tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445158184258612262024-03-06T20:14:44.347+11:00Controlling Garden PestsWelcome to my website where I gather information about plant pests and pathogens preying on gardens in my local area in Melbourne. I want to live in harmoney with nature and so I use exclusion techniques and natural predators to protect my edible and ornamental plants instead of using poisonous chemicals...................John Ashworth 27th July 2015.Joartash2http://www.blogger.com/profile/00456236247181178454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444515818425861226.post-4455244559060069402020-04-12T20:49:00.000+10:002020-06-02T21:46:25.187+10:00Home Page<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNXUy490HgjQ9QHEoXDXorgEmMAcorpZlE_HkKQMgMXohDG6y4OZrLBMA3sHZ6FbGWirbWSHs1UtJ4J4tL90F_UKl_40femccERv6jEwJRKEHBDm4n3XVKJtbUoFScgmuRo1Iz9ywz2IC/s1600/IMG_20200409_120756+%25282%2529.jpg"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNXUy490HgjQ9QHEoXDXorgEmMAcorpZlE_HkKQMgMXohDG6y4OZrLBMA3sHZ6FbGWirbWSHs1UtJ4J4tL90F_UKl_40femccERv6jEwJRKEHBDm4n3XVKJtbUoFScgmuRo1Iz9ywz2IC/s640/IMG_20200409_120756+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Enhanced Protection for Tall Plants.Joartash2http://www.blogger.com/profile/00456236247181178454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444515818425861226.post-52937663090032436082017-03-23T17:16:00.001+11:002020-04-12T20:09:46.463+10:00Home Page<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My blogs have become rather cumbersome over the years, so for convenience I have restored an old unused blog to manage my data. This blog "<a href="https://jas49580.blogspot.com.au/">Sustainable Organic Gardening</a>" will be used as a portal to simplify the presentation of my story. Through this portal, you will still be able to access all my blogs and blogpages </span></span><br />
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Joartash2http://www.blogger.com/profile/00456236247181178454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444515818425861226.post-79555373232869063962016-10-05T12:39:00.000+11:002016-10-05T12:39:49.954+11:00October 2016<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Joartash2http://www.blogger.com/profile/00456236247181178454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444515818425861226.post-11224133086987695432015-01-15T21:54:00.000+11:002016-10-05T11:54:03.114+11:00January 2015.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bore hole of a codling moth, I should have left the frass on to show, but there's no mistaking it. The apple was disposed of in a sealed bag in the garbage.</span></span><br />
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Joartash2http://www.blogger.com/profile/00456236247181178454noreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444515818425861226.post-69814050818134362022014-10-05T15:26:00.000+11:002015-01-15T21:38:30.547+11:00October 2014.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is the first time I have actually seen the copper tape snail barrier in action and although I knew it worked well (no snails in the Ecobeds), seeing is believing. The tape has been in place for 18 months and is certainly weathering, but it is clearly still fully effective. </span></div>
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<br />Joartash2http://www.blogger.com/profile/00456236247181178454noreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995