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
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Slugs and snails
Slugs and snails are out. Sprinkle bait around newly planted seedlings. Also use beer traps.
Diggers recommends
Diggers top garden ideas
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Beneficial Plants
Plant cornflower, calendula, dianthus, pansies, viola, snapdragons, stock, nasturtium, verbena and marigolds to attract pollinators and beneficials.
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Spring 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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