Roots and Shoots

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sab and Jo go orchid hunting for the rare Queen of Sheba 06:11 When to plant your summer seedlings. 08:19 Planting after couch grass removal. 24:00 How to prune your frangipanis.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.

On today's show: Sab puts a call out for Quisqualis No love for fishbone ferns The pressure facing WA's only wildlife hospital, and how you can help 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.

Sab and Jo discuss slugs, potash and a special delivery of chocolate covered fruit. 00:14 Are you noticing slugs everywhere in your garden? 20:49 How to protect your grass tree from the wind. 25:22 Is it too early or late to prune roses. 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 Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: Boring hedges can take a hike! Sab makes the case for lively gardens in aged care. Courtyard with minimal sun in winter? Deciduous plants are your friends. SOS! The mildew rot's got my peas! 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.

Sab and Jo discuss native plants, bravery and bubble wrap. 01:22 How to make a plant grow straight. 07:25 Lilies overtaken your garden? You can get rid of them. 13:11 Native plants for you and your garden needs. 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 Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: Grapevine questions galore! How best to prune an indoor fiddle-leaf fig. Can I grow a lemon tree from fruit I've collected out and about? 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.