- Remove weeds and mulch roses and shrubs with feeding mulch
- Apply mulch to suppress weeds and retain soil moisture
- Divide perennials.
- Treat roses for black spot and aphids
- Fertilise roses and citrus, repeat every 6 weeks
- Check reticulation, apply wetting agent to ensure water is evenly distributed and retained in soil
- Repot ferns and cymbidium orchids (October)
- Prune flowering trees after flowering
- Dead head flowering plants to encourage more blooms.
- Plant vegetable garden.
- Vertimow lawns, apply soil wetter then fertilise two weeks later.
Planting Guide
VEGETABLES
Beetroot: Sow direct 7-10cm apart in rows 20-30cm apart, pick in 10-12 weeks
Beans: Sow direct 15-20cm apart in rows 60-75 cm apart, pick in18-20 weeks
Cabbage: Sow in seed trays or direct, plant40-75cm apart in rows 40-75cm apart, pick in8-16 weeks.
Capsicum: Sow in seed trays or direct, pplant 50-60cm apart in rows 50-60cm apart, pick in10 – 16 weeks.
Carrots: Sow direct, thin to 3-5cm pick in 12 –16 weeks
Lettuce: Sow in seed trays or direct thin or plant20-30cm apart, rows 20-30cm apart.Pick in 8-12 weeks
Onions: Sow in seed trays or direct 7-10cm apart in rows 20-30cm apart.Pick in 24-32 weeks.
Parsnips: Sow direct thin to5-7cm in rows 30-40cm apart.Pick in 18-20 weeks.
Peas: Sow direct 3-5cm apart rows 40-50cm apart(dwarf) 100cm (climbing) Pick 12 –16 weeks
Potatoes: Sow tubers direct30-40cm apart in rows 60-75cm apart pick in 16-20weeks.
Rhubarb crowns: Plant 0-50 cm apart in rows 40-50cm apart, pick in 8-12 weeks.
Silverbeet: Sow in seed trays or direct, thin or plant 30-40cm apart in rows 30-40cm apart, pick 8-12 weeks.
Tomato: Sow in seed trays or plant seedlings in rows 60cm apart
Chilli
Cucumber
Chives
Zucchini
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