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Friday, May 22, 2009

November in your garden

Plant herbs and summer supplies. Some seeds can be sown directly into the garden e.g. beans, peas, pumpkin, courgettes, carrots, beetroot, parsnip, radish and sweetcorn. Sow others in trays e.g. lettuce, cabbage, eggplant, leeks, spring onions. For continuous harvesting sow at 3 weekly intervals.

Feed your plants regularly with a good organic fertiliser. Hoe regularly to keep the weeds at bay. Mulch your flower beds to conserve moisture, and keep pests away from roses and other shrubs. If you have already had blooms of roses and other flowering shrubs, prune the blooms away once they have finished flowering.

Apple trees may be under attack from codling moth. Put codling moth traps in your apple trees (one trap for every four trees) to prevent larvae entering the fruit. Watch out for the white butterfly in the vegetable patch.

Fruit trees should be well mulched to conserve water. Cut off emerging suckers from berry plants to minimise energy waste. Net your plants to protect them from birds, and watch out for fungal infections ona ll fruit trees and strawberry plants.

Watch out for root rot. It flourishes if a warm spring and summer come after a wet winter. Clip evergreen hedges.

VEGE PATCH
Harvesting Beetroot, broccoli, cabbage cucumber, beans, kohl rabi, radish, squash.

Planting
Warmer areas: Plant or sow basil, cabbage, capsicum, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, kumara, melons, onions, parsnips, pumpkin, squash, spring onions, radish, silver beet, swede, tomato, turnip, sweet corn and zucchini.

Cooler areas: Sow seeds or plant seedlings of basil, bok choy,capsicum, florence fennel, dwarf and climbing beans, corn salad, broccoli, burssels sprouts, silverbeet, cabbage, carrot, celery, chicory, cucumber, leeks, lettuce, cauliflower, parsnip, peas and tomatoes.

FLOWER GARDEN
Sow and plant: Alyssum, Ageratum, Asters, Begonia, Candytuft, Carnation, Celosia, Cosmos, Cornflower, Dahlia, Dianthus, Delphinium, Forget-me-not, Gazania, Impatiens, Larkspur, Linaria, Linum, Lobelia, Lupin, Marigold, Nemesia, Petunia, Phlox, Poppies, Portulaca, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Snapdragon, Statice, Strawflower, Sunflower,Sweetpeas, Sweet william, Verbena, Violas, Viscaria and Zinnias. Cannas, hippeastrum, poppies can be planted now. Gladiolus corm and Dahlia tubers can be planted for summer flowering.

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by doris 11 Aug 11, 5 replies : Last Post

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doris 1 posts	carrots and beetroot Posted 11 Aug 11 2:38 PM every year I plant y seeds for carrots and beetroot, I have very poor crops. every thing else I grow is good but not these. Can anyone help me with this.

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Orchidmaniac 48 posts	Re: carrots and beetroot Posted 27 Oct 11 8:11 PM How do you prepare the soil for them? They like to have fairly free draining soil, so maybe next year, dig a bit of sand into it. Also, try digging down about 20/30cm, and make it nice and friable. Good luck!

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sustainablebackyard 1 posts	Re: carrots and beetroot Posted 13 Jan 12 4:09 PM I sow carrots into a depressed rows, but as they need light to germinate, I dont cover them with soil, rather lightly water them.

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Jane 9 posts	Re: carrots and beetroot Posted 14 Jan 12 10:37 AM Hi Doris, When you say poor crop......do you mean poor in terms of germination rate or size of roots?

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Anonymous 177 posts	Re: carrots and beetroot Posted 22 Jan 12 2:41 PM I didn't know they need light to germinate?? I sow carrots and radish together in the same row and get good results from both. The radish mature earlier and by harvesting them, they leave plenty of room for the carrots. I still have to thin the carrots.

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Orchidmaniac 48 posts	Re: carrots and beetroot Posted 23 Jan 12 4:06 PM I havnt had any trouble either. I have never heard of carrots needing light to germinate in all the years i have been gardening. Although, most packs recommend a sowing depth of around 6-7mm

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