Hi all, just after people’s general opinion, admin please delete this if not allowed. Check out the attached pictures and let me know whether you think my grandfathers passion fruit plant has been poisoned. Note, this has happened quickly, as of last Saturday the plant has deteriorated rapidly!, the root is completely wilted away It shows all signs of being poisoned and we suspect it has been….. but id like peoples professional opinions, Thankyou all!!

UPDATE - appreciate all your feedback and will reconsider this idea. I do ideally want to keep her skeletal remains but it seems it may not be possible. My parents buried our dogs in the yard with no problems using lime on top, I will consider this, or see if I can come to terms with cremation. There is a taxidermist here who could help but the process for that seems invasive & I want to honour her remains. Thanks to all you green thumbs for taking the time to reply

My precious old girl is not long for this world. She is about 9kg but losing weight, so not sure what she will weigh when the time comes...

My partner suggested burying her in an big terracotta pot and growing a tree on top as a memorial

So that if we move I can take her with me and I dislike the idea of cremation

Does anyone have any advice on how to go about this?

Others online have done it with small animals like rats etc

Would the pot need to have drainage holes, worms added and anything like lime? Would she need to be wrapped in a biodegradable shroud?

Would the pot need to be in the shade all the time or is some morning sun ok?

If anyone had done this or can provide advice during this difficult time it would be most appreciated

I have some plants that started drooping and dying after being happy for close to a year. I found all these grubs when I dug the plants up today. Could they be the cause, and if so how can I get rid of them? It's a stand alone planter box so I'm not sure how they got in there.

Our taihitian line tree has never thrived over the 5 years that it's been in its pot despite all our 6 fruit trees growing and fruiting.

I went to move the pot the other day and found that the plant was very loose in the soil. I gave it a small TUG and it came right out with barely any root system. I also found dozens of these grubs in the tip 10cm of the soil.

So I'm wondering, did the proliferation of the grubs mean the death of the lime or did the dud lime mean the proliferation of the grubs?

Hi All, I'm 23 years old from the UK and have been doing gardening for the last 4/5 years gaining a qualification in it.

In about a years time I'm looking to try get a working visa in Australia and come over to work and try and build a career in horticulture in Australia.

I just wondered what gardening was like in Australia. Are you planting out year round. Do you have distinct growing season's? Because obviously, being in the UK we only have spring and summer to really show off etc. And sometimes spring isn't even that good! Also, I'd appreciate some general tips for gardening in australia as I'm sure there are some differences.

Many thanks :)

I have no idea what this thing is, but I have ripped it all up at least 3 times THIS YEAR, and every time it takes over the whole flower bed. I wish things I wanted to grow did this well!! What can I do? A year ago I laid cardboard and mulch, but that only stopped it for a few months

I picked to cucumbers yesterday and came home from work today and see this

We moved into this house 18 months ago, and had a crop of mangoes from it in March this year. 2.5 months ago we pruned it because of dry branches and dry leaves. Just over three weeks ago it lost its colour. We have two other younger mango trees which are unaffected. We are desperate to try and save this beautiful tree and would be grateful for any advice. Thank you!

can someone please give some advice on how to get this off, as you can see my method has been unsuccessful so far...

I'm not sure if it's reverse thread, i have no access to a rattle gun currently i believe that could impact the rust enough to get it off if i can get my hands on one, yet its difficult to stabilise the rotating bottom piece to be able to remove the bolt!

has anyone gone through this? any help is appreciated thanks guys :)

and sorry if this isn't the right group chat for this, will be happy to remove in necessary!

I’m assuming a bird?

These damned root monsters the previous owners planted everywhere are destroying my sanity.

The bamboo is spreading into a garden bed over a metre away from where they planted them. The agapanthas destroyed a retaining wall and took over two full garden beds killing everything in their paths and of course are popping up everywhere. There are these two weird spikey trees that are now attacking the same retaining wall the agapanthas I removed did, they are also shooting all through the lawn and ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE from what appears to be a shared root system between all of them.

I'm tired of digging up miles of root systems and root/bulb bound garden beds to get things other than these weeds growing...

Any tricks?

My electric cultivator helped with the agapanthas after I'd cut most out with the shovel, making it easy to shift the loose soil and get most out. But the bamboo roots and tangling it.

I'm trying to avoid salting the earth since I want to grow stuff there. But it's getting really tempting ... I've been painting the roots I cut with roundup if I don't pull them.

It just seems hopeless and my back hurts.

Edit:

The hopelessness is now more about the fight to prevent regrowth. I've ripped a lot of agapanthas and all the bamboo now.

Hey everyone. I was just wondering what could be the issue that’s causing the leaves on my tomato plant to yellow and die. It’s killing some of the plant and it seems to be ruining my tomatoes that are growing, when I touch some of the tomatoes near where the yellowing is they’ve gone really squishy and just fall off. I’m using an organic fertiliser(dynamic lifter) and it’s getting plenty of sun and water.

Very annoying as it’s being going really well so far and as I’ve had trouble with growing tomatoes in the past.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

I’m overflowing at the moment.

I’ve been growing a jacaranda tree for the last 6 months and it’s been doing fine, but this morning I noticed that the tip of the main limb was missing. I found it on the ground nearby. I suspect it snapped off in the wind. Will the tree growth now be stunted or will it recover?

How did you tackle yours? 😭

So it looks like I'm hosting this year's annual Harlequin orgy