WEBVTT - Gardening with Cherise Viljoen

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<v Speaker 1>All right, it's time to put on our wellies and

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<v Speaker 1>our rain jackets and step into the garden, delighted to

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back Cheris Fillon of Cherish Plants, talking all things

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<v Speaker 1>gardening and whatnot. But before we, oh, I should just say,

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<v Speaker 1>any gardening questions, give us a call or drop us

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<v Speaker 1>a WhatsApp two one four four six O five six

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<v Speaker 1>seven O seven two five six seven one five six

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<v Speaker 1>seven On the WhatsApp, Charis Hello, it's it's hotter than

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<v Speaker 1>a I don't know what in here, and I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>sorry for that. It's like you've walked into a greenhouse

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<v Speaker 1>in Dubai summer.

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<v Speaker 2>I can.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad you've got some water with you. We're

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<v Speaker 1>if we if we're looking a bit flaky and a

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<v Speaker 1>bit it's because we're absolutely sweating in our whatnots. So

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<v Speaker 1>there we are, gosh, very very warm. Before we get

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<v Speaker 1>to some questions from our listeners, there is a workshop

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<v Speaker 1>that you want to tell our listeners about that you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing in partnership with Elderflower.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Older Flower Nursery. They're based in Deep River. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're really central and they have two divine studios

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<v Speaker 2>that they do their workshops in and the prize at

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<v Speaker 2>The best question to usk today about gardening can win

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<v Speaker 2>is to attend the workshop I'm running with Elderflower, which

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<v Speaker 2>is about fain boss propagation and it's just wonderful. It's

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<v Speaker 2>all hardwood, very much more difficult than just routing say

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<v Speaker 2>a plectranthus or a paagonium, because these are fain boss

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<v Speaker 2>plants and they can be a bit tricky. So I

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<v Speaker 2>share all my best practices and my hints and tips.

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<v Speaker 2>But Elderflower has a range of fabulous workshops. They really do.

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<v Speaker 1>I live in that neck of the woods. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>I not know where?

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<v Speaker 2>So they've got a new studio off the main road

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<v Speaker 2>and they're also based at Courtyard fifty three that's right

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<v Speaker 2>by my house. Exactly, you should.

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<v Speaker 1>Go and say hello, gosh, okay, I love, I love

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<v Speaker 1>a little things open up that you didn't know about

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<v Speaker 1>and okay that's good news.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's to be it to win it, you just

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<v Speaker 1>need to send us in a gardening question today and

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<v Speaker 1>the best question will earn themselves a spot in that

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<v Speaker 1>in that workshop. The most interesting question when is it?

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, when is the workshop?

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<v Speaker 2>It's in two weeks time. Okay, I think I run

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<v Speaker 2>so many workshops. I'm not sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't worry, just make sure. Let we'll find it. You're

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<v Speaker 1>also this is super exciting. You're also planning on taking

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<v Speaker 1>a group to see the winning South African stand from

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<v Speaker 1>the Chelsea Flower Show in Stanford in September.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell about that, well, I won a trip to the

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<v Speaker 2>Chelsea Flower Show this year. It was incredible. I threw

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<v Speaker 2>my hat into a competition and I won a fully

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<v Speaker 2>paid trip to see the Chelsea Flowers Show. And I

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<v Speaker 2>traveled through the UK and Wales, and I'm full of

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<v Speaker 2>goosebumps in my hot studio just talking about it. But

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<v Speaker 2>before I'd even gone, I had already planned to do

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<v Speaker 2>a tour with a partner of mine, Alison, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to take a whole bunch of people. We've got

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<v Speaker 2>a fifty spaces on a bus, so we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>take a day's tour on the Saturday to go visit

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<v Speaker 2>a garden in Elgin, Elgin Railway station, stay over in

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<v Speaker 2>the Hohok Hotel, where I will now give a talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the rest of my travels through the UK. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Wales is such a fabulously hidden secret in the UK

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<v Speaker 2>just wonderful and I saw great gardens there and then

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<v Speaker 2>the next day we will arrive for the Chelsea Flower

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<v Speaker 2>show Stand being rebuilt in Stanford as part of their

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<v Speaker 2>Spring celebration. The whole village gets into it. Last year

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<v Speaker 2>I just ended up looking at scarecrows after i'd seen

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<v Speaker 2>the stand, because every little stall or shop had built

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<v Speaker 2>their own or designed their own scarecrow. And this year

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<v Speaker 2>they've had more time to plan, so they're offering so

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<v Speaker 2>much added value workshops and events in Stanford. If you

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<v Speaker 2>went last year, don't think you've seen it all. They've

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<v Speaker 2>up their game. Come with me, let's go see it again.

