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 --> 00:00:11,935 Speaker 1: from News Talk SEDB. 3 00:00:12,615 --> 00:00:15,415 Speaker 2: Right, it must be my my thanks again to Wayne 4 00:00:15,455 --> 00:00:17,895 Speaker 2: McGuire from Ray Whites who came into the studio. That 5 00:00:17,975 --> 00:00:21,015 Speaker 2: was awesome. It had climb passed. Good morning, sir. 6 00:00:21,455 --> 00:00:24,175 Speaker 3: A very good morning pet. That was interesting, wasn't it. 7 00:00:24,295 --> 00:00:27,575 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's good stuff. So I think we'll get Wayne back. Hey, 8 00:00:28,055 --> 00:00:30,295 Speaker 2: I just want to say thank you to you again 9 00:00:30,375 --> 00:00:34,815 Speaker 2: for facilitating what was a fantastic morning at Wingspan. That 10 00:00:34,975 --> 00:00:36,855 Speaker 2: was you know, the fact that you were able to 11 00:00:36,895 --> 00:00:39,375 Speaker 2: talk to Eneca and the team there and allow us 12 00:00:39,455 --> 00:00:41,895 Speaker 2: to go through. We had a great time. It was 13 00:00:42,175 --> 00:00:43,295 Speaker 2: just so awesome. 14 00:00:43,575 --> 00:00:45,335 Speaker 3: So it's extraordinary Wingspan. 15 00:00:45,335 --> 00:00:49,055 Speaker 2: It's fantastic, and I look, to be fair, I was 16 00:00:49,055 --> 00:00:53,455 Speaker 2: a little surprised that the falcon was prepared to sit 17 00:00:53,535 --> 00:00:56,615 Speaker 2: on my head, like it leaped from the post and 18 00:00:56,695 --> 00:00:59,375 Speaker 2: just came and sat on my head for a minute 19 00:00:59,455 --> 00:01:02,935 Speaker 2: or two, gazing around. We're chatting away and this thing's 20 00:01:02,975 --> 00:01:04,895 Speaker 2: just sitting on my head. It was fantastic. 21 00:01:05,335 --> 00:01:09,975 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. That's and that's actually engagement at the same 22 00:01:10,055 --> 00:01:12,735 Speaker 3: time as learning. All these things operate because you have 23 00:01:12,775 --> 00:01:15,735 Speaker 3: to remember they may be trained as falcons, you know, 24 00:01:15,775 --> 00:01:19,975 Speaker 3: as falcons as falcons. Yes, that's an interesting thing. What 25 00:01:20,095 --> 00:01:22,895 Speaker 3: you're doing here is something that is thousands of years old. 26 00:01:22,895 --> 00:01:27,415 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that people train falcons to literally catch prey, 27 00:01:27,535 --> 00:01:29,655 Speaker 3: not just for the falcons but for people as well. 28 00:01:29,855 --> 00:01:33,135 Speaker 3: Hunting methods old anting there, it's great. You go there, 29 00:01:33,175 --> 00:01:35,375 Speaker 3: it is And the same with the little arles when 30 00:01:35,375 --> 00:01:35,975 Speaker 3: they look at you. 31 00:01:36,055 --> 00:01:38,575 Speaker 2: A they be just gorgeous, aren't they. 32 00:01:38,695 --> 00:01:38,935 Speaker 3: Yeah? 33 00:01:38,975 --> 00:01:43,295 Speaker 2: Another little rury Knox is fantastic. And they had some 34 00:01:43,535 --> 00:01:45,935 Speaker 2: barne els there as well, and a couple of other 35 00:01:45,975 --> 00:01:50,455 Speaker 2: eagles or other falcons as well. And and just the 36 00:01:50,535 --> 00:01:53,255 Speaker 2: engagement with the community and the passion that they bring 37 00:01:53,295 --> 00:01:55,295 Speaker 2: to it. And you know, there was an area that 38 00:01:55,375 --> 00:01:57,495 Speaker 2: was that was out of bounds where they do the 39 00:01:57,535 --> 00:02:00,335 Speaker 2: breeding and the air and so on, which is great. 40 00:02:01,295 --> 00:02:05,255 Speaker 2: But look, I think if you're heading through Rota wingspanners 41 00:02:05,335 --> 00:02:08,775 Speaker 2: should definitely be on your agenda. And I can imagine 42 00:02:08,775 --> 00:02:11,455 Speaker 2: the kids coming, you know, school groups coming would be 43 00:02:11,535 --> 00:02:13,495 Speaker 2: absolutely captivated by the place. 