august
August Flower Garden
· Complete pruning roses and spray with Grosafe Copper and Enspray Oil once pruned.
· As new growth appears on your roses spray with Super Shield or Combat for Roses to protect from pests and diseases.
· Plant trees and shrubs now to maximise spring growth.
· Feed trees and shrubs with ican Slow Food towards the end of the month.
· Feed Sasanqua Camellias with Tui Acid Fertiliser and prune if necessary.
· Plant pansies, polyanthus, primulas, stock, hollyhock, carnations, forget-me-not and delphiniums. Feed with Tui Dried Blood for huge blooms.
· Protect young flowering annuals with Slug Slam.
· Replant containers and baskets with new seasons flowering annuals.
· Apply Tui lawn Fertiliser to stimulate growth.
· Prune spindly growth on hydrangeas back to strong shoots.
August Edible Garden
· Plant out seedlings of broccoli, beetroot, cabbages, brussel sprouts, carrots, cauliflowers, onions, peas, perpetual spinach, parsnip, radish and silverbeet.
· Dig in green manure crops.
· Set seed potatoes to sprout.
· Feed strawberries with Tui Strawberry Food.
· Fertilise all fruit trees with ican Slow Food.
· Protect young seedlings from slugs and snails with Slug Slam.
· Plant rhubarb plants. Lift and divide existing rhubarb.
· Spray broad beans, brassicas and other seedlings with Grosafe Copper to control leaf spot and fungal diseases.
· Plant asparagus crowns.
· Spray deciduous fruit trees with Grosafe Copper to protect from pests, diseases and leaf curl.
· Lift and divide perennial herbs such as chives and tarragon at the end of the month.