May 23, 2026 • 19 mins
On The Garden Hour with Pete Wolfkamp and Ruud Kleinpaste Full Show Podcast for May 24, 2026, Ruud shares his thoughts on hedgehogs, how to handle bamboo growing on your fence line, and what time of year is the best for repotting your plants?
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Resident Builder podcast with Peter Wolfcamp
from News Talk sed B Right.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Oh, Rod climb Pass, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Sir, Good morning, pierrero I was really pleased to hear
you love parmeister North. It was great.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I tell you what. I hop on the plane I'm
chatting with this gentleman next week. Turns out I think
his name was John. He's one of the country's biggest
rose grows.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
You probably not, oh from Oh no, yeah, there's lots
of John's in the world, I must say, but I'm
pretty sure.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Anyway, delightful guy. We talked about all about roses. It
was awesome. And then classic parmers North were chatting. As
we get out of the airport and we're walking along.
The gentleman Keith, who came to pick us up, goes, okay, mate,
how are you and I knew each other as well?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, isn't it nice?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Fabulous? Anyway?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
It was.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I know we've got we've got a couple of callers.
You forgot something last week, and at least that there
might be some bed bugs around again. I noticed in
Christ Yes, good stuff. Yeah, one of my one of
my people that I know and they were. They were
actually trying to do all sorts of things, you know,
from cleaning it all up and mucking around with the
(01:14):
bait bugs. But I said, why don't you go to
the aircraft residual material from you know that we've used
in in what do you call it in safe works? Yeah,
the stuff we use in aircraft. It's just a thing
to think about if you do get bed bugs. And
I'm not sure how far it's spread at the moment.
See if you can get some safe works in aircraft insecticide,
(01:39):
which is in a material that stays there for quite
a long time, a residual insecticide. You can get it
in there's three three shops in Auckland, one and New Plymouth,
one in Wellington and one in christ Church. I just
thought just have a look at it, because these things
are really hard to control. Those speeches, you.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Know, I've heard that nasty Once you get them, that's.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah, yeah, especially if you have a nice warm bed, right, which.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
If we've got an efficient house you should have.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yes, exactly, we're back again.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
We're back again. Alrightly, I let's rip into it. Mary.
Greetings to you, Hello Mary.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Hi, what can we do for you just got a
christ for rute. What can you to meet a question?
I should say, and why do you just like I
won't say the weird hate because hate heagehogs so much.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I don't. I don't hate heach hedgehogs at all. I
think they are wonderful creatures. The only problem with hedgehogs
is they're in the wrong place in the on the
on the planet, because they have been introduced here and
they're doing an enormous amount of damage to our native insects,
our native birds and all the creatures that are basically
(02:58):
been eaten by those hatehogs. And I always have a
bit of a bit of trouble. I would I would
hope that there is a way that we can actually
could get rid of these hedgehogs and send them back
to the UK, because I can tell you something else,
and it is that in the UK they are at
the moment very uncommon and they are having all sorts
(03:18):
of troubles keeping their numbers intact intact. So I'm quite
happy to talk about this with people in the UK,
you know what I mean. It's not that I don't
hate them at all. I think they're brilliant, but in
the wrong spot. It's not a nice place to have them.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
No, No, But I mean, as I say, well, you know,
people brought them here and the woods like I've got eyes.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
We can't blame the hedgehog for the fact that they're here.
