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September Spring Gardening Advice

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A spring check list for your garden!

Vegetables

Dig over the garden ready for spring planting, making sure to add compost and sheep pellets.  If you haven't already done so, dig in green crops such as mustard and lupins. Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower planted early should mature before the white butterfly becomes a problem (but if it does make sure to grab some insert product here). Tomatoes, capsicum and chilies need feeding from the signs of first flowers, this helps avoid leaf production at the expense of the flower development. If you haven’t already done so sprout seed potatoes for planting once risk of frost has gone. It’s a good idea to plant root crops together in the garden as they require less nitrogen than leafy crops.

Flowers

Plant annuals, herbs and perennials to encourage bees into your garden. Marigolds, Salvia, Alyssum and Lavender are all good options. Flowering trees and shrubs like camellias, Kowhai and magnolia are great at attracting native birds like Tui, Wax Eye and Fantails. Keep deadheading late winter/early spring flowering annuals and give them a feed with liquid food.

Lawn Care

New lawns can be sowed this month. For existing lawns top dress with a slow-release lawn fertiliser. Spray with Turfix to eliminate broadleaf weeds and prickle weed killer for Onehunga.

Fruit

All pruning should now be done and trees bursting with spring growth. Cooper should be sprayed pre bud burst and repeated after 10 days. Pick the last of your citrus crops or if planting new citrus trees – now the time. Get your strawberries planted if you haven’t already.

September Spring Fruit

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your apple trees
Apple

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your apricot trees
Apricot

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your feijoa trees
Feijoa

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your pear trees
Pear

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your strawberry plants
Strawberries

September Spring Citrus

Grapefruit
Grapefruit

Lemons
Lemons

Limes
Limes

Mandarins
Mandarins

Oranges
Oranges

September Spring Shrubs

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your blackberry plants
Blackberries

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your blueberry plants
Blueberries

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your boysenberry plants
Boysenberry

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your lavender plants
Lavender

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rasberry plants
Raspberries

September Spring Vegetables

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your asparagus plants
Asparagus

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your bean plants
Beans

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your beetroot plants
Beetroot

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your bok choy plants
Bok Choy

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your brocolli plants
Brocolli

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your cabbage plants
Cabbage

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your capsicum plants
Capsicum

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your carrot plants
Carrots

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your cauliflower plants
Cauliflower

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your celery plants
Celery

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your chilli plants
Chillies

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your courgette plants
Courgette

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your cucumber plants
Cucumber

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your eggplant plants
Eggplant

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your kale plants
Kale

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your kumara plants
Kumara

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your leek plants
Leeks

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your lettuce plants
Lettuce

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your mesclun plants
Mesclun

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your parsnip plants
Parsnip

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your pea plants
Peas

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your potato plants
Potatoes

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your pumpkin plants
Pumpkin

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your radish plants
Radish

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rhubarb plants
Rhubarb

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rocket plants
Rocket

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your silverbeet plants
Silverbeet

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your spinach plants
Spinach

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your spring onion plants
Spring Onion

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your sweet corn plants
Sweet Corn

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your tomato plants
Tomatoes

September Spring Herbs

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your basil plants
Basil

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your borage plants
Borage

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your chervil plants
Chervil

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your chive plants
Chives

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your coriander plants
Coriander

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your dill plants
Dill

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your mint plants
Mint

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your oregano plants
Oregano

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your parsley plants
Parsley

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rocket plants
Rocket

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your rosemary plants
Rosemary

Contact Amber Garden Centre for your thyme plants
Thyme

 

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