44 00:02:13,975 --> 00:02:16,415 Speaker 3: Yep. And then looking at those palettes that they ejack 45 00:02:16,855 --> 00:02:19,735 Speaker 3: and get those have you seen those? And we were 46 00:02:19,735 --> 00:02:22,295 Speaker 3: talking about it. Yes, you put them in some water 47 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:24,695 Speaker 3: and then you can actually identify what they've been eating. 48 00:02:24,935 --> 00:02:26,575 Speaker 3: And then what the kids do is they take all 49 00:02:26,615 --> 00:02:30,055 Speaker 3: the bones out of the balettes and recreate the complete 50 00:02:30,095 --> 00:02:31,535 Speaker 3: skeleton of a mouse. 51 00:02:31,895 --> 00:02:35,615 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I just got a quick text from dev 52 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:38,935 Speaker 2: as well, saying please thank Rud that was a fantastic morning. 53 00:02:38,935 --> 00:02:41,415 Speaker 2: You should see the look of delight on Devs's face 54 00:02:41,455 --> 00:02:44,215 Speaker 2: when she's sitting there with this ruru perched on her 55 00:02:44,255 --> 00:02:47,375 Speaker 2: hand where it was great. Joseph loved it too, So 56 00:02:47,495 --> 00:02:49,695 Speaker 2: thank you mate, that was awesome, and thank you to 57 00:02:50,135 --> 00:02:52,175 Speaker 2: and the team. Actually she sent me a couple of 58 00:02:52,255 --> 00:02:54,495 Speaker 2: vouchers to give away. We won't do that today, but 59 00:02:54,735 --> 00:02:58,495 Speaker 2: we will definitely give people the opportunity of getting a 60 00:02:58,495 --> 00:03:00,335 Speaker 2: couple of free passes to go to Wingspan. 61 00:03:00,535 --> 00:03:04,335 Speaker 3: That's nice, right, Yes, yeah, I'm good. That's what I 62 00:03:04,375 --> 00:03:06,135 Speaker 3: did all these years ago, same thing. I gave the 63 00:03:06,335 --> 00:03:08,575 Speaker 3: things away right away. I am good. I've got I've 64 00:03:08,575 --> 00:03:10,495 Speaker 3: got a couple of I've got two things of news. 65 00:03:10,535 --> 00:03:13,055 Speaker 3: First of all, I've got my a cousin from the 66 00:03:13,095 --> 00:03:15,535 Speaker 3: Netherlands here that I haven't seen since the nineteen seventies. 67 00:03:15,575 --> 00:03:19,015 Speaker 3: I'm not and we are going traveling a little bit 68 00:03:19,055 --> 00:03:21,495 Speaker 3: through this part of New zeals it's absolutely fabulous. And 69 00:03:21,615 --> 00:03:25,735 Speaker 3: number two is that kind of somebody who's become my 70 00:03:25,815 --> 00:03:29,055 Speaker 3: friend over the last few years. Don Marie Lever is 71 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:32,015 Speaker 3: leaving the station and this is her last bulletin that 72 00:03:32,095 --> 00:03:35,415 Speaker 3: you'll hear after we finished. And thank you don Marie. 73 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:37,415 Speaker 3: It's always good having you in the morning here. 74 00:03:37,495 --> 00:03:43,775 Speaker 2: Absolutely certainly, absolutely right. All right, let's get amongst some callers. 75 00:03:43,815 --> 00:03:47,255 Speaker 2: A very good morning to you, Ginny, good. 76 00:03:47,055 --> 00:03:50,455 Speaker 4: Morning boys, love the show. I have a quick question 77 00:03:50,655 --> 00:03:55,055 Speaker 4: regarding peach trees. Please see what you think, rude. Three 78 00:03:55,175 --> 00:03:57,295 Speaker 4: years ago I bought a flat coat peach for a 79 00:03:57,415 --> 00:04:01,175 Speaker 4: very good friend in Trona. Last year, decided it wouldn't 80 00:04:01,215 --> 00:04:04,535 Speaker 4: have any fruit on, just thought, yeah, it's a young tree. However, 81 00:04:04,615 --> 00:04:08,535 Speaker 4: this year it had most beautiful crop, got nearly a 82 00:04:08,575 --> 00:04:12,135 Speaker 4: big pattern of features off. It took them off early 83 00:04:12,255 --> 00:04:15,175 Speaker 4: because the birds were about to show interest in them, 84 00:04:15,575 --> 00:04:18,935 Speaker 4: and I looked just like the shop ones, absolutely beautiful. 