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What to do in the garden – October

What to do in the garden – October

We are so blessed to have had such a wonderful Wisdom Keeper in the past who volunteered her time to nurture our community gardens, Sue Anderson! She is still with us in spirit. She developed this comprehensive guide for our Community Gardens that can be used in your garden too and can be followed every month.
Thanks Sue!!

If you haven’t heard of Moon Planting then click HERE to learn the basics. You can view or download her Moon Phase Planting calendar below!

Sue’s Perpetual Gardening Calender.
The monthly jobs and moon plantings stay the same each year. The Moon calendar dates reflect the current year.

Jobs to do in OCTOBER!

o Compost – Keep compost piles damp and turn often

o Compost – compost and mulch well to conserve water with the coming summer heat

o Compost – compost and mulch asparagus

o Fertilize – feed tomatoes with magnesium (Epsom salts) 1 tablespoon Epsom salts to 9 litres water o Fertilize – apply fertilizer tea to young grapes, rhubarb, mango, passionfruit, pawpaw, bananas, melons asparagus, cabbage, leek, lettuce, silverbeet

o Fertilize – apply seaweed tea to grapes, pawpaw and ½ strength tea to kiwifruit

o Maintenance – hand pollinate passionfruit if your vine isn’t fruiting and companion plant with Queen Anne’s Lace and cosmos to attract bees

o Maintenance – prepare garden beds with temporary shade for the coming summer heat

o Pests – watch for fruit fly on tomatoes and capsicums and cover with exclusion bags

o Pests – watch for bronze orange citrus bug and spray with pyrethrum or knock off into a bucket of soapy water

o Pests – spray citrus with horticultural oil to disrupt wasps laying eggs

o Water – deeply water fruit trees once fruit appears

Click here to download and/or print the above Moon phases.

By |2023-09-18T10:34:28+10:00September 18th, 2023|In the Garden|0 Comments

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