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28 August, 2023
Gardening tips for Spring
WITH Spring just around the corner, now is the time to get out in the garden.
As the days start to get longer and the cold winter chill becomes a distant memory, gardens start to burst into life.
Now is the perfect time to get your grass going, get out the garden fork and start to aerate your lawn. In early Spring, apply a weed killer to remove broadleaf weeds and follow this up a few weeks later with some quality lawn fertiliser to keep the grass growing strong and prevent new weeds coming through.
Early Spring is also the perfect time to prune trees and shrubs and to clear your garden and lawns of the withered leaves of winter.
Trim hedges to encourage new growth and if you haven’t already found time to do it, summer flowering shrubs should also be trimmed now.
Spring is the perfect time to plant almost anything so head down to your local nursery and have a browse.
Talk to the experts and see what would best suit your soil and weather conditions.
While the soil moisture is still high, new plants can become established before the heat starts to set-in.
Before the growing season sets in, just about everything in your garden will appreciate and thrive from a good dose of fertiliser.
Blood and bone is perfect for Australian natives, just throw a handful over every four square metres.
If you have a veggie patch, or are in the process of establishing one, dig some compost and manure through the soil and add some soluble fertiliser to any veggies already planted.
Potted plants around home will thrive with some liquid fertiliser and a dose of slow release fertiliser to keep them thriving during spring and summer.
As the weather warms up, aphids become active in veggie patches and on roses so make sure you apply a garden insecticide to keep them under control.