85 00:04:19,255 --> 00:04:22,775 Speaker 4: But within a couple of days they developed the great 86 00:04:22,935 --> 00:04:25,575 Speaker 4: pictures of rot on them, and in the end all 87 00:04:25,615 --> 00:04:28,455 Speaker 4: had to be thrown out. What can we do to 88 00:04:28,495 --> 00:04:34,095 Speaker 4: stop that happening next season? Any helpful advice please? 89 00:04:34,655 --> 00:04:36,935 Speaker 3: Well, first of all, train the people at Niwa a 90 00:04:36,935 --> 00:04:41,815 Speaker 3: bit better so that we don't get as much rain. 91 00:04:44,895 --> 00:04:49,975 Speaker 5: Okay, that was a silly story, but anyway, the second 92 00:04:50,015 --> 00:04:52,415 Speaker 5: thing is that if you do expect rain and you've 93 00:04:52,415 --> 00:04:55,935 Speaker 5: got fruit developing, you can actually put some copper on 94 00:04:56,455 --> 00:05:00,335 Speaker 5: those fruits and that will stop, for instance, brown rot 95 00:05:00,335 --> 00:05:04,455 Speaker 5: and that sort of stuff developing on those developing peaches. 96 00:05:05,015 --> 00:05:09,015 Speaker 3: So a copper cop or sulfur type mix quite often works, 97 00:05:09,215 --> 00:05:14,495 Speaker 3: especially say at least five or six hours before water 98 00:05:14,575 --> 00:05:17,455 Speaker 3: comes down from the heavens. That will help you quite 99 00:05:17,455 --> 00:05:19,015 Speaker 3: a bit to stop that happening. 100 00:05:20,655 --> 00:05:23,495 Speaker 4: And I mean, if the if there isn't any if 101 00:05:23,495 --> 00:05:28,575 Speaker 4: there hadn't been any ran for about a week, why 102 00:05:28,655 --> 00:05:31,295 Speaker 4: would they do that? And should you store them in 103 00:05:31,335 --> 00:05:34,055 Speaker 4: the fridge or just just leave them? 104 00:05:35,855 --> 00:05:38,495 Speaker 3: I keep them, I don't really put them in the fridge, 105 00:05:38,575 --> 00:05:41,255 Speaker 3: I think Jills and I usually have to in things 106 00:05:41,255 --> 00:05:45,575 Speaker 3: on the on the kitchen bench. No, that's right, But 107 00:05:45,575 --> 00:05:48,415 Speaker 3: but you are you telling me that they started rotten. 108 00:05:48,495 --> 00:05:51,615 Speaker 3: You see, the rotting could have actually been initiated like 109 00:05:52,335 --> 00:05:55,935 Speaker 3: a week or more before it starts to show. So 110 00:05:57,415 --> 00:06:01,295 Speaker 3: so this whole, this whole wetness is quite often the 111 00:06:01,375 --> 00:06:04,655 Speaker 3: trouble and it might pay in this case to keep 112 00:06:04,655 --> 00:06:06,855 Speaker 3: an eye literally in the way the forcas. Say we're 113 00:06:06,895 --> 00:06:08,735 Speaker 3: going to get rained to day, I'm going to give 114 00:06:08,775 --> 00:06:11,375 Speaker 3: it a quick a quick work of some copper and 115 00:06:11,455 --> 00:06:18,175 Speaker 3: copper materials. Now another few days maybe. Oh yes, you 116 00:06:18,255 --> 00:06:20,655 Speaker 3: could go through a vag two days before if you like, 117 00:06:20,815 --> 00:06:23,215 Speaker 3: you know, to be more efficient. 118 00:06:24,215 --> 00:06:26,335 Speaker 4: Oh, thank you so much more. 119 00:06:26,175 --> 00:06:28,415 Speaker 3: Than welcome, my dear, and I hope you know next 120 00:06:28,455 --> 00:06:31,695 Speaker 3: time and you can do it lovely talk. 121 00:06:32,575 --> 00:06:40,855 Speaker 2: Thank you very much, very good morning martytodayt. 122 00:06:39,215 --> 00:06:39,295 Speaker 6: B. 123 00:06:40,175 --> 00:06:44,855 Speaker 7: We have some little hits cup with livers. Flies flies 124 00:06:44,855 --> 00:06:46,815 Speaker 7: about the size of the blowfly, but they're skinny at 125 00:06:46,855 --> 00:06:49,095 Speaker 7: and they hover around the ground and sort of dart 126 00:06:49,135 --> 00:06:51,535 Speaker 7: about quite readily. And there's holes in the ground about 127 00:06:51,615 --> 00:06:56,015 Speaker 7: five million in diameter. Are they female? Ants? They holes? 