It's just that as a consequence of somebody's decision all
of that time ago, we've now got them. And you
can't argue with the fact that they hoover around eating natives, right,
and we'd prefer that they didn't.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Yes, But as I say, was like every animal problem,
like the deer, the goats, to pigs and things that
were st here, and then they get out of control
and then a lot of the animalill suffer because of
human intervention. And unfortunately I heard Route on the TV,
(04:23):
on the TV on the radio one day and your
pet wolf had some hugehogs hanging around his plate. And
I heard him say, which absolutely just didn't me hit
them over the head with a shovel.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Well that was that was one way of Actually, that's
one way of dealing with it. Isn't he going with
them gently?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
You know, realize you are talking to pete and rude,
But yeah, look, I think everyone understands that no one
wants to see any animal sufferer and so on. And
I know that you're not talking about that, but the
reality is, if we're going to protect our own native
species and allow them to thrive, and so many people
putting in so much hard work in order to do that,
(05:03):
then pests, arguably like hedgehogs and stoats and so on,
that have a devastating impact on that revival need to
be controlled.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Yeah, totally, I love I love the idea that what
you said, Mary, I totally agree with you. It is
like that I had, for instance, in Holland, I had
a a not a stale and ferret as a pat
a ferret, absolutely brilliant and you know, here you go.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
But I suppose there it's a different sort of ecology.
Right New Zealand, we happen to have a whole lot
of creatures, including our native bird that doesn't fly right,
so they are prone to that sort of invasion by
or attacked by these introduced species.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, yeah, draguld be nice to them.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. No one snow one's abdicating,
you know, inhumane treatment. I don't think. So maybe we'll
close that chapter eight forty It is and Doreen, good morning.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
Good morning. Just as on a side, we have a
different ecology to the rest of the world. And I
think the hedgehogs have become a big, big problem. Seriously.
Now I have a miniature Japanese asa palmatum. Yeah, guess
what route It is full. It has got new leaves,
(06:20):
just like spring. It is full of the joys of
spring and autumn. And I never had this.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
That's happened. That happens every now and then with these things.
Sometimes they some years they lose their leaves, other leaves.
They actually say no, we keep going at the stupidest
time of the week, of the of the of the year.
You know what I mean, It'll.
Speaker 6 (06:43):
Be okay, well what do I do?
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Just leave it, Just leave it. It will sort itself out.
And if there's where are you which area of New
zeal so you don't have much frost, then no, pretty
much you'll be just fine. Then you will have no
problem at all. Okay, just for fertilize them, just put
them a little just a tiny bit of fertilizer, general fertilizer,
(07:07):
some of the wed and forget stuff. You know, that's
it doesn't matter. And if when it's ready to pick
that fertilizers up. When it's not too cold where you are,
you'll find that the new, the new, the new leaves
will come up anyway and or or keep going up
if you like, and you'll be fine.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
Okay, I'll just let it do the same thing.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
During we're we're in the same bite. I've got new
growth on the plum tree there. You are, brand new leaves,
you know. And it's it's June next week, right. I'm
loving it, to be fair, It's awesome. Whether I'm not complaining,
but it is. It is playing heavy with the trees.
They don't know what season it is. You've got it
absolutely rightight. Eoh Walter, good morning.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Good morning gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Hello, what can we do for you?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Rude? I got a question for you. We have a
problem mid bamboo growing along the minor road palmitary bench. Yeah,
and I would like to know what herbs I to
used to get rid of it. It's quite annoying.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
It isn't Yeah, it can be annoying, isn't it? Do
you what have you done so far?
Speaker 4 (08:21):
I used to what you call brush killers, but simply
doesn't do the job.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Okay, brush killer I'm.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Not sure that's brush killer.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Yeah, okay, I am just thinking what can you use?
There is a There are bamb specific bamboo materials, but
I cannot think exactly which one of this and I
haven't got it here in my system. But yes, what
I used to do with bamboo when I lived in
(08:54):
Auckland was very simple. I would literally dig a well,
if you like, a channel, if you like that is
maybe a foot deep, and then you'll find that on
the on the outside of that channel, your your your
bamboos will still grow, but they will not cross the
open channel. That is one way of stopping them from
(09:16):
moving that that, as I said, But the other one
is just going to your local garden center see what
is the best one that they have for bamboo control.
But do it, do it as high as you can
and as they're probably tall ones, aren't they.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Yeah? Oh yeah, yeah, No, it's you know, it's annoying.
