Botanical Bits
02 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
(This article was originally published 21st January 2025 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 2nd February 2025.
Last December hubby and I had a wonderful time exploring the NSW Riverina area. If we hadn’t parked where we..
02 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd February 2025
Just as I am a sucker for succulents, I am also a sucker for pretty much anything variegated, and couldn’t help but bring this baby home the other day from a garden plant sale!
There was no label, the people wh..
19 Jan
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
(This article was originally published 18th August 2020 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 19th January 2025.
Microbes Generally
‘Microbes’ means ‘germs’ to most people, and yet maybe one in a billion microbial species ..
19 Jan
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 19th January 2025
Should you ever get sticker shock looking to buy succulent potting medium in bulk, and you think “It really is about time I made my own”, then maybe this post is for you!
Please note that I’m talking about bulk..
18 Jan
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 18th January 2025
I am a sucker for all things ‘succulent’. ‘Succulent’ being a very broad definition in botany of any plant that has fleshy leaves or other parts which store water.
‘Succulent’ comes from the French succulent, w..
28 Sep
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
First published 28th September 2024
Using an Air-Pot® requires a different approach to that of regular pots, and doing this ensures you get the most out of your Air-Pot®. This approach concerns:
the growing medium;
watering, and;
nutrie..
22 May
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 22nd May 2023
This is a quick little post to complement any Dichondra repens and/or gotu kola listings on this site. What is the point in saying (in those listings) how similar the two are at first glance, without actually hel..
15 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 15th October 2019 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 15th March 2023.
Have you ever repotted a plant and wondered why the bottom of the potting mix is so incredibly saturated com..
03 Mar
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Title image above is attributed to Oregon Department of Forestry, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
First published 3rd March 2023
Backstory
I first heard of biochar maybe back in the early 2000s. It sounded really, really interesting, but I was somewhat ..
28 Feb
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Title image above is attributed to Mike Jones, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
(This article was originally published 23rd February 2023 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 28th February 2023.
Please note that this post is somewhat technical, and assumes some of the wr..
17 Feb
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Title image above is attributed to Jynto, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
(This article was originally published 8th February 2023 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 17th February 2023.
The Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Molecule
CO2 is a simple molecule of two oxygen atoms each double-b..
02 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
All text and images are copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
First reproduced here 2nd February 2023
When the tap root reaches the base, increased air in the growing medium dehydrates the tip, pruning it and stimulating lateral root b..