128 00:06:56,055 --> 00:06:56,815 Speaker 7: And what are they? 129 00:06:57,255 --> 00:07:03,815 Speaker 3: They are native bees? So these we have I think 130 00:07:03,855 --> 00:07:07,855 Speaker 3: twenty eight species of native bees that we kind of 131 00:07:08,575 --> 00:07:11,055 Speaker 3: tend to ignore a bit too much, because these things 132 00:07:11,055 --> 00:07:14,655 Speaker 3: are really important for pollination of our native flowers and 133 00:07:14,695 --> 00:07:17,695 Speaker 3: you know, all our stuff, but also not so native flowers, 134 00:07:17,695 --> 00:07:19,575 Speaker 3: because they'll do all sorts of bits and pieces in 135 00:07:19,615 --> 00:07:23,935 Speaker 3: your garden. And these native bees are not colony dwellers 136 00:07:23,975 --> 00:07:26,135 Speaker 3: like honey bees, but they have a mum and the 137 00:07:26,255 --> 00:07:28,855 Speaker 3: dad or mostly mum in the end that has a 138 00:07:28,895 --> 00:07:31,255 Speaker 3: hole in the ground, and in the bottom there will 139 00:07:31,295 --> 00:07:35,455 Speaker 3: be deposited some nectar and some pollen which the babies 140 00:07:35,495 --> 00:07:38,215 Speaker 3: will eat. They come out and start their own little 141 00:07:38,255 --> 00:07:42,615 Speaker 3: nests at some stage. And these are you've got them small, 142 00:07:42,655 --> 00:07:45,615 Speaker 3: and you've got them from very tiny to quite large. 143 00:07:45,695 --> 00:07:46,335 Speaker 3: So that's it. 144 00:07:46,415 --> 00:07:49,135 Speaker 7: Yeah, Well they told me that because I thought the 145 00:07:49,255 --> 00:07:52,895 Speaker 7: female ants was quite on eradicating them. 146 00:07:53,535 --> 00:07:56,375 Speaker 3: No, don't. These are very important bees. 147 00:07:57,175 --> 00:08:00,215 Speaker 7: Oh fantastic. That's a very quick one. So a few 148 00:08:00,415 --> 00:08:04,855 Speaker 7: spray some weeds, like got the name of the If 149 00:08:04,895 --> 00:08:07,495 Speaker 7: you spray weeds that dies, it goes brown kin. The 150 00:08:07,575 --> 00:08:09,935 Speaker 7: seeds that come off of those deep plants they still 151 00:08:09,935 --> 00:08:10,295 Speaker 7: give with it. 152 00:08:11,975 --> 00:08:14,615 Speaker 3: Yeah, usually there will. Which plants are you talking about? 153 00:08:15,175 --> 00:08:17,095 Speaker 7: Oh is it called mellow or merrow? 154 00:08:17,255 --> 00:08:17,935 Speaker 3: Mellow merrow? 155 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:18,495 Speaker 8: Oh? 156 00:08:18,575 --> 00:08:22,535 Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, it depends on what the time is. But 157 00:08:22,615 --> 00:08:26,215 Speaker 3: if those seeds cannot develop properly, there's no way they 158 00:08:26,255 --> 00:08:30,175 Speaker 3: can actually have, you know, basically make new plants for 159 00:08:30,255 --> 00:08:32,815 Speaker 3: the next season if you like. So, you're right, if 160 00:08:32,855 --> 00:08:36,175 Speaker 3: you're quick enough, you can do it before they preferably 161 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:43,575 Speaker 3: before they start flowering. Good questions, Mary, see you mate. 162 00:08:43,535 --> 00:08:46,215 Speaker 2: All the best to you, May you take care and 163 00:08:46,415 --> 00:08:48,495 Speaker 2: genus of very good morning to you. 164 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:53,175 Speaker 9: Yes, good morning, Brew and your co pilots. Aren't we 165 00:08:53,295 --> 00:08:59,255 Speaker 9: enquiring about rubab? We have rubab growing. It's been growing 166 00:08:59,255 --> 00:09:02,095 Speaker 9: really weird the past few years. But it has a 167 00:09:02,215 --> 00:09:06,815 Speaker 9: huge leaf in a very short stalk. It's a fit man. 168 00:09:07,055 --> 00:09:10,815 Speaker 9: It's actually a great dressy entertainment for Adam and ease. 169 00:09:11,775 --> 00:09:15,975 Speaker 9: It's huge. So we're not sure what we're doing right 170 00:09:16,375 --> 00:09:16,775 Speaker 9: or wrong. 