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<v Speaker 2>The tours two eight hundred and eighty ran per person

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<v Speaker 2>sharing and you can what's up me or Allison on

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<v Speaker 2>eight three four, one, four, five, seven two nine and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>just contact us on Instagram as well if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to come along and we'll give you more details.

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<v Speaker 1>How long were you in the UK?

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<v Speaker 2>Now? I was there for three and a half weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I stayed as long as possible. The win of the

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<v Speaker 2>trip was for three days and two nights, right right,

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<v Speaker 2>But I couldn't leave Once I was there. They were

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<v Speaker 2>in the full flash of spring and it was glorious,

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely glorious, and Chelsea was fabulous as always. Yeah, such

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<v Speaker 2>a treat, such a privilege to be able.

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<v Speaker 1>To go, How wonderful?

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<v Speaker 2>Ohs great?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, all right, So if you would like to join

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<v Speaker 1>Cherise on that on that trip up to Stanford overnight

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<v Speaker 1>in the hotel, she is going to be talking about

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<v Speaker 1>all sorts of fascinating things and then you get to

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<v Speaker 1>go and see that award winning South African stand from

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<v Speaker 1>the very recent Chelsea Flower Show, then do get involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't If you didn't have a pen to write down

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<v Speaker 1>the number, don't worry. Just send us a what's up

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<v Speaker 1>in and Max will give you give you the details.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't forget that. If you would like to win a

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<v Speaker 1>spot in Shuiz's workshop that's coming up in a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks with Elderflower, which is based in the southern

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<v Speaker 1>suburbs and deep with a plumsteed area, all you need

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<v Speaker 1>to do is just send us in a gardening question

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<v Speaker 1>and the best question as judged by well probably not scene.

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<v Speaker 1>Well we'll secure that spot. You can give me a

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<v Speaker 1>call and O two one four four six five six seven.

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<v Speaker 1>You can drop me a WhatsApp to seven two five

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<v Speaker 1>six seven one one. Oh, so it's the heat in here.

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<v Speaker 1>It's making me go do lally seven two five six

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<v Speaker 1>seven one five six seven or three one five six

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<v Speaker 1>seven on the s MS. All right, Louis asking, please

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<v Speaker 1>tell me how to fix the root invasion of my

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<v Speaker 1>neighbour's Brazilian pepper. It's destroying my drains and everything else

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<v Speaker 1>in its path. Don't even get me started on things

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<v Speaker 1>in drains, Louis, Louie.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a digging, digging, digging, digging job. And once

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<v Speaker 2>you've dug down, you alm my need to line it

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<v Speaker 2>with black plastic, thick, high density, you know, impenetrable black plastic,

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<v Speaker 2>because the roots will also force its way through any

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<v Speaker 2>bitom cloth or any thinner plastic and almost create a

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<v Speaker 2>barrier on your borderline, on your neighbour's line of that tree,

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<v Speaker 2>because the roots will just keep coming. Ideally, they are

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<v Speaker 2>invasive species. Maybe you could go have a chat to

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor about removing the tree. But quite often they

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<v Speaker 2>make these really gnarly beautiful compact shade trees that people

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<v Speaker 2>get quite fond of if they've had them in the

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<v Speaker 2>garden for a while. So I'm not sure he or

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<v Speaker 2>she will be willing to part with them. Else you

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<v Speaker 2>dig down and you make a physical barrier to about

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<v Speaker 2>a meter down, and then you refall the soil and

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<v Speaker 2>your hope for the base.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, how would I identify Brazilian pepper? I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>Both the leaves and the little red seeds smell like pepper.

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<v Speaker 2>It's quite amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I've got one of these in my garden, and.

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<v Speaker 2>They send babies up everywhere. In all your pots and

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<v Speaker 2>garden beds, you'll have little baby.

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<v Speaker 1>I have got that, And I'm also dealing with the roots.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, in drains, in plants, they'll grow up into other plants.

