4 June 2023 | Fruit trees
Dealing with suckers! For the health of fruit trees, it is important to remove suckers at pruning time. Suckers are the shoots that grow from the rootstock beneath the graft on fruit trees. Most fruit trees are grafted, sometimes having several grafts on the one tree....
4 June 2023 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips
Pruning and care of fruit trees Pruning and care of fruit trees First published in July 2022 Top tips follow the timetable below for individual fruit trees prune on a warm, dry day, especially for apricots and cherries avoid using wound healing sprays remove suckers...
1 June 2023 | Gardening tips, June, Monthly Guides
What to plant in June in Melbourne Late in June begin planting seeds in punnets for early spring planting in late August/September. Succession plant some winter seedlings so that they will be available when your first crop finishes and carry you through to the time...
1 June 2023 | Gardening tips, June, Monthly Guides
Urgent jobs in the garden for June Make compost. Collect autumn leaves to make leaf litter or to add to compost. Mow the leaves before using. Add sparingly to compost as too much in a layer causes matting. Mix leaves well with other ingredients to prevent this. Net...
1 June 2023 | Gardening tips, Garlic, June, Monthly Guides, Root Vegetables
June garlic hint There is not much to do for garlic in June – it is now too late to plant it. Presuming you have weeded, mulched and watered your patch, you have done all you need to. Now it is time to wait until the shortest day after which garlic heads will...
25 April 2023 | Gardening tips
Compost activators, accelerators, starters, boosters, inoculators – do you need to pay for them? First, let’s define what terms like activators and accelerators mean. This is not easy because most people, including commercial manufacturers of such...
