Prepare any empty flower and vegetable beds for Autumn planting of cool season plants by digging through Soil Conditioner.
Check your vegetable garden for pests such as leafminer on citrus. Remove any damaged leaves and protect with fortnightly applications of Eco-Oil.
Be on the lookout for powdery mildew on your plants which looks like they have been lightly dusted with icing sugar. Spray if necessary with Eco-Rose which is safe for use on edible crops.
Lightly prune NSW Christmas bush if you have not already to mantain shape
Cuttings of many evergreen plants can be struck at this time. Keep them in a protected position out of the sun.
Remove spent seed heads of agapanthus and any other fading flowers in the garden.
Protect developing fruit from fruit fly with Fruit Fly trap or make your own lure with vegemite and brown sugar.
Clear up fallen tomatoes lying on the ground.
Cover fruiting fig trees with a bird net to prevent developing fruit being attacked by birds. Or put a red rubber snake in your fig tree to scare off birds.
Do not feed your garden in very hot weather, will place too much stress on root systems.
Do not use chemical sprays once temperature reaches 28 degrees, or you will burn your plants. Best time is early evening, once the sun has set.
Water your plants and not your garden. Give each plant a watering can full of diluted seaweed solution once a week in very hot weather.
Spray Hibiscus with Confidor to prevent hibiscus beetle from damaging flowers
Feed gardenias each month through summer with pelletised manure and water with liquid feed such as Phostrogen Acid Loving Plant Food and Tonic.
Prune and feed petunias for another flush.
Trim runaway shoots on wisteria
Support growing dahlias with thin bamboo stakes
Turn compost to accelerate the decomposition process
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