- An important month for planting the Winter vegetable garden.
- Vege gardens should be prepared prior to planting with compost, general garden fertiliser and lime if necessary.
- Plant seedlings of beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, spinach and silverbeet.
- Protect seedlings from slugs and snails with Quash or Blitzem.
- Watch for white butterfly caterpillar (use Derris Dust) and whitefly on vege seedlings (spray with Target or Mavrik).
- Feed seedlings with Nitrosol. Water in dry spells.
- Sow seeds of carrots, parsnips, radish, lettuce, spinach, silverbeet, beetroot (mild climates only), swede and turnip directly into the garden. These will need thinning later. Seeds of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts are best sown in trays for planting out later.
- Potatoes and kumaras can be harvested.
- Any areas of the vege garden which are not to be used for vegetables this winter can be planted with a green manure cover crop. This will be dug in later to enrich the soil for
spring and summer crops. Blue lupin, mustard or oats are good options. Make sure the mature crops will not shade vegetable plantings.
- March is the main month for harvesting pip and stone fruit.
- Feed citrus trees with Palmers Citrus Fertiliser.
- Plant herbs in pots or the garden. Parsley can be grown from seed sown now. Perennial herbs such as chives, mint, thyme, rosemary, sage and marjoram can be divided and replanted. Basil, a summer annual, should be harvested
before the cold weather. It can be dried or frozen.
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- It’s Bulb Time! Plant daffodils, tulips, ranunculus, anemone, grape hyacinth, iris, hyacinths, freesias, babiana, crocus, spring flowering gladioli, lachenalias. Bulbs can be planted
in the garden or in containers.
- Sow seeds of alyssum, aquilegia, calendula, candytuft, carnation, cineraria, cornflower, cyclamen, dianthus, forget-me-not, godetia, gypsophila, hollyhock, linaria, lobelia, nigella, pansy, polyanthus, primula, scabiosa,
snapdragon, and stock.
- Plant flowering annual seedlings; poppies, primula, pansies, polyanthus, stock, nemesia, penstemon, snapdragon … and many more.
- Protect all seedlings with Quash or Blitzem.
- Encourage earlier and better flowers by feeding seedlings with Thrive Flower & Fruit or Nitrosol.
- Polyanthus will thrive when you feed them with
Blood & Bone.
- Cut back, lift and divide perennials. Now is a good time to plant new ones.
- Feed all roses with Palmers Rose Fertiliser.
- Feed ornamental trees and shrubs while they are in active Autumn growth. Keep watering in dry spells.
- Spray roses with Super Shield. Alternate with
Rose Spray, to control pests and diseases.
- Plan winter rose planting and place your orders
now for new season’s roses. 
- Lift gladioli bulbs once they are finished flowering and store in a cool, dry place.
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