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  1. Poontanger

    How Does Your Garden Grow??????

    Give your garlic a good water then wait for an hour or so and go and walk all over them or individually bend each stalk over so it is almost at right angles,, this will help stop all the goodness going into the leaves and help develop the bulb under the ground In a few days time they will spring...
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    How Does Your Garden Grow??????

    I would also like to add that if you are super keen to get early tomatoes Siberian tomatoes don't mind growing in pots say 40-50 lt,. Place the pots against a tin wall where the sun hits it most of the day,, this will help raise the temperature of the soil in the pot a lot quicker then the...
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    Attitude seed bank confiscated!

    Attitude do have a very very large selection,,BUT... When I contacted them because my order never arrived after 7 weeks, all they said was I didn't pay for the extra stealth Excuse me, oh yes I did,, When I showed them a screenshot of the order,, oh they said was that it wasn't extra stealth,,&...
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    How Does Your Garden Grow??????

    White shade cloth works very well at preventing frosts,, if you look at the photos I have posted you will notice what I have above,, it is just a framework that I can roll the cloth out over in extreme weather conditions,, very windy,, very hot,, thunderstorms hail & frosts, it works very well
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    How Does Your Garden Grow??????

    Yes the cherry tomatoes are very disease resistant group and pest resistant, I've been growing tomatoes for almost 50 years and it is a real pet of mine,,if there is a variety of tomato out there that I haven't tried I would like to know what it is.., and the siberians are a very honest reliable...
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    How Does Your Garden Grow??????

    I'm in Aus,,& have started picking these late November,, most people are only planting then But I did plant against a tin shed wall that was facing north, so the sun will reflect off the tin creating slightly warmer soil,,it is the only strain of tomato I know where the SAP will flow when soil...
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    How Does Your Garden Grow??????

    I always plant a few Siberian tomatoes first, they can withstand very cold temperatures,they only get to golf ball size and you don't have to stake them if you don't want
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    RDWC against DWC

    Ok thx Bob Is that the only advantage
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    RDWC against DWC

    Ok, so we're is the advantage Is it growth or disease control or yield
  10. Poontanger

    Germination

    I think the trick to germination is a warm environment I just plonk the seed in soil about a quarter of an inch down & water with a spray mist bottle A small bag of seed raising mix goes a long way, & it is easier for the seed to germinate in pliable soil,, that what seed raising mix is made for
  11. Poontanger

    Autopots and coco

    I don't think it matters
  12. Poontanger

    Aussie Growers Thread

    I have had two parcels from attitude sit in Melbourne for 6 weeks, Ordered two small lots 5 days apart hoping to get at least 1 through,, The only thing I think they have been through is a roller !! did a small order through Aussie baked beans, All good and quick A little bit expensive but in...
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    Can I raise my soil pH by increasing how much pH up I add to my water?

    If you are going to use pH drops be very careful,, just two or three drops will change a few litres quite quickly Experiment with basic water first you'll soon get the idea
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    DWC,, please help

    Got this today Not one word anywhere on the bottle or its packaging as to what the active constituents are, not even a hint On the bottom of the bottle it says made in America repackaged in Australia. !!! 1 ml per 10 Lt , below 22 degrees Celsius with no light leaks Above 22, Celsius 2 mil per...
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    Soil and Coco Coir mix question.

    Can you please explain why it is a no go ?
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    Autopots and coco

    Make sure you have an air stone in the base of each pot as well as your res
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    DWC,, please help

    Can get this
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    DWC,, please help

    There is heaps of gear we can't get in Oz Jack's Megacrop Recharge Southern Ag The list goes on & on
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