King Ruddager Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Old and weary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 1 hour ago, King Ruddager said: I've never replied to this thread. Is "old and weary" an acceptable contribution? Of course it is Ruddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 9 hours ago, YeastyBoy said: BB, Presume the garlic bulbs in the pantry are sprouting with green tips emerging. To easy, separate to cloves from the bulb and simply plant the cloves pointy end up in the garden. Let nature take its course. Come Xmas & you have a bulb of garlic. Soaking is not required, they take off fairly quickly from March onwards so long as the rich soil is moist. Cheers YB Yeah have done that plenty YB - but the last two years due to major dry - been a disaster - had planted plenty bulb sprouters and off they went - but then no rain - and the end. This year - got zero/nichts/nil garlic lying around sprouting... and finally it is raining... Murphy's law... so was wondering whether one could buy some 'sets' like 'onion sets' but can't find anything cost-effective and readily available... 3 sprouters for $4.80 from Bunno is a bit rich I reckon... A mate reckons he might have some old garlic from Tassie lying around with some sprouters... might try getting some of those... all you Garlic Guns with rainfall or hoses with assured water supply will have got yours in the ground and they will be half done by the time I get around to it ha ha?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 8 hours ago, King Ruddager said: "old and weary" Maybe you need a bit more water, sun and nutrients Ruddy?! And watch out for the Phytophthera cos that will only make things worse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeastyBoy Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 On 5/29/2020 at 10:08 PM, Bearded Burbler said: Yeah have done that plenty YB - but the last two years due to major dry - been a disaster - had planted plenty bulb sprouters and off they went - but then no rain - and the end. This year - got zero/nichts/nil garlic lying around sprouting... and finally it is raining... Murphy's law... so was wondering whether one could buy some 'sets' like 'onion sets' but can't find anything cost-effective and readily available... 3 sprouters for $4.80 from Bunno is a bit rich I reckon... A mate reckons he might have some old garlic from Tassie lying around with some sprouters... might try getting some of those... all you Garlic Guns with rainfall or hoses with assured water supply will have got yours in the ground and they will be half done by the time I get around to it ha ha?! Hi BB, Got it now. Hope you get rain sooner rather than later & pick up a few sprouted garlic bulbs for the garden. Reckon it is not too late to get them in the ground. Yeap my current garlic crop is going gang busters. Been a good year south of Australia!! Cheers YB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, YeastyBoy said: Yeap my current garlic crop is going gang busters. Been a good year south of Australia!! Luvyerwork - go the festive Garlic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Apparently I planted capsicum at the wrong time of year but a few green things have popped up in the area where I dropped the capsicum seeds. Do these leaves look like capsicum plants to any of you more experienced gardeners? They don't look like any of the capsicum images I've seen on Google so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, MUZZY said: Do these leaves look like capsicum plants to any of you more experienced gardeners Not like Capsies Muzz no.... may look a bit like a spinach of sorts... something obviously likes chewing on it... dunno Muz... but could just be one of self-sown menagerie of weed seeds floating around in the district... Looks like you got a cuppla other likely suspects.... bit of grass.... and clover/medic type plant (good for nitrogen but can take over)... Cheers Muzz ; ) Edited June 3, 2020 by Bearded Burbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Jim Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) No, that's definitely not capsicum. That's what I call dock - or possibly sorrel - otherwise known as Rumex. They are very close. They are an edible 'weed' or perhaps an edible 'volunteer'. They have a long taproot and some gardeners leave them as they mine nutrients from deep in the soil and bring it to the surface (like dandelions) and their roots help aerate the ground. Sorrel is a kind of dock - a member of the buckwheat family - that is cultivated for its tasty leaves. Edited June 3, 2020 by Thirsty Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 I use sorrel at the base of my citrus trees for the nutrient factor, however sorrel does require a fair bit of water. Handy tip: Cut sorrel leaves off and place them in a bucket with a drain in it, fill it to the brim, Weight the leaves down with A couple of bricks, leave and this’ll break down over a few weeks and a very nutrient rich brown liquid mess would have drained out. Capture and dilute like a seaweed solution, feed plants. