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I use a laundry marker on my tags! No more washing off 😊

Excellente vidéo bravo 😊 À bientôt

I'm going to grow with you!! Many of my seed packets say to start end of summer or beginning of autumn. By the time they have put on some growth they'll be a lot safer from the white butterflies. I grew brassicas over spring and summer. Initially they grew slowly because I had a cover over them. Problem was, the cover slowed their growth because it obstructed light, so I had to uncover anyway. Soon as I did, they started to be eaten!!

I've tried brassicas a few times unprotected, they look so healthy until...... Everytime i get reminded i need to construct a impenetrable fortress for them

I was listening to this in the shower (gotta multitask while the kids are asleep in this house unfortunately) and I thought it heard kids so I gave up my shower, just to find out it was your kiddos in the background 🤦‍♀️ 😂

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lol, Ms Christie I just love your passion, intensity & charm !🙌 I know people here use egg carton for seedling tray & I used Lindor Chocolate tray I give my wife @ X-mas for Chinese kale seeds. Suppose to germinate in 5 days but over 2 wks. now & nothing. Like u, I like trying different things & yesterday I soak kale seeds in water this time for few hours & plant in pot. We will see....We did harvest kale though recently & it's very good but problem overall seems to be germination. Our Ceylon Spinach (alugbati) grows very well as a vine & is great for cooking. T/y

I have had red russian kale growing under nets all spring/summer. The nets have been 100% reliable keeping the cabbage moths out. I have to spray with soap spray to kill the aphids once per week to keep them in check. It dose wilt in the hot sun but bounces back every evening. A nice addition to the salad bowl.

Worm castings are the secret ingredient for any successful early season potting mix 😊 Good luck👍

I cannot for the life of me seem to get more than a half of a tray to germinate. Some do great others not, what am I doing wrong?? In kitchen, in a wicking tray from Bunnings, growing in the little expanding coco coir pellets.

Question for the doc: what animal or insect would be eating the young flower buds or super young citrus fruits (just after flowering) and the young g shoots on my citrus trees? Anything I can do to pretext or prevent?

Caterpillars smashed my broccoli over summer! Exactly the way you described! Neem oil helped but too late..

G'day Christie. So I beat you with the peas and beans by about a month and I just plant them outside; harvesting the peas already. :) Tomatoes have been slow this season seeing we haven't had much 'Summer' at all, maybe this warm spell will help them. Stay cool and catch up soon.

Interesting seed sowing ideas Christie. Look forward to your updates. I’ve had success with growing beetroot, lettuce and tomatoes in polystyrene boxes and smaller containers. Rats, birds and possums have beaten us to apples, tomatoes (in ground) and plums, fruit fly in the apricots…it’s so frustrating to grow your own. Also like your growing kit with removable top. Can you let us know where you purchased it from? Good luck with your efforts.

Do you know about Bacillus thuringiensis (BT), sold commercially as Dipel. It is made from a soil microoranism and poisons cabbage white butterfly lavae. Lots of info on the ne t. It degrades in sunlight after about a week. But the best protection I've found is fine nylon mesh netting like the one you have near the start of your vid. The BT is good as back up.

Yes please; regular updates would be great if you have the time. :)

Hi Christie. Timely video. Just started some broccoli seeds today with other brassica's tomorrow. I'm in north east Melbourne and our climate seems to be hotter in summer and colder in winter than other parts. The biggest challenge is not starting too early in Spring. We have late frosts that smash seedlings. Thanks for the tips

Oh yes only in VIC here in WA I’ll have to wait a few more months yet. Like all the info you shared. Thanks 🙏 🌱

First year gardener here Fruit fly ruined my summer. Hope my winter is better. 😊😊

Hey Christie :) My favourite marker to use in the garden is the Sharpie Laundry Marker.. made to not wash out! I can't even think about planting for autumn?winter yet.. there is no room in my garden!