Take it's creeping slowly into the paddick and it's really
it's really very ready annoying. And how and actually I
have to wonder road people, you know the intil huntle
because it's on the outside of the boundary events. Yeah,
(09:54):
and and it's coming, you know, along the ram banks. Yeah,
and it's coming slowly under the mind, under the round
events into the paddy you see.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Uh huh that's it. Yeah, No, there are there are
thinks that you can spray on them that are route
that stopped the roots from spreading. But you'll have to
be doing that for quite a while and constantly as
much as you can.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I went to Farmland's for your shop store the other day,
and I recommend a tack for me tig tag doug.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Yeah, yeah, okay, there you go. There's one of them. Yeah,
that's a specific one. Why not?
Speaker 4 (10:30):
What about it that I were talking about armatrol as well?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Yeah, I'm ittroll might work as well. That's right exactly,
but you'll have to be constant with it for a while. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
I have another question please for your route and on
behalf of my lovely wife for Rosalie, When is the
best time to plant roses new roses?
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Oh? You can, you can? They need to be well
if you get new roses, you mean you want to
buy new roses. You can start doing that from now
on because they won't be really starting to grow until
it becomes springtime. Uh So, you know, between now and bringtown,
I say, have a go, wait for a little while
till it becomes a bit warmer in the soil and
you'll be fine.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
Yeah, thank you so so much for your health all this.
Thank you always enjoy do bows of you much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
You take care of Rudio. We're going to take short break.
It is eight forty five Radio Gail A very good morning.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I'm worried about my osailures.
Speaker 5 (11:34):
Like other people's plants, they're flowering exactly like on the spring.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
What will happen on the.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Spring they start Usually they start spraying spring, they start
blooming in the springtime. That's what they do.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Mind not flowering now full birth?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Oh well then that's Look, that is the silly plant's
own mistake. But you might find that it will get
okay with it. It should not, It could not. It
might not be that bad at all. But normally they
should go a bit bit late. You remember, we've had
some strange I don't know about you, but here in
Christis we have some strange weather at some stage that
(12:13):
things are actually flowering at the wrong time, and that
happens November. Oh I don't I wouldn't go over the top,
but just do a little bit of general fertilizer if
you want to, or some liquid fertilizer. I like the seaweed,
the seaweed seaweed tea or seafood soup. Yeah, yeah, that
(12:35):
sort of stuff. Yeah, that is it. Okay, thanks very
much for your meadow work, and go well with it.
You'll be fine.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Okay, all the very best. Take care girl and gene greasings.
Speaker 7 (12:49):
Good morning. I do have a hedgehog story. I was
a child in the early nineteen forties. We lived on
a farm. My dead head of Foxy that you used
toll love getting the hedgehogs.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Yeah, I got it. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (13:06):
And he had a tobacco tin that he had these
little things in and he said to me one day
they were the hedgehog snouts, and they used to get
paid a shilling each for each hedgehog that they they
got to prove that they had killed.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Oh shivers. Yeah, there you go. So that was in
those days. That was a long time ago, wasn't it.
Speaker 7 (13:31):
It was? So were they a nuisance then?
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Ab absolutely, they were amused. There were a nuisance ever
since they've been introduced. That's the problem. Because they really
literally eat the birds, eggs, birds that are, for instance,
having their nests on the on the ground. You know,
the eggs will go that sort of stuff. But they
will eat anything, the baby's everything a lot.
Speaker 7 (13:53):
Ye've never I've never forgotten that story. And I can
see in my mind's eye its just tobacco tin with
these little sects.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah, oh my god.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
They got a shilling each, so that was a lot
of money because we only got two shillings, kind of
a whole pedicate thistles.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Yeah, fantastic story. That's fantastic. Jane, thank you very much
that It's just awesome. Daniel, good morning mate.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
How's it going?
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Yeah, we're going. Well, my friend, what were we do?
Speaker 1 (14:24):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:24):
What did we do with with a bonze eye?
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Yes?
Speaker 8 (14:27):
Yeah, I've got an almost partortfolio Chinese alm. I used
to work at a tren nursery and I got some
found them old stock that was sat in the corner
in a TV bag for ten years or so. It's beautiful.
