Roots and Shoots
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.
Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Waroona Show
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.
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Snail slime for your face and garden
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!
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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.
Gazanias, be gone!
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.
Growing plums for spring salads
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.
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Purple Fanfare Blossom
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
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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.
No green thumb? Everlastings are for you
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.
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How to properly take care of the Macadamia tree
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.
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Growing paw-fect kangaroo paws
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.
Everlastings, tomato rings and bacon avocados!
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.
Impress your friends with homegrown avo on toast
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.
Sab's gone nuts! (and you can too)
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.
Waffle about wattle
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.
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Roots and Shoots LIVE from the Plant Swap '26 at Perth City Farm
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!
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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.
Excess bananas? They’re good for more than just cakes
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.
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Naughty gardening with chilli willy seeds and nipple cherry tomatoes
On today's show:
Welcome to the Giggle Garden: What plants make you laugh?Botany legend Professor Kingsley Dixon on the results of the ABC's Most Amazing Wildflower poll.Not quite gardening, but almost... How do I stop snails eating my mail in my letterbox?!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.
What makes your lilly pilly silly and how to not lose your nuts
Sab and Jo discuss rats, tomato worms and the best time to trim your nut bushes.
5:15 If you’ve ever noticed little bumps on your lilly pilly leaves it might be psyllids. Sab explains what they are and how to treat them.
11:50 A listener from the wheatbelt wants advice on how to transition her garden into a biodiverse habitat garden that provides food for wildlife.
13:20 Joe’s once bountiful lemon tree refuses to fruit since a major prune two years ago. He wants to know how to bring it back to its former glory...
Golden Gumnuts and the Suspicious Earwax Substance
On today's show:
Are my gumnuts growing gold? Earwax?! Or a third, slightly more plausible option?Break out the cone of shame for Western Australia — our extinction rates are some of the worst in the WORLD. Sab suggests some ways you can help.What plants can I grow that will provide good food for my pet parrot?Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
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How to keep your wife happy and relocate kangaroo paws
Sab and Jo discuss natives, gall wasp and treating verge trees like your own child.
01:31 ABC listener Dee wants to know what native plants do well in the shade and why her poinciana tree isn’t flowering.
15:31 What is dieback and how to treat it.
19:25 Owen’s wife doesn’t like his kangaroo paws, Sab has some tips for relocating them.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
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What's our Chief Plant Fiddler been up to lately?
On today's show:
What is Australia's Most Amazing Wildflower? Head to our voting page to have your say (and Happy National Science Week!)Kings Park's Senior Plant Breeder Digby Growns joins us in-studio to discuss cloning the Queen of Sheba orchid, the Wildflower Festival and National Science Week!Puffer vests: yay or nay? Sab and Amber fight it out.Subscribe to the podcast through ABC Listen, Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen.
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You can’t grow oysters in your garden, or can you?
Sab and Jo discuss pruning, propagating and land oysters.
02:15 Struggling fruit trees? Sab has some tips to kick start their growth.
07:50 How to get rid of citrus canker.
15:17 An update on the new Treebate conditions. 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.
A Flowerless Silver Princess
Sabrina Hahn and Amber Cunninham tackle all your mid-winter garden questions.
02:01 Couch grass infestation
17:48 Four-year-old avocado trees, when and how much to prune
29:59 Home propagated Silver Princess, not flowering after six years.
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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.
Yass Queen, hunting for the elusive Sheba
Sab and Jo go orchid hunting for the rare Queen of Sheba
06:11 When to plant your summer seedlings.
08:19 Planting after couch grass removal.
24:00 How to prune your frangipanis.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.
Bog Witches embark on a quest for Quisqualis
On today's show:
Sab puts a call out for QuisqualisNo love for fishbone fernsThe pressure facing WA's only wildlife hospital, and how you can helpSubscribe 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.
Slug season is here
Sab and Jo discuss slugs, potash and a special delivery of chocolate covered fruit.
00:14 Are you noticing slugs everywhere in your garden?
20:49 How to protect your grass tree from the wind.
25:22 Is it too early or late to prune 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 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Flowers for OIdies: Why we need good gardens in our aged care homes
On today's show:
Boring hedges can take a hike! Sab makes the case for lively gardens in aged care.Courtyard with minimal sun in winter? Deciduous plants are your friends.SOS! The mildew rot's got my peas!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.
