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Red Scale -
Red scale (Aonidiella aurantii) is the most important insect pest , Lawn Sods - Instant Lawn of citrus trees , Lawn Sods - Instant Lawn (orange, mandarin, lemon, grapefruit) and may occur wherever these trees , Vine Moth are grown. It is more important in inland areas but may be destructive in coastal districts in dry s...
The Oriental Fruit Moth -
The oriental fruit , Bonsai Styles moth (Cydia Molesta), also known as the peach tip , Spring Bulbs moth, first appeared in the Sydney district about 1909, and is now common in the coastal parts of this State, and also in some inland areas. It attacks peaches, nectarines, quinces and o...
House Plants and Water Evaporation -
Evaporation from the exposed surface of the soil , Succulents in the Home can be reduced if this is covered with gravel, , Growing Avocados from Stones stone , How to Use a Dibble chippings (from an aquarium shop), peat or moss. Putting a transparent cover over the whole plant , Creating a New Lawn (even a plastic , The Home Garden in Winter bag) is a useful temporary measure, par...
Bean Fly -
The bean fly (Agromyza phaseoli) is a pest , Choosing Your Plants From The Nursery of French beans during summer , Scale and Perspective in a Japanese Garden and autumn , Crop Rotation in coastal New South Wales especially. It sometimes occurs in north western districts such as Gunnedah and Morce. Both bush and climbing beans are attacked whilst late sow...
Seed Propagation -
Seeds are usually the best method of raising quantities of many kinds of annuals , Bonsai Propagation required for bedding displays, such as snapdragons, zinnias, marigolds, stocks, asters and petunias. Many shade and glasshouse plants, , Bronze Orange Bugs such as calceolarias, cinerarias, primu...
What Plants to Plant, and Where? -
Use tall-growing specimens sparingly unless they have a slender growth , San Jose Scale form, or unless you are anxious to blot out some unsightly view. Place , The Illusion of Age in Bonsai tall-growing trees , Grafting away from the house , Garden Hose and remember these are the ones which, if evergreens, cast long shadows in...
The Cherry Aphid -
The cherry aphid (Mizus cerasi) is an important pest , What Plants to Plant, and Where? of cherries in New South Wales. It infests the young foliage in late spring , Light and House Plants and early summer, , Cleaning your Plants and causes the terminal growth , Green Vegetable Bug to wither and die. The foliage becomes covered with " honey dew " excreted by...
Light and House Plants -
Light can be supplemented by artificial lights, , Crop Rotation especially by fluorescent tubes only half a metre or so above the plants. , Sowing Seeds in Patches This works well for foliage plants , Grouping House s but to make flower , Mulching Roses buds, the red rays of incandescent globes are needed. Too many of these too clo...
Weed Control Methods -
The method of control to be used must be assessed for each individual situation and as approved by the Local , New Lawn Care Control Authority. An important consideration when one removes a weed , Fungi - Fungus Diseases from a situation is what to replace it with. If the ground is left bare then...
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