solanales - Solanaceae: tomatoes, capsicums, potatoes, tabasco chilis, bird's eye chilis, Brunfelsia latifolia
  • Vitales - Vitaceae: red grapes

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 revised Can this peace lily be saved?
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 comment How can I renew a Dieffenbachia that has lost all its lower leaves?
I have had this problem before and simply cut the whole thing back to a nice round head no wider than 20cm (8 inches) in diameter and it fluffed up with close set leaves nicely. No idea if this is a good idea generally though. The caveat would be that you do water it properly in future!
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 revised How can a green leaved canna's flower color be found when not in bloom?
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 revised How do I kill these weeds in my lawn?
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 revised Cucumber plants wilting in greenhouse, but fine indoors?
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Jul
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 comment Why are my French Cobra bean flowers not being pollinated?
As most (probably all?) beans are self pollinating the problem is not the lack of bees or insects, but may be heat stress or lack of water which could cause the flowers to drop (regardless of the presence of pollen). Do you have more info on the growing conditions?
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 comment Why are my French Cobra bean flowers not being pollinated?
What is your question? Are you asking why pollination did not occur? Or are you asking whether or not French beans self pollinate? (I'm 99% sure they are capable of doing so).
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 comment Can I espalier a regular black cherry tree starting with 1" trunk, 6' tall?
6 foot sounds a bit late to be starting espaliering but I am no expert. We have an apple that is close to that which I'm going to try late espaliering anyway. It would just be espaliered with more height and you'd have to do it fast before the limbs get too solid to bend and before the trunk tip gets to thick to snip to produce lateral child limbs.
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