171 00:09:18,175 --> 00:09:22,255 Speaker 3: Oh dear, oh dear, fertilizer. 172 00:09:23,455 --> 00:09:26,575 Speaker 9: We do that. It's actually had possibly too much. 173 00:09:27,215 --> 00:09:31,535 Speaker 3: Maybe what sort of philaser would you use? 174 00:09:32,375 --> 00:09:38,455 Speaker 9: We're using the tree the tree liquid. Also, I give 175 00:09:38,455 --> 00:09:42,095 Speaker 9: it an acid or we give them acid food, you know, 176 00:09:42,175 --> 00:09:45,895 Speaker 9: the granules or the actual like it's like a salt 177 00:09:46,175 --> 00:09:46,775 Speaker 9: type of thing. 178 00:09:47,495 --> 00:09:51,935 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, okay, Yeah, there's a point in doing too 179 00:09:52,015 --> 00:09:54,455 Speaker 3: much for them, that's right. But on the other hand, 180 00:09:54,575 --> 00:09:57,055 Speaker 3: because they need a stalk that grows, you might need 181 00:09:57,095 --> 00:10:00,615 Speaker 3: a bit more nitrogen in this particular case, as opposed 182 00:10:00,615 --> 00:10:02,735 Speaker 3: to things like roots and all that sort of stuff. 183 00:10:03,495 --> 00:10:06,735 Speaker 3: You might find that that's how they actually extend their 184 00:10:06,855 --> 00:10:10,495 Speaker 3: stems and also their leaves. The leaves will become larger, 185 00:10:10,575 --> 00:10:13,135 Speaker 3: but the stems will become larger as well. And the 186 00:10:13,215 --> 00:10:16,735 Speaker 3: higher nitrogen np K. You might have seen that in 187 00:10:16,775 --> 00:10:19,975 Speaker 3: the shops has got a higher end than it has 188 00:10:20,055 --> 00:10:22,735 Speaker 3: P and then it has K for instance. So go 189 00:10:22,855 --> 00:10:24,895 Speaker 3: never look and it doesn't matter what make it is. 190 00:10:25,095 --> 00:10:27,855 Speaker 3: Or if you look at the NPK, the end should 191 00:10:27,895 --> 00:10:30,935 Speaker 3: be the higher of the of the of the three 192 00:10:31,175 --> 00:10:33,095 Speaker 3: numbers than the P and the gay. There you go. 193 00:10:34,255 --> 00:10:37,375 Speaker 9: It's actually a beautiful, sweet type of rebb. It's not 194 00:10:37,655 --> 00:10:42,215 Speaker 9: a bit h peasant to eat without adding any sugar. 195 00:10:43,375 --> 00:10:47,815 Speaker 9: It's just a shame, you know, yes, I know, yeah, 196 00:10:48,055 --> 00:10:49,775 Speaker 9: thank you so much for your advice. 197 00:10:49,895 --> 00:10:53,375 Speaker 2: We shall try that good life success with it, all right, 198 00:10:53,615 --> 00:10:56,415 Speaker 2: thanks to us. Take care. We're gonna take a short break. 199 00:10:56,455 --> 00:11:00,535 Speaker 2: We'll be back with Monique after the break is with 200 00:11:00,735 --> 00:11:03,655 Speaker 2: us money. Good morning, Good. 201 00:11:03,455 --> 00:11:08,015 Speaker 6: Morning, Rude and Pete. Hey, I've got a line of 202 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:12,535 Speaker 6: mechalia trees and magnolias, just five of them, and they're 203 00:11:12,535 --> 00:11:16,815 Speaker 6: all starting to the leaves are starting to yellow and 204 00:11:16,895 --> 00:11:21,615 Speaker 6: drop off. So on Friday, I actually picked up about 205 00:11:21,695 --> 00:11:24,695 Speaker 6: half a binful of leaves and I'm just a bit 206 00:11:25,095 --> 00:11:27,895 Speaker 6: consumed that something's wrong in there. 