Garden guide: November - Tropical Region

HELLO SPRING

Your Gardening Guide for November

TROPICAL REGION

HELLO SPRING

Your Gardening Guide for November

TROPICAL 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 Fertilise

General fertilisation of garden and water in well.

#2 Mulch

Good time to mulch

#3 Prevent

Dead head spring flowering annuals and perennials to prevent seed-set and prolong flowering as long as possible.

#4 Protect

Hang insect proof nets, fruit fly control bags and traps.

#5 Shade, shade, shade

Be prepared to shade sensitive crops on hot days and from mid season onward.

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 tips

Black spot and aphids

Apply Epsom salts and sulphate of potash, spray with Eco oil (aphids). Keep a close eye out for aphids on all soft, young growth especially on roses, peaches and nectarines.

Citrus gall wasp

Cut out any galls that appear on your citrus (citrus gall wasp) and place yellow sticky traps, remove these in September so as not to mistakenly catch any beneficial insects.

Protect

Collect snails and slugs to reduce the population in the garden and check underneath leaves for caterpillars, aphids and whitefly. Protect seeds with netting to prevent chewing insects and possums feasting on them. Beer traps for snails if getting into strawberries.

Diggers top pest tip

Fruit fly

Feed fallen white sapote to the chooks to prevent infestation with fruit fly or use a insect trap for fruit tree pests. Watch our video on how to create a pest free haven for your garden. Read our article to learn more about fruit flies.

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Diggers top garden ideas

Plant capsicum and eggplant to get them established before the strong winds and rain of the wet season.
Read our in-depth article on how to grow eggplant.

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