I was just wondering what would be a good time
to repot it.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
So what do you what does the what does the
plant Chinese alm? Oh? Chinese elm okay, Well you could
do that now because there should be a little bit
more a doormant because of winter time. Ay, yeah, yeah,
I would trust Yeah, that's exactly the point I was.
I was just getting there, so it's already losing its leaves, right, yeah, yeah,
(15:06):
have a go from now on, do it gently on
and the way you go now, honestly, you'll be fine
from now on. Oh perfect, Yeah, have a go. Since
when have you been doing Bonzai?
Speaker 5 (15:17):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (15:18):
I mean, I've just got a couple of trees from
when I was at the Triners. I've also got a
Japanese maple. The Chinese. The Chinese album has gone through
a lot. I mean I moved from Nelson to christ
Church and then from Flat to Flatt. It's had a
bit of a hammering. But it seems to keep on checking,
you know.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
Yeah, yeah, good, good, good Sly. I've got a grandson
who's thirteen, and he is He decided to get into
Bonzai too about a year ago. Is absolutely wonderful. He's
really really getting into it. Isn't it nice? Isn't it great? Yeah? No,
I love it. There you go. I think you'll be
fine with that. Oh, cheer if you go?
Speaker 2 (15:58):
All right? All the very busy, Daniel, you take care.
I mean, this whole thing around. We can talk about
climate change and all the rest of the reality is
it feels different right now. And I did some pruning
on the plum tree, poorly apparently according to the professional arborus,
but some. And then I'm looking out the window the
(16:21):
other day, going there is new growth on the plum
tree right now.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Yeah, yeah, you'll see it more and more actually.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
And I mean in the end, like your comment about
you know, do you feed it? Do you not feed it?
Is there some advantage that we could take from this
or do we just go look, nature's doing what nature does.
It'll sort itself out.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
And the point is that the fertilizer, if you like,
if you talk about fertilizer, normally in the winter time,
there's nothing to fertilize at all, because even though it
might put some leaves in, there's so much stuff still
there that you don't have to worry about it. You
don't really have to.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Yeah, okay, that's interesting. A quick text before we go
in then as well from christ Church transplant a lemon tree.
Is there any prep that's needed, like removing fruit or
something like that that's from Vanessa.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I wouldn't. I wouldn't get rid of the fruit yet.
I would just literally transplant it with as much of
the leaves, sorry, the roots intact as. I think you
should be fine with that. Don't start digging the things off.
It should be you could be. You could be at
a really good in a really good place to go
because those fruit might be quite happy.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
And I suppose the other thing, unless it's you have
to do it, maybe wait until the fruit has finished
and you've harvested it and you've had your gin and
tonic and all the rest of it, and then move
the lemon tree.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yeah, that's another one. You can do it later, no problem, Yep.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Absolutely think about moving it while having a gin tonic
with the lemon that came off the lemon tree.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
I think it's a nice reward.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
I feel that that's it's a rather long winded way
of saying, just take it easy and do it when
it's best for the tree.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Got it?
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Well, that's why wonderful? Thank you sir?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Is that us?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
I think?
Speaker 4 (18:09):
So?
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Hey, you know what you and I we've been doing
this for We started around this time in twenty twelve.
I know you've been doing it for a lot longer
than that, but you and I together on the radio twelve.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
Year, budnyway, I'm not going to stop it either, you know.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And I've loved every minute of it.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
So thank you, mate, Thank you too.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Take care all the best your news talks, he'd be,
thank you very very much for your company, and not
just today. But like I say, I happen to note
in my diary that yes, the show started in twenty twelve,
twenty fourteen, pardon me, twenty fourteen, So we've tacked over
twelve years and I've loved every minute of it, and
thanks for being part of the journey. Have a great day.
(18:51):
I'm off to do a bit of shopping and then
I'm going to be at the Auckland Home and Garden Show,
which is on at Eden Park. Starts on Thursday. I'll
be there Saturday and Sunday doing a bit of expert presentations.
