Garden guide: February - Tropical Region

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Your Gardening Guide for February

TROPICAL REGION

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Your Gardening Guide for February

TROPICAL REGION

Welcome to February!

February Jobs

#1 Prune

Prune mulberry tree (prune as a shrub not tree in the tropics). Cut it back to the same height each time (waist height to reach the fruit),

#2 Separate

Separate clumps of garlic chives and onion chives and plant them out.

#3 Water

Water during dry spells

#4 Weeding

Weed regularly to prevent harbouring pests and competing for nutrients

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!

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Diggers top pests tip

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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Aphids, scale & ants.

Watch out for aphids, scale & ants. This trio are linked together. They suck the juice from citrus and many other trees & plants with new leaf growth. Attract ladybirds and hoverflies to your garden with beneficial plantings: dill, fennel, Queen Annes lace, cosmos

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