1 00:00:06,815 --> 00:00:10,695 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Resident Builder podcast with Peter Wolfcamp 2 00:00:10,895 --> 00:00:12,215 Speaker 1: from News Talk sedb. 3 00:00:12,975 --> 00:00:17,615 Speaker 2: Of September twenty five. Oh yeah, no worry, don't even 4 00:00:17,655 --> 00:00:21,495 Speaker 2: go and sort that. No, well, I've not even wallet. 5 00:00:21,535 --> 00:00:22,615 Speaker 3: Right, don't worry. 6 00:00:22,655 --> 00:00:23,455 Speaker 4: We'll sort it for you. 7 00:00:23,815 --> 00:00:25,615 Speaker 2: We're a radio show, not a text show. 8 00:00:25,695 --> 00:00:27,935 Speaker 4: Sorry, but I will read out some texts and just 9 00:00:27,975 --> 00:00:30,575 Speaker 4: a moment and I did a quick search because we 10 00:00:30,575 --> 00:00:33,215 Speaker 4: were just talking about ruboxes. So again I saw that. 11 00:00:33,575 --> 00:00:36,935 Speaker 4: Super excited. My sister sent me a photograph yesterday. They 12 00:00:36,975 --> 00:00:41,015 Speaker 4: put it up and I know, well, there's Ruru in 13 00:00:41,055 --> 00:00:43,455 Speaker 4: the area, so if one of them comes lives at 14 00:00:43,495 --> 00:00:46,255 Speaker 4: her place, that'll be exciting. And I've made a couple 15 00:00:46,295 --> 00:00:48,015 Speaker 4: based on your plans. And I was saying to people, 16 00:00:48,055 --> 00:00:50,735 Speaker 4: if they want the plans, go and have a look 17 00:00:51,775 --> 00:00:52,815 Speaker 4: for the wing Span. 18 00:00:53,495 --> 00:00:56,935 Speaker 2: I just said, a look, it's great. I can't find 19 00:00:56,935 --> 00:00:59,375 Speaker 2: it on the Wingspan Facebook and whatever. 20 00:00:59,535 --> 00:01:02,215 Speaker 4: And I couldn't find it either. But when I went 21 00:01:02,255 --> 00:01:06,575 Speaker 4: to doctor Google and went Wingspan, RURU plan is up 22 00:01:06,615 --> 00:01:09,095 Speaker 4: a link to the pdf. You can download the pdf. 23 00:01:09,415 --> 00:01:10,575 Speaker 4: All the details are there. 24 00:01:11,095 --> 00:01:14,215 Speaker 2: Yeah, Noel knows what to do. Noel will do that, 25 00:01:14,415 --> 00:01:16,855 Speaker 2: will do that, Okay, so that's number one. So that's 26 00:01:16,935 --> 00:01:19,055 Speaker 2: that's lovely to know. By the way, in terms of 27 00:01:19,095 --> 00:01:23,255 Speaker 2: those particular things, I've also made a box for little owls, 28 00:01:23,255 --> 00:01:25,335 Speaker 2: which is the smaller species that only lives in the 29 00:01:25,375 --> 00:01:30,055 Speaker 2: South Island, and that has only got to be quite honest, 30 00:01:30,095 --> 00:01:32,455 Speaker 2: the best boxes, I think have got two stories like 31 00:01:32,495 --> 00:01:36,415 Speaker 2: you like you talked about, you know, the two different levels, 32 00:01:36,935 --> 00:01:42,535 Speaker 2: but I've also got a very straight long one level 33 00:01:42,695 --> 00:01:46,015 Speaker 2: if you like little owl box. Yes, and here comes 34 00:01:46,055 --> 00:01:51,455 Speaker 2: to think always position taken apart by stylings. They they 35 00:01:51,495 --> 00:01:53,735 Speaker 2: love it. They love those boxes too. 36 00:01:53,815 --> 00:01:56,495 Speaker 4: Because someone to tick through before and go, so, okay, 37 00:01:56,495 --> 00:01:59,815 Speaker 4: you make it? What stops someone else occupying it? 38 00:01:59,975 --> 00:02:02,335 Speaker 2: And obviously stylings do. 39 00:02:03,335 --> 00:02:03,735 Speaker 5: Yeah. 40 00:02:03,855 --> 00:02:06,855 Speaker 2: Then and you know what, So the little owl about 41 00:02:06,935 --> 00:02:09,655 Speaker 2: half the size of ruru and it's so small, it's 42 00:02:09,775 --> 00:02:13,695 Speaker 2: really small. But if there is a styling in their box, 43 00:02:14,215 --> 00:02:17,855 Speaker 2: they will get the styling, kill it and eat it. 44 00:02:18,535 --> 00:02:21,615 Speaker 2: And that's that styling is only maybe the half the 45 00:02:21,695 --> 00:02:25,615 Speaker 2: size of of of one of those little owls. To 46 00:02:25,655 --> 00:02:28,335 Speaker 2: be quite honest, they know how to defend their gig. 47 00:02:28,695 --> 00:02:31,695 Speaker 4: It's good fun asking for a friend, yeah, who may 48 00:02:31,735 --> 00:02:36,335 Speaker 4: well be visiting christ Church next year. If we came 49 00:02:36,375 --> 00:02:39,855 Speaker 4: to see you, would you have owls around? 