26 October 2025 | Gardening tips, Nightshades
Growing exceptional eggplant and capsicum Top hints for growing eggplants and capsicum Use Dipel (an organic bacterium available from nurseries) to prevent caterpillar poo trails in eggplant and insert fruit into net bags, tying tightly around the calyx, to prevent...
27 February 2022 | Gardening tips, Nightshades, Planting guides
More tips for growing spectacular eggplants Use net bags Plant in a row in full sun Keep very well watered Have you ever cut open a beautiful looking eggplant only to find a winding, black track through it? This is a poo trail from an eggfruit caterpillar. It is rare...
9 October 2021 | Gardening tips, Nightshades, Planting guides, Tomatoes, Videos
Growing great tomatoes How to plant tomatoes In this short video Robin Gale-Baker explains how to plant your tomatoes to ensure success! Top hints for growing tomatoes Plant tomatoes deeply – at least half way up their stems. (You can leave the lower leaves on...
15 August 2021 | Gardening tips, Nightshades, Potatoes, Root Vegetables
Growing great spuds part 2 – eatingAug 15, 2021 | Gardening tips, Potatoes | 0 comments Wonderful things about potatoes include their varied skin and flesh colours, textures, tastes and variety of culinary options. No longer is a potato ‘just a...
15 August 2021 | Gardening tips, Nightshades, Potatoes, Root Vegetables
Growing great spuds part 1 – cultivationAug 15, 2021 | Gardening tips, Potatoes Top tips for growing potatoes in Melbourne Grow in rich soil in full sun Grow in well drained soil Leave potatoes beneath ground for good storage Start harvesting when plants flower...
11 February 2021 | Gardening tips, Nightshades, Planting guides, Tomatoes
Fermenting tomato seed to remove disease The easy way to save tomato seed is to squeeze it onto paper towel and dry it. However any diseases – viruses and pathogens – will be retained in seed dried this way. At Sustainable Macleod, we share seed with the...
