Roots and Shoots
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Hilarious gardening expert Sabrina Hahn answers all your gardening questions big and small. Roots and Shoots is the gardening program for green thumbs and non-gardeners. Join the program live on ABC Radio Perth twice a week.
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When life gives you lemons
Sab and Jo discuss lemon trees, stressed plants and cicadas in the studio.06:03 Detailed instructions on how to move a three-metre flowering avocado tree. 08:33 Helping a lemon tree after a nearby fire caused …
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Sab and Jo discuss lemon trees, stressed plants and cicadas in the studio.
06:03 Detailed instructions on how to move a three-metre flowering avocado tree.
08:33 Helping a lemon tree after a nearby fire caused its leaves to turn brown (Sab says lemon trees are tough!)
10:11 What to do about a gall wasp infected tree in your neighbours green waste.
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Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Can peanuts be grown in Perth?
How to manage the use of greywater in the gardenFollow up on a crepe myrtle that took five days to dig out and transplantWe know peanuts grow well in Kingaroy, what about in Perth?
Keeping mango trees healthy and fruitful
Sab and Jo discuss snoring dogs and happy gardens. 16:41 Tips on keeping mango trees healthy and fruiting.18:45 ABC listener Heidi is struggling to keep her seaside rosebushes alive but luckily Sab had the …
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Sab and Jo discuss snoring dogs and happy gardens.
16:41 Tips on keeping mango trees healthy and fruiting.
18:45 ABC listener Heidi is struggling to keep her seaside rosebushes alive but luckily Sab had the answer.
25:12 Advice on when to take cuttings off your mulberry tree.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Monarchs and Milkweed
On today's show: We all love monarch butterflies but is it ok to deliberately plant milkweed?27-year-old wisteria vine unwell, can it be saved?Ongoing issues with tomatoes and Sabrina’s quick-fire remedies …
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On today's show:
- We all love monarch butterflies but is it ok to deliberately plant milkweed?
- 27-year-old wisteria vine unwell, can it be saved?
- Ongoing issues with tomatoes and Sabrina’s quick-fire remedies
Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Yummy meals for ladybugs
Sab and Jo discuss the art of arm-wrestling while solving your garden questions. 03:17 Ladybugs (or ladybirds) eat aphids but do they eat fungus?07:00 Pot plants and timelines for to replant or repot different …
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Sab and Jo discuss the art of arm-wrestling while solving your garden questions.
03:17 Ladybugs (or ladybirds) eat aphids but do they eat fungus?
07:00 Pot plants and timelines for to replant or repot different plant varieties (and why using a wetting agent is so important!)
15:20 ABC listener Anne wants to propagate a few of her plants and luckily Sab has all the steps. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Marvellous muntings: The Three-Breasted Strawberry
On today's show: Strawbs gone wild! What's the science behind this weirdly-shaped fruit? What to do about these fluffy little white bugs eating my mulberries?Chooks vs. Hubby... someone's gotta go! Subscribe to …
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On today's show:
- Strawbs gone wild! What's the science behind this weirdly-shaped fruit?
- What to do about these fluffy little white bugs eating my mulberries?
- Chooks vs. Hubby... someone's gotta go!
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Early fruiting and confused plants
Sab and Jo discuss how the weather has plants confused. 00:36 The weather has plants confused and some like Sab's peach tree have fruited earlier. Here's how to handle irregular weather when gardening. 03:34 …
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Sab and Jo discuss how the weather has plants confused.
00:36 The weather has plants confused and some like Sab's peach tree have fruited earlier. Here's how to handle irregular weather when gardening.
03:34 Don't use sprays in your garden and save the insects like bees, beetles and more. Sab and a few listeners have spotted some flower spiders in their gardens. What is in yours?
21:56 Zinc, potassium, minerals, trace elements and more. Science and plants go together like birds and bees.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Snails on the sauce (and what's their brew of choice?)
On today's show: A very scientific study into what type of beer snails prefer.Hip hip hooray! It's the Bonsai Society of WA's 50th Anniversary Bonsai Exhibition.Can I grow a fruiting mango down south? Subscribe …
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On today's show:
- A very scientific study into what type of beer snails prefer.
