Garden guide: November - Subtropical Region

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Your Gardening Guide for November

NOVEMBER REGION

HELLO SPRING

Your Gardening Guide for November

SUBTROPICAL REGION

Welcome to November!

Traditionally the busiest month of the year in the garden, the spring garden is in its prime. There’s still lots of work to be done to prepare your garden now for a long hot summer ahead.

November Jobs

#1 Compost care

Keep compost moist and turn regularly. Read our article to learn about composting.

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#2 Shade

Protect crops with shade cloth on hot days.

#3 Water

Water in the cool of the morning. This reduces the risk of foliar fungi, particularly on roses, pumpkin, zucchini, melon and cucumber. Read our article for more tips on watering.

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#4 Protect

Spray shrubs, vines, containerised plants, succulents and cycads with horticultural oil now.

#5 Mulch

Keep mulch from touching the base of trees and shrubs helps prevent attack by root-rotting diseases in wet weather) Dig plenty of compost into soil before planting. Mulch and water well after planting. Read our article on the different types of mulch.

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#6 Feed

Feed citrus and pawpaw using poultry manure or complete organic fertiliser.

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

Grasshoppers

Watch out for pest attacks, especially grasshoppers.
Read our article to learn more about grasshoppers in the garden.

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Sap suckers

Keep an eye on ants in your fruit trees that may signal presence of sap suckers like aphids and mealy bug. Regularly remove suckers from grafted roses, citrus, passionfruit and other fruit trees. Read our article to learn more about Aphids.

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Scale and mealybug

Spray shrubs, vines, containerised plants, succulents and cycads with horticultural oil now. Apply three times, leaving 3 weeks between applications, controls scale and mealybug. Read our article to learn more about Scale insects.

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