50 00:02:39,935 --> 00:02:42,335 Speaker 2: No? No, I don't know. You're not allowed to have 51 00:02:42,415 --> 00:02:45,495 Speaker 2: owls in captivity. But I can show you what the 52 00:02:45,495 --> 00:02:48,495 Speaker 2: boxes look like. And I can also show you when 53 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:52,255 Speaker 2: we climb into one of those boxes what happens when 54 00:02:52,295 --> 00:02:54,455 Speaker 2: these owls have been sitting in there for about two 55 00:02:54,535 --> 00:02:57,495 Speaker 2: months and have breed bread and all that. Because you 56 00:02:57,535 --> 00:03:02,575 Speaker 2: get these pellets that they eject. These creatures they eat 57 00:03:02,615 --> 00:03:06,975 Speaker 2: something and the pellets are basically spewed out like that, 58 00:03:07,055 --> 00:03:11,535 Speaker 2: and they're beautiful green gray with the what you call 59 00:03:11,575 --> 00:03:16,375 Speaker 2: it material that is ejected by the mice that they eat, 60 00:03:16,415 --> 00:03:19,055 Speaker 2: for instance. And if you get those pelletts, and you 61 00:03:19,055 --> 00:03:20,935 Speaker 2: can get them at a wingspan as well, you can 62 00:03:20,935 --> 00:03:24,415 Speaker 2: actually make them wet and pull them apart and get 63 00:03:24,455 --> 00:03:28,175 Speaker 2: all the bits and pieces which were the diet of 64 00:03:28,215 --> 00:03:30,735 Speaker 2: that owl. If you take that to school, you can 65 00:03:30,855 --> 00:03:35,695 Speaker 2: totally recreate the complete system of an owl, all the 66 00:03:36,615 --> 00:03:39,215 Speaker 2: all the things are there to make the owl again 67 00:03:39,255 --> 00:03:40,335 Speaker 2: from the inside. 68 00:03:40,575 --> 00:03:44,455 Speaker 5: It's just wonderful, fabulous radio. 69 00:03:44,575 --> 00:03:46,855 Speaker 4: Let's get amongst a face before we go. 70 00:03:46,935 --> 00:03:49,135 Speaker 2: Hang on, before we go, remember we were going to 71 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:51,455 Speaker 2: do something about now. We were going to talk about 72 00:03:51,535 --> 00:03:52,335 Speaker 2: chaos gardening. 73 00:03:52,575 --> 00:03:54,295 Speaker 4: Oh remember, yes, yes, please. 74 00:03:54,775 --> 00:03:58,415 Speaker 2: So Yates do a yearly thing which is which is 75 00:03:58,415 --> 00:04:03,015 Speaker 2: the Yates Gardening. If you're like weak, if you and 76 00:04:03,135 --> 00:04:05,695 Speaker 2: this year they're doing chaos gardening, which is what you 77 00:04:05,735 --> 00:04:07,935 Speaker 2: and I have talked but for a long time about 78 00:04:07,975 --> 00:04:11,895 Speaker 2: not mowing your lawn cell accurately the whole time, et cetera. 79 00:04:12,255 --> 00:04:15,015 Speaker 2: So but I Fiona Arthur and it's says that Gale's 80 00:04:15,015 --> 00:04:20,055 Speaker 2: Gardening is a movement that encourages both creativity and environmental responsibility. 81 00:04:20,455 --> 00:04:23,295 Speaker 2: Now it's on from Monday till next next month. They 82 00:04:23,335 --> 00:04:25,695 Speaker 2: for a whole week. But they're also going to give 83 00:04:25,775 --> 00:04:33,975 Speaker 2: us a and literally and lots of different seeds that 84 00:04:34,015 --> 00:04:36,615 Speaker 2: you can get from the AHS. Basically we give one 85 00:04:36,655 --> 00:04:41,615 Speaker 2: away for a gardener question this week. And so there 86 00:04:41,655 --> 00:04:43,295 Speaker 2: you go. I just thought i'd tell you. 87 00:04:43,495 --> 00:04:46,295 Speaker 4: Yeah, And it's bring out and we're starting to see 88 00:04:46,295 --> 00:04:48,615 Speaker 4: it because you're right, there is a movement that goes, well, 89 00:04:48,855 --> 00:04:51,015 Speaker 4: you know, do we just put down lawn and mowet 90 00:04:51,015 --> 00:04:54,575 Speaker 4: and that's what I was doing yesterday, or do we 91 00:04:54,615 --> 00:04:58,415 Speaker 4: go wildflowers and then it's habitat for bees and other 92 00:04:58,495 --> 00:05:01,055 Speaker 4: insects and not having to get out there with the mower. 93 00:05:01,215 --> 00:05:02,895 Speaker 4: So yeah, chaos gardening. 94 00:05:02,855 --> 00:05:03,695 Speaker 5: It's those seeds. 