Roots and Shoots

On today's show:  Making a macadamia tree feel right at home. Why is my grevillea not flowering?  Can I save my tree uprooted by TC Narelle?  Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth  and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss how to keep your garden safe when it gets windy.  00:45 Tips on shielding your garden from the wind 11:16 ABC listener Pam asked for some tips to get a pop of "low maintenance colour" in a sandy soil garden bed. 12:32 Want to grow dragon fruit? We got your back! Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on  ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by...

On today's show:  Hello! from the Port to Pub Swim at Leighton Beach. What's behind the dead brown patches overtaking my lawn?! Can I make my own wetting agent?  Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth  and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss plant superstitions, urine and beautiful flowering trees.  01:56 The old saying goes plant your sweet peas on St Patrick's Day but Sab wants you to wait. 05:42 ABC listener Mark wants Sab to name her top five "most beautiful" flowering trees. 22:14 13-year-old Seb wants to know why his pomegranate tree isn't growing well. Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen App  or...

On today's show:  How to grow snottygobble in a pot Fire, water, air, love: How to revive a maiden hair fern.  Why oh WHY are my figs not ripening?!  Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth  and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show:  Persimmon problems Lawn wars (Kikuyu vs. Buffalo) How best to deliver bulk poo nutrients (pootrients!) across a huge garden Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth  and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss honey bandaids, ants and planting.  15:10 Sab's recipe to get rid of ants.  16:52 Recommendations of spiky native grass to keep people from walking in your garden.  18:56 Planting a lemon tree in sandy soil? Listen here. Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen App  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM...

It's the Big Birthday Month here on Roots 'n Shoots – Happy 60th Amber!  13:51 How to coax fruits from my sulky orange tree?  37:15 What to keep in mind when repotting a cycad?  46:58 How much of a haircut will my palms endure? Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth  ...

Sab and Jo discuss seaweed, propagating and fungus. 05:10 Did you know that asparagus loves growing in salty ground? (Seaweed works a treat!) 22:25 Does your passionfruit tree bear no fruit? Help is on the way. 22:53 ABC listener Sue says "nothing" is happening with the growth of her Silver Princess, Sab shares her tips on how to help growth. Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen App  o...

Amber and Sab help out with all sorts of misbehaving and ailing plants. 03:16 How to safely manage some roots gone wild on a mango tree. 26:43 My peppy tree is a bully that doesn't play nicely with other trees. 42:16 Treat your bananas to a delish helping of poo!   Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Sa...

Sab and Jo discuss pest identification and turning seventy years young.  01:17 ABC listener Leonie has her pest identified - it was the native Red Jewel bug. 13:52 Need help with your hungry pumpkins? 20:33 How much room does your passionfruit vine need? Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen App  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Satu...

Forget Valentine's Day – the real celebration today is seventy glorious years of our favourite bog witch!  01:21 A song for Sabrina! Thanks to Tempo & Jonesy for this brilliant tune. 24:02 HELP! Roos are feasting on my lawn. How to save the lawn without hurting my roo guests?  49:41 I've been given a dud blueberry bush. Is resurrection possible?  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen...

Native plants, exotic water plants with Mark Tucek filling in for Sab.  00:46 Have you heard the new term edimental? Edimentals are plants that are both edible and ornamental. 03:22 How to help your ornamental pear tree.  05:38 Something chewing your oranges? Help is at hand. Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen App  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesday...

Sabrina Hahn is joined by Christine Layton, who is filling in for Amber Cunningham 22:01 How to treat cracking and peeling bark on a lemon tree  24:02 How to help trees recover and heal from a rabbit attack 34:17 How to best support new growth on a coral gum sapling  Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen ,  Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Sa...

Got an infestation of little caterpillars? Who you gonna call?! Sab and Amber, of course.  03:11 How to take care of a Western Australian orchid. 31:21 What can I do in the garden to keep mozzie populations down?  38:31 HELP! I am being overrun with Cape Lilac caterpillars.  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program...

Sab and Jo discuss the best and worst smells in between calls from WA gardeners in need of tips. 06:43 Zanna asks about the best way of keep track of what's going on in the garden. 15:00 On super hot days your plants need sunscreen too.22:00 Debbie's hydrangea hasn't flowered in two years, despite the leaves looking healthy. Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen App  or wherever you lik...

Agony aunts Amber and Sabrina hear the woes of wives whose husbands have pruned way too hard.  10:18 My Cut-leaf Banksia is on struggle street... how do I know when to call it?  23:49 Over-pruners come forward with their confessions. 33:18 How to grow cuttings taken from a very special mulberry tree. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to list...

Jo Trilling and Sabrina Hahn take all your gardening calls, including a surprise call from Sab's daughter-in-law Olivia, who's having trouble establishing gum trees in her garden. 04:53 Elizabeth has four struggling kangaroo paw plants and wants to transfer them to pots. Sab talked her through how to do it. 13.30 Nick in Bremer Bay has grasshoppers eating the new tips off his mandarin tree and he'...

Mango, passionfruit and frangipanis – Sab and Christine dish out garden advice like they're on a tropical holiday. 10:40 Can (and should) I save seed from my passionfruit?  25:55 What is ailing my dear frangipani so? 41:05 It's mango season baby! What's the best fertiliser for sweet juicy fruits?  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen....

Sabrina and Jo Trilling are reunited on Arvos for 2026. On today's show: 2.00 Tackling mealy bugs takes persistence 7.08 How to deter rats from eating your figs 10.00 Zucchini plants are large but zucchini plants are dying off while still small. Subscribe to the podcast through the  ABC Listen App  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at...

Worms are the flavour of the day, as Sab and Christian join forces to dish out gardening advice.  18:49 Why are my worm castings so soggy?!  42:56 Zucchini anatomy 101: How to tell the boys from the girls. 45:26 Why NOT to put composting worms in a wicking bed (also... they have five hearts!)  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen.

Christine Layton and Sabrina Hahn with all your new year's gardening tips and tricks.  10.22 Sabrina shares how to look after a hibiscus split in the Sunday storm a few weeks ago. 12.20 Why you should leave a grass tree to seed when it's flowering. 26:00 Why grass trees stalks appear to be getting bigger.

For this early-bird Roots and Shoots special, Sabrina takes Asha for a stroll down the garden path of horty Qs and As.  03:00 How to grow great bottoms on your celeriac.  18:18 Root systems of small eucalypts.  31:38 Help, I'm being overrun by golden wattle!  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Saturday...

In this early-bird special, bright-eyed Leonie and bushy-tailed Sabrina team up to take your gardening questions. 07:40 Giving poo as a Christmas pressie!  15:43 Help! Something's munching my hibiscus and I can't work out what it is!  32:35 How to get rid of Gleditsia suckers popping up all over the garden.  Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you like...

Sab is back! And she's brought along an entomologist friend. With Amber at the helm, the three of them delight in bugs, slugs and all things beetle-y.  00:36 Dr Bug-a-lugs (Darryl Hardie) brings us up to speed on the bright green and highly odoriferous beetles that have been laying siege to Geraldton.  17:48 Bug juice in a blender and sheep poo in a thermomix. 52:11 MyPestGuide Reporter app: the o...