Loving this video thanks but stopped to share an old playpen hint my auntie used to do to stop the babies walking around the room in their playpens; staple a piece of fabric, an old sheet under the surrounds to make a floor for them. Impossible to move cause they’re standing on it. Unless of course you want them walking in it then you do you 😂

3:22 hahahah I died!! Ohh that happens to me too 😊

Thankyou Christie very practical advice as usual. Learning to move one’s body is such a great experience for little ones congratulations no stopping her now. My question for your guest speaker is what’s the most effective way to stop the Queensland fruit fly attacking my tomatoes in my small vege garden in Melbourne. It’s so disheartening you plant care weight then slice argh the larvae 🐛 of the Queensland fruit fly are inside the precious tomato 😮

Great advice/preparation :)

Thank you for the advice 🤙🏾

Ok. Here’s one for ya. How do I organically keep chipmunks from my tomato plants?

I’ve been organic growing for about 6 years, so no sprays allowed, and I plant nasturtium and marigolds around my veggies and have hardly any pest problems. I had some idea of how that worked, but now I know the whole story. Thanks so much for this!

Don’t squish fleas either your releasing their eggs…

I keep on spraying my indoor bougainvillea this is the second time the attack. First I lost all leaves. Now they have grown back. It's December and the aphids are back again. These plants are in a South facing window with heater and not exposed to the outdoors. All my other plants seem to have no problem. I soapy water sprayed all of them. I only bring in my banana and strilizia in the winter. They are all ok..VERY frustrating. I was just waiting for the bougainvillea to bloom again after one year of aphids....

I buy lady bugs 500 at a time a few times a year very helpful video no more squishing lol

what happened to your tomato’s from the heat yesterday the top of mine wilted and aren’t recovering

Aphids only suck on sick plants that don't photo-synthesize enough and so have low glucose. If you have the right minerals and make more glucose then the aphids dry out while sucking. They try to find another plant that has less glucose. I learned this from a US youtube channel "Advancing Eco Agriculture" They do sap analysis from leaves to see what they miss and do folier applications of de-solved minerals to resolve the problem. Aphids are the easiest insects to stop this way but they distinguish 3 more categories of insects that sucking larvae, chewing larvae, chewing insects. that all only find sick plants to parasitize. Very interesting that they "smell" them from miles away.

The mystery plant looks to be the humble pumpkin

Love seeing your summer harvest! Would like to know what you’re sowing at this time of year as well :)

I saw ladybird larvae on my plants. Didn't mess with it cause i didn't recognize it as a pest i knew. Later found another one took a pic and looked ut up. So happy i left them

TikTok influencers are destroying the local forests, they are earning thousands selling boxes of LadyBugs to people around the world. They claim they are helping the world get rid of their aphid infestations, yet they are also harming the local environment by selling the LadyBugs which are naturally eating the growing pest populations in our forests.

it's kind of annoying when i hear the Brits refer to lady bugs as a lady bird they are not birds and it sounds ridiculous

Yor either Italian or your not. No such thing as turning Italian

Slug snails can smell beer from super far away, it ends up pulling more to your area

You didn't ask what the turnaround time frame was for aphids being eaten and taken over by the parasitic wasp if we're not being patient how long do we have to wait

We have had this zucchini issue several times. We remove the seed section and grate it up. We portion it and freeze for during the year. It’s perfect to add into all sorts of dishes.

That garden is absolutely stunning! 😍🙌🏻 My pumpkin plants are growing here in Melbourne but there are no flowers yet, any tips on getting flowers on them or is it too late to get a crop? 🎃💚

Mary: helpful, funny and cheeky 🤣 the best

That's interesting about the aphids. It'd be good to know what kind of parasites they get. 👍 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘

That huge Zucchini would make my chooks very happy. Anyone with a Vegetable garden who can swing it would absolutely benefit from a couple of chooks. Chooks and surplus vegetables and weeds go hand in hand and you get the benefit of eggs.

Came here hating aphids, left here feeling sorry for them

Wasps?!!! Really? I've always thought that they were flying ants!

vegemite instead of beer as it has a higher yeast content

I've had a few oversized zucchini this summer. I love to grate them & freeze into the silicon moulds you can buy in Kmart. I then have ideal portions for soups, fritters & of course, chocolate zucchini cake 😁

All interesting. I have these small black/orange I believe non hairy caterpillars in my pots. First inclination is to rid them but I just leave them alone & don't think they're harmful & may if nothing else actually oxygenize the soil too. 👍