95 00:05:04,335 --> 00:05:06,775 Speaker 2: Yeah, and those seeds are part of that get those 96 00:05:06,775 --> 00:05:09,535 Speaker 2: pollinators in all the others. So that's the whole idea. 97 00:05:09,975 --> 00:05:11,535 Speaker 2: I think it's brilliant. 98 00:05:12,015 --> 00:05:15,815 Speaker 4: So someone who phones through today will get a packet 99 00:05:16,015 --> 00:05:19,415 Speaker 4: that will get you into chaos gardening. Now, Margaret, A 100 00:05:19,535 --> 00:05:20,495 Speaker 4: very good morning to you. 101 00:05:21,615 --> 00:05:25,415 Speaker 3: Hey, thank you very much. So here here's a question 102 00:05:25,535 --> 00:05:27,615 Speaker 3: for your rude, which I know is the topic that 103 00:05:27,655 --> 00:05:31,055 Speaker 3: you talk about every week. But you know, you know 104 00:05:31,695 --> 00:05:35,335 Speaker 3: the coddling moth. I've got the I bought the mad 105 00:05:35,575 --> 00:05:38,495 Speaker 3: X three spray or you know, the bottle of the 106 00:05:39,375 --> 00:05:42,335 Speaker 3: thing ready for spray, and I've got I've got some 107 00:05:42,415 --> 00:05:46,575 Speaker 3: apples and pears and I'm just noticing now that there 108 00:05:46,615 --> 00:05:50,615 Speaker 3: looks like the formation of little fruit and I'm thinking, 109 00:05:50,615 --> 00:05:53,375 Speaker 3: oh god, when do I have to spray them? I'm 110 00:05:53,415 --> 00:05:56,175 Speaker 3: just not sure when do I need to get the 111 00:05:56,175 --> 00:06:01,335 Speaker 3: pheromone traps to know that the or when do I spray? 112 00:06:01,615 --> 00:06:04,815 Speaker 2: You don't really need the pheromone trap well, look, to 113 00:06:04,815 --> 00:06:08,615 Speaker 2: be quite honest, that's what official growers of apples do 114 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:08,935 Speaker 2: you know? 115 00:06:09,095 --> 00:06:09,415 Speaker 5: Really? 116 00:06:09,815 --> 00:06:13,175 Speaker 2: You know, yeah, the apple orchids and all that because 117 00:06:13,175 --> 00:06:16,735 Speaker 2: they want to know exactly when the moths are on 118 00:06:16,775 --> 00:06:19,535 Speaker 2: the wing. Well, I can tell you that's from now on. 119 00:06:19,855 --> 00:06:23,215 Speaker 2: This today is the day really because at my place 120 00:06:23,415 --> 00:06:26,735 Speaker 2: in Christian's no, just look at Christier's same thing. We've 121 00:06:26,735 --> 00:06:31,255 Speaker 2: got most of the apples have flowered, and the little toodlinks, 122 00:06:31,295 --> 00:06:35,175 Speaker 2: which are the little developing, little tiny fruitlets, are coming out. 123 00:06:35,455 --> 00:06:38,095 Speaker 2: And this is the time when I should I'm going 124 00:06:38,135 --> 00:06:41,455 Speaker 2: to put Madis tree on this afternoon boom, just like that. 125 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:44,215 Speaker 3: Okay, So I just got to wait for the wind 126 00:06:44,335 --> 00:06:47,495 Speaker 3: to die down a weaver. Unfortunately, it's quite windy. We're 127 00:06:47,535 --> 00:06:52,535 Speaker 3: in the Manawatu here. Good. And if the top branches 128 00:06:52,575 --> 00:06:56,015 Speaker 3: of the trees are a little bit high, do I 129 00:06:56,095 --> 00:06:58,935 Speaker 3: have to try and get to all of those top branches? 130 00:06:59,415 --> 00:07:02,535 Speaker 2: Would you pick you? Would you pick your fruit from 131 00:07:02,575 --> 00:07:03,495 Speaker 2: the altitude? 132 00:07:03,975 --> 00:07:04,695 Speaker 6: No? 133 00:07:04,695 --> 00:07:09,895 Speaker 3: No, probably not actually it's thought. Yeah, And how how 134 00:07:09,975 --> 00:07:12,135 Speaker 3: much time do I have, like if it's a bit 135 00:07:12,175 --> 00:07:14,975 Speaker 3: too windy today or if it's going to rain. 136 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:18,815 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what. I've already had a go last 137 00:07:18,895 --> 00:07:21,575 Speaker 2: week with a little bit remains from a neighbor, a 138 00:07:21,615 --> 00:07:24,015 Speaker 2: neighbor of mindset here, I've got some left and I 139 00:07:24,055 --> 00:07:26,175 Speaker 2: had to go then just for the hell of it. 140 00:07:26,455 --> 00:07:28,415 Speaker 2: But to be quite honest, I know from now on 141 00:07:28,495 --> 00:07:30,455 Speaker 2: it's going to be the time. Yeah, and do it 142 00:07:30,535 --> 00:07:33,215 Speaker 2: about you know, three weeks again