Roots and Shoots

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 Aid for a mature Eureka Lemon, split down the middleSubscribe 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 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.

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

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 infestation17.48 Four-year-old avocado trees, when and how much to prune29.59 Home propagated Silver Princess, not flowering after six years. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen

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 QuisqualisNo love for fishbone fernsThe pressure facing WA's only wildlife hospital, and how you can helpSubscribe 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.

Amber and Sab together on a Tuesday!04:03 Why Sabrina doesn't use much wood mulch for her compost. 06:49 How to fertilise citrus trees! 08:32 An ABC listener asks whether he can freeze gall wasps to eliminate 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 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: Stay Strapped! How many secateurs do you have and what weird places do you keep them?Agave Death Bloom: The final skyscraper flower stalk of an agave that's officially had it.What to do with very pot-bound asparagus? 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 poolside escapades, citrus trees and more.03:16 How to kill a tree stump. 04:30 Transplanting balga tree (grass trees).11:49 How to prune your mandarin 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 Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: How best to care for a saffron plant, post-sprouting.My girlfriend's carnivorous pitcher plant is happy and jugless BUT I want it to be happy and jugful.The FUNGUS is AMONG US. What to do with an invasion of armillaria.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 wipe the tears away, learn a dance and get gardening.04:22 Why your lavender is not growing back like it used too. 06:29 Why you shouldn't plant this in your garden if you have kids or dogs in your garden. 08:38 What type of soil is best for planting a liquidambar. 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: 7 y.o. Zac gives Sab a tour of his thriving veggie patch!What trees can provide food for black cockies?How to peacefully cohabit with a bunch of bandicoot newcomers.Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo try to keep warm in this cold snap!03:55 ABC listener Bev asks what the best way to test her soil: chemical kits or three way soil probes? 04:27 What is safe distance to plant a mandarin tree from your neighbours fence?11:49 Advice on replanting bamboo if you don't like where it sits in your garden.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.

Amber and Sabrina talk banksias, winter planting and saving seeds with special guest Sue McDougall.12:12 How far back should a fig tree be pruned? 10:35 A sick Tipuana Tipu, could it be termites?47:13 How to grow sweet potatoes in bagsSubscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Amber and Sabrina solve the mystery of the perennial coriander plant05:33  Pruning tips for a young hibiscus09:05 The start of the perennial coriander mystery21:25 The coriander plot thickens27:42 Sabrina solves the coriander mystery23:30 A very sick pittosporum treeSubscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1052 or text 0437 22 1025

Sab and Jo discuss the aftermath of the storm and how to recoup any plants that may have been damaged by the wind. 00:33 Remedies for salt burn on your veggies after the storm25:05 Gardenia Florida flowering in winter? Don't worry - just enjoy it! 26:59 ABC listener Joanne seeking advice on what to do with a bush that was pushed over during the storm. 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.

Amber and Sabrina dive into the nation-wide issue of the passionfruit vines unable to fruit.03:23 Passionfruit vine flowering but not fruiting18:31 Can a ponytail palm, living close to a house cause the footings to lift? 32:36 Instruction on repotting a root-bound hoyaSubscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss music, basil and how to kill weeds.00:30 How much phosphorus is needed for potting mix for your native plants 02:20 Growing basil in winter05:02 The different ways to kill your weeds.  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.

The gardening program for gardeners and non-gardeners11:57 Saving a sad ficus from the bin43:28 Help me save my old marri 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.

Sab and Jo discuss Japanese mandarin trees, familiar sounds and aliens. 00:38 Curlin leaf on your mandarin tree? 04:38 Growing banksias is tricky! 06:42 The benefits of native potting mix. 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.

Amber and Sab cover worms, raspberries and pruning.13:11 My whole garden has been invaded by raspberries! 22:03 How much worm juice is TOO much worm juice?35:49 Who needs a pen licence when you can get a prune licence!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 discuss compost, pruning and more garden goodness. 00:18 Cutting the top of dead flowers - yay or nay? 03:21Growing flowers in the shade. 07:42 How and when to plant your grevillea. 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: SOS – all the fruits on my blood orange tree are splitting! Olive trees galoreHow to help a Sturt Desert Pea feel more at home closer to Perth.Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss trimming, fruit and all kinds of garden goodness.02:05 ABC listener Peter has over two hundred oranges on his tree, Sab says he can thin the trees and trim any "thorny growth".03:08 Passionfruit success in the garden.12:50 ABC listener Deb has yellowing leaves and red tinge on the leaves of her mottlecah - can Sab save it? 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 to do about a plague of horseflies (with a cameo from Dr Bugalugs).What's a good substitute for scoria? Help – my tree's been cleaved in two by lightning! Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.