We'll see how that goes right here, Have a great week.
Take care.
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Oh, Rod climb Pass, Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Sir, Good morning, pierrero I was really pleased to hear
you love parmeister North. It was great.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I tell you what. I hop on the plane I'm
chatting with this gentleman next week. Turns out I think
his name was John. He's one of the country's biggest
rose grows.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
You probably not, oh from Oh no, yeah, there's lots
of John's in the world, I must say, but I'm
pretty sure.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Anyway, delightful guy. We talked about all about roses. It
was awesome. And then classic parmers North were chatting. As
we get out of the airport and we're walking along.
The gentleman Keith, who came to pick us up, goes, okay, mate,
how are you and I knew each other as well?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, isn't it nice?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Fabulous? Anyway?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
It was.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I know we've got we've got a couple of callers.
You forgot something last week, and at least that there
might be some bed bugs around again. I noticed in
Christ Yes, good stuff. Yeah, one of my one of
my people that I know and they were. They were
actually trying to do all sorts of things, you know,
from cleaning it all up and mucking around with the
(01:14):
bait bugs. But I said, why don't you go to
the aircraft residual material from you know that we've used
in in what do you call it in safe works? Yeah,
the stuff we use in aircraft. It's just a thing
to think about if you do get bed bugs. And
I'm not sure how far it's spread at the moment.
See if you can get some safe works in aircraft insecticide,
(01:39):
which is in a material that stays there for quite
a long time, a residual insecticide. You can get it
in there's three three shops in Auckland, one and New Plymouth,
one in Wellington and one in christ Church. I just
thought just have a look at it, because these things
are really hard to control. Those speeches, you.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Know, I've heard that nasty Once you get them, that's.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah, yeah, especially if you have a nice warm bed, right, which.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
If we've got an efficient house you should have.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yes, exactly, we're back again.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
We're back again. Alrightly, I let's rip into it. Mary.
Greetings to you, Hello Mary.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
Hi, what can we do for you just got a
christ for rute. What can you to meet a question?
I should say, and why do you just like I
won't say the weird hate because hate heagehogs so much.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I don't. I don't hate heach hedgehogs at all. I
think they are wonderful creatures. The only problem with hedgehogs
is they're in the wrong place in the on the
on the planet, because they have been introduced here and
they're doing an enormous amount of damage to our native insects,
our native birds and all the creatures that are basically
(02:58):
been eaten by those hatehogs. And I always have a
bit of a bit of trouble. I would I would
hope that there is a way that we can actually
could get rid of these hedgehogs and send them back
to the UK, because I can tell you something else,
and it is that in the UK they are at
the moment very uncommon and they are having all sorts
(03:18):
of troubles keeping their numbers intact intact. So I'm quite
happy to talk about this with people in the UK,
you know what I mean. It's not that I don't
hate them at all. I think they're brilliant, but in
the wrong spot. It's not a nice place to have them.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
No, No, But I mean, as I say, well, you know,
people brought them here and the woods like I've got eyes.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
We can't blame the hedgehog for the fact that they're here.
It's just that as a consequence of somebody's decision all
of that time ago, we've now got them. And you
can't argue with the fact that they hoover around eating natives, right,
and we'd prefer that they didn't.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Yes, But as I say, was like every animal problem,
like the deer, the goats, to pigs and things that
were st here, and then they get out of control
and then a lot of the animalill suffer because of
human intervention. And unfortunately I heard Route on the TV,
(04:23):
on the TV on the radio one day and your
pet wolf had some hugehogs hanging around his plate. And
I heard him say, which absolutely just didn't me hit
them over the head with a shovel.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Well that was that was one way of Actually, that's
one way of dealing with it. Isn't he going with
them gently?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
You know, realize you are talking to pete and rude,
But yeah, look, I think everyone understands that no one
wants to see any animal sufferer and so on. And
I know that you're not talking about that, but the
reality is, if we're going to protect our own native
species and allow them to thrive, and so many people
putting in so much hard work in order to do that,
(05:03):
then pests, arguably like hedgehogs and stoats and so on,
that have a devastating impact on that revival need to
be controlled.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Yeah, totally, I love I love the idea that what
you said, Mary, I totally agree with you. It is
like that I had, for instance, in Holland, I had
a a not a stale and ferret as a pat
a ferret, absolutely brilliant and you know, here you go.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
But I suppose there it's a different sort of ecology.
