SPRING
Your Gardening Guide for September
COOL REGION
SPRING
Your Gardening Guide for September
COOL REGION
Welcome to September!
As September ushers in the first signs of spring, it's time to awaken your garden from its winter slumber. This month, focus on preparing your soil by adding compost and organic matter to nourish upcoming plantings. It's also the perfect time to plant warm-season crops ensuring a bountiful early harvest.
September Top Tips
#1 Sow peas
Sow peas and protect from snails and slugs. When pods develop, harvest regularly to promote continued cropping.
#2 Soil nutrition
Apply compost or an all-purpose fertiliser to all garden beds to provide a burst of nutrition.
#3 Sow tomatoes
Start sowing tomato plants indoors if you have not done so already,. They need several weeks of growth to be ready for transplanting in mid-late October.
#4 Fertiliser garlic
Give garlic an application of soluble fertiliser like Ocean Brew.
Diggers top pest tips
Aphids
When fresh buds appear on your roses, check for aphids on the new growth. If identified, spray with eco-oil.
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Leaf curl
Peaches and nectarines are covered in swelling buds that are about to burst, if you havent already, spray them with a copper based spray to prevent leaf curl (if they’ve already blossomed its too late).
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Diggers top garden ideas
Plant now
Plant out lettuce, spinach, rocket, endive, silverbeet, mustard greens, celery and root vegies: carrots, turnips, parsnips, beetroot.
Start your summer vegies
Get your summer vegie started in a greenhouse: capsicum, chilli, cucumber, eggplant, basil and cucurbits (zucchini, pumpkins, squash and melons). Hold off on planting young seedlings until the frost has passed.
Learn morePlants to plant now
Plant aquilegia, calendula, cineraria, delphinium, hollyhock, foxglove, linaria, nemesia, pansy, primula, polyanthus, poppy, viola.
Plant beetroot, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, coriander, garlic, lettuce, leek, parsnip, onions, oregano, radish, turnip, thyme
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