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Your Gardening Guide for February
TROPICAL REGION
Summer
Your Gardening Guide for February
TROPICAL REGION
Welcome to February!
February gardening is often about keeping up, so set aside time each day to enjoy your garden
February Top Tips
#1 Improve Soil
Sow green manure crops to help stabilise the soil.
#2 Seasonal Crops
Harvest and replant or sow wet season crops for a steady supply of fresh produce.
#3 Tropical Fruits
Plant tropical fruits like babaco, paw paw and dragonfruit.
#4 Weeding
Weed regularly to prevent harbouring pests and competing for nutrients.
November Essentials
It's time to get planting your last remaining crops in preparation for your summer harvest. We look at the benefits of living mulch and we get our hands dirty planting some strawberries!
Watch nowPest and disease watch
The monsoon season brings heavy rain, overcast days and high humidity.
Prevent fruit fly
Feed all fallen fruit to chooks, pigs, worms to prevent fruit fly infestation.
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Control grasshoppers
Grasshoppers can be controlled by creating physical barriers such as mosquito netting for early season protection, trapping with yellow sticky traps or applying Neem oil can help protect your crops.
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Powdery mildew
White spots on peas is is powdery mildew, a common fungal disease which spreads quickly when the days are warm and dry, but nights are chilly with dewy mornings.
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Diggers top garden idea
Controlling nematodes
Plant marigolds around tomatoes to help with controlling nematodes.
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Plants to plant now
Stick to planting genuine tropical plants such as:
Get ready for March
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