Story: Answering Community Questions
Episode: 4
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
Air Date: 12th September 2026

Trevor answers a number of questions from the Garden Gurus Community.

• Cycads with persistent leaf problems, such as ‘frizzy leaf’, may require a complex diet of trace elements.
• Bromeliads growing on Bottle Trees won’t harm them. Bromeliads are saprophytic and not parasitic, which means they absorb decaying matter from the tree but this won’t weaken from it.
• Indoor plants that have burned looking leaves most likely have soil that is too salty which can occur from overfertilizing. To remedy this, replace the soil with new quality fertiliser and cut off old growth when new growth begins appearing.