Roots and Shoots

On today's show: We all love monarch butterflies but is it ok to deliberately plant milkweed? 27-year-old wisteria vine unwell, can it be saved? Ongoing issues with tomatoes and Sabrina’s quick-fire remedies 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 on 102.5 ABC Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss the art of arm-wrestling while solving your garden questions. 03:17 Ladybugs (or ladybirds) eat aphids but do they eat fungus? 07:00 Pot plants and timelines for to replant or repot different plant varieties (and why using a wetting agent is so important!) 15:20 ABC listener Anne wants to propagate a few of her plants and luckily Sab has all the steps. 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 on 102.5 ABC Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: Strawbs gone wild! What's the science behind this weirdly-shaped fruit? What to do about these fluffy little white bugs eating my mulberries? Chooks vs. Hubby... someone's gotta go! Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss how the weather has plants confused. 00:36 The weather has plants confused and some like Sab's peach tree have fruited earlier. Here's how to handle irregular weather when gardening. 03:34 Don't use sprays in your garden and save the insects like bees, beetles and more. Sab and a few listeners have spotted some flower spiders in their gardens. What is in yours? 21:56 Zinc, potassium, minerals, trace elements and more. Science and plants go together like birds and bees.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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: A very scientific study into what type of beer snails prefer. Hip hip hooray! It's the Bonsai Society of WA's 50th Anniversary Bonsai Exhibition. Can I grow a fruiting mango down south? Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss gardening, book writing and opera. 00:34 Sab has finished her next book! 10:18 Looking for a small tree? An almond tree could work. 12:23 ABC listener Megan has planted olive trees and gum trees as a windbreak and is looking for ways to promote growth. 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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sabrina Hahn and Jacquie Lynch bring you Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Waroona Ag Show! On today's show: 'Tis the season for the 2026 Quenda Count! Here's how to get involved. Macadamias galore! Why we love them and how to care for them. How to PROPERLY deal with gall wasp cuttings (not just straight into the compost!) Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Amber on Tuesday talking snail slime, forgotten guests and gardening 01:08 ABC listener Steve needs help with small snails in his garden (and not to use as a beauty treatment!) 04:23 Is your Lily pilly looking wan? Here's how to help scale. 09:59 Oh no, you've got aphids! 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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: Dealing with an aphid infestation. How to get rid of gazania, and what to replace them with. Eucalyptus caesia silver princess and its close relations. Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Amber and Mark Tucek discuss native plants 00:31 Tips for what to plant in your very own bush tucker garden (such as finger limes, native guava, Davidson plums). 02:29 ABC listener Margaret asks how to get rid of a flowering plant that is growing on her rock garden. 06:19 Here's what you can do about gnats in your soil.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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Wind damaged Mango trees, spring lawn maintenance and a lemon tree winched together after a near fatal split 41:22 How to dethatch a couch lawn 43:09 Mulch suggestions for a clay soil, native garden 48:23 First Aid for a mature Eureka Lemon, split down the middle 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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Jo discuss pruning, lemon trees, gall wasps are more. 00:24 Sab shares details of the Kimberley garden she created complete with red vines and other rare natives. 12:40 ABC listener Mike asks Sab why his lemon tree looks like it has muscles? (Spoiler: it's gall wasps). 27:53 Once Everlastings finish flowering, should you allow them to seed where they are or collect the seeds and do yourself?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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Christine Layton stepping in for Amber Cunningham today on Roots and Shoots with Sabrina Hahn. 06:55 - Preventing the breynia nervosia (also known as the snow bush) from developing damage to new offshoots. 11:18 - How to take care of the Macadamia tree heading into summer. 45:30 - Tips and tricks on where to go to get a quality black passionfruit tree. 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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025

Horticulturist Mark Tucek in for Sab on this week's episode: 02:45 Tips for positioning, fertilising, watering and pruning kangaroo paws. 05:35 A dry winter calls for more wetting agents, here's why. 07:57 Want to germinate your quandong (or make some jam) here's a trick on how.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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

On today's show: Jade Barker and Sue McDougall (Chief Horticulturalist at Kings Park Botanic Gardens) answer your gardening questions. What's in store for this year's Kings Park Everlastings Festival. Advice for growing bacon avocado trees. What are these mystery rings on my mother's tomatoes?! Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

Sab and Geraldine discuss the weather, planting, watering and more. 02:52 Bougainvilleas love chicken feed! 12:41 Best tricks to grow avocados that are perfect for avo toast (or for avo's in the arvo or the evening!) 17:51 House sitter forgot to water your plants? 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 on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

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. Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

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. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

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! Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.

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. Listen to the program live on Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth . Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.