21-09-2023, 09:38 AM
Garden is full of colour now. Clivias are underway with the first yellow ones just opening. Snail-free so far thanks to going out for a snail stomp most damp evenings.
Lotuses are waking up well, and so are the black aphids that plague them. I need to keep on top of squishing them as they severely impact the leaves as they open. All the usual remedies don't work on the lotuses. Anything sprayed seems to clog up the hairs that create the superhydrophobic aspect of them. When I've tried the sprayed leaves died. So squishing it is.
Blueberries are in full bloom, including one of the cuttings grown over winter. The other cuttings are showing buds so something is happening, albeit more slowly.
Have harvested a couple of leeks but the rest are all still pretty small. Also planted more lettuces a couple of weeks ago that are now zooming away. Then some more broccoli and spinach (popeye - not the perpetual one that is really silver beet). Fingers crossed that the lime will get things going.
Lotuses are waking up well, and so are the black aphids that plague them. I need to keep on top of squishing them as they severely impact the leaves as they open. All the usual remedies don't work on the lotuses. Anything sprayed seems to clog up the hairs that create the superhydrophobic aspect of them. When I've tried the sprayed leaves died. So squishing it is.
Blueberries are in full bloom, including one of the cuttings grown over winter. The other cuttings are showing buds so something is happening, albeit more slowly.
Have harvested a couple of leeks but the rest are all still pretty small. Also planted more lettuces a couple of weeks ago that are now zooming away. Then some more broccoli and spinach (popeye - not the perpetual one that is really silver beet). Fingers crossed that the lime will get things going.