- Time to start preparing the soil for spring vegetable planting. Cultivate empty spaces, digging in autumn sown green crops. Add compost and lime if necessary. Do not
cultivate wet, boggy soils.
- Sow seeds of broccoli, cabbage, broad beans, cauliflower, peas, lettuce, onions, radish, spinach, silverbeet, swede and turnips. In warmer districts sow carrots, parsnips and
beetroot.
- Plant seedlings of artichoke, cauliflower, lettuce, onions, potatoes, rhubarb, silverbeet and cabbage. Use of a cloche in cooler districts will allow earlier plantings.
- Protect seedlings from slugs and snails with Blitzem or Quash.
- Protect winter vegetables with Champ DP to prevent fungus diseases.
- Plant early potatoes in warm climates. Sprout in a sunny location prior to planting.
- Plant garlic and shallots.
- Plant asparagus crowns.
- Plant strawberry plants. Plant new fruit trees; citrus, apples, pears, plums, peaches and nectarines.
- Prune deciduous fruit trees. Protect cuts with Bacseal Pruning Paste.
- Protect deciduous fruit trees with Champ DP and Conqueror Oil to protect from pests and diseases.
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- Sow seeds of aquilegia, delphinium, dianthus, forget-me-not, larkspur, nemesia, pansy, primula, salvia, snapdragon, stock, sweetpea and wallflower.
- Plant seedlings of pansies, primula, sweet pea, lupin, stock, lobelia, larkspur and dianthus.
- Protect young seedlings from slugs and snails with Blitzem or Quash.
- Feed seedlings with Thrive Soluble Plant Food.
- Cut back untidy growth of perennials, divide
and replant.
- Prune roses. See Palmers Guides to Growing
Roses for details.
- Plant new season's roses.
- Protect roses with Champ DP and Conqueror Oil to guard against scale, mites, aphids, and fungus diseases.
- Plant trees and shrubs adding Magamp and
generous quantities of compost to the planting
hole.
- Feed spring bulbs with a side dressing of Tui
Bulb Food and feed with Phostrogen as flower
heads appear.
- Towards the end of the month plant gladioli,
tuberous begonias, dahlias and calla lilies
for summer flowering. Prepare the ground prior to planting adding Palmers General Garden Fertiliser. Gladioli will flower approximately 100 days after planting.
- Apply a mulch around trees and shrubs
to retain moisture for the spring and
summer.
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