SUMMER
Your Gardening Guide for February
WARM REGION
SUMMER
Your Gardening Guide for February
WARM REGION
Welcome to February!
The official end of summer can bring some surprising weather conditions. Keep plants healthy to keep your garden healthy.
February Top Tips
#1 Watering
Water deeply, less often to encourage stronger roots. Avoid wetting the foliage and avoid watering in the middle of the day. Early morning or evening is best.
#2 Pruning
Cut back summer flowering shrubs as the flowers fade and remove summer annuals and wildflowers as they begin to die back. Leave a few plants in and trying collecting your own seed.
#3 Fertilise
Fertilise Citrus trees and top up mulch.
#4 Tomato tip
Tomatoes are fruiting, so keep watering consistent to reduce the likelihood of blossom end rot.
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Watch nowDiggers top pest tips
Caterpillars
Monitor your cabbage or broccoli for caterpillars. Spray both sides of leaves with Dipel to protect.
Learn moreWhite cabbage moth
Protect all Brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, kale) from white cabbage moth.
Learn moreBlack spot
Black spot is a disease that affects many roses, particularly during humid weather. Use Eco fungicide. To reduce the disease, regularly remove leaves showing black spots (bag & bin) and encourage good air circulation.
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Diggers top garden idea
Green Manure
Consider a green manure crop to add life to an overworked patch. Sow lablab, cow pea, mung bean, soy bean and millet.
This will improve your soil immeasurably.
Diggers recommends
Diggers recommends
Rockdust
Fruit & Citrus Fertiliser 2kg
The Bee Friendly Seed Collection
Plants to plant now
Plant leeks, capsicum, chillies, cabbage, silverbeet, lettuce, sweet corn, cauliflower, broccoli and tomatoes towards the end of the month.
Plant some banana, pineapple and mangos.
Plant marigolds and sunflowers to add colour and interest and act as beneficial insect attractors
Get ready for March
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