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Jim Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Good tip. Same applies to comfrey and nettles. Excellent nutrient. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Thirsty Jim said: That's what I call dock - or possibly sorrel Good stuff Thirsty! It doesn't match what I know as dock... but sorrel quite possibly... believe @MUZZY is down Adelaide way so that might fit the bill... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Jim Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Common names often cover a range of plants and can be different in one place to another. Dock is a very common name covering hundreds of different plants. Sometimes the same common name is applied to two plants of totally different families. For example, that clover like plant growing around Muzzy's dock is probably wood sorrel, even though wood sorrel is an oxalis not a rumex and in no way related. to other sorrels. Then again it might be clover... but my money would be on oxalis.. . or wood sorrel. The best way to tell is to wait until it flowers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, Thirsty Jim said: Common names often cover a range of plants and can be different in one place to another..... The best way to tell is to wait until it flowers. Truly spoken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT5 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 That clover leaf looking plant is "soursobs" which is a member of the oxalis family. It is a pest weed that grows from a bulbous root. Once you have got it, it is very hard to get rid of. Spraying it will kill the plant but not the bulb. Digging up the soil tends to distribute the small bulbs. Good luck Muzz. Can't help you with the other plant, but it looks similar to a weed we call turnip weed. If it is that weed, it has a big tap root & the weed spreads out flat stopping other plants from growing around it. I'm not a horticulturist by any stretch, but have sprayed a fair few weeds in the vineyard at work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 @Bearded Burbler @Thirsty Jim @The Captain!! @GregT5 Thanks to you all for your input. Sorry it's taken awhile to reply but I've had a busy day. Now that I'm fairly confident it's not capsicum I can happily rip it out and let the other plants nearby use the space. Cheers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 17 hours ago, Thirsty Jim said: Good tip. Same applies to comfrey and nettles. Excellent nutrient. Did not know about nettles. Thanks. I don’t consider myself a great gardener but it sounds like you’ve got a healthy amount of plant knowledge there Thirsty Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Jim Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 It rubs off on me Captain. I don't consider myself any sort of expert. I just keep company with other gardeners. It wasn't so long ago I only saw weeds but now I can generally name them. Knowing a little basic biology helps. So does knowing a little Latin. So does Wikipedia 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 Oranges, limes, mandarins, lemons and ruby grapefruit all going nuts. Heaps of ginger too, the plants have died back but it it available all year round, conveniently stored under the dirt. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeB7 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/3/2020 at 3:13 PM, Thirsty Jim said: Good tip. Same applies to comfrey and nettles. Excellent nutrient. Comfrey is a great anti-inflammatory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeastyBoy Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/3/2020 at 3:13 PM, Thirsty Jim said: Good tip. Same applies to comfrey and nettles. Excellent nutrient. Apparently you can cook with nettles and even make tea. Couple of live off the land locals usually pick my unplanned nettle patches, saves me spraying or grubbing them out!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeastyBoy Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Dug up a plot of late Spuds. Nicola if I remember rightly. Should get us through the week? Cheers YB 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 11 hours ago, YeastyBoy said: Dug up a plot of late Spuds. Beaut YeastyBoy! Mate it either must rain where you are or you got irrigation... lovely crop there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 6:23 AM, YeastyBoy said: Dug up a plot of late Spuds. Nicola if I remember rightly. Should get us through the week? Cheers YB So good. Home grown are so much better. Love a raw spud 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 1:21 PM, Ben 10 said: Oranges, limes, mandarins, lemons and ruby grapefruit all going nuts. Heaps of ginger too, the plants have died back but it it available all year round, conveniently stored under the dirt. Where's the Rosella flowers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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