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Your Gardening Guide for March
COOL REGION
AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for March
COOL REGION
Welcome to March!
March Jobs
#1 Trellis
Install a trellis or netting to support climbing peas.
#2 Citrus
Prune and fertilise your citrus. Give a good feed of citrus fertiliser. Citrus are heavy feeders so require regular fertilising.
#3 Compost & manures
Add compost & manures to the soil which will be depleted after a productive summer season
#4 Cut & chop beans
Keep nitrogen in soil by cutting and chopping your beans. Dig back nutrients into the soil to make it richer.
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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Slugs and snails
Use copper tape around pots and raised vegie gardens. Sprinkle bait around newly planted seedlings. Beer traps are good to attract, check regularly to clear them out.
Cabbage white butterflies
Protect all Brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale) from white cabbage moth. Spray Dipel on both sides of the foliage and instal fine netting.
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Aphids
Aphids - Sap sucking insects that weaken plants, watch out for aphids on roses and vegetable crops and spray with Eco-Oil if detected.
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Plant bulbs
Plant bulbs such as anemone, daffodils, Dutch iris, freesia, hyacinths, jonquils, tulips, and ranunculus for spring flowering.
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Prepare soil for broad beans
They prefer alkaline soils so if too acidic can add some lime.
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Plant aquilegia, calendula, cineraria, delphinium, hollyhock, foxglove, linaria, nemesia, pansy, primula, polyanthus, poppy, viola.
Plant beetroot, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, coriander, garlic, lettuce, leek, parsnip, onions, oregano, radish, turnip, thyme
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