WINTER
Your Gardening Guide for August
COOL REGION
WINTER
Your Gardening Guide for August
COOL REGION
Welcome to August!
As winter fades and spring slowly approaches, your garden is brimming with potential. It's the perfect month to start preparing for the vibrant season ahead. Expect to see the first signs of new growth as the days gradually get warmer and longer. Your garden's transformation starts now!
August Top Tips
#1 Frost
Leave frost damaged plants until a likelihood of frost has passed.
#2 Harvest
Avocadoes will flower soon. Harvest a couple of fruits remaining fruits daily to ensure a good supply next season.
#3 Potatoes
Get ready to plant potatoes. They are an easy (and fun) crop to grow, especially in potato bags.
#4 Manure
Apply aged chicken manure and compost to vegetable garden beds ready for spring planting and sowing next month.
Diggers top pest tips
Leaf curl
Spray fruit trees for leaf curl before buds open: copper spray or lime sulphur and then again at bud swell (leaf curl affects peach, nectarines, almonds and other prunus spp).
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Pear and cherry slug
Create a mulch barrier to stop pear and cherry slug emerging from below the ground and affecting your pears and cherry trees.
Weeds
As the weather cools, there will be less maintenance to do in the garden but keep on top of weeds to reduce competition.
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Diggers top garden ideas
Compost
Compost is breaking down slowly this time of year but will benefit greatly from aeration and the addition of carbon (shredded paper, cardboard, dry leaves).
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Herb cuttings
Take cuttings of your herbs, such as rosemary and lemon balm.
Watering
Water smarter at this time of year. Check soil moisture before watering, in case of rain overnight and if dry apply a good soaking hose a couple of times a week.
Tool care
On cooler days you can embark on cleaning up the garden shed and cleaning, sharpening your tools. Remember they're your best helpers in the garden and need some love too!
Learn morePlants to plant now
Plant aquilegia, calendula, cineraria, delphinium, hollyhock, foxglove, linaria, nemesia, pansy, primula, polyanthus, poppy, viola.
Plant beetroot, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, coriander, garlic, lettuce, leek, parsnip, onions, oregano, radish, turnip, thyme
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