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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.
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Gardening with Wally Richards: Herbicide damage

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Getting more from your home grown fruit

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We can spend a lot of time growing fruit; feeding, spraying, looking after and harvesting but are we getting the best results from our...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Reproduction

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Plants have one objective in life and that is to reproduce. Reproduction is mostly done by seeding (spore in ferns) but can be also achieved...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Some gardening tips

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This week I thought it would be a good idea to pass on a number of gardening tips which are useful at this time...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Alternative weed controls

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Chemical weedkillers aren't the only option available. There are a number of other things which are handy weedkillers but which don't do as much damage...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Secrets to growing tomatoes

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Tomatoes are the second most popular plant for gardeners to grow after Roses. The key to very successful tomato growing is to give them full...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Famine

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Throughout history there has been two events that has cause great suffering and that is Famine and Plague, likely in some cases a famine...
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