Replacing lawn with native plants
Sab and Jo discuss native plants, bravery and bubble wrap.
01:22 How to make a plant grow straight.
07:25 Lilies overtaken your garden? You can get rid of them.
13:11 Native plants for you and your garden needs. 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 Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
We heard it down the grapevine...
On today's show:
Grapevine questions galore!How best to prune an indoor fiddle-leaf fig.Can I grow a lemon tree from fruit I've collected out and about?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.
The gall of the gall wasps
Amber and Sab together on a Tuesday!
04:03 Why Sabrina doesn't use much wood mulch for her compost.
06:49 How to fertilise citrus trees!
08:32 An ABC listener asks whether he can freeze gall wasps to eliminate 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 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Stashing secateurs where the sun don't shine
On today's show:
Stay Strapped! How many secateurs do you have and what weird places do you keep them?Agave Death Bloom: The final skyscraper flower stalk of an agave that's officially had it.What to do with very pot-bound asparagus?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.
My oh my, what a mandarin tree
Sab and Jo discuss poolside escapades, citrus trees and more.
03:16 How to kill a tree stump.
04:30 Transplanting balga tree (grass trees).
11:49 How to prune your mandarin 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 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Quick tips for getting great jugs
On today's show:
How best to care for a saffron plant, post-sprouting.My girlfriend's carnivorous pitcher plant is happy and jugless BUT I want it to be happy and jugful.The FUNGUS is AMONG US. What to do with an invasion of armillaria.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.
What type of soil is best for your liquidambar
Sab and Jo wipe the tears away, learn a dance and get gardening.
04:22 Why your lavender is not growing back like it used too.
06:29 Why you shouldn't plant this in your garden if you have kids or dogs in your garden.
08:38 What type of soil is best for planting a liquidambar. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
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Easy ways to make your garden bandicoot-friendly
On today's show:
7 y.o. Zac gives Sab a tour of his thriving veggie patch!What trees can provide food for black cockies?How to peacefully cohabit with a bunch of bandicoot newcomers.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.
Make your bamboo work for you
Sab and Jo try to keep warm in this cold snap!
03:55 ABC listener Bev asks what the best way to test her soil: chemical kits or three way soil probes?
04:27 What is safe distance to plant a mandarin tree from your neighbours fence?
11:49 Advice on replanting bamboo if you don't like where it sits in your garden.Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
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Banksias, figs, sweet potatoes and more
Amber and Sabrina talk banksias, winter planting and saving seeds with special guest Sue McDougall.
12:12 How far back should a fig tree be pruned?
10:35 A sick Tipuana Tipu, could it be termites?
47:13 How to grow sweet potatoes in bags
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Helping hand for your hibiscus
Sab and Jo ponder sunshine, chilly air and needy plants.
00:47 Needy passionfruit vines.
03:53 Want to know what Sab would do with a Silver Princess?
06:27 How to help a hibiscus that snapped in the wind. 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 Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
Hibiscus, coriander, pittosporum and more
Amber and Sabrina solve the mystery of the perennial coriander plant
05:33 Pruning tips for a young hibiscus
09:05 The start of the perennial coriander mystery
21:25 The coriander plot thickens
27:42 Sabrina solves the coriander mystery
23:30 A very sick pittosporum tree
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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.
Gardening after a storm
Sab and Jo discuss the aftermath of the storm and how to recoup any plants that may have been damaged by the wind.
00:33 Remedies for salt burn on your veggies after the storm
25:05 Gardenia Florida flowering in winter? Don't worry - just enjoy it!
26:59 ABC listener Joanne seeking advice on what to do with a bush that was pushed over during the storm. Subscribe to the podcast through the ABC Listen App or wherever you like to listen.
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Passionfruit flowers but no fruit
Amber and Sabrina dive into the nation-wide issue of the passionfruit vines unable to fruit.
03:23 Passionfruit vine flowering but not fruiting
18:31 Can a ponytail palm, living close to a house cause the footings to lift?
32:36 Instruction on repotting a root-bound hoya
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How to make friends and kill weeds
Sab and Jo discuss music, basil and how to kill weeds.
00:30 How much phosphorus is needed for potting mix for your native plants
02:20 Growing basil in winter
05:02 The different ways to kill your weeds. 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 on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth. Ask your questions by calling in on 1300 22 1025 or text 0437 22 1025.
