Whether you are completely new to gardening or a green thumb from way back, you'll find a lot of useful info here in our Gardening Advice section.
Start with our monthly gardening guide where you'll find seasonal tips for all the things you need to do this month, next month and beyond.
If you're looking for help on a specific topic, try the Gardening Information section and if you don't find what you're after please contact us. We're more than happy to help.
Garden Guide for November
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The Flower Garden
- Plant fuchsias in shady parts of the garden that get dappled sunlight - they make a colourful summer display. Use lots of compost to get plants off to a good start.
- Fill pots and containers and hanging baskets with geraniums, cape daisies, impatiens, petunias, and calibrachoa, for bright, colourful summer displays.
- Continue planting annual summer flowers such as cosmos, marigold, lobelia, petunias, impatiens, alyssum and portulaca.
- Feed roses with Tui Rose Food and spray with 'Combat 3 in 1 for Roses' or 'Grosafe Freeflo Copper' to control insects and diseases.
- Water pots and hanging baskets daily. Feed weekly with liquid food such as 'iCan Fast Food' or a soluble plant food such as Phostrogen.
- Repot orchids that have finished flowering.
The Edible Garden
- This month keep sowing summer veggies such as lettuce, beans and beetroot for a continuous supply over summer. More on a planting vegetable plan for Whanganui.
- Give established veggie plants a side dressing of general fertiliser to keep growth active - remember to water well after feeding plants.
- Spray as necessary with 'Yates Mavrik' to keep insect pests at bay while keeping bees safe.
- Plant Basil and tomatoes together - they are good companion plants.
- Main crop potatoes can be planted now. More on potatoes.
- Keep feeding tomatoes regularly with liquid tomato food. More on tomatoes.
- Dust cabbage and cauliflower plants with Derris Dust to control white butterfly caterpillar.
- Set your codling moth traps. More on codling moth.