terryc wrote:
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:37:03 +0000, ted wrote:


Just a quick question about Australian natives. I have an area of my
garden that is very over planted with Australian natives is it possible
to replant them in another area or is that a waste of time as i was told
they don't like being moved and rarely survive.

what are they?
how big an area?

If they are in the ground, AFAIK, chances of survival are light, unless
your method is to scoop out a great big ball of dirt with an giant
backhoe scoop.





they are in the ground and the backhoe option is not an option at all.
So looks like they are about to go to god, well i guess they will find
out the meaning of life now or is it really just 42. I think you are
having a lend of me with the P and F thing but like a dummy i tried it
and it didn't work ( no chook raffle for you )

abigail

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:47:16 +0000, ted wrote:

terryc wrote:
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:37:03 +0000, ted wrote:


Just a quick question about Australian natives. I have an area of my
garden that is very over planted with Australian natives is it
possible to replant them in another area or is that a waste of time as
i was told they don't like being moved and rarely survive.

what are they?
how big an area?

If they are in the ground, AFAIK, chances of survival are light, unless
your method is to scoop out a great big ball of dirt with an giant
backhoe scoop.





they are in the ground and the backhoe option is not an option at all.

The problem is when you did them up, you break a lot of the very fine
roots that they rely on. If you want to give it a try, just try to take
the biggest ball of soil that you can. The other problem is that hacking
50-75% of the leaf matter off to reduce stress until roots reconnect can
make them look awful or funny.


I think you are having a lend of me with the P and F thing but
like a dummy i tried it and it didn't work

P & F is for "PAN" newsreader.
P for post, F for follow up.
If you don't have PAN, then I woun't expect it to work either.

ICEDOVE is cntrl+N for New and cntrl+R for reply.

It all depends on your NEWS READER.


abigail

"ted" wrote in message

they are in the ground and the backhoe option is not an option at all. So
looks like they are about to go to god, well i guess they will find out
the meaning of life now or is it really just 42. I think you are having a
lend of me with the P and F thing but like a dummy i tried it and it
didn't work ( no chook raffle for you )

:-)) Welcome to the world of usenet. :-))

"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
. au...
"Linda" wrote in message
...
I know some swear by chook poo, some seasol,
personally I can't find anything better than blood and bone.

:-)) I don't limit myself. I use cow poop, horse poop, blood and bone,
pelleted chook poop, bagged cow poop, seasol, 'Sudden Impact for Roses',
Blood and bone with added sulphate of potash, compost, rotted leaves and
anything else that comes to hand including elephant poop which grew the
best corn we've had yet. I also use fire ash and dolomite, rice hulls,
lucern chaff, hay and lucerne straw.

I have a big garden on poor soil which is finally starting to improve and
I feed it by direct fertilising, by mulching and with scavenging.

importantly, you forgot coffee grounds. If you can persuade a local cafe to
put them aside for you they are an excellent source of organic matter. Ask
the cafe not to put bottle lids, fag ends etc in with the used ground. Paper
is ok. I got a regular supply for a couple of years & it did my gardens
fine. Also diverts the waste going in to the landfill.

rob

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I think you are
:having a lend of me with the P and F thing but like a dummy i tried it
:and it didn't work ( no chook raffle for you )

The news client you're using is Thunderbird.

You should be able to go to 'File', then 'new' and select 'message' -
make sure you're in the newsgroup you wish to post to first.

Or simply use the 'new message' button - depending on how you have set
up Thunderbird.

Or simply use Ctrl+N...