Garden guide: February - Subtropical Region

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Your Gardening Guide for February

SUBTROPICAL REGION

SUMMER

Your Gardening Guide for February

SUBTROPICAL REGION

Welcome to February!

February Jobs

#1 Tidy

Tidy up overgrown vegetation and weed garden beds now

#2 Prune

Do a light prune on roses. Add rose fertiliser, water and mulch to encourage a good autumn display approximately 8 weeks after pruning.

#3 shade

Add covers to protect crops from heat, storms and insect damage.

#4 Check soil pH

If there's been good rain, check the pH in your soils (do a pH test) to see if you soil has become acidic.

October Essentials

Get some hot tips and tricks for garden success this October, from pricking out, to seed saving rules as well as planting edible tubers.

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Diggers top pest tips

Root knot

Root knots are likely to show up in many gardens with waterlogged soil. Improve drainage and build good soil structure with additions of compost & organic matter.

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Spidermite

Spidermite is a teeny weeny little red mite that generally lives on the underside of plants. Affected plants may appear to be struggling. Can see a web like substance on the underside of leaves. Spray with Eco-oil or Neem oil.

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Plants to plant now

Plant tomatoes, capsicums and eggplants, lettuce (heat-tolerant varieties), radish, beetroot and silverbeet, beans, cucumber and zucchini, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower, turnip.

Last chance to plant sweetcorn.