![]() ![]() This is in addition to either old manure or compost. I want the trace minerals that are an essential part of good health to be included in my vegetables so, at planting time, I sprinkle greensand, azomite powder and kelp meal on all of them. A nearby farm could have some old manure available at a reasonable price or check with your local garden store for bagged material. Most of my beds are about three feet wide (except for the ones up against the outside fence which I can only access from one side-these are preferably only two feet wide). Keep the beds relatively narrow you want to be able to comfortably reach into the middle while sitting or kneeling nearby. One of the easiest ways to plan a garden is to build raised beds far enough apart to mow in between them. Lift and divide perennials such as dahlias, echinacea, delphinium and hostas.Companion Planting Chart and Guide for Vegetable GardensĪfter deciding where the garden is going to go, it’s time to make a map. ![]() Collect seeds from poppy, wild flowers and other flowering annuals to grow your own free flowers in spring.Begin pruning in mild areas, and hold off pruning in cold areas until July or August.Deadhead or pinch out old flowers of snapdragons, stocks, polys and pansies to encourage a new flush of flowers.Put frost cloth or protection around delicate plants.If the infestation is larger spray with with a suitable insect spray. Be vigilant, if infestations are small blast them off with the hose. Aphids, mites and whitefly are all still moving about now, particularly if the weather is still warm.It also creates a tidy and cared for look. Add thick layers of Tui Mulch & Feed or Tui Pea Straw Mulch to garden beds and pots to conserve water, reduce weeds and add valuable nutrients back to the soil.Apply a side dressing of Tui Dried Blood to polyanthus and primula to prolong the flowering periods, particularly if heavy rains may have leached away valuable soil nutrients.Apply a side dressing of Tui NovaTec Premium fertiliser to pots and planters.Apply Tui Bulb Food to existing bulb plantings.Add a layer of Tui Mulch & Feed around the base of fruit trees, to keep the soil warmer over the winter months and help suppress weeds.Ĭyclamen, roses, forget-me-nots – annual bedding types, calendula, polyanthus, flowering kale, poppy, primula, viola, pansy, snapdragon, sweet William, allysum, daffidol, tulip, hyacinth.Ĭamellias, leucadendrons, wallflowers, winter roses – hellebores, dianthus, violets, daphne, iberis, snapdragons, kowhai, flowering kale. Keep areas around fruit and fruit trees weed free.Rot can quickly spread throughout a whole harvest within a week or two. Check harvested fruit to make sure nothing is rotting, remove fruit as soon as its starts to decay.Collect and compost any rotting fruit from under fruit trees. ![]() Blast off with a hose, apply warm soapy water, or select a suitable spray from your garden centre.
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