Roots and Shoots

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. 
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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.
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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! 
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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.
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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?! 
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