Your Garden Questions Answered
Episode: #2 17/3/07
Presenter: Sue McDougal
Gardens are the perfect environment for many animals and insects to breed in. not everything that grows in your you garden is bad for it, things like bees and hoverflies are crucial for pollination, and if we did not have insects or animals in the garden there would not be vegetables and fruit. And with the increase use of pesticides the populations of these beneficial insects are under threat.
At this time of the year many questions come in from concerned gardeners regarding unusual chomps in rose leaves like the handy work of insects like the leaf cutter bee makes plants look unsightly, Sue admits it looks like the kids have got a giant paper punch to the leaves.
The Leaf cutter Bees saw a part of the leaf off, fold it in their back legs and then take it away to build a nest. Leaf cutter bees are a beneficial native bee and are one of those insects we want to keep in the garden, because they assist in pollination. So put the spray in the garden shed and tolerate with a few holey leaves for a short time.
Unfortunately not all insects in the garden are beneficial. Thrips are small insects that cause this silvering of the leaf and Viburnums are susceptible to it, especially when the plants are overshadowed by large trees.
These leaves will always awful and will never go back to normal, so if you have a plant looking like this give it a hard trim back and spray with Yates Confidor.
Autumn is a great time of the year to be in the garden, and if you would like some more inspiration and information on gardening in your local area there is no better time to join our online garden club, receive discounts, special offers and answers to any gardening questions you have and receive a really cool welcome pack. Whether you are a beginner gardener or have been gardening for years there is something for everyone.
Join this month and you have the chance win a pair of Ironclad gloves, some of the best quality garden gloves money can buy. Getting your gardening questions answered by one of the gurus is really good way to get quality advice on all aspects of gardening. And a question that came through recently, got me thinking. Len from Kalamunda wanted to know an easy way to measure the height of a tall tree aside from climbing it.
The first step is to grab a pencil, hold it out and walk away from the tree until the ends of the pencil are at the top and bottom of the tree. Then line up the pencil horizontally from the tree trunk and convince a friend to walk to the end of the pencil and get them to stop. Then measure the distance from your friend to the tree trunk and there you have it the height of the tree. You never know when information like this may come in handy!
Presenter: Sue McDougal
Gardens are the perfect environment for many animals and insects to breed in. not everything that grows in your you garden is bad for it, things like bees and hoverflies are crucial for pollination, and if we did not have insects or animals in the garden there would not be vegetables and fruit. And with the increase use of pesticides the populations of these beneficial insects are under threat.
At this time of the year many questions come in from concerned gardeners regarding unusual chomps in rose leaves like the handy work of insects like the leaf cutter bee makes plants look unsightly, Sue admits it looks like the kids have got a giant paper punch to the leaves.
The Leaf cutter Bees saw a part of the leaf off, fold it in their back legs and then take it away to build a nest. Leaf cutter bees are a beneficial native bee and are one of those insects we want to keep in the garden, because they assist in pollination. So put the spray in the garden shed and tolerate with a few holey leaves for a short time.
Unfortunately not all insects in the garden are beneficial. Thrips are small insects that cause this silvering of the leaf and Viburnums are susceptible to it, especially when the plants are overshadowed by large trees.
These leaves will always awful and will never go back to normal, so if you have a plant looking like this give it a hard trim back and spray with Yates Confidor.
Autumn is a great time of the year to be in the garden, and if you would like some more inspiration and information on gardening in your local area there is no better time to join our online garden club, receive discounts, special offers and answers to any gardening questions you have and receive a really cool welcome pack. Whether you are a beginner gardener or have been gardening for years there is something for everyone.
Join this month and you have the chance win a pair of Ironclad gloves, some of the best quality garden gloves money can buy. Getting your gardening questions answered by one of the gurus is really good way to get quality advice on all aspects of gardening. And a question that came through recently, got me thinking. Len from Kalamunda wanted to know an easy way to measure the height of a tall tree aside from climbing it.
The first step is to grab a pencil, hold it out and walk away from the tree until the ends of the pencil are at the top and bottom of the tree. Then line up the pencil horizontally from the tree trunk and convince a friend to walk to the end of the pencil and get them to stop. Then measure the distance from your friend to the tree trunk and there you have it the height of the tree. You never know when information like this may come in handy!
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