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Hilarious gardening expert Sabrina Hahn answers all your gardening questions big and small. Roots and Shoots is the gardening program for green thumbs and non-gardeners. Join the program live on ABC Radio Perth twice a week.
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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 and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
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 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.
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 Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 App, 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 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 Tuesdays at 2:20PM or on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
Sabrina Hahn is joined by Christine Layton, who is filling in for Amber Cunningham22:01 How to treat cracking and peeling bark on a lemon tree 24:02 How to help trees recover and heal from a rabbit attack34:17 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 Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 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 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 listen.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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's very annoyed.16.05 Heat is affecting Kay's roses.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 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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.Listen to the program live on Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
Sabrina and Jo Trilling are reunited on Arvos for 2026.On today's show:2.00 Tackling mealy bugs takes persistence7.08 How to deter rats from eating your figs10.00 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 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 Saturdays at 9:00AM on ABC Radio Perth and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 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 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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 one-stop-shop for all your pesky buggy identification needs.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 and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
Amber Cunningham and Mark Tucek team up to deliver gardening know-how for all your pot-plant-problems. 23:30 Recipe to give your vegetables a yeasty good time! 40:40 What is the purpose of repotting? 46:54 Costa calls in to chat about the Kalamunda Garden Festival.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 and ask your questions by calling in on 1300 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
Christian Horgan and wildflower queen Sue Leighton team up to tackle your gardening questions. 00:31 ABC listener Kevin asks what to do to keep his passionfruit - which didn't flower or fruit for year and has suddenly "gone ballistic" - happy and continue to bear fruit? 05:09 How to transfer a frangipani from a pot to the ground (the bigger the hole the better!)07:48 Tips on propagating jacarandas from seed.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 222 720 or text 0437 922 720.
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