207 00:11:28,895 --> 00:11:36,255 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, it's yellowing and falling off leaves, nutrient deficiency, 208 00:11:36,375 --> 00:11:41,735 Speaker 3: it could be cold temperatures, could be pests, diseases, dehydration, gosh, 209 00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:46,255 Speaker 3: light issues, natural yellowing. It could be insufficient watering. It 210 00:11:46,255 --> 00:11:51,575 Speaker 3: could be too much watering. And with michelia, I have 211 00:11:51,855 --> 00:11:56,255 Speaker 3: the feeling that this could have well been a result 212 00:11:56,335 --> 00:12:00,855 Speaker 3: of too much water in the soil causing some root issues. 213 00:12:02,295 --> 00:12:08,215 Speaker 6: Okay, could Well, we've had a lot of it doesn't 214 00:12:08,295 --> 00:12:14,455 Speaker 6: get watered, you know, unnaturally, so it's just normally watered, 215 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:19,455 Speaker 6: just rainwater. I mean, but I mean we have had 216 00:12:19,455 --> 00:12:20,255 Speaker 6: a lot of rainwater. 217 00:12:21,215 --> 00:12:27,535 Speaker 3: Where you're doing from where you mean crushes okay? Uh, well, yeah, 218 00:12:27,575 --> 00:12:31,055 Speaker 3: well you know I know what Grossier's head in terms 219 00:12:31,055 --> 00:12:37,495 Speaker 3: of water and thinks. It's just been ridiculous. And there 220 00:12:37,455 --> 00:12:39,735 Speaker 3: it comes to point if you plant them in an 221 00:12:39,775 --> 00:12:44,775 Speaker 3: area that floods regularly or a lot more when it rains, 222 00:12:45,175 --> 00:12:47,375 Speaker 3: then that could be not the right place for these 223 00:12:47,375 --> 00:12:50,975 Speaker 3: particular trees. And the best thing to do is maybe 224 00:12:51,175 --> 00:12:54,895 Speaker 3: is that if you can take them somewhere else, it's 225 00:12:55,055 --> 00:12:58,415 Speaker 3: take them off. Oh sh yes, of course they are, 226 00:12:58,535 --> 00:12:59,495 Speaker 3: of course they are. 227 00:13:03,695 --> 00:13:08,975 Speaker 6: Is there anything It couldn't be nutrient decisions? You think 228 00:13:08,975 --> 00:13:10,175 Speaker 6: it's more likely water. 229 00:13:11,095 --> 00:13:13,935 Speaker 3: No, No, I can, I'm not. I just gave you 230 00:13:13,975 --> 00:13:17,255 Speaker 3: a whole lot of different things, yea, And I cannot 231 00:13:17,255 --> 00:13:20,375 Speaker 3: tell you without looking at those things exactly what it is, 232 00:13:20,415 --> 00:13:22,655 Speaker 3: in my opinion, but those are the sort of things 233 00:13:22,695 --> 00:13:25,815 Speaker 3: you're talking about. It's really really difficult to identify over 234 00:13:25,895 --> 00:13:33,015 Speaker 3: the phone. Okay, I'm sorry, thank you, Okay, bye bye, 235 00:13:33,015 --> 00:13:33,375 Speaker 3: bye bye. 236 00:13:34,215 --> 00:13:36,935 Speaker 2: We've got a stand of well, stand of them. We've 237 00:13:36,975 --> 00:13:39,215 Speaker 2: got three of them clustered in the back garden as well, 238 00:13:39,255 --> 00:13:42,615 Speaker 2: the Mikayla Grappi's, which I really like. They grow like crazy, 239 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:46,175 Speaker 2: though probably not quite the right tree to put in 240 00:13:46,255 --> 00:13:47,895 Speaker 2: because they're going to get huge. 241 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:50,535 Speaker 3: You have to declare and when you sell the. 242 00:13:50,495 --> 00:13:56,695 Speaker 2: House that my good old Bouda gar out the front there, 243 00:13:57,215 --> 00:13:58,935 Speaker 2: which I'll tell you what we did. I've mentioned this 244 00:13:59,015 --> 00:14:01,335 Speaker 2: couple of times. We did the big prune two years ago. 245 00:14:02,655 --> 00:14:05,175 Speaker 2: You know, strategically, right, this is the beauty and you 246 00:14:05,215 --> 00:14:09,695 Speaker 2: know this working with a good qualified arborist who's who's professional, 247 00:14:10,815 --> 00:14:13,575 Speaker 2: and and it's doing exactly what we wanted was to 248 00:14:14,335 --> 00:14:17,855 Speaker 2: encourage growth lower in the canopy. And then we'll remove 249 00:14:17,975 --> 00:14:22,375 Speaker 2: the outer canopy now and and so we'll keep the 250 00:14:22,375 --> 00:14:24,415 Speaker 2: health in the tree but reduce the size of it. 251 00:14:24,455 --> 00:14:27,375 Speaker 2: But it's a two well three year process and two 252 00:14:28,175 --> 00:14:30,495 Speaker 2: visits by the arborist. But man, it makes a difference. 