Right New Zealand, we happen to have a whole lot
of creatures, including our native bird that doesn't fly right,
so they are prone to that sort of invasion by
or attacked by these introduced species.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, yeah, draguld be nice to them.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. No one snow one's abdicating,
you know, inhumane treatment. I don't think. So maybe we'll
close that chapter eight forty It is and Doreen, good morning.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
Good morning. Just as on a side, we have a
different ecology to the rest of the world. And I
think the hedgehogs have become a big, big problem. Seriously.
Now I have a miniature Japanese asa palmatum. Yeah, guess
what route It is full. It has got new leaves,
(06:20):
just like spring. It is full of the joys of
spring and autumn. And I never had this.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
That's happened. That happens every now and then with these things.
Sometimes they some years they lose their leaves, other leaves.
They actually say no, we keep going at the stupidest
time of the week, of the of the of the year.
You know what I mean, It'll.
Speaker 6 (06:43):
Be okay, well what do I do?
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Just leave it, Just leave it. It will sort itself out.
And if there's where are you which area of New
zeal so you don't have much frost, then no, pretty
much you'll be just fine. Then you will have no
problem at all. Okay, just for fertilize them, just put
them a little just a tiny bit of fertilizer, general fertilizer,
(07:07):
some of the wed and forget stuff. You know, that's
it doesn't matter. And if when it's ready to pick
that fertilizers up. When it's not too cold where you are,
you'll find that the new, the new, the new leaves
will come up anyway and or or keep going up
if you like, and you'll be fine.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
Okay, I'll just let it do the same thing.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
During we're we're in the same bite. I've got new
growth on the plum tree there. You are, brand new leaves,
you know. And it's it's June next week, right. I'm
loving it, to be fair, It's awesome. Whether I'm not complaining,
but it is. It is playing heavy with the trees.
They don't know what season it is. You've got it
absolutely rightight. Eoh Walter, good morning.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Good morning gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Hello, what can we do for you?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Rude? I got a question for you. We have a
problem mid bamboo growing along the minor road palmitary bench. Yeah,
and I would like to know what herbs I to
used to get rid of it. It's quite annoying.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
It isn't Yeah, it can be annoying, isn't it? Do
you what have you done so far?
Speaker 4 (08:21):
I used to what you call brush killers, but simply
doesn't do the job.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Okay, brush killer I'm.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Not sure that's brush killer.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Yeah, okay, I am just thinking what can you use?
There is a There are bamb specific bamboo materials, but
I cannot think exactly which one of this and I
haven't got it here in my system. But yes, what
I used to do with bamboo when I lived in
(08:54):
Auckland was very simple. I would literally dig a well,
if you like, a channel, if you like that is
maybe a foot deep, and then you'll find that on
the on the outside of that channel, your your your
bamboos will still grow, but they will not cross the
open channel. That is one way of stopping them from
(09:16):
moving that that, as I said, But the other one
is just going to your local garden center see what
is the best one that they have for bamboo control.
But do it, do it as high as you can
and as they're probably tall ones, aren't they.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Yeah? Oh yeah, yeah, No, it's you know, it's annoying.
Take it's creeping slowly into the paddick and it's really
it's really very ready annoying. And how and actually I
have to wonder road people, you know the intil huntle
because it's on the outside of the boundary events. Yeah,
(09:54):
and and it's coming, you know, along the ram banks. Yeah,
and it's coming slowly under the mind, under the round
events into the paddy you see.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Uh huh that's it. Yeah, No, there are there are
thinks that you can spray on them that are route
that stopped the roots from spreading. But you'll have to
be doing that for quite a while and constantly as
much as you can.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I went to Farmland's for your shop store the other day,
and I recommend a tack for me tig tag doug.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Yeah, yeah, okay, there you go. There's one of them. Yeah,
that's a specific one. Why not?
