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It’s growing time! Plant summer veggies and herbs, hang sticky traps in apple and pear trees and patch up that lawn. It’s also a good time to get the weeds and pests under control and add mulch to the garden.
In the Veggie Patch
• Summer herbs such as dill, French tarragon and coriander are good to plant now
• Plant all the summer producing vegetables – tomatoes, capsicum, zucchini, cucumbers and eggplants
The rest of the Garden
• Did you know? It’s best to put a
Central’s Tips October 2018
• Wage war on the weeds – by
tall stake (1.8m) beside your small tomato plants as the vine types grow very tall and need support
actively removing or spraying them early in the season
• Aphids appearing: Spray with
• Eating flowers – there are plenty
an organic insecticide or, if your water pressure is good, loosen them with a heavy squirt of water
of flowers that can be used in salads or as edible garnishes nasturtiums, carnations, daylilies, rose petals and violas are just a few
• Apply sheep pellets and a layer of mulch around the garden.
• Hang sticky traps in apple and pear trees to stop an infestation of codling moth in the young fruit. Or, Spray with Yates’ Success Ultra (four times only) over the spring season.
Lawns • Patch existing or sow new lawns • Fertilise lawns with Turfmaster Gold.
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