Garden guide: March - Hot Region

AUTUMN

Your Gardening Guide for March

HOT REGION

AUTUMN

Your Gardening Guide for March

HOT REGION

Welcome to March!

March Jobs

#1 Trim citrus trees

Trim any branches on your citrus trees that might be hanging lower than 1m. This helps prevent the spread of brown rot.

#2 Fertilise

Top dress the garden with aged compost and apply a slow release fertiliser to give your entire garden a boost.

#3 Mulch

Deep mulch all your beds and trees keeping away from the trunks of citrus to avoid collar rot.

#4 Weed

Remove all weeds and any plants in your garden you don’t want to spread before they start to go to seed.

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Diggers top pest tips

Fruit fly

Pick up all fallen or affected fruit to prevent fruit fly.

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Aphids

Monitor your plants for aphids. If found, spray with Eco-oil.

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Caterpillars

Check undersides of leaves for caterpillars. Spray with Neem oil or Dipel.

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Pumpkins

It's too late to plant pumpkins but save seed from your favourites now and plant them next spring.

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Beneficial Plants

Planting winter and spring flowering annuals such as alyssum, nemophila, calendula, nemesia, poppies will create a bright display that will attract the pollinators and beneficial insects to your garden.

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Compost

Gather any fallen leaves, a readily available source of carbon and add them to your compost bin.

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Brassicas

Plant your brassicas and leafy greens now for late autumn and winter cropping.

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Encourage ladybirds and lacewings

Encourage ladybirds and lacewings (natural predators to thrips) by planting beneficial plants: dill, coriander, Queen Anne's lace, Fennel, Tansy, Cosmos, Coriander and Marigolds.

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