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Your Gardening Guide for January
HOT REGION
SUMMER
Your Gardening Guide for January
HOT REGION
Welcome to January!
While the hot summer heat can slow us down, your garden can still thrive with just a few small, mindful tasks. See below our top tips that will encourage your garden to flourish in the summer sun.
January Top Tips
#1 Amaranth
Plant some amaranth. Amaranth makes a stunning addition to your garden and although it thrives in the summer months, it may need extra watering when conditions are dry.
#2 Sunflowers
Continue planting sunflowers for colour and attracting beneficial insects to your garden. Find a sunny spot and plant the seeds to double the depth of the seed.
#3 Feed
It’s a good time to give things a bit of a feed to encourage strong, vigorous plants. Compost and seaweed teas or organic liquid fertilisers are great for quick uptake of nutrients..
#4 Planting
If you can irrigate, then plant sweetcorn, zucchini, basil, tomato, tomatillo, cucumber, beans, silver beet, summer squash and watermelon.
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Get some hot tips and tricks for garden success this October, from pricking out, to seed saving rules as well as planting edible tubers.
Watch nowDiggers top pest tips
Powdery mildew
Powdery mildew can affect many plants now with humid weather. Encourage good air circulation (don't overcrowd). Remove badly affected foliage and apply Eco-fungicide.
Learn more about powdery mildew
Protect
Bird netting over the entire vegie patch will keep birds and possums out.
Learn more about possums
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Encourage ladybirds and lacewings
Encourage ladybirds and lacewings (natural predators to thrips) by planting beneficial plants: dill, coriander, Queen Anne's lace, Fennel, Tansy, Cosmos, Coriander and Marigolds.
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