Speaker 4 (10:30):
What about it that I were talking about armatrol as well?
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Yeah, I'm ittroll might work as well. That's right exactly,
but you'll have to be constant with it for a while. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
I have another question please for your route and on
behalf of my lovely wife for Rosalie, When is the
best time to plant roses new roses?
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Oh? You can, you can? They need to be well
if you get new roses, you mean you want to
buy new roses. You can start doing that from now
on because they won't be really starting to grow until
it becomes springtime. Uh So, you know, between now and bringtown,
I say, have a go, wait for a little while
till it becomes a bit warmer in the soil and
you'll be fine.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
Yeah, thank you so so much for your health all this.
Thank you always enjoy do bows of you much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
You take care of Rudio. We're going to take short break.
It is eight forty five Radio Gail A very good morning.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I'm worried about my osailures.
Speaker 5 (11:34):
Like other people's plants, they're flowering exactly like on the spring.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
What will happen on the.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Spring they start Usually they start spraying spring, they start
blooming in the springtime. That's what they do.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Mind not flowering now full birth?
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Oh well then that's Look, that is the silly plant's
own mistake. But you might find that it will get
okay with it. It should not, It could not. It
might not be that bad at all. But normally they
should go a bit bit late. You remember, we've had
some strange I don't know about you, but here in
Christis we have some strange weather at some stage that
(12:13):
things are actually flowering at the wrong time, and that
happens November. Oh I don't I wouldn't go over the top,
but just do a little bit of general fertilizer if
you want to, or some liquid fertilizer. I like the seaweed,
the seaweed seaweed tea or seafood soup. Yeah, yeah, that
(12:35):
sort of stuff. Yeah, that is it. Okay, thanks very
much for your meadow work, and go well with it.
You'll be fine.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Okay, all the very best. Take care girl and gene greasings.
Speaker 7 (12:49):
Good morning. I do have a hedgehog story. I was
a child in the early nineteen forties. We lived on
a farm. My dead head of Foxy that you used
toll love getting the hedgehogs.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
Yeah, I got it. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (13:06):
And he had a tobacco tin that he had these
little things in and he said to me one day
they were the hedgehog snouts, and they used to get
paid a shilling each for each hedgehog that they they
got to prove that they had killed.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Oh shivers. Yeah, there you go. So that was in
those days. That was a long time ago, wasn't it.
Speaker 7 (13:31):
It was? So were they a nuisance then?
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Ab absolutely, they were amused. There were a nuisance ever
since they've been introduced. That's the problem. Because they really
literally eat the birds, eggs, birds that are, for instance,
having their nests on the on the ground. You know,
the eggs will go that sort of stuff. But they
will eat anything, the baby's everything a lot.
Speaker 7 (13:53):
Ye've never I've never forgotten that story. And I can
see in my mind's eye its just tobacco tin with
these little sects.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah, oh my god.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
They got a shilling each, so that was a lot
of money because we only got two shillings, kind of
a whole pedicate thistles.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Yeah, fantastic story. That's fantastic. Jane, thank you very much
that It's just awesome. Daniel, good morning mate.
Speaker 8 (14:20):
How's it going?
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Yeah, we're going. Well, my friend, what were we do?
Speaker 1 (14:24):
What?
Speaker 3 (14:24):
What did we do with with a bonze eye?
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Yes?
Speaker 8 (14:27):
Yeah, I've got an almost partortfolio Chinese alm. I used
to work at a tren nursery and I got some
found them old stock that was sat in the corner
in a TV bag for ten years or so. It's beautiful.
I was just wondering what would be a good time
to repot it.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
So what do you what does the what does the
plant Chinese alm? Oh? Chinese elm okay, Well you could
do that now because there should be a little bit
more a doormant because of winter time. Ay, yeah, yeah,
I would trust Yeah, that's exactly the point I was.
