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Your Gardening Guide for December
SUBTROPICAL REGION
Summer
Your Gardening Guide for December
SUBTROPICAL REGION
Welcome to December!
December is here which marks the start of summer. It’s a time of festivities, summer BBQ’s and spending more time outdoors. Follow these summer gardening tips if you wish to have more time for your loved ones while keeping your garden resilient against the intense summer heat.
December Top Tips
#1 Sweet potato
Plant some Sweet Potato. These vines love the sun and prefer a position with free- draining soil. They like meandering through beds or climbing up a trellis.
#2 Green manure crop
Consider a green manure crop to improve the structure and fertility of your soil. Try a mix of cow pea, mung bean, soybean and millet.
#3 Prune trees
Prune back trees by a third to shape up and help prevent water loss and wind damage.
#4 Cuttings
Take cuttings from your perennial herbs- mint, bergamot, bee balm, thyme, rosemary and oregano will strike well.
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 nowDiggers top pests tip
Citrus leafminer
Citrus leafminers on citrus trees are a common problem over summer and mainly target new growth. Tell-tale signs are curled and distorted leaves with silver trails on them. Eco oil may be helpful on early leaf flushes and snip off all affected leaves and bin them. Read our article to learn more about Citrus leafminer.
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White flies
White flies can be present. They can cause some damage to your vegie patch, including spreading nasty diseases around.
These sap sucking insects can weaken your tomato plants and make them more susceptible to disease. Apply neem oil to remedy. Read our article to learn more about white files
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Russet Mites
Check tomatoes for tomato russet mite. Symptoms are yellowing leaves that turn brittle and die and the appearance of a general rusty look to the tomato plant. Eco-oil is a good remedy. Read our article to learn more about Russet Mites.
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Diggers top garden idea
Plant crops adapted to humid conditions
Plant crops adapted to humid conditions such as basil, amaranth, eggplant, capsicum, chilli, watermelon, pumpkin, malabar spinach, choko, passionfruit,
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Controlling nematodes
Plant marigolds around tomatoes to help with controlling nematodes.
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