253 00:14:30,895 --> 00:14:34,415 Speaker 3: I hope Matt is listening. We've had exactly that discussion 254 00:14:34,575 --> 00:14:40,935 Speaker 3: two days ago. Yeah, it's it's it's interesting in your gardener, 255 00:14:41,215 --> 00:14:48,855 Speaker 3: how important is to have a good. 256 00:14:46,975 --> 00:14:49,255 Speaker 2: Right, Mary, A very good morning to you. 257 00:14:50,335 --> 00:14:56,375 Speaker 8: Good morning morning. I'm up in Carrimandal. Just a query. 258 00:14:56,375 --> 00:14:59,015 Speaker 8: I've got some dailies. Some are in the garden and 259 00:14:59,095 --> 00:15:01,575 Speaker 8: another one in a pot. The one's in the garden, 260 00:15:01,695 --> 00:15:06,615 Speaker 8: the deep purple ones coming out really really faint, faint 261 00:15:06,735 --> 00:15:09,415 Speaker 8: pink other flowers on them. And the one in the 262 00:15:09,455 --> 00:15:11,935 Speaker 8: pot that was yellow, it's coming out white. 263 00:15:13,175 --> 00:15:20,335 Speaker 3: Oh, oh my goodness. I've had the same complaint from 264 00:15:20,335 --> 00:15:22,975 Speaker 3: a lady called Julie, and I happened to be married 265 00:15:22,975 --> 00:15:26,575 Speaker 3: to her, and she is a dahlia and nut and 266 00:15:26,655 --> 00:15:29,535 Speaker 3: she asks the same question, and I go like, are 267 00:15:29,575 --> 00:15:35,175 Speaker 3: you sure that's what you plant there? I have no idea. 268 00:15:35,895 --> 00:15:38,335 Speaker 8: It's the first time I've ever done it. 269 00:15:39,215 --> 00:15:42,535 Speaker 3: I have the feeling they are a bit susceptible to 270 00:15:43,135 --> 00:15:48,815 Speaker 3: it's you know, to pH in the soil. So if 271 00:15:48,855 --> 00:15:51,535 Speaker 3: you've put princess, put lime on the on the on 272 00:15:51,615 --> 00:15:56,135 Speaker 3: the ground, and they become a lot more bluer, I suppose, 273 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:59,815 Speaker 3: And there are other plants that have that same idea. 274 00:16:00,455 --> 00:16:07,375 Speaker 3: But yeah, gosh, Dahlias, it might be it might be it. 275 00:16:07,375 --> 00:16:11,055 Speaker 3: It might exactly be that that they are lacking either 276 00:16:11,175 --> 00:16:14,935 Speaker 3: something that gives them a bit of a bluish tinge 277 00:16:15,055 --> 00:16:21,655 Speaker 3: due to having a higher what do you call it, 278 00:16:22,175 --> 00:16:24,895 Speaker 3: saidity if you like, etcetera. 279 00:16:27,055 --> 00:16:28,495 Speaker 8: What what would. 280 00:16:29,895 --> 00:16:33,775 Speaker 3: Weird? I have no idea. I don't know. I wish 281 00:16:33,855 --> 00:16:37,175 Speaker 3: Julie was here. She would go, you know, she would 282 00:16:37,215 --> 00:16:40,295 Speaker 3: have some sort of crazy, non scientific answer. But it works. 283 00:16:41,135 --> 00:16:41,855 Speaker 3: It's good. 284 00:16:45,175 --> 00:16:49,615 Speaker 2: Luck with that, Mary. They are looking gorgeous at the moment, 285 00:16:49,615 --> 00:16:50,495 Speaker 2: aren't they. 286 00:16:51,495 --> 00:16:53,695 Speaker 3: Just I would say, try a bit of lime, That's 287 00:16:53,695 --> 00:16:54,215 Speaker 3: what I would say. 288 00:16:54,215 --> 00:16:56,255 Speaker 2: Okay, perfect, thank you very much. 289 00:16:56,295 --> 00:17:02,215 Speaker 10: Hello David, Oh, good morning. I'm hoping that you might 290 00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:07,015 Speaker 10: have an answer for the word they what This property 291 00:17:07,615 --> 00:17:11,415 Speaker 10: was twelve years ago now and there's a Christmas plum 292 00:17:11,535 --> 00:17:15,855 Speaker 10: tree on the property that every year until this year 293 00:17:16,775 --> 00:17:20,655 Speaker 10: had produced hundreds of plums. This year it produced one 294 00:17:21,175 --> 00:17:22,535 Speaker 10: and the possum god at first. 