later and so on 143 00:07:33,255 --> 00:07:36,175 Speaker 2: and so forth. So you make a yeah, you know 144 00:07:36,215 --> 00:07:38,655 Speaker 2: what I mean, you make a little area for it 145 00:07:38,735 --> 00:07:41,375 Speaker 2: in terms of time, so that all these codly moths 146 00:07:41,375 --> 00:07:43,415 Speaker 2: are not going to make it so. 147 00:07:43,855 --> 00:07:47,855 Speaker 4: And Texas sorry, Margaret, text has come through as well 148 00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:50,855 Speaker 4: about this. So what is the product that you mentioned 149 00:07:50,855 --> 00:07:53,215 Speaker 4: about the coddling moth. This is the Maddox, isn't it 150 00:07:53,335 --> 00:07:53,655 Speaker 4: you guys? 151 00:07:53,775 --> 00:07:58,615 Speaker 2: Maddix three which Maddics two used to exist, but I 152 00:07:58,615 --> 00:08:00,735 Speaker 2: think they've pulled out of it because it wasn't really 153 00:08:00,775 --> 00:08:04,255 Speaker 2: working for them. But that's another story. But madex M 154 00:08:04,335 --> 00:08:07,335 Speaker 2: A d E X three and you can get it 155 00:08:07,375 --> 00:08:13,415 Speaker 2: from Good to Grow, en set us you Farmlands, PG 156 00:08:13,935 --> 00:08:17,695 Speaker 2: Rights since I suppose Fruit Fed and Haughty Center those 157 00:08:17,735 --> 00:08:20,695 Speaker 2: are some of the main providers of them, but there's 158 00:08:20,735 --> 00:08:21,455 Speaker 2: others as well. 159 00:08:21,655 --> 00:08:23,655 Speaker 4: Go never look fantastic, Thank you, Margaret. 160 00:08:25,015 --> 00:08:28,575 Speaker 3: Just one last little thing because the product is you know, 161 00:08:28,655 --> 00:08:31,495 Speaker 3: at stores in the freezer. I've heard you say in 162 00:08:31,535 --> 00:08:35,215 Speaker 3: the past. Does it remain a liquid in a liquid 163 00:08:35,295 --> 00:08:37,375 Speaker 3: state or you have absolutely you know. 164 00:08:38,895 --> 00:08:42,135 Speaker 2: It remains a liquid, but it's because it's it's got 165 00:08:42,135 --> 00:08:44,495 Speaker 2: a density of course that it needs really lots of 166 00:08:44,575 --> 00:08:47,535 Speaker 2: coolness for it to do set, but it doesn't, so 167 00:08:47,775 --> 00:08:50,095 Speaker 2: use it then, yeah, keep it in the freezing. 168 00:08:50,855 --> 00:08:54,695 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeahs lovely to chat with you. 169 00:08:54,735 --> 00:08:57,375 Speaker 4: Take care of question by the way, Oh yeah, great question, 170 00:08:57,455 --> 00:08:58,575 Speaker 4: surely going to you. 171 00:09:00,735 --> 00:09:03,095 Speaker 7: I've got around a property and load of picks where 172 00:09:03,215 --> 00:09:07,215 Speaker 7: very good, and keep the trees down. The house of 173 00:09:07,695 --> 00:09:12,215 Speaker 7: the story was two story really the spacemen on the 174 00:09:12,255 --> 00:09:17,735 Speaker 7: house above and the punt of trees along their garden 175 00:09:18,295 --> 00:09:21,815 Speaker 7: on the property. But the trees over years have grown 176 00:09:21,975 --> 00:09:24,695 Speaker 7: so tall that when they're there they are like maples 177 00:09:24,735 --> 00:09:29,895 Speaker 7: and forms and things, and the right over my house 178 00:09:30,095 --> 00:09:33,935 Speaker 7: and the spouting. You can keep them from too, you know, 179 00:09:34,095 --> 00:09:35,175 Speaker 7: certain hiatus. 180 00:09:35,495 --> 00:09:35,655 Speaker 6: But. 181 00:09:37,095 --> 00:09:40,735 Speaker 7: Once I get up there, they win wind blows spouting, 182 00:09:41,375 --> 00:09:44,575 Speaker 7: spouting fills up and blocks and it runs down the 183 00:09:44,615 --> 00:09:48,775 Speaker 7: tooth tourist side and then it runs into their house. 184 00:09:50,735 --> 00:09:54,895 Speaker 7: Is I've asked them to trim the trees back, I say, 185 00:09:54,935 --> 00:09:57,895 Speaker 7: they like them, I'm not going to do it. There's 186 00:09:57,935 --> 00:10:01,375 Speaker 7: also bird dropping, so ron nats pulled leaves and another 187 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:08,015 Speaker 7: three fingered leaf tree right on the fruit pie. There's 188 00:10:08,015 --> 00:10:11,135 Speaker 7: there anything I can do about it. It's just inconvenience 189 00:10:11,175 --> 00:10:16,855 Speaker 7: of it, ugly wouldn't on the one autumn. 