r/nzgardening

Is this a mint plant? Trying to get confirmation before poisoning myself. Certainly smells minty

Had these in a warm sheltered room inside until the first shoots appeared, then moved them to a shed window where they get all-day sun. I’m rotating the tray every couple of days so they don’t get too bent over, but I was not expecting them to be so much stalk and so little leaf. Are these doing ok? And how soon should I think of transplanting into single pots?

Apparently ChatGPT told me that it’s stressed due to this weed plant that’s growing near it. I’m no gardener and was thinking of getting a gardener to come fix it. Back in June there were 3 fruits that had grown and it was greener. But it’s looking idk, dead? Please help out to any experts. Thank you 🌱

I purchased this from Miter 10 mid winter and kept it alive inside until now.

It went pale and dropped leaves but has started to green up and is looking better and today is it's 1st day outside.

It's literally only had room temperature water since I've owned it.

Should I repot this now?

I see no evidence of top growth. Will this come if repotted and as the weather warms up?

I guess it's got a lot of growing to do before being able to use it in cooking? Do you remove the leaves and leave the branch on the tree? I used to purchase it by the branch from the indian store, but can't imagine that being a good idea in this young tree.

Any tips, and advice highly appreciated. I really want to make this tree thrive as it's beautiful, and I love cooking a lot of indian food.

Thanks all

I have lots of this ivy leaved toadflax growing through the ficus hedge. Large parts of it are covered in it and is quite thick. When there’s not as much you can just pull it off but then it obviously just grows back fairly quicker.

Is there a better way to keep this under control? I’m thinking a weak glyphosate mix might work on it but wouldn’t damage the ficus beneath if it hits it.

For those who raise seeds, track where an what has been planted in their garden, how do you do it? Keen for some extra tips. My first time needing to keep my own, so it's a little messy as I sort of figure out system based on others I have seen in my family and gardens.

I’m interested in the option on the left which is ticked. Each time I try and open the item it says it’s unavailable. I called my local store and the lady wasn’t overly helpful just wanted the IN number which I couldn’t access so I gave up and tried all 3 browsers. Before selecting a store on a new browser, I was able to click into the actual item but now I can’t again.

All other pages this size are around $18+ so they can’t actually be that price surely?

I originally thought snails but the beans themselves have been so obviously targeted in this latest raid, so now I’m thinking rats.

I've got a 30m2 patch of yard I'm wanting to grow new grass on, I sprayed the area with weed killer a few weeks back as most of the area was covered in weeds. Ive spent the last couple evenings attempting to remove all the dead weeds and grass using a dethatching rake. Is this in a good enough state for top soil to be put down before sowing the grass seed? Note the ground is still a bit soft and compact even after several days of sunshine which Is making it difficult to pull all the dead grass and weeds.

Any idea what this one is?