295 00:17:23,215 --> 00:17:25,015 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, the possums are good at that. 296 00:17:27,495 --> 00:17:29,975 Speaker 10: There's no other no other plums at all on the 297 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:30,855 Speaker 10: tree to begin with. 298 00:17:31,935 --> 00:17:34,455 Speaker 3: Okay, so is this is this a tree that you 299 00:17:34,655 --> 00:17:38,175 Speaker 3: is on in your garden and you could actually fertilize 300 00:17:38,215 --> 00:17:40,295 Speaker 3: it in a different way. 301 00:17:41,215 --> 00:17:44,095 Speaker 10: I haven't. I haven't, must admit I haven't put any 302 00:17:44,095 --> 00:17:45,415 Speaker 10: fidtalizer around it at all. 303 00:17:45,535 --> 00:17:48,375 Speaker 3: Okay, I think you need you need some of the 304 00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:51,175 Speaker 3: fertilizers that contains a little bit more potage that is 305 00:17:51,175 --> 00:17:54,415 Speaker 3: the stuff you get in rose fertilizer or some things 306 00:17:54,455 --> 00:17:57,775 Speaker 3: like that, and that means you get a higher sulfate 307 00:17:57,815 --> 00:18:01,775 Speaker 3: of potage content, which makes the tree set far more 308 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,535 Speaker 3: flowers and far more fruit. 309 00:18:06,615 --> 00:18:08,935 Speaker 10: Oh okay, Well that that would solve the problem of 310 00:18:08,975 --> 00:18:13,415 Speaker 10: us a tree which is it's probably been there since 311 00:18:13,415 --> 00:18:18,095 Speaker 10: there was built in nineteen twenty, but it's that's produced 312 00:18:18,135 --> 00:18:18,975 Speaker 10: no problems at all. 313 00:18:19,775 --> 00:18:24,935 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that was how you stimulate them. I'll tell 314 00:18:24,935 --> 00:18:27,135 Speaker 3: you what. We've got a couple of those threes Stiver 315 00:18:27,255 --> 00:18:29,655 Speaker 3: Kennedy's Boys Road where I live, and they've been doing 316 00:18:29,695 --> 00:18:31,695 Speaker 3: really well this year. They were all in the gutter. 317 00:18:32,055 --> 00:18:35,455 Speaker 3: It's just unbelievable. But it's the same thing nobody fertilized, 318 00:18:35,535 --> 00:18:38,175 Speaker 3: I reckon and they are unbelievable. 319 00:18:38,455 --> 00:18:41,895 Speaker 2: So yeah, feeding, even at this time of year, you'd 320 00:18:41,895 --> 00:18:44,655 Speaker 2: still be feeding, still be feeding because the growth. 321 00:18:45,055 --> 00:18:47,335 Speaker 3: Give it a little bit now, indeed, lots of growth, 322 00:18:47,335 --> 00:18:49,775 Speaker 3: and you actually start to make the plant think over 323 00:18:49,895 --> 00:18:52,935 Speaker 3: winter time. I've got to do that again. So spring, damers, really, 324 00:18:52,935 --> 00:18:55,175 Speaker 3: spring is the best dame to do. But do it now, 325 00:18:55,455 --> 00:18:56,895 Speaker 3: just for just to give it go. 326 00:18:58,015 --> 00:19:01,455 Speaker 2: Lovely to have you on again. Thanks for the wingspan experience. 327 00:19:01,535 --> 00:19:03,975 Speaker 2: Back next week, folks, have a great task, take care 328 00:19:04,015 --> 00:19:05,455 Speaker 2: of it. 329 00:19:07,935 --> 00:19:10,855 Speaker 1: For more from the Resident Builder with Peter Wolfcamp, listen 330 00:19:10,975 --> 00:19:14,135 Speaker 1: live to Newstalk ZETB on Sunday mornings from six, or 331 00:19:14,215 --> 00:19:16,135 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.