Garden guide: November - Warm Region

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Your Gardening Guide for November

WARM REGION

HELLO SPRING

Your Gardening Guide for November

WARM 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 Edible Flowers

Sow seed of edible flowers- cornflowers, zinnia, dianthus and sunflowers perform great in the heat.

#2 Compost

If you haven’t already, start a compost system. This reduces your garden and kitchen waste and is the best organic fertiliser you can get.

#3 Planting

Plant lots of heat loving crops- okra, chillies, snake beans, eggplant and tomatoes. Once these grow you can underplant with lettuces and salad greens.

#4 Attract birds

Plant to attract birds to your garden- native grasses will provide seed, grevilleas are great for nectar-feeding birds, like lorikeets and other parrots and spiky plants provide protection for small birds.

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 planting some strawberries!

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Diggers top pest tips

Fungal Problems

Check for insect or fungal problems on roses.

Slugs and snails

Monitor for slugs and snails (put out traps).

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Diggers top garden ideas

Roses

Enjoy a spring flush of rose blooms. Providing light fertilising soon after the spring flush of blooms and maintaining good soil moisture, will give another flush of blossom at Christmas time.