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Your Gardening Guide for January
TROPICAL REGION
SUMMER
Your Gardening Guide for January
TROPICAL REGION
VEGIE SEEDS TO SOW IN January
Shop nowWelcome 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 Lemongrass
Plant some lemongrass – this is decorative and delicious and is great used in soups and curries as well as in teas.
#2 Pests & Diseases
The heavy rains raise the humidity, and the warmth brings insects, so keep a lookout for any diseases or pests in the garden.
#3 Cuttings
Take cuttings from your perennial herbs - mint, bergamot, bee balm, thyme, rosemary and oregano will strike well
#4 Plant
Plant wet season crops like amaranth, kang kong, Ceylon spinach, asparagus pea, sweetcorn, taro.
October Essentials
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
Aphids, scale and ants
Watch out for aphids, scale & ants. This trio are linked together. They suck the juice from citrus and many other trees & plants with new leaf growth. Attract ladybirds and hoverflies to your garden with beneficial plantings: dill, fennel, Queen Anne's lace, cosmos.
Learn more about ants
Root Knot
Root knots are likely to show up in many gardens with waterlogged soil. Improve drainage and build good soil structure with additions of compost & organic matter.
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