Japanese Garden Maintenance -
Maintenance of a Japanese garden is largely a matter of housekeeping; it involves weeding, clearing away dead leaves, raking sand and gravel areas, an...
Germination -
Germination: Garden seeds are usually treated by one of the following methods:
1. Those which are reasonably hardy are sown directly into the open gr...
Hedge Plants -
The hedge is generally built of one type of tree or shrub. The idea of using two or more varieties of unrelated plants is rarely considered, yet an in...
Fruit Fly -
The Queensland fruit fly (Dacus [StrumetaJ tryoni) is the common pest species in the coastal areas and in certain other districts of this State and ma...
Bronze Orange Bugs -
Bronze orange bugs (Alusgraveia sulciveniris), pests of coastal citrus trees, feed by puncturing the tissues and extracting the sap, causing the young...
Plague Thrips -
The plague thrips (Thrips imaginis), which is native to Australia, may occur in plague numbers in spring and early summer, when the climatic condition...
Temperature and Humidity -
One reason foliage plants get along so well with people is that they like just about the same temperature levels - 15 to 29 C degrees. Extremes above ...
How to Prune Bonsai Roots -
Root pruning is really quite a simple task. Just unpot your plant and comb out the roots in a radial pattern. The root hook is a great tool for this. ...
White Louse Scale -
The white louse scale (Unaspis citri) is one of the commonest pests infesting citrus trees in coastal areas. Infestations generally commence on the tr...
