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Your Gardening Guide for April

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APRIL

Your Gardening Guide for April

WARM REGION

Welcome to April! 

April Jobs

#1 Compost

Compost autumn leaves.

#2 Asparagus

Cut down asparagus foliage as it starts turning yellow and mulch generously.

#3 Fertilise

Fertilise all evergreen plants with blood and bone. New seedlings can be fertilised with a liquid fertiliser or seaweed solution.

#4 Bees and beneficials

Sow or plant flowers to attract bees and beneficial insects and to help provide much needed food reserves throughout the cooler months when food is scarce.

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Diggers top pest tips

White cabbage moth

Protect all Brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale) from white cabbage moth.

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Scale

Check your plants for any signs of scale. If found, use Eco-Oil to treat.

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Diggers recommends

Fine Woven Vegetable Net 5 X 2.9m
Fine Woven Vegetable Net 5 X 2.9m
Fine Woven Vegetable Net 5 X 2.9m
Fine Woven Vegetable Net 5 X 2.9m

Fine Woven Vegetable Net 5 X 2.9m

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Eco-Oil
Eco-Oil

Eco-Oil

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Diggers top garden idea

Green manure

Plant a green manure crop, such as millet, oats, lupins or field peas to improve soils.

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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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Mulch

Top up mulch on vegie patch, herb gardens and ornamental beds.

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FLOWER SEEDS TO SOW IN APRIL

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VEGIE SEEDS TO SOW IN APRIL

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Get ready for May

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