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Wally Richards

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Wally Richards has been a gardening columnist for over 30 years. Check his websites - for gardening news and tips visit www.gardenews.co.nz. For mail order products visit www.0800466464.co.nz. Wally also has a gardening problem help line on 0800 466 464.

Gardening with Wally Richards: Getting better results with your garden sprays

There are two types of sprays that we use in our gardens, contact sprays which sit on the surface of the plant's foliage and...

Gardening with Wally Richards: When to plant

With a great number of first time gardeners growing their own vegetables, a question that I am often asked is; when is the best...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Pollinating fruiting flowers

Pollination can be a problem for gardeners when it does not occur naturally. Various plants use different ways of being pollinated from attracting insects such...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening bits

Your gardens should be doing very well by now, but cucumbers and a few heat loving plants may still be a bit slow growing...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Simple things

Sometimes it is the simple things that can make a big difference to your plants and gardens. In recent times we have explained the virtues...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Going bananas

(Not that fund raising thing for kids but actually growing bananas at home.) I remember years ago when one of the house plant nurseries put...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Herbicide damage

I am very concerned about the number of gardeners that have asked me why their tomatoes/beans/potatoes are growing funny this season. When we say 'funny'...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Increasing tomato flavour

Recently I have been asked how to obtain the best flavour from tomatoes. A good question, and there are many types of tomatoes each with...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Plant diseases

Plants like ourselves catch a disease or fungus problem when they are in stress; like we are more susceptible to a cold or other...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Beetles and spraying

This week I have had two readers asking about damage that's happening to a hibiscus and a citrus tree. In both cases the leaves were...

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