- Hip hip hooray! It's the Bonsai Society of WA's 50th Anniversary Bonsai Exhibition.
- Can I grow a fruiting mango down south?
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Going nuts for almond trees
Sab and Jo discuss gardening, book writing and opera. 00:34 Sab has finished her next book! 10:18 Looking for a small tree? An almond tree could work. 12:23 ABC listener Megan has planted olive trees and gum …
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Sab and Jo discuss gardening, book writing and opera.
00:34 Sab has finished her next book!
10:18 Looking for a small tree? An almond tree could work.
12:23 ABC listener Megan has planted olive trees and gum trees as a windbreak and is looking for ways to promote growth. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Waroona Show
Sabrina Hahn and Jacquie Lynch bring you Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Waroona Ag Show! On today's show: 'Tis the season for the 2026 Quenda Count! Here's how to get involved.Macadamias galore! Why we love …
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Sabrina Hahn and Jacquie Lynch bring you Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Waroona Ag Show!
On today's show:
- 'Tis the season for the 2026 Quenda Count! Here's how to get involved.
- Macadamias galore! Why we love them and how to care for them.
- How to PROPERLY deal with gall wasp cuttings (not just straight into the compost!)
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Snail slime for your face and garden
Sab and Amber on Tuesday talking snail slime, forgotten guests and gardening01:08 ABC listener Steve needs help with small snails in his garden (and not to use as a beauty treatment!)04:23 Is your Lily pilly …
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Sab and Amber on Tuesday talking snail slime, forgotten guests and gardening
01:08 ABC listener Steve needs help with small snails in his garden (and not to use as a beauty treatment!)
04:23 Is your Lily pilly looking wan? Here's how to help scale.
09:59 Oh no, you've got aphids!
Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Gazanias, be gone!
On today's show: Dealing with an aphid infestation.How to get rid of gazania, and what to replace them with.Eucalyptus caesia silver princess and its close relations.Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen …
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On today's show:
- Dealing with an aphid infestation.
- How to get rid of gazania, and what to replace them with.
- Eucalyptus caesia silver princess and its close relations.
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Growing plums for spring salads
Amber and Mark Tucek discuss native plants00:31 Tips for what to plant in your very own bush tucker garden (such as finger limes, native guava, Davidson plums).02:29 ABC listener Margaret asks how to get rid of …
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Amber and Mark Tucek discuss native plants
00:31 Tips for what to plant in your very own bush tucker garden (such as finger limes, native guava, Davidson plums).
02:29 ABC listener Margaret asks how to get rid of a flowering plant that is growing on her rock garden.
06:19 Here's what you can do about gnats in your soil.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Purple Fanfare Blossom
Wind damaged Mango trees, spring lawn maintenance and a lemon tree winched together after a near fatal split41:22 How to dethatch a couch lawn 43:09 Mulch suggestions for a clay soil, native garden48:23 First …
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Wind damaged Mango trees, spring lawn maintenance and a lemon tree winched together after a near fatal split
41:22 How to dethatch a couch lawn
43:09 Mulch suggestions for a clay soil, native garden
48:23 First Aid for a mature Eureka Lemon, split down the middle
Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
No green thumb? Everlastings are for you
Sab and Jo discuss pruning, lemon trees, gall wasps are more.00:24 Sab shares details of the Kimberley garden she created complete with red vines and other rare natives. 12:40 ABC listener Mike asks Sab why his …
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Sab and Jo discuss pruning, lemon trees, gall wasps are more.
00:24 Sab shares details of the Kimberley garden she created complete with red vines and other rare natives.
12:40 ABC listener Mike asks Sab why his lemon tree looks like it has muscles? (Spoiler: it's gall wasps).
27:53 Once Everlastings finish flowering, should you allow them to seed where they are or collect the seeds and do yourself?Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
How to properly take care of the Macadamia tree
Christine Layton stepping in for Amber Cunningham today on Roots and Shoots with Sabrina Hahn. 06:55 - Preventing the breynia nervosia (also known as the snow bush) from developing damage to new offshoots.11:18 …
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Christine Layton stepping in for Amber Cunningham today on Roots and Shoots with Sabrina Hahn.
