Your Garden Questions Answered
Episode: # 11 16/06/07
Presenter: Sue McDougall
The best time to prune roses is from late June to early August. If you live in a frost prone area it is a good idea to leave the pruning as late as possible to reduce the chance of damage to the new shoots from frosty mornings.
If you have the secateurs ready, but really don’t know where to start, why not join one of the rose pruning demonstrations at Dawson’s Forrestfield, Joondalup, O’Connor or Swanbourne.
They are held every Saturday and Sunday at 11am starting on the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of June and run right through until the weekend of the 14th and 15th of July. There’s no need to book just come along
Garden Gurus club members have been learning all the tips to easy rose pruning, but not all the members have queries on roses.
Ian has a very sad looking cactus which was once green, tall and wide but is now looking more of a yellow, shrivelled colour. Sue thinks it hasn’t been taking up any nutrients so the best thing to do is to check the root system and make sure there are no ants around it. Take it out of the ground, re-improving the soil and planting it back again will have it looking great in no time.
Another member has a cycad that appears with burnt leaves every year. They do burn very easily and they also show up trace element deficiencies. Spray them in spring and autumn with trace elements over the foliage and a little tip is to also spray it with Stressguard which works like a sunscreen for plants.
Guava with fruit fly can be very disappointing and there is no way around it other than to spray it with fruit fly and insect killer. Spray about 6 or 8 weeks before you are ready to pick the fruit and that should control it beautifully and resulting in full flavour fruit.
The Garden Guru club members get to enjoy events regularly and if you think you would like to be part of it, why not visit the website and join up now.
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Presenter: Sue McDougall
The best time to prune roses is from late June to early August. If you live in a frost prone area it is a good idea to leave the pruning as late as possible to reduce the chance of damage to the new shoots from frosty mornings.
If you have the secateurs ready, but really don’t know where to start, why not join one of the rose pruning demonstrations at Dawson’s Forrestfield, Joondalup, O’Connor or Swanbourne.
They are held every Saturday and Sunday at 11am starting on the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of June and run right through until the weekend of the 14th and 15th of July. There’s no need to book just come along
Garden Gurus club members have been learning all the tips to easy rose pruning, but not all the members have queries on roses.
Ian has a very sad looking cactus which was once green, tall and wide but is now looking more of a yellow, shrivelled colour. Sue thinks it hasn’t been taking up any nutrients so the best thing to do is to check the root system and make sure there are no ants around it. Take it out of the ground, re-improving the soil and planting it back again will have it looking great in no time.
Another member has a cycad that appears with burnt leaves every year. They do burn very easily and they also show up trace element deficiencies. Spray them in spring and autumn with trace elements over the foliage and a little tip is to also spray it with Stressguard which works like a sunscreen for plants.
Guava with fruit fly can be very disappointing and there is no way around it other than to spray it with fruit fly and insect killer. Spray about 6 or 8 weeks before you are ready to pick the fruit and that should control it beautifully and resulting in full flavour fruit.
The Garden Guru club members get to enjoy events regularly and if you think you would like to be part of it, why not visit the website and join up now.
Featured Products
Yates Stressguard – Ready To Use
- Protects plants from heat, water loss, drying winds, sunburn, droughts, frost and transplant shock
- Easy-to-use- trigger pack - no mixing required.
- Increases the survival rate of seedlings and newly transplanted plants.
- Reduces water usage by up to 50% and increases the survival of plants during dry times.
- Product is biodegradable and the protective film stretches up to 100% with leaf growth and lasts for up to 90 days. Ideal for reducing frost damage.
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