1 February 2026 | Tomatoes
What is eating my tomatoes? If your tomatoes have large bites out of them or are half eaten, it will be rats or possums. If they have round holes that contain a calloused concave depression with solid edges, it will be the green caterpillar as seen in the photo below....
30 January 2026 | February, Gardening tips, Monthly Guides |
Urgent jobs in the garden for February Check Queensland Fruit Fly lures for fruit flies. Net your fruit trees including guava, feijoa, pear, apple, quince, loquat, persimmon, grape and olive plus tomatoes, eggplants and capsicums with fine net, tying tightly at the...
30 January 2026 | Gardening tips, January, Monthly Guides
Urgent jobs in the garden for January Spray summer vegetables with seaweed solution. Spray eggplant fruit with Dipel to prevent caterpillar infestation. Water citrus trees once or twice a week especially in extreme heat as they are shallow rooted and need water near...
26 November 2025 | December, QLD Fruit Fly
Queensland Fruit Fly alert – December This is the critical month for prevention of QFF in stone fruit and other soft fruits such as figs, loquats and cherries (assuming there is a 45 day window before ripening). Also protect citrus – especially lemons,...
25 November 2025 | December, Gardening tips, Monthly Guides
Urgent jobs in the garden for December Cover tomatoes, chillies, capsicum and eggplant with exclusion netting and weigh down the hem with soil, mulch or heavy objects so Queensland Fruit Fly cannot enter beneath the netting. Net your fruit trees with exclusion...
