is it Nitrogen deficiancy? modi would know..

you don't garden, clem, stop lying

a_l, they had a drink of Thrive this week, so I doubt it. And I've planted nasturtiums as 'martyr plants' for the aphids.

yeah OK..haha

I've decided I want to marry a gardener who isn't into music at all.

Don't ask me why.

Might need sulphur?

I'll try that, freaks.

I need a copy of the Yates Garden Guide.

i got some chives grown from seeds that are rocking along...and this morning....hello sweet basil!!

i just went to the good ol' nth fitz nursery, as usual without any idea of what the hell i'm getting

a housewarming present this time

got a "sweet chico" spathiphyllum ... it looked so good i also got one for myself

i bet i end up killing it

my housemate has been going nuts planting lots of vegies and herbs this week.

On the weekend I'm gonna plant some more rose bushes and hydranges

i illegally watered my seedlings and seeds yesterday.

even days with even house numbers. oops. but they looked so dry.

it's not going to be a good spring to plant anything major. There isn't enough water to get them established.

yeah i've had to rethink the backyard garden to succulents and hardy natives. My english garden/french provincial preferences wil shrivel up and die.

I'm trying to ham up the owner here so I can get a free truck load of soil

muhaahahaha

yes and then I'm going for some plants

muhahahaha

and then I'm going to build a little roman garden..more etruscan probably..earthy..not ham fisted suburban style..earthy..

I planted strawberries and tomatoes the other week and they have tripled in size already...I play music to them out of my bedroom window and chat to them when I'm outside.

i'm waiting on four more hydrangeas for the front garden/ Hydrangeas are my favourite flower.

and do some paving..(just a little path) I have it all in my head..its pretty..

If you have a trigger hose, you can water any time of day (bearing in mind the house number thing)

I would reccomend doing it early morning and for as long as possible. Deeper the water, deeper the roots.

fuck I water at 10pm minimum..

and yeah 6am (somedays) not all the time

yes modi, i did mine 7.30 early yesterday morning and at about 7.30 at night.

I didn't feel too guilty. the vegies and seeds needed it and i use lots of recycled water from the bath and hand washing on my garden.

what's the house number thing? i have not heard of this...

not sure but i think the best time for tomato seeds is around late september, could be wrong.

I have a passionfruit vine that's about 5 years old, very healthy, lots of flowers - BUT NO FRUIT. It was supposedly a 'Nelly Kelly' self-pollinating thing, but no joy. I pruned it back a while ago, it's come on in a scary way - sprouting up all along the fenceline, under the shed, over the shed, IN the shed...

Anyway, today's the day I took a stand. Today I said ''Enough. You don't give me fruit, I don't give you freedom of the garden NO MORE.'' I took to the fucker with a hedge-trimmer and pruned it right back. Whilst reeling in the mat of vines that had grown on the shed roof, I discovered... SOME FUCKING FRUIT.

This is what they look(ed) like:

They're about golf ball size, and the pulp/seeds were a deep, deep pink. Retarded question time: Will these be normal black passionfruits, or are they more likely to be the banana impostors?

Thank you all.

TL;DR.

panama passionfruit?

BigBoySocks,, you've definitely missed out on tomatoes, but you can still plant beans, I reckon. I've got red runner beans climbing up my fence now that I planted about a month ago. No flowers yet, but soon I hope!

In more gardening news, my broccoli has started flowering!!

Look like banana pashers to me Grantley, but I used to scoff these off the back fence as a kid. I reckon they're all right.

elle-zo: possibly! Hadn't thought of that.

jn*: I've never tried banana passionfruit, something about them always seemed ''NQR'' to me.

Oh well. If they grow back again this year, I'll make sure I let the buggers ripen before I do any destructive pruning.

Thanks!

Some of my seeds have germinated. cute little guys.

these arrived today YAY!!!

..or should I say arrived two weeks ago but have been sitting out the back of my building for the last two weeks...good one Toll

bokashi farshi!

My ex bought a bokashi bucket. It lived in our laundry for a year. It stunk.

When she moved out, I took it to the tip.

The end.

hehe you could write that in the ''things you hate for no reason'' thread :D

they will smell if you don't do it right. But my plants are going to lurrve gettin some pure organic liquid fertiliser.

I'll post some pics of my seedlings soon so y'all can see the progress of my organic container garden. I wish Modi was around to talk shop!

STILL waiting for my tomatoes to go red. Damn you, cool climate Tasmania.

I'm interested in what shouldn't be planted near each other. I've just read corn and tomatoes (whoops), any other suggestions and why?

I'm interested in what shouldn't be planted near each other. I've just read corn and tomatoes (whoops), any other suggestions and why?

This has to do with Companion Planting, that is if you want to garden without using conventional pest control.

Corn and tomato share common pests - you really need to plant nasturtiums below your tomatoes to repel aphids and other pests (more info here) and basil is a good one too because it will repel thrips. corn is just going to attract more bugs.

In other news my bokashi is now giving off pure gold liquid organic fertiliser every day and doesn't smell too bad (prob cuz it's vegan with no animal waste in it which would get mega smelly I reckon).

and I made a baby chilli plant. this time next year all the chillies will be MINE

hurrah! pics soon

STILL waiting for my tomatoes to go red. Damn you, cool climate Tasmania.

how are your tomatoes going?

If you're in cool climate you need to unburden the tomato plant of all its non-flowering stems so it can concentrate on ripening of the tomatoes.

should look something like this (not my garden). Just main stems and fruit towards the end.

Really? Nobody has ever told me that, not even my mother-in-law who worships at the altar of Peter Cundall. Thanks, Canada!

we're very new to growing citrus and have noticed the leaves of our new mandarin tree have tiny little worms growing under the surface of the leaf leaving little channels showing their travels around the leaf. can anyone tell me what these are called and what i can do about them? thanks.

I have recently grown chill plants from seed. They number about 6 and are approximately 2 feet high. Problem is no fruit aka chillies. Any suggestions for hurrying along the little buds extreme heat will be gratefully received. I will also post, drop around or present to you over the beverage I shout you at a salubrious Melbourne (respect) drinking establishment an assortment of said buds.

I gardened like a champion today. Looking forward to morning coffee whilst admiring the hard work. This year's theme is COLOUR.