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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: Pollination

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I wrote an article on pollination and published in February this year as a number of gardeners were concerned that fruit was not setting...

Gardening with Wally Richards: The perfect raised garden

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Several years ago in the place where I was living; I had given over the back yard to a flock of chickens which made...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Bringing the ocean to your garden

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The first thing too realise is that plants will take up any minerals or elements that are in the growing medium along with any...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Control garden pests early

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Spring not only brings forth a new season of gardening it also is the starting time for a several pest problems. If you dont want...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Tomato Psyllid problems

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True to form spring started on the 1st September across New Zealand and with it a surge in gardeners visiting gardening shops and buying...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Worm farming

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Many years ago I learnt about worm farming and how to turn kitchen wastes into rich foods for the garden. A Palmerston North firm of...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Sunlight

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Plants convert sunlight to carbohydrates which is the energy that makes them grow. This is called photosynthesizing. The more direct sun light the faster the growth...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Spring seed germination time

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There are two basic places to germinate seeds, one is where they will ultimately grow and mature the other is in suitable containers to...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Tomato starting time

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August for my money is the start of a new growing season, the day light hours are increasing every day plus dormant plants and...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening for health

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I am very conscious of people that have only small sections or live in flats, retirement villages and apartments which means they have either...
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