Sab and Jo discuss pruning, lemon trees, gall wasps are more.

00:24 Sab shares details of the Kimberley garden she created complete with red vines and other rare natives. 

12:40 ABC listener Mike asks Sab why his lemon tree looks like it has muscles? (Spoiler: it's gall wasps). 

27:53 Once Everlastings finish flowering, should you allow them to seed where they are or collect the seeds and do yourself?Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

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Christine Layton stepping in for Amber Cunningham today on Roots and Shoots with Sabrina Hahn. 

06:55 - Preventing the breynia nervosia (also known as the snow bush) from developing damage to new offshoots.

11:18 - How to take care of the Macadamia tree heading into summer. 

45:30 - Tips and tricks on where to go to get a quality black passionfruit tree. 

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Horticulturist Mark Tucek in for Sab on this week's episode: 

02:45 Tips for positioning, fertilising, watering and pruning kangaroo paws.

05:35 A dry winter calls for more wetting agents, here's why.

07:57 Want to germinate your quandong (or make some jam) here's a trick on how.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

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On today's show: 

• Jade Barker and Sue McDougall (Chief Horticulturalist at Kings Park Botanic Gardens) answer your gardening questions.
• What's in store for this year's Kings Park Everlastings Festival.
• Advice for growing bacon avocado trees.
• What are these mystery rings on my mother's tomatoes?! 

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Sab and Geraldine discuss the weather, planting, watering and more.

02:52 Bougainvilleas love chicken feed! 

12:41 Best tricks to grow avocados that are perfect for avo toast (or for avo's in the arvo or the evening!) 

17:51 House sitter forgot to water your plants? Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

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On today's show: 

• Macadamias for Carnaby cockatoos, and how you can register for the trees online.
• Nannas for Native Forests bring us up to speed on their handmade craft campaign for World Threatened Species Day (7th Sept).
• Keeping rats at bay. 

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Happy National Wattle Day! Jo and wattle queen Sab discuss grapevines, rose bushes and remind listeners to stay out of canola crops. 

14:49 Help! Julie’s Geraldton wax won’t wax and her peach blossom won’t blossom. Sab has some tips to make them flower.

21:32 How to control powdery mildew on your grapevines.

36:03 Sab has plant suggestions for Lynn who has a garden bed that gets no winter sun but full summer sun.  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

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Amid the cutthroat swapping of plants, Sab and Christine take questions from the audience.

Plus, a surprise cameo from ABC News Breakfast weather presenter Nate Byrne! 

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Sab and Jo discuss the best vegetables for hot inland areas, weeds, and using the hard stuff.  

7:00 My avocado tree leaves are going brown and brittle, what’s going on? 

11:25 How to make banana water and can you use it to give your plants a potassium boost?

15:23 ABC listener Charlene’s garden is overrun with spider plants. Sab has a surprising suggestion to get rid of them. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

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On today's show: 

• Welcome to the Giggle Garden: What plants make you laugh?
• Botany legend Professor Kingsley Dixon on the results of the ABC's Most Amazing Wildflower poll.
• Not quite gardening, but almost... How do I stop snails eating my mail in my letterbox?! 

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Sab and Jo discuss rats, tomato worms and the best time to trim your nut bushes.

5:15 If you’ve ever noticed little bumps on your lilly pilly leaves it might be psyllids. Sab explains what they are and how to treat them. 

11:50 A listener from the wheatbelt wants advice on how to transition her garden into a biodiverse habitat garden that provides food for wildlife. 

13:20 Joe’s once bountiful lemon tree refuses to fruit since a major prune two years ago. He wants to know how to bring it back to its former glory. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.

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