AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for April
HOT REGION
AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for April
HOT REGION
Welcome to April!
April top tips
#1 Harvest
Harvest your pumpkins and the last of your melons now too.
#2 Prune and feed
Prune and fertilise citrus and other evergreen fruit trees.
#3 Mulch
Top up mulch on all gadren beds to reduce weed growth.
#4 Protect
Protect brassicas from the caterpillars of cabbage moth and cabbage white butterfly.
Diggers top pest tips
Slugs and snails
Slugs and snails are out. Sprinkle bait around newly planted seedlings. Also use beer traps.
Diggers recommends
Diggers top garden ideas
Beneficial Plants
Plant cornflower, calendula, dianthus, pansies, viola, snapdragons, stock, nasturtium, verbena and marigolds to attract pollinators and beneficials.
Shop beneficial plantsSpring flowering bulbs
Planting spring flowering bulbs now such as anemones, daffodils, Dutch iris, freesia, hyacinths, jonquils, tulips, ranunculus will reward you with a bright display when they pop up throughout your garden.
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