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<v Speaker 1>Pushing the vibra cree of my wall, which is an

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<v Speaker 1>awful wall. I inherited the wall when I bought the house,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's it's and it's creating havoc on the viber cree.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you just chop them down, they come back

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<v Speaker 2>from that stuff. They will recreate an entirely new tree,

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<v Speaker 2>a new canopy from a cut down shrub. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>I've had branches that I've removed growing. They have no

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<v Speaker 2>root or anything, but they'll sprout little leaves and branches.

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<v Speaker 1>Little shop of horrors. That sounds absolutely awful. Sorry, louis

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<v Speaker 1>tough times for you and me. Somebody else saying that

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<v Speaker 1>our neighbor has an oak tree that spits sticky liquid

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<v Speaker 1>all over and the black fungus is all over my plants.

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<v Speaker 1>She won't do anything to the tree. I've been throwing

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<v Speaker 1>insecticide granules around the base. Is that helping or what

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<v Speaker 1>else do you think I could do to a the

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<v Speaker 1>black fungus and the sticky stuff dripping, says Heather.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's a whole procedure. The first thing to look

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<v Speaker 2>for is ants around the base of the tree. Try

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<v Speaker 2>to control the ants because the ants are climbing up

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<v Speaker 2>to milk the aphids, and the aphids on the tree

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<v Speaker 2>are sucking this sap. They release a honeydew that both

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<v Speaker 2>ants and that black sticky mold absolutely adore eating, and

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<v Speaker 2>the mold likes to grow on it. And then that

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<v Speaker 2>mold slowly drips down with the sticky honeydew. It's really awful.

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<v Speaker 2>I have it under most of my oak trees. And

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<v Speaker 2>that particular black mold is actually relatively new as far

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<v Speaker 2>as fungi are concerning caped own, which means it would

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<v Speaker 2>have been around for the last eight to twelve years,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're all struggling with it. Thank goodness. The oaks

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<v Speaker 2>shed their leaves and so you can scoop them all

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<v Speaker 2>up and kind of dispose of them, get rid of

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<v Speaker 2>them with all that gonky fungus on it and the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the plants insecticide won't really help. What you

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<v Speaker 2>need to do is get some soapy water. Not to soapy,

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<v Speaker 2>I just mean a little bit of sunlight liquid, a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of vinegar. I can give the recipe which

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<v Speaker 2>is two hundred and fifty miles of vinegar and three

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<v Speaker 2>drops of sunlight liquid in a liter of water, and

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<v Speaker 2>you use that mixture to wipe your leaves clean wherever

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<v Speaker 2>you can, and for the rest hopefully the rain will

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<v Speaker 2>wash it off. And they are professionals that can come

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<v Speaker 2>along and treat the trees that are struggling, because they

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<v Speaker 2>really can't beat these aphids and the fingers off. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's really Awful's trap parking your car underneathing? Oh no

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<v Speaker 2>roots in the drain. Maybe it's compared comparable.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Denise and Gordon's Bay. Hello Dunning says my

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<v Speaker 1>clavier flowered in October twenty twenty four. When will the

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<v Speaker 1>seeds ripen? They're still very green and firm.

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<v Speaker 2>That is, how long is a piece of string question

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<v Speaker 2>that clavier sort of decides. Sometimes it can take over

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<v Speaker 2>a year on the plant to and sometimes they can

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<v Speaker 2>be ready in sort of eight months. But it's not

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<v Speaker 2>a strange thing for a clavier to decide that it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to wait to finish ripening its seed, and you

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<v Speaker 2>have to wait until they are beautifully red or beautifully

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<v Speaker 2>yellow if you're lucky enough to have a yellow clavier

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<v Speaker 2>or a bright bright orange before they're ready. So if

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<v Speaker 2>they're green, the plant is just having a think, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it's busy doing other things. And then when it's really

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<v Speaker 2>to it or finished ripening in its seed, and there's

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<v Speaker 2>just no rushing nature.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes we last week on the show, we we zoned

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<v Speaker 1>in on Clavier's Claviers Clavier.

