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What To Do This Week (Page 9 of 11)
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* Rain: Make best use of this wonderful rain and feed your garden and your lawn. Water now with seaweed and the rain will take it down to the roots where its needed. * Dead head finished rose flowers to make way for new flushes. Deep irrigate once a week with liquid manure or seaweed solution. Spray with Pestoil once a fortnig...
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Plant a water bowl or pond with water lilies. Aphids affect new growth in all climates. When they first appear, aphids can be squashed between gloved fingers or use low toxic Natrasoap to smother aphids if they persist.Feed your garden with pelletised manure after rain before mulching.Mulch with compost if you have it (or co...
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Watch for fruit fly on tomatoes, stone fruit, figs and mango. Wrap developing fruit in nylon hosery. Replenish bait in fruit fly traps and lures with Fruit Fly Attractant (Yates).Trim spent flowers of agapanthus (especially if you live near the bush), lilies, kangaroo paws, roses, dahlias, daylilies and all perennialsPlant heat ...
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Deep water once a week rather than shallow water once a day.
Dead head roses and spent perennials to encourage more flowers.
Don’t fertilse dry plants, water them first.
Mist your living Christmas tree with water every day while it is indoors.
Potted colour available now to decorate patios, courtyards and balconies. Choose N...
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Packaged rhubarb crowns are available now or you can split up and transplant sections of an established clump. Enrich the soil with lots of good aged organic matter and build it up into a slight mound. Plant with roots below soil level and the crown (where the shoots start) right at the surface. Rhubarb needs plenty of sun and g...
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