06:55 - Preventing the breynia nervosia (also known as the snow bush) from developing damage to new offshoots.
11:18 - How to take care of the Macadamia tree heading into summer.
45:30 - Tips and tricks on where to go to get a quality black passionfruit tree.
Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025
Growing paw-fect kangaroo paws
Horticulturist Mark Tucek in for Sab on this week's episode: 02:45 Tips for positioning, fertilising, watering and pruning kangaroo paws.05:35 A dry winter calls for more wetting agents, here's why.07:57 Want …
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Horticulturist Mark Tucek in for Sab on this week's episode:
02:45 Tips for positioning, fertilising, watering and pruning kangaroo paws.
05:35 A dry winter calls for more wetting agents, here's why.
07:57 Want to germinate your quandong (or make some jam) here's a trick on how.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Everlastings, tomato rings and bacon avocados!
On today's show: Jade Barker and Sue McDougall (Chief Horticulturalist at Kings Park Botanic Gardens) answer your gardening questions.What's in store for this year's Kings Park Everlastings Festival.Advice for …
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On today's show:
- Jade Barker and Sue McDougall (Chief Horticulturalist at Kings Park Botanic Gardens) answer your gardening questions.
- What's in store for this year's Kings Park Everlastings Festival.
- Advice for growing bacon avocado trees.
- What are these mystery rings on my mother's tomatoes?!
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Impress your friends with homegrown avo on toast
Sab and Geraldine discuss the weather, planting, watering and more.02:52 Bougainvilleas love chicken feed! 12:41 Best tricks to grow avocados that are perfect for avo toast (or for avo's in the arvo or the …
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Sab and Geraldine discuss the weather, planting, watering and more.
02:52 Bougainvilleas love chicken feed!
12:41 Best tricks to grow avocados that are perfect for avo toast (or for avo's in the arvo or the evening!)
17:51 House sitter forgot to water your plants? Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Sab's gone nuts! (and you can too)
On today's show: Macadamias for Carnaby cockatoos, and how you can register for the trees online.Nannas for Native Forests bring us up to speed on their handmade craft campaign for World Threatened Species Day …
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On today's show:
- Macadamias for Carnaby cockatoos, and how you can register for the trees online.
- Nannas for Native Forests bring us up to speed on their handmade craft campaign for World Threatened Species Day (7th Sept).
- Keeping rats at bay.
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Waffle about wattle
Happy National Wattle Day! Jo and wattle queen Sab discuss grapevines, rose bushes and remind listeners to stay out of canola crops. 14:49 Help! Julie’s Geraldton wax won’t wax and her peach blossom won’t …
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Happy National Wattle Day! Jo and wattle queen Sab discuss grapevines, rose bushes and remind listeners to stay out of canola crops.
14:49 Help! Julie’s Geraldton wax won’t wax and her peach blossom won’t blossom. Sab has some tips to make them flower.
21:32 How to control powdery mildew on your grapevines.
36:03 Sab has plant suggestions for Lynn who has a garden bed that gets no winter sun but full summer sun. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Plant Swap '26 at Perth City Farm
Amid the cutthroat swapping of plants, Sab and Christine take questions from the audience.Plus, a surprise cameo from ABC News Breakfast weather presenter Nate Byrne! Subscribe to the podcast through ABC …
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Amid the cutthroat swapping of plants, Sab and Christine take questions from the audience.
Plus, a surprise cameo from ABC News Breakfast weather presenter Nate Byrne!
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Excess bananas? They’re good for more than just cakes
Sab and Jo discuss the best vegetables for hot inland areas, weeds, and using the hard stuff. 7:00 My avocado tree leaves are going brown and brittle, what’s going on? 11:25 How to make banana water and can you …
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Sab and Jo discuss the best vegetables for hot inland areas, weeds, and using the hard stuff.
7:00 My avocado tree leaves are going brown and brittle, what’s going on?
11:25 How to make banana water and can you use it to give your plants a potassium boost?
