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Comment by Steven Muir on September 27, 2011 at 7:53am

anyone in Christchurch need to borrow a bike trailer to transport your potting mix, pea straw, new garden tools, seedlings? They are a great way of carrying bulky gardening gear without using a car. You can try one for free and I can help you build your own for a variety of budgets and mechanical abilities

Comment by Joanna Morrison on July 3, 2011 at 6:09pm

Thanks everyone! Great tips!

Comment by Anna Butterfield on July 3, 2011 at 4:24pm

Make sure parsley gets good morning sun and is in a good-sized pot (the roots need a fair bit of room). Also harvest the leaves from the outside of the plant first. Happy gardening :)

Comment by Karen Perri on July 3, 2011 at 2:13pm

Parsley only has a certain life - 2 years I think before it goes to seed and you will have hundreds of little plants coming up in your garden after a few months - which you will transplant to wherever you want them if you love parsley and use it as much as I do.  I only use Italian flat leaf as it has a better flavour (in my opinion) and a great handful at least is used every day, so I have to have lots.  All plants need at least 6 hours of sun light a day. If you grow it in shade it will be spindly and not lush. It like the cooler weather though.

Comment by Helen Marsh on July 3, 2011 at 12:49pm

I'm no expert - I don't have a lot of luck with parsley myself but here is what I've been told. Some people say shade but I think maybe not too hot is what matters - don't let it dry out don't let it flower don't over pick. Parsley likes fairly acid so don't lime. Nitrogenous food (manure etc.) is good, I think, and plenty of compost or mulch to help it not to dry out - or if it is staying in a pot maybe those bead things that maintain the moisture. Don't expect it to last for ever - two years is usual.

 

Parsley is not easy to transplant so if you want it in the garden you are probably better to sow seed where you want it rather than get it in a pot. Seeds take quite a while to germinate so its one of the ones its recommended to mix with radish seed (which germinates fast) so that you can see where it is sown and not disturb it when weeding.

Comment by Joanna Morrison on July 3, 2011 at 10:40am

Parsley!

 

Hey there, does anyone have any good tips on growing parsley? I've just bought a large, well-established plant in a pot and am keep to keep it alive (unlike previous inhabitants!) and healthy. Sun? Feed? Cautions? Any info will be greatly appreciated :) I'm up in the Waitakere Ranges in Auckland.

Thanks!

Comment by Olmec on February 28, 2011 at 3:01pm

I have talked with a number of people in our area (north canterbury) who have had similar troubles with potatoes. We put it down to the dry.

Comment by Jeff Santa Barbara on January 25, 2011 at 6:20pm

Could be that your soil ph is too high, which tends to lead to small potatoes.

Comment by Rebecca May on January 24, 2011 at 4:17pm

my spuds are doing poorly too and i'll have a right old rant about it to anyone who'll stand still long enough. i've been blaming the straw i use to mound up- but maybe there's something a little deeper than that...

Comment by Michael Fletcher on December 5, 2009 at 7:13am

hiya has anyone got any ideas why my spuds seem to be doing so poorly this year? I put some Jersey Bennes in late-Sept and some Karaka in late-Oct. Both, but especially the Jersey Bennes, are small and, well, pitiful, whereas last year they were great. anyone else had similar problems? cheers Michael

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