Garden guide: November - Cool Region

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Your Gardening Guide for November

COOL REGION

HELLO SPRING

Your Gardening Guide for November

COOL REGION

FLOWER SEEDS TO SOW IN November

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Vegie SEEDS TO SOW IN NOVEMBER

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Welcome to November!

Traditionally the busiest month of the year in the garden, the spring garden is in its prime. There’s still lots of work to be done to prepare your garden now for a long hot summer ahead.

November Jobs

#1 Manure

If you have a spare plot you can improve the soil fertility by planting green manure. Use a good spring/summer mix with a diversity of seed.

#2 Tomatoes

Plant your tomato seedlings. Make sure you have a good selection with cherry, beefsteak, sauce and table varieties.

#3 Garlic

Check your garlic. Once the leaves are turning yellow and the stalks softening, it’s time to harvest.

#4 Sunflowers

Sow some sunflower seeds. They are quick to grow, provide happy summer colour and are a wonderful cut flower. Plant them in a nice sunny spot with compost enriched soil. 

November Essentials

It's time to get planting your last remaining crops in preparation for your summer harvest. We look at the benefits of living mulch and we get our hands dirty with some strawberries!

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Diggers top pest tips

Earwigs

Earwigs are prevalent at this time of year. Screwed up newspaper will attract them or using a takeaway container with lid on with a layer of tuna oil is a great earwig trap, empty out in the morning.

Read our article to learn more about controlling earwigs.

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Codling moth

Monitor for aphids, thrips, azalea lace bug and to prevent codling moth (attacks apples & pears), hang a codling moth trap.

Read our article to learn how to control and treat codling months.

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Diggers top garden idea

Planting

Plant some beneficial attracting plants to keep aphids, whitefly and other pests under control like alyssum, marigold, phacelia, daisies and flowers of parsley, dill and parsnip.

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