I was just getting there, so it's already losing its leaves, right, yeah, yeah,
(15:06):
have a go from now on, do it gently on
and the way you go now, honestly, you'll be fine
from now on. Oh perfect, Yeah, have a go. Since
when have you been doing Bonzai?
Speaker 5 (15:17):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (15:18):
I mean, I've just got a couple of trees from
when I was at the Triners. I've also got a
Japanese maple. The Chinese. The Chinese album has gone through
a lot. I mean I moved from Nelson to christ
Church and then from Flat to Flatt. It's had a
bit of a hammering. But it seems to keep on checking,
you know.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
Yeah, yeah, good, good, good Sly. I've got a grandson
who's thirteen, and he is He decided to get into
Bonzai too about a year ago. Is absolutely wonderful. He's
really really getting into it. Isn't it nice? Isn't it great? Yeah? No,
I love it. There you go. I think you'll be
fine with that. Oh, cheer if you go?
Speaker 2 (15:58):
All right? All the very busy, Daniel, you take care.
I mean, this whole thing around. We can talk about
climate change and all the rest of the reality is
it feels different right now. And I did some pruning
on the plum tree, poorly apparently according to the professional arborus,
but some. And then I'm looking out the window the
(16:21):
other day, going there is new growth on the plum
tree right now.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Yeah, yeah, you'll see it more and more actually.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
And I mean in the end, like your comment about
you know, do you feed it? Do you not feed it?
Is there some advantage that we could take from this
or do we just go look, nature's doing what nature does.
It'll sort itself out.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
And the point is that the fertilizer, if you like,
if you talk about fertilizer, normally in the winter time,
there's nothing to fertilize at all, because even though it
might put some leaves in, there's so much stuff still
there that you don't have to worry about it. You
don't really have to.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Yeah, okay, that's interesting. A quick text before we go
in then as well from christ Church transplant a lemon tree.
Is there any prep that's needed, like removing fruit or
something like that that's from Vanessa.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I wouldn't. I wouldn't get rid of the fruit yet.
I would just literally transplant it with as much of
the leaves, sorry, the roots intact as. I think you
should be fine with that. Don't start digging the things off.
It should be you could be. You could be at
a really good in a really good place to go
because those fruit might be quite happy.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
And I suppose the other thing, unless it's you have
to do it, maybe wait until the fruit has finished
and you've harvested it and you've had your gin and
tonic and all the rest of it, and then move
the lemon tree.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yeah, that's another one. You can do it later, no problem, Yep.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Absolutely think about moving it while having a gin tonic
with the lemon that came off the lemon tree.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
I think it's a nice reward.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
I feel that that's it's a rather long winded way
of saying, just take it easy and do it when
it's best for the tree.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Got it?
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Well, that's why wonderful? Thank you sir?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Is that us?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
I think?
Speaker 4 (18:09):
So?
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Hey, you know what you and I we've been doing
this for We started around this time in twenty twelve.
I know you've been doing it for a lot longer
than that, but you and I together on the radio twelve.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
Year, budnyway, I'm not going to stop it either, you know.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And I've loved every minute of it.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
So thank you, mate, Thank you too.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Take care all the best your news talks, he'd be,
thank you very very much for your company, and not
just today. But like I say, I happen to note
in my diary that yes, the show started in twenty twelve,
twenty fourteen, pardon me, twenty fourteen, So we've tacked over
twelve years and I've loved every minute of it, and
thanks for being part of the journey. Have a great day.
(18:51):
I'm off to do a bit of shopping and then
I'm going to be at the Auckland Home and Garden Show,
which is on at Eden Park. Starts on Thursday. I'll
be there Saturday and Sunday doing a bit of expert presentations.
We'll see how that goes right here, Have a great week.
Take care.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
For more from the Resident Builder with Peter Wolfcamp, listen
live to Newstalk ZEDB on Sunday mornings from six, or
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