190 00:10:17,655 --> 00:10:20,735 Speaker 2: Peter, you've had a lawyer on this gig. 191 00:10:21,015 --> 00:10:21,615 Speaker 5: We have so. 192 00:10:23,215 --> 00:10:26,815 Speaker 4: Surely because it's a legal question, not really a gardening question. 193 00:10:26,895 --> 00:10:31,495 Speaker 4: But in any sense, anything that hangs over your boundary 194 00:10:31,575 --> 00:10:34,335 Speaker 4: you have one hundred percent right to just trim that back. 195 00:10:34,415 --> 00:10:36,695 Speaker 4: So you can just you know, dead straight up from 196 00:10:36,735 --> 00:10:39,775 Speaker 4: the boundary line, cut anything you want off there. And 197 00:10:39,815 --> 00:10:42,695 Speaker 4: then in terms of the height of the trees and 198 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:46,575 Speaker 4: sign you can get an enforcement through legislation and the 199 00:10:46,615 --> 00:10:50,215 Speaker 4: Property Act, which gives you, you know, sort of a 200 00:10:51,015 --> 00:10:54,015 Speaker 4: right to enjoy a view or an aspect and so on. 201 00:10:54,095 --> 00:10:56,695 Speaker 4: But it has to be enforceable under the Property Act. 202 00:10:56,735 --> 00:10:58,575 Speaker 4: So it's going to be a lawyer's question rather than 203 00:10:58,815 --> 00:11:02,375 Speaker 4: a gardening question in that instance, because we love trees, 204 00:11:02,415 --> 00:11:03,695 Speaker 4: but if you put them on the wrong place and 205 00:11:03,735 --> 00:11:05,655 Speaker 4: it becomes a nuisance, it is just a pain in 206 00:11:05,655 --> 00:11:06,055 Speaker 4: the button. 207 00:11:07,895 --> 00:11:09,895 Speaker 2: But you have to remember one thing that I always 208 00:11:09,975 --> 00:11:13,815 Speaker 2: remember from David Stone. He said, if you do cut, 209 00:11:13,895 --> 00:11:17,695 Speaker 2: somebody's on your side of the fence. Yes, some branches off. 210 00:11:17,855 --> 00:11:21,615 Speaker 2: You have to put the branches back on their territory. 211 00:11:21,375 --> 00:11:23,655 Speaker 4: Because otherwise I think it's considered theft. 212 00:11:24,215 --> 00:11:24,855 Speaker 5: Yes it is. 213 00:11:25,095 --> 00:11:29,415 Speaker 4: Yes, came flying over the feats the other time. 214 00:11:31,335 --> 00:11:33,575 Speaker 2: It also means you don't have to get rid of. 215 00:11:33,535 --> 00:11:37,655 Speaker 4: The absolutely absolutely quick one before the break. Is it 216 00:11:37,695 --> 00:11:41,775 Speaker 4: possible to catch and relocate wetter My neighbor is going 217 00:11:41,775 --> 00:11:44,095 Speaker 4: to remove a private hedge between our properties? 218 00:11:44,735 --> 00:11:49,495 Speaker 2: Oh wow, Oh yes you can. Yeah, I reckon you can. 219 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:52,135 Speaker 2: And the best thing to do is to actually get 220 00:11:52,175 --> 00:11:57,255 Speaker 2: those wetter in suitable suitable trees with little holes in them, 221 00:11:57,255 --> 00:11:59,015 Speaker 2: if you like. There's all sorts of ways of doing 222 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,695 Speaker 2: old pool really moth holes, for instance in North Ireland. 223 00:12:02,175 --> 00:12:04,615 Speaker 2: And this is the sort of stuff I tend to 224 00:12:04,655 --> 00:12:08,015 Speaker 2: do with schools every now and then. It is unbelievable. 225 00:12:08,095 --> 00:12:10,695 Speaker 2: Yes you can, and you just do it very gently. 226 00:12:10,975 --> 00:12:15,015 Speaker 2: You make sure that you actually literally copy their favorite 227 00:12:15,095 --> 00:12:18,095 Speaker 2: holes and trees and things like that, right, Or you 228 00:12:18,215 --> 00:12:22,295 Speaker 2: make your own wetter motels out of sunlight in the shade, 229 00:12:22,495 --> 00:12:26,175 Speaker 2: let's say, of bamboo pieces which you've got a roof 230 00:12:26,215 --> 00:12:29,455 Speaker 2: in the top which means that is where is closed 231 00:12:29,495 --> 00:12:32,775 Speaker 2: off and an opening on the bottom and you chuck 232 00:12:32,855 --> 00:12:37,375 Speaker 2: that onto a treat trunk and you'll find they'll they 233 00:12:37,375 --> 00:12:38,655 Speaker 2: don't mind, they'll come back. 234 00:12:38,975 --> 00:12:39,655 Speaker 5: Yep, yep. 235 00:12:39,815 --> 00:12:42,535 Speaker 4: Fantastic Radio will