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Figure 18. Simple home-made guards to protect against cattle or sheep Table 8. Design ideas bos tree guards Animal type Horses Goats, roos and cattle Sheep, pigs calves and wallabies Hares " Generally the t Minimum guard Minimum guard Design examples heig kt width " 2m Ilrn I . 15 cm x 10 crn heavy gauge weld 1.5-1.8 m 1 m 0.6 m I I mesh cylinder secured with three 1 rn 0.6 rn 0.4-0.6 m I @ I heights @ steel posts Stacks of wooden posts or other materials Galvanised netting, ring lock or light weld mesh (5 cm x 5 cm) Cylinder secured with three steel posts Electrified netting or rings of wire at suitable heights Plastic sheeting, fertiliser bags or shade cloth around three wooden stakes Light galvanised mesh, bottletop skeletons, secured with wooden stakes or metal pins Electrified wires at suitable 'ler the guard, the wider it must be so as not to impede the growth of the young plant. star picket
Caring for your cihus trees in the west region Citrus trees require special care. Fertiliser should be applied two times per year: the first application around June/ July and the second in November/December. Use a general purpose fertiliser such as Tropic which contains all the essential nutrients. The rate of application depends on the age of the tree. For each year of age 0.5 kg of fertiliser is applied to each tree. For example a two year old tree receives 2 x 0.5 kg = 1 kg of fertiliser. A maximum of 3 kg is used for well-grown trees. Use a trace element fertiliser designed for citrus once a year. Apply this in November/December following the directions on the pack. The fertiliser should be spread in a broad band around the tree. With young trees start about 10 cm from the base of tree and continue out to about 50 cm past the edge of the canopy. Older trees have a longer root system and therefore the band should be wider. Bore water on citrus trees causes the leaves to yellow, become dull and curl up. Later the margin may die back and turn brown, particularly near the tips. Leaf fall and twig die-back may be severe. Fruit tends to fall off and to be smaller than normal. To help with this problem- as with the same problem around the whole garden-the use of gypsum and sulphur is ideal. Both gypsum and sulphur (in the form of wettable sulphur or flowers of sulphur) are available at most hardware shops. These should be applied at the rate of three handfuls of gypsum to one of sulphur per square metre. Keep all grass away from base of trees and don't pile grass clippings or mulch too close to the trunk.
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Page 3: Acknowledgments This booklet is mad
Page 6 and 7: Chapter 1. Gardening with bore wate
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Page 10 and 11: Sulphur can also be a very useful w
Page 12 and 13: Table 1. Recommended pH range a. Fl
Page 14 and 15: Table 2. Australian native plants s
Page 16 and 17: B. Exotic trees, shrubs and creeper
Page 18 and 19: Table 5. Species lists for heavylcl
Page 20 and 21: Chapter 2. Growing better lawns Kee
Page 22 and 23: Some of the fertilisers will absorb
Page 24 and 25: fertilised regularly to promote vig
Page 26 and 27: Suitable species This is a big subj
Page 28 and 29: A lot of people water pot plants by
Page 30 and 31: Preparing the hole Dig a hole about
Page 32 and 33: Ferti Iiser A small application of
Page 34 and 35: Plant into deep soil moisture Good
Page 36 and 37: The tree's growing space extends ar
Page 38 and 39: Mulching: For mulching to be effect
Page 40 and 41: Particulars for mulch application S
Page 42 and 43: Fertilising native trees Most nativ
Page 44 and 45: Table 7. Types of fertiliser Note:
Page 48 and 49: Chapter 5. Propagation of trees and
Page 50 and 51: Gently water in the seed and keep i
Page 52 and 53: Fertilising: It is necessary to sup
Page 54 and 55: Follow safety warnings Most materia
Page 56 and 57: mite wax scale White wax scale (Gra
Page 58 and 59: Vegetables Insect pests of curctrrb
Page 60 and 61: Caterpillars or grubs on vegetables
Page 62 and 63: Roses and other flowers Dieback in
Page 64 and 65: an eye dropper or an oil can, injec
Page 66 and 67: I!OS JaAO 6!p pU@ s~)!uJ~) leya~eur
Page 68 and 69: Chapter 8: ich pesticide to use (Ad
Page 70 and 71: Table 12. The easy guide to chemica
Page 72 and 73: Nicotine spray This spray has been
Page 74 and 75: &e%tuce This deters most insects. I
Page 76 and 77: Index Aphids 54 Ants 18 Australian

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