Summer
Your Gardening Guide for December
TROPICAL REGION
Summer
Your Gardening Guide for December
TROPICAL 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 Fungi
Keep an eye on your plants for signs of fungal disease. Remove any infected foliage and treat with organic fungicides.
#2 Fruit trees
Try putting in some fruit trees such as guava, mango, jackfruit, lychee and mangosteen.
#3 Cuttings
Try taking some softwood cuttings from your perennials and herbs for planting out after the wet season.
#4 Plant
Plant corn, yams, sweet potato, rosella, okra and snake beans.
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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!
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Prevent fruit fly
Feed all fallen fruit to chooks, pigs, worms to prevent fruit fly infestation.
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Control grasshoppers
Grasshoppers can be controlled by creating physical barriers such as mosquito netting for early season protection, trapping with yellow sticky traps or applying Neem oil can help protect your crops
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Treat white flies
White flies can be present. They can cause some damage in your vegie patch, including spreading nasty disease around. These sap sucking insects can weaken your tomato plats and make them more susceptible to disease. Apply neem oil to remedy
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Diggers top garden idea
Plant green manure crops where possible such as buckwheat, cowpea, millet, lablab, mung bean & soybean.
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Stick to planting genuine tropical plants such as, snake bean, winged bean, thai basil, west indian arrowroot and taro to cope with the wet & humid weather.
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Controlling nematodes
Plant marigolds around tomatoes to help with controlling nematodes.
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Plants to plant now
Stick to planting genuine tropical plants such as:
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