AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for April
COOL REGION
AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for April
COOL REGION
Welcome to April!
April top tips
#1 Green Manure
Sow a green manure crop as part of your autumn crop rotation.
#2 Prune
Prune herbaceous perennials as they finishing flowering.
#1 Harvest
Tidy the vegie garden by removing the last of your old summer crops.
#2 Compost
Start a compost heap with fallen leaves and all garden waste.
Diggers top pest tips
Leaf curl
Spray peach and nectarine trees with copper spray to help control leaf curl and spray again before bud burst. Alternate between sulphur and copper each year to avoid build up in soil.
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Cabbage white butterflies
Hang fine netting over brassica crops to protect from cabbage white butterfly landing and laying eggs.
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Citrus leafminer
Monitor citrus for citrus leafminer. Prune and discard affected leaves or spray with an eco oil.
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Diggers top garden ideas
Prepare soil for broad beans
Plant bulbs, close together but not actually touching for a massed effect. Lift gladiolus, liliums and dahlias after they have finished bloming and the foliage has yellowed off.
Learn morePlants to plant now
Plant aquilegia, calendula, cineraria, delphinium, hollyhock, foxglove, linaria, nemesia, pansy, primula, polyanthus, poppy, viola.
Plant beetroot, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, coriander, garlic, lettuce, leek, parsnip, onions, oregano, radish, turnip, thyme
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