Seasonal Garden Info for Autumn

This is the busiest time of the gardening year, so here’s to a good workout in the garden …

Garden Clean up

• Rake autumn leaves for compost heap
• Prune shrubs/trees to allow new growth to harden off before winter sets in
• Place fresh pea-straw to help keep garden weed free

Lawns

• Fertilise lawns to keep green
• Autumn is the very best time to form a new lawn/revamp existing one
• Check for grass grub (dead patches in lawn) Apply ‘Soil Insect Killer’ now to control
• Lawn weed problems? Contact us to sort a out a solution.

Edible Garden

• Perfect time for planting winter veges beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts cabbages, cauli, silverbeet plus winter lettuces
• Dig out/bag up all of your potatoes/onion now. Harvest pumpkins store in cool dry place
• Autumn is a time to watch out for slugs/snails. Blitzem to control these pests
• Plant citrus, blueberries/raspberries also get ready to prune/tying raspberries now to encourage good fruiting season in summer.
• Sow green crops in cleared areas

Roses

• Lightly deadhead roses
• Leave hard pruning for winter

Trees/shrubs

• Fertilise camellias, rhodos, azaleas, Daphne, buxus hedging with “Rhodo fertiliser”
• Any potted plants – indoor/outdoor fertilise for autumn flush of growth
• Best time for planting trees and shrubs – While soil is still warm, this encourages root establishment
• Lightly trim hedges/topiary now before the frosts set in.
• Moving plants? - Dig around them but don’t move yet - Tip: - Don't move plants in flower

Contact us for more info.