take your calls, will take a short 236 00:12:42,575 --> 00:12:44,535 Speaker 4: break if you've got a question for it, call us 237 00:12:44,655 --> 00:12:56,255 Speaker 4: right now. Oh eight hundred and eighty ten eighty here, 238 00:12:57,055 --> 00:12:59,895 Speaker 4: ten minutes away from nine o'clock, and a very good 239 00:12:59,895 --> 00:13:00,855 Speaker 4: morning to you, John. 240 00:13:02,175 --> 00:13:05,055 Speaker 6: Good morning gas. It is a nice morning here. I'm 241 00:13:05,095 --> 00:13:07,455 Speaker 6: sitting on the river way the tide to go out, and. 242 00:13:10,775 --> 00:13:12,095 Speaker 2: That's a lovely thing to do. 243 00:13:13,175 --> 00:13:18,055 Speaker 6: Very nice, my Christian. Really, I feed my fruit trees 244 00:13:18,295 --> 00:13:23,855 Speaker 6: as you suggested, and I've got a bump of a 245 00:13:23,895 --> 00:13:28,935 Speaker 6: crop this year on all of them, a peach. What 246 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,655 Speaker 6: do I do near keep them? Feed? 247 00:13:32,375 --> 00:13:36,295 Speaker 2: Just yeah, just every now and then you put a 248 00:13:36,295 --> 00:13:39,255 Speaker 2: little bit of that stuff on you you are now 249 00:13:39,655 --> 00:13:44,055 Speaker 2: you're not harvesting anything yet, are you? No? I don't know, 250 00:13:44,175 --> 00:13:47,535 Speaker 2: So just just gently. You don't have to go over 251 00:13:47,575 --> 00:13:51,335 Speaker 2: the top. This is why I when I water, for instance, 252 00:13:51,335 --> 00:13:55,895 Speaker 2: a tree, I use this this wet and forget stuff. Seafood, seafood, 253 00:13:55,975 --> 00:14:00,775 Speaker 2: seaweed tea I use that's got more potash if you like, 254 00:14:00,855 --> 00:14:04,095 Speaker 2: then seafood soup, and I would use it as not 255 00:14:04,135 --> 00:14:08,935 Speaker 2: only a watering but I do it very low levels 256 00:14:09,655 --> 00:14:13,175 Speaker 2: in my watering can. And you have a constant supply 257 00:14:13,615 --> 00:14:15,295 Speaker 2: of potash basically as well. 258 00:14:16,375 --> 00:14:19,855 Speaker 6: Oh that's good, Yeah, thank you, it's good. I'm so 259 00:14:20,015 --> 00:14:22,295 Speaker 6: surprised how many yeah fruit I've got, I mean the 260 00:14:22,335 --> 00:14:26,415 Speaker 6: tree starting the sheet, all the small ones especially. 261 00:14:26,495 --> 00:14:30,255 Speaker 2: Yeah, because they don't they need, they don't want to 262 00:14:30,255 --> 00:14:32,695 Speaker 2: have too many fruit here. You notice that? 263 00:14:33,415 --> 00:14:35,775 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't have to go around 264 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,295 Speaker 6: and put the small ones off the aisle. 265 00:14:38,095 --> 00:14:41,135 Speaker 2: No, don't have to do They'll sort it out themselves, 266 00:14:41,175 --> 00:14:43,335 Speaker 2: which is the neat way how nature operates. 267 00:14:44,175 --> 00:14:44,575 Speaker 6: That's sure. 268 00:14:44,895 --> 00:14:46,615 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'll worry about it. 269 00:14:47,015 --> 00:14:49,775 Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, Oh well, thank you very much. 270 00:14:50,375 --> 00:14:52,415 Speaker 2: More time for more time for fishing. 271 00:14:52,815 --> 00:14:57,215 Speaker 4: Yeah, it goes well. See I have this picture in 272 00:14:57,215 --> 00:15:00,615 Speaker 4: my mind of John's there, he's done a successful little 273 00:15:00,655 --> 00:15:03,375 Speaker 4: bit of white bait. He's back at home, fry pan, 274 00:15:03,535 --> 00:15:07,695 Speaker 4: egg white eight and the beautiful white bake, a beautiful 275 00:15:08,135 --> 00:15:12,455 Speaker 4: yeah Warwick, A very good morning to you. 276 00:15:12,415 --> 00:15:20,295 Speaker 8: You're good morning as Oh no, I've been a commercial 277 00:15:20,335 --> 00:15:22,015 Speaker 8: bar and I've been a garden normal life, and then 278 00:15:22,055 --> 00:15:25,535 Speaker 8: the seventies we've had recently last year and this year 279 00:15:25,615 --> 00:15:28,055 Speaker 8: a plague of miniature ants. They're about a quarter of 280 00:15:28,055 --> 00:15:30,855 Speaker 8: the size of a normal end. Any pot plants, any 281 00:15:31,015 --> 00:15:34,495 Speaker 8: any pots anything, any like. We're in a rural