AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for March
SUBTROPICAL REGION
AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for March
SUBTROPICAL REGION
Welcome to March!
As summer fades, March is the perfect time to refresh your garden for autumn. In most regions, it's the ideal time for planting cool-season veggies like broccoli, spinach, and carrots. Whether you're sowing, tidying, or planning, March is a month of renewal for every Aussie gardener.
March Top Tips
#1 Clean up
A general garden clean-up is advisable after the wet season and before the vigorous growth of the dry season begins.
#2 Weed and mulch
Remove summer weeds and then apply a thick layer of mulch to prevent winter weeds from germinating.
#3 Fertilisers
Swap from nitrogen-rich fertilisers to flower and fruit fertilisers to reduce the risk of foliar fungal diseases.
#4 Check soil pH
pH test your vegetable and flower beds, using the results to guide soil conditioning.
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Grasshoppers
Watch out for grasshoppers, they can be a big nuisance in the garden, feeding on plant leaves, shoots, and roots.
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Citrus leafminer
Keep an eye out for citrus leafminer. If you find them active in your garden, pull off affected leaves, then bag and bin them.
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Prepare for seed sowing
March is the busiest month for sowing seeds of spring flowers and vegetables. Prepare beds and planter boxes for seeding.
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Plants to plant now
Now is a great time to plant winter tomatoes and subtropical bulbs such as blood lily, eucomis, alstroemeria and hippeastrum.
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