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plant care and diseases

Feeding plants using natural resources

Feeding plants using natural resources is the most effective way to grow plants in the natural habitat. The ingredients are natural and utilised by natures creatures to help grow healthy plants. It is a manner of organic gardening that utilises Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
insecticides

Insect adaptation and resistance to synthetic chemicals

Adaptation and resistance to chemicals (natural and synthetic) are normal and natural processes. It’s what Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is based on. When faced with an inhibiting environment, we adapt to overcome it. It’s the basis of all addictive Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
companion planting brassicas and legumes
plant care and diseases

The keys to effective companion planting

Companion planting – what is it? Companion planting refers to a style of inter-planting that results in a beneficial outcome to the gardener usually in the form of higher crop yields and to the plants. Inter-planting is planting different types of plants Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
Red panama passionfruit
fruit and veges

Keys to growing and pruning organic passionfruit

Passionfruit (Passiflora) is a sweet fruit that grows on a vine. It’s native to the southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina and grows well in subtropical and some warmer temperate areas. There are many different types of passion fruit and Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
plant eaters (pests)

Aphid insects and how to manage with them

Aphid insects are small insects that extract the sap from plants. Depending upon the specie, they measure up to 3mm in size. Aphids are often found on or under leaves, on soft stems or in crevices between leaves. Despite their status Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
predators (beneficials)

Three things to know about aphid predators

Aphid predators are awesome insects that we should encourage into our gardens. We do this by learning about our gardens and trusting nature. To learn more about aphids, read this blog. Aphid predators include: Lady beetles and their larvae. Note Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
Graptophyllum ilicifolium how to grow and propagate
native Australian

Five keys to successfully grow Graptophyllum ilicifolium (Holly Leaved Fuchsia)

If you want to grow Graptophyllum ilicifolium (aka Holly leaved fuchsia) you’ve come to the right place! Within months of propagating this plant, you’ll be rewarded with these lovely magenta coloured flowers. Graptophyllum ilicifolium has holly shaped leaves that are Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
plant eaters (pests)

Leafminers and how to manage them

A leafminer is the larvae (baby) of the adult moth who lays eggs underneath young leaves. When they hatch the larvae burrow into the leaf and start feeding between the lower and upper leaf surfaces. Their feeding habits make trailing marks on Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
Anaerobic soil and aerobic soil
soil life

Top tips for creating aerobic soil

    What is aerobic soil and how to create it? Aerobic soil has air circulating through it. Anaerobic soil has a lack of air circulating and tends to be water logged. Therefore, at a simple level, creating aerobic soil Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
insecticides

Part 6: The unknown and multi-site category of insecticides

There are five ways insecticides affect insects. This category is one of the five. It’s always interesting to look at the unknowns and how they’re used. In contravention of the precautionary principle using a chemical with an unknown action is Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
insecticides

Part 5: Stomach and midgut insecticides

Stomach and midgut insecticides are one of five classes of insecticides. They come from microbes. Some microbes release toxic compounds. When some insects eat these microbes, they get poisoned. Their stomach is the part of their body affected. Bt or Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
insecticides

Part 4: Respiratory disrupting insecticides

Respiratory disrupting insecticides Respiratory disrupting insecticides are one of five ways insecticides work. The lungs and respiratory system are targets of respiratory disrupting insecticides. Many of these insecticides are based on microbes or microbial compounds. They can be fast acting. One Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
insecticides

Part 3: Growth inhibitors – insecticides

Growth inhibitors are one of five groups of insecticides. Growth inhibitors affect the growth and development of insects. There are applied at a particular stage of an insects development. Growth inhibitors are designed to prevent metamorphosis thereby preventing maturity and Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
insecticides

Part 2: Systemic and other nerve affecting insecticides

Muscle and nerve affecting insecticides The most common insecticides are those that affect the muscles and nerves. This is one of five ways insecticides work. Muscle and nerve affecting insecticides tend to be fast acting. Technically, systemic insecticides refer to Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
insecticides

How insecticides work: Part 1 introduction

It’s important we know how insecticides work. If we don’t know how insecticides work we may be contributing to global insecticide resistance. Insecticides are a subclass of pesticides aimed to kill insects. Pesticides is a class of chemicals that also Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago

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