23 September 2025 | Gardening tips, Monthly Guides, October
Urgent jobs in the garden for October Important tips for October! Add potash or wood ash (both potassium) to soil to increase flower and fruit set. Tie hessian or cardboard around apple, pear and quince tree trunks for codling moth to lay in (remove and burn in 4...
24 August 2025 | Gardening tips, Monthly Guides, September
Urgent jobs in the garden for September Make compost. Add potash or wood ash (both potassium) to soil to increase flower and fruit set. Tie hessian or cardboard around apple, pear and quince tree trunks for codling moth to lay in (remove and burn in 4 weeks then...
24 August 2025 | QLD Fruit Fly
Queensland Fruit Fly September alert – put out Ceratrap now As early as possible in September, hang Ceratrap lures in the canopy of trees such as lemons. This is in addition to Wild May which should have been in place during August and attracts overwintering...
24 July 2025 | August, Gardening tips, Monthly Guides
Urgent jobs in the garden for August Weed, weed, weed! As the weather warms in August, seed germinates and weeds take over. Make compost. Prune fruit trees once they have lost their leaves; remove all mummified fruit from the branches. Spray peach and nectarine trees...
