tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post5618968746544749590..comments2016-03-30T10:04:09.250+10:30Comments on Timeless Oasis Garden: The heat taking its tollVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119907486261250182noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post-13451541038365785862008-01-23T05:22:00.000+10:302008-01-23T05:22:00.000+10:30I had a blog debate last year about using pig manu...I had a blog debate last year about using pig manure. The general opinion was either to completely rot it down for years or not use it. Pigs are omnivores and their manure has different qualities to that of herbivores.Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705506930308472527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post-81089546866447112832008-01-22T09:41:00.000+10:302008-01-22T09:41:00.000+10:30Hi Molly, welcome. I guess I am lucky that most of...Hi Molly, welcome. I guess I am lucky that most of our days are below 40C (just) and when we do get over 40 its only for a few days. I need to get more pea straw, I am trying to stop myself from buying new plants until after summer because I have had too many die on meVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119907486261250182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post-66604681108026910622008-01-21T22:49:00.000+10:302008-01-21T22:49:00.000+10:30I'm in west aussie and the heat here is killing us...I'm in west aussie and the heat here is killing us too, not many days below 40C and more than a few around mid-47's<BR/><BR/>The summers are getting hotter. I've dealt with it by spreading pea straw around everything about 8 inches thick and now I only have to water every 2nd day. I'm also putting shade cloth over the more sensitive plants so they dont get any midday sun.......so far so good<BR/>cheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post-6493302570543276062008-01-21T14:30:00.000+10:302008-01-21T14:30:00.000+10:30you need to make sure the pig manure is aged nefor...you need to make sure the pig manure is aged nefore you use it or it'll be too strong for your plants (unless you plan to dig it in somwhere where there's nothing planted yet and won't be for a while)Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636304236237630746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post-32832760779078890072008-01-21T11:01:00.000+10:302008-01-21T11:01:00.000+10:30Hi Belinda, thanks for your advice, I might look i...Hi Belinda, thanks for your advice, I might look into the potash thing, but otherwise I might try some other seeds that I have around the place, which are supposed to be a specific variety, or maybe go the cheats way and get some seedlings from the nursery.<BR/><BR/>Kazz, I have tried the tool, but I find especially for the smaller plants its easier to see them if you are close to the ground, its amazing how much more you see when your almost at ground level especially with the reflection that comes off of the ground, and I get to use muscles that dont normally get used, so I get a bit of a work out at the same time......squat, slice, stand, step, squat.....lolVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119907486261250182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post-87707623686948640582008-01-20T21:13:00.000+10:302008-01-20T21:13:00.000+10:30Try using that slicer tool thing that I gave U, mu...Try using that slicer tool thing that I gave U, much easier on the back than a hand trough...although U still have to bend down to pick them up.<BR/><BR/>The tomatoes U gave me from the same batch are doing the same...not many flowers and nothing has set. I am starting to think I wont bother hand watering them coz all my effort is for nothing.Kazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064317740541191946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2366561235425677736.post-66630700187305016352008-01-20T16:55:00.000+10:302008-01-20T16:55:00.000+10:30Hi Butterflygirl,Sorry to hear that your plants ar...Hi Butterflygirl,<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear that your plants are feeling so sore and sorry for themselves. <BR/><BR/>If you have a lot of leaf growth and not many flowers on your tomatoes probably give the manure a miss for a bit. <BR/><BR/>You might want to try some potash to bring the potassium level up a bit, thats supposed to prompt flowering. Some people dig banana skin into the soil around the plants too in the theory that as the fruit is reasonably high potassium it should be a readily available once composted. <BR/><BR/>Hope you get some moisture soon.<BR/><BR/>Kind Regards<BR/>BelindaBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061114934356314515noreply@blogger.com