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<v Speaker 2>Clvier, Clivier clavier as long as you can spell it write.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably probably not. And I was saying, how I had

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<v Speaker 1>when I bought my house, I had an ENTI I

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<v Speaker 1>had beds of Clavier's in my house, and I promptly

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<v Speaker 1>pulled them all up. But no, no, no, no, for for

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<v Speaker 1>reason and replanted because the beds weren't weren't great, and

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to kind of put grass down. I've got kids,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have a lawn. I move them, move them

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<v Speaker 1>all to the front of the house. They're still very

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<v Speaker 1>much there, but I need to start paying more attention

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<v Speaker 1>to them and what their moods are. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>know what they do because I sort of because and

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<v Speaker 1>this is, you know, no offense to the calvie, but

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<v Speaker 1>they they don't for a long time. They don't do

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<v Speaker 1>an awful lot.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't. They have no mood. They're very neutral, very

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<v Speaker 2>very neutral.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I pass them every day when I come

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<v Speaker 1>in and out of my house, and then one day

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<v Speaker 1>I come out and there they are in bloom fantastically.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think maybe this year I need to make

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<v Speaker 1>note of right, and this is when they're doing their thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is how I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Going to make it a study. Yes, absolutely, And it's

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<v Speaker 2>time at that time before they push their seed and

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<v Speaker 2>they're busy forming their flower birds to give them a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of food, a little bit of composts. But

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<v Speaker 2>otherwise you can ignore them while they're ignoring you, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all right, But when they're in action, when they're

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<v Speaker 2>ready to go, you better be ready. Your bags, bags

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<v Speaker 2>better be packed. Sure, you've got to be you know,

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<v Speaker 2>jumping in.

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<v Speaker 1>At the start of a toxic relationship. When I ignore you,

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<v Speaker 1>you ignore them? Right? Help for Oh, here we go, Cheryl.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it important to seal the ends of your roses

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<v Speaker 1>after you've pruned them?

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<v Speaker 2>That is a really fabulous question, And no it isn't.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we went through that phase where it was better,

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<v Speaker 2>better than margarine, And this is the same thing. We

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<v Speaker 2>went through an entire phase where if you made a

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<v Speaker 2>cut on a large shrub tree or anything that was

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<v Speaker 2>pretty what we would call juicy, has a lot of sap,

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<v Speaker 2>it might be a good idea to paint some sealant on.

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<v Speaker 2>And then more studies were done, more time was spent

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<v Speaker 2>having used that method, and then we went right the

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<v Speaker 2>way back to saying no, rather just leave it open

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<v Speaker 2>for the plant to heal itself. It's much better. But

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<v Speaker 2>the trek is to make a slanted cut so the

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<v Speaker 2>water runs off. Don't make these flat topped horizontal cuts.

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<v Speaker 2>The water will sit on and can penetrate and cause rot.

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<v Speaker 2>So a slight angle, preferably away from the buds you're

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<v Speaker 2>directing in the opposite direction to the bud you've just

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<v Speaker 2>cut above, and it'll run off, and it's far better

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<v Speaker 2>to let the rose just seal itself, but always cut

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<v Speaker 2>at an angle.

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<v Speaker 1>Here you go, shall I hope that helps help for

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<v Speaker 1>a rosary plant. Mine is looking very woody and not

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<v Speaker 1>as nice for use in the kitchen as it used

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<v Speaker 1>to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Dear, Oh, well, they get old like us. Plants do

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<v Speaker 2>have a lifespan, and at that time it's best to

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<v Speaker 2>compost them and you can start again. And rosemary, you

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<v Speaker 2>can actually start really nicely from cuttings if you were

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<v Speaker 2>particularly fond of that plant and it's soul and what

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<v Speaker 2>it did for you. If you take some cuttings, you

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<v Speaker 2>actually have a genetic identically identically no, no, no identify,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you. See it's gotten cooler in the yeah, genetically

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<v Speaker 2>identical plant, and you can kind of keep that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Otherwise it's time to put it in the compost and

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<v Speaker 2>start afresh with a new baby. They just have a life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's fine. It happens.

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<v Speaker 1>There we go. Dion says, I've got a Eureka lemon

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<v Speaker 1>from a garden center, transplanted from a pot when it

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<v Speaker 1>was young. It had a few lemons in the pot,

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<v Speaker 1>been in the ground for about eight to ten years,

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<v Speaker 1>but not a single flower or lemon. The tree is

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<v Speaker 1>now over a meter and a half in height and

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<v Speaker 1>reached over our wall getting sun. I have fed it

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<v Speaker 1>over the years. My wife wants to remove it and replant,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm holding on and want to save it. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got stories about taking up lemon trees, and one story

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<v Speaker 1>ends well and the other does not. Well, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to share now, well, I inherited two lemon trees, which

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<v Speaker 1>we uprooted them both and replanted in our old house.

