Horticultural Bits
04 Jul
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First published 4th July 2026
This post complements this earlier one, in which I listed three ways to propagate sugarcane: in water; planted vertically in soil as with a cutting; and buried shallowly and horizontally in the ground.
There I also..
04 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 4th July 2026
Back in March 2026 I wrote about an aerially-rooting and shooting sugarcane stem of Cultivar 1, which you can read about here.
That post ended with this photo, of the original stem in two pieces which were then pot..
03 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 3rd July 2026
As with the Wollongong Botanic Garden’s Kawasaki Bridge, hubby’s wonderful vegie beds too are succumbing to our climate — and these were constructed from hardwood and treated pine!
(And if you reeled in horror at t..
02 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd July 2026
The previous post here mentioned my discovery that rats ringbark trees, and how they went for some young figs, citruses, and eventually, the jujube trees.
As I had done here and here, I found myself reaching yet ag..
02 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd July 2026
Did you know that rats ringbark trees?
I did not until very recently, when discovering this young fig late one evening, bark stripped and even the top of the trunk, which had growing leaves, removed:
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01 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st July 2026
Continuing with the theme on how these fruit protection bags and sleeves with their handy drawstrings make them more versatile than ‘just’ protecting fruit, I also find them useful for protecting seeds.
This is the..
01 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st July 2026
These fruit protection sleeves and bags with their handy drawstrings are far more versatile than ‘just’ protecting fruit. (And they are superb for doing that.)
Recently I found the large sleeve ideal for drying fru..
02 Apr
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd April 2026
By far the best all-round pest control method is to simply exclude them. This is of course often easier said than done, but for many many set-ups exclusion netting is the most efficient and practical way to ensure..
26 Mar
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First published 26th March 2026
The other day I lopped the top off some sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) for a customer and was taken by how similar to lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) the cross-section looked.
So I thought I’d grab a piece of growing..
21 Mar
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First published 21st March 2026
This post is an extract from Update: Aerial Rootin' Shootin' Sugarcane.
Back on the 16th March, after writing [that post], I cut that stem into two pieces to pot up. Here I’ve laid the two pieces side by side su..
20 Mar
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First published 15th March 2026
Updated on 20th March 2026
I cut a roughly 2 m cane of Cultivar 1 that other day and was absolutely transfixed by its top piece:
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Zooming in:
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21 Feb
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First published 21st February 2026
Strong winds once again brought down some especially tall and very mature canes of Cultivar 2 the other day, so what else could it be but chewing time!
And oh my, these were sweet juicy deliciousness! We’re ta..