WINTER
Your Gardening Guide for August
SUBTROPICAL REGION
WINTER
Your Gardening Guide for August
SUBTROPICAL 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 Plant
Plant a paw paw for summer shade and delicious seasonal fruit.
#2 Sow
Sow coriander in pots and garden beds to achieve a healthy harvest before the weather turns.
#3 Pests
Keep an eye out for citrus pests like Citrus Gall Wasp and Citrus Leaf Miner. They will be active towards the end of the month.
#4 Harvest
Harvest coffee beans now. Slow roast over a low fire and savour that homegrown cup.
Diggers top pest tips
Rust fungus
Frangipani are losing their leaves, which often carry the rust fungus. Collect fallen leaves and bag and bin to prevent reinfection.
Bindii weed
Control bindii weed before they set seed that can become rampant in summer.
Fruit fly
Keep monitoring for fruit fly. If you observe their presence, remove spoiled and fallen fruit to reduce the risk or reinfection next season. Bag and dispose into the garbage.
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Melons
Watermelons and rockmelons take a long time from planting until ripening. To enjoy the fruit during summer, plant as soon as possible when it gets warm.
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Tool care
In these cooler months, time to give your tools some love- sharpen, clean, oil and maintain your garden tools. Practicing tool hygiene will prevent the spread of disease.
Prune roses
Prune roses this month if you didn’t do it in July and fertiliser with rose fertiliser at the end of August.
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