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<v Speaker 1>One of them did not appreciate that at all, and

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<v Speaker 1>despite all of our praying and love and things never

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<v Speaker 1>you know, didn't go well. The other one is still

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<v Speaker 1>very much there at our old house, but I knew

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<v Speaker 1>it wouldn't survive. Another to the new house, which is

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<v Speaker 1>not new. We've been in it for two years and

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<v Speaker 1>say there it was, but it did not. It was

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<v Speaker 1>tough times, and it just gave us the one lemon,

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<v Speaker 1>and there we are. It was sad times.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Dion, I think that you have a couple of options. One,

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<v Speaker 2>listen to your wife. Two really put your stack in

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<v Speaker 2>a pot. Three leave it there for a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're leaving it there, you need to cut

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<v Speaker 2>lop that top off. You need to follow all the

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<v Speaker 2>the wise old wives tales of hammering a rusty nail

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<v Speaker 2>into its bar.

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<v Speaker 1>No, not really.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you're gonna have to feed it with epsom

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<v Speaker 2>salts every single month. You have to make sure it's

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<v Speaker 2>being watered consistently. It's not too much or too little.

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<v Speaker 2>That doesn't it doesn't mind, but it minds consistency. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't like to drown and then drought immediately afterwards. And

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<v Speaker 2>then try and find a very high nitrogen And so

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<v Speaker 2>the middle number be low, but the first number, which

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<v Speaker 2>is nigrogen, little number I'm not so fussed about. And

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<v Speaker 2>the last number needs to be high, so like an

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<v Speaker 2>eight one five or a twelve six twenty. Try find

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<v Speaker 2>a fertilizer like that. You'll find little tubs of them

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<v Speaker 2>in the nurseries, and then push that on the lemon tree.

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<v Speaker 2>And if all of that doesn't work, I'm going right

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<v Speaker 2>back to listen to your wife.

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<v Speaker 1>Lemon trees are are they quite difficult? Are they quite deverish?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I've yeah, yeah, the old varieties are like you

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<v Speaker 2>can't kill them yea, and they bear no matter what.

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<v Speaker 2>But the newer varieties, as thin as skinned and as

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<v Speaker 2>delicious and as juicy as they are, can really be

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<v Speaker 2>drama queens. If we want to get back into moods

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<v Speaker 2>of plants. They will just sometimes not do what they're

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to do. Despite every effort of the gardener to

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<v Speaker 2>make them behave and bear some fruit and be happy,

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<v Speaker 2>they just won't.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is it that so this this lemon tree that

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<v Speaker 1>we dug up and then buried in our I have

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<v Speaker 1>to say, not terribly nice soil in Hamstein did just

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<v Speaker 1>the one lemon, just the one lemon? That was it?

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<v Speaker 2>Why?

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<v Speaker 1>What was it a protest?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I want to say yes to. Yes it

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<v Speaker 2>was a protest. But quite often it is lacking of

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<v Speaker 2>nutrients in the soil. It's not getting the same kind

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<v Speaker 2>of richness from it. They do prefer a rich soil.

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<v Speaker 2>They can tolerate. I mean they come from the Mediterranean.

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<v Speaker 2>They can tolerate drought, but they're often do it in

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<v Speaker 2>quite heavy, rocky, clay based soils, the high mineral content

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<v Speaker 2>that cold water, so they're not fond of sandy poor soils.

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<v Speaker 2>It's often when they do better in a pot, and

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<v Speaker 2>they've just gotten a little weaker the higher they've been bridged,

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<v Speaker 2>similar to some roses.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, have you got thirty seconds for this?

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<v Speaker 2>Eshji and your guest.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a money tree, the plant that is so sad, skinny,

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<v Speaker 1>and remaining leaves are turning yellow. What can I do?

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<v Speaker 2>Get out of the water, change its soil, whatever's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>If it does that, it's in the soil. So repot it.

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<v Speaker 2>Put it in some fresh, light rich soil, and do

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<v Speaker 2>not overwater it. Give it a complete change, and watch

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<v Speaker 2>out that it's not getting too much light or too

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<v Speaker 2>little light.

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<v Speaker 1>Chrees, You're an absolute star, Thank you very much. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>I've enjoyed this enormously