15:23 ABC listener Charlene’s garden is overrun with spider plants. Sab has a surprising suggestion to get rid of them. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Naughty gardening with chilli willy seeds and nipple cherry tomatoes
On today's show: Welcome to the Giggle Garden: What plants make you laugh?Botany legend Professor Kingsley Dixon on the results of the ABC's Most Amazing Wildflower poll.Not quite gardening, but almost... How …
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On today's show:
- Welcome to the Giggle Garden: What plants make you laugh?
- Botany legend Professor Kingsley Dixon on the results of the ABC's Most Amazing Wildflower poll.
- Not quite gardening, but almost... How do I stop snails eating my mail in my letterbox?!
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
What makes your lilly pilly silly and how to not lose your nuts
Sab and Jo discuss rats, tomato worms and the best time to trim your nut bushes.5:15 If you’ve ever noticed little bumps on your lilly pilly leaves it might be psyllids. Sab explains what they are and how to …
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Sab and Jo discuss rats, tomato worms and the best time to trim your nut bushes.
5:15 If you’ve ever noticed little bumps on your lilly pilly leaves it might be psyllids. Sab explains what they are and how to treat them.
11:50 A listener from the wheatbelt wants advice on how to transition her garden into a biodiverse habitat garden that provides food for wildlife.
13:20 Joe’s once bountiful lemon tree refuses to fruit since a major prune two years ago. He wants to know how to bring it back to its former glory. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Golden Gumnuts and the Suspicious Earwax Substance
On today's show: Are my gumnuts growing gold? Earwax?! Or a third, slightly more plausible option?Break out the cone of shame for Western Australia — our extinction rates are some of the worst in the WORLD. Sab …
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On today's show:
- Are my gumnuts growing gold? Earwax?! Or a third, slightly more plausible option?
- Break out the cone of shame for Western Australia — our extinction rates are some of the worst in the WORLD. Sab suggests some ways you can help.
- What plants can I grow that will provide good food for my pet parrot?
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
How to keep your wife happy and relocate kangaroo paws
Sab and Jo discuss natives, gall wasp and treating verge trees like your own child. 01:31 ABC listener Dee wants to know what native plants do well in the shade and why her poinciana tree isn’t flowering. 15:31 …
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Sab and Jo discuss natives, gall wasp and treating verge trees like your own child.
01:31 ABC listener Dee wants to know what native plants do well in the shade and why her poinciana tree isn’t flowering.
15:31 What is dieback and how to treat it.
19:25 Owen’s wife doesn’t like his kangaroo paws, Sab has some tips for relocating them.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
What's our Chief Plant Fiddler been up to lately?
On today's show: What is Australia's Most Amazing Wildflower? Head to our voting page to have your say (and Happy National Science Week!)Kings Park's Senior Plant Breeder Digby Growns joins us in-studio to …
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On today's show:
- What is Australia's Most Amazing Wildflower? Head to our voting page to have your say (and Happy National Science Week!)
- Kings Park's Senior Plant Breeder Digby Growns joins us in-studio to discuss cloning the Queen of Sheba orchid, the Wildflower Festival and National Science Week!
- Puffer vests: yay or nay? Sab and Amber fight it out.
Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
You can’t grow oysters in your garden, or can you?
Sab and Jo discuss pruning, propagating and land oysters.02:15 Struggling fruit trees? Sab has some tips to kick start their growth. 07:50 How to get rid of citrus canker.15:17 An update on the new Treebate …
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Sab and Jo discuss pruning, propagating and land oysters.
02:15 Struggling fruit trees? Sab has some tips to kick start their growth.
07:50 How to get rid of citrus canker.
15:17 An update on the new Treebate conditions. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
A Flowerless Silver Princess
Sabrina Hahn and Amber Cunninham tackle all your mid-winter garden questions.02:01 Couch grass infestation17:48 Four-year-old avocado trees, when and how much to prune29:59 Home propagated Silver Princess, not …
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Sabrina Hahn and Amber Cunninham tackle all your mid-winter garden questions.
02:01 Couch grass infestation
17:48 Four-year-old avocado trees, when and how much to prune
29:59 Home propagated Silver Princess, not flowering after six years.
Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
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