area 282 00:15:34,575 --> 00:15:36,815 Speaker 8: on the fence where you put your tape along the fence, 283 00:15:36,855 --> 00:15:40,095 Speaker 8: electric fence, you pull those off. Those little black containers 284 00:15:40,095 --> 00:15:42,815 Speaker 8: they're in behind that. They build nests everywhere. How do 285 00:15:42,895 --> 00:15:43,495 Speaker 8: I stop them? 286 00:15:44,455 --> 00:15:48,615 Speaker 2: That's hard work. So they're inside an electric switch machine, 287 00:15:48,655 --> 00:15:49,055 Speaker 2: are they? 288 00:15:49,215 --> 00:15:49,975 Speaker 6: No? No, no, no, no no. 289 00:15:50,055 --> 00:15:52,135 Speaker 8: They're getting in those little fittings to go on the 290 00:15:52,135 --> 00:15:52,815 Speaker 8: side of fences. 291 00:15:52,815 --> 00:15:54,175 Speaker 6: But any pot plants. 292 00:15:53,935 --> 00:15:56,575 Speaker 8: Or tomatoes growing outside and pots, I've only got them 293 00:15:56,575 --> 00:15:58,695 Speaker 8: in the greenhouse. And what you notice is a little 294 00:15:58,695 --> 00:16:00,375 Speaker 8: pile of dry air sort of coming out to the 295 00:16:00,415 --> 00:16:02,935 Speaker 8: side around the black side of the pot. And then 296 00:16:03,015 --> 00:16:04,935 Speaker 8: you go in there and there's just thousands and thousands 297 00:16:04,935 --> 00:16:05,775 Speaker 8: of these miniature ants. 298 00:16:06,455 --> 00:16:09,575 Speaker 2: Yeah. Sorry, Then now you're better off than I thought, 299 00:16:09,695 --> 00:16:13,095 Speaker 2: because I've once had an ant colony in an electric 300 00:16:13,215 --> 00:16:18,935 Speaker 2: switch and these ants they all shortcutted themselves into the 301 00:16:19,015 --> 00:16:22,375 Speaker 2: switch and started making a real mess by smell as well, 302 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:25,415 Speaker 2: because they killed themselves, of course. And then others come in. 303 00:16:25,495 --> 00:16:27,615 Speaker 2: Other ants come in and say I'm helping you and 304 00:16:27,655 --> 00:16:33,575 Speaker 2: helping you. That's gone, you know what I mean. Okay, 305 00:16:33,695 --> 00:16:35,535 Speaker 2: so what you do with the you want? So you 306 00:16:35,575 --> 00:16:39,015 Speaker 2: want to get rid of those ends, out of those areas, 307 00:16:39,015 --> 00:16:40,055 Speaker 2: out of those little holes. 308 00:16:40,055 --> 00:16:41,335 Speaker 6: Ay, well, it's just. 309 00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:44,975 Speaker 8: Every single pot, any anything that does on it and 310 00:16:45,095 --> 00:16:48,895 Speaker 8: plant kind they just getting these ants being built. I mean, seriously, 311 00:16:48,895 --> 00:16:50,695 Speaker 8: are they a danger to the roots of the plant? 312 00:16:50,735 --> 00:16:52,415 Speaker 8: Are they going to cause the problem as far as 313 00:16:52,415 --> 00:16:53,295 Speaker 8: the roots to contend? 314 00:16:53,855 --> 00:16:56,575 Speaker 2: It actually depends on what species it is. And we've 315 00:16:56,575 --> 00:16:59,135 Speaker 2: got so many new species in New Zealand that I'm 316 00:16:59,575 --> 00:17:02,215 Speaker 2: totally lost, lost track of this. But the best thing 317 00:17:02,215 --> 00:17:04,575 Speaker 2: of you to do is to put those pots in 318 00:17:04,695 --> 00:17:09,415 Speaker 2: a big bucket full of water, hot water, not stinking 319 00:17:09,455 --> 00:17:13,215 Speaker 2: hot water, but just warm water, and those ants cannot 320 00:17:13,255 --> 00:17:15,615 Speaker 2: stay in there forever and ever and ever. Basically, what 321 00:17:15,655 --> 00:17:19,495 Speaker 2: you're doing is you sort them out by inundating them. 322 00:17:19,695 --> 00:17:20,535 Speaker 2: Does that make sense? 323 00:17:20,655 --> 00:17:25,535 Speaker 8: So, No, you've got any new big part like the 324 00:17:25,535 --> 00:17:27,855 Speaker 8: big black ones, you know, the twenty liter ones, anyone 325 00:17:27,895 --> 00:17:31,015 Speaker 8: supposed that we fill up with new soil, new comfast. Yeah, 326 00:17:31,055 --> 00:17:33,975 Speaker 8: within a week, there's an ant colony being established in 327 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:35,095 Speaker 8: every single one. 328 00:17:35,575 --> 00:17:37,415 Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, in that case, it would be an idea 329 00:17:37,455 --> 00:17:40,575 Speaker 2: to actually do something about putting that in a pot 330 00:17:40,655 --> 00:17:42,935 Speaker 2: of water, in a big bucket of water if you like, 331 00:17:43,415 --> 00:17:45,815 Speaker 2: with hot water or warm water, if you like. You 332 00:17:45,855 --> 00:17:49,175 Speaker 2: could also use some insecticides in that water and give 333 00:17:49,255 --> 00:17:51,655 Speaker 2: them and you know what I mean, not you don't 334 00:17:51,695 --> 00:17:55,055 Speaker 2: have to go high quality, low quality, not too much, right, 335 00:17:55,735 --> 00:17:57,695 Speaker 2: and that will get them out of there. 336 00:17:58,655 --> 00:18:00,615 Speaker 8: Right, But I mean them burying around and amongst the 337 00:18:00,695 --> 00:18:02,895 Speaker 8: rich like a tomato plants or little plants or whatever. 338 00:18:02,975 --> 00:18:06,895 Speaker 8: Is that going to cause a problem. 339 00:18:07,015 --> 00:18:10,815 Speaker 2: No, No, it wouldn't be, because you normally would spray 340 00:18:10,855 --> 00:18:14,695 Speaker 2: insecticides on some of these crops anyway, But in this case, 341 00:18:14,735 --> 00:18:18,015 Speaker 2: the ants other once they don't like the insecticides at all. 342 00:18:19,495 --> 00:18:21,935 Speaker 8: Yeah, okay, all right, yeah, well let's we'll give it 343 00:18:21,935 --> 00:18:23,055 Speaker 8: a go and see if you can get rid of them. 344 00:18:23,055 --> 00:18:24,495 Speaker 8: But are they introduced species? 345 00:18:24,535 --> 00:18:25,855 Speaker 2: Probably I'm quite likely. 346 00:18:25,935 --> 00:18:27,455 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 347 00:18:27,495 --> 00:18:28,895 Speaker 8: I mean I've not been around on my life and 348 00:18:28,935 --> 00:18:31,695 Speaker 8: I've never seen them before. So it's just the volume 349 00:18:31,735 --> 00:18:34,415 Speaker 8: of them, Yeah, taking over the town. 350 00:18:35,055 --> 00:18:39,255 Speaker 2: There you go. Well, no, sorry, I I think that's 351 00:18:39,295 --> 00:18:41,255 Speaker 2: the best way to do. I remember doing that myself 352 00:18:41,295 --> 00:18:44,375 Speaker 2: in big buckets yeah, good right. They don't like it? 353 00:18:44,455 --> 00:18:45,895 Speaker 6: All right? Mate? 354 00:18:45,935 --> 00:18:46,815 Speaker 8: Thanks very well? 355 00:18:47,015 --> 00:18:51,895 Speaker 4: Bye, Okay, thanks for I really appreciate that. 356 00:18:55,895 --> 00:18:57,215 Speaker 2: How far are we well? 357 00:18:57,335 --> 00:19:00,975 Speaker 4: I'm just thinking, yeah, someone says ant sand and a 358 00:19:01,015 --> 00:19:03,095 Speaker 4: four year old nosey dog? Is it safe to use 359 00:19:03,095 --> 00:19:04,975 Speaker 4: the ants hanging around the outside of the house too? 360 00:19:04,975 --> 00:19:07,335 Speaker 4: The worse this year is it? Is it sort of 361 00:19:07,375 --> 00:19:09,175 Speaker 4: ant season? Is that what we're looking at? 362 00:19:09,375 --> 00:19:09,735 Speaker 5: Answer? 363 00:19:09,775 --> 00:19:13,095 Speaker 2: Now? Getting into their into their system. Oh gosh, make 364 00:19:13,135 --> 00:19:14,215 Speaker 2: no mistake, they're. 365 00:19:14,055 --> 00:19:16,335 Speaker 4: Out there looking around looking for all of us this summer. 366 00:19:16,575 --> 00:19:20,415 Speaker 4: Fair enough to Hey, I reckon Margaret would love the 367 00:19:20,495 --> 00:19:22,255 Speaker 4: seeds for the chaos gardening. 368 00:19:22,535 --> 00:19:23,735 Speaker 2: I totally agree with you. 369 00:19:24,135 --> 00:19:25,775 Speaker 4: Well, Margaret, we're the same page. 370 00:19:25,815 --> 00:19:28,815 Speaker 2: I'm sure that Locke's got every every detail of Margaret. 371 00:19:28,415 --> 00:19:30,335 Speaker 4: By now, how are you working labor weekend? 372 00:19:31,335 --> 00:19:33,055 Speaker 2: I'm when is that again? 373 00:19:33,175 --> 00:19:34,615 Speaker 4: Next Sunday? Let's do it next Sunday. 374 00:19:34,655 --> 00:20:13,175 Speaker 5: Take care right to see then bye. 375 00:20:25,055 --> 00:20:28,015 Speaker 1: For more from the Resident Builder with Peter Wolfcamp, listen 376 00:20:28,135 --> 00:20:31,655 Speaker 1: live to NEWSTALKSB on Sunday mornings from six, or follow 377 00:20:31,695 --> 00:20:33,295 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.