Spring is a busy time in the garden, the days are getting longer, the soil is warming up and it’s a perfect time to plant salad greens for summer, fragrant herbs and to fill your piece of paradise with colour to enjoy as the days get longer and warmer!
Planning ahead
Planning is important to ensure you get the most out of your spring garden. Consider the following when deciding what to plant in your garden: what you like to eat, how much room you have, and creating colour in your backyard.
Popular vegetable crops for planting in spring include: lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, beetroot, celery, onions, peas, beans and potatoes. These vegetable crops all grow well in garden beds. Later in spring, when the weather really starts to warm up and there is no longer the threat of frost, plant tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes and capsicums.
Vege Delights
If you have a smaller space planting in pots and containers is a great way to grow your own. Fresh salad greens including mesclun, rocket and lettuces are perfect for smaller spaces.
Tomatoes are a quintessentially Kiwi addition to every backyard – ideal for sandwiches and salads over summer! And again, even if you are restricted in space there are many varieties suited to smaller spots, such as Tumbling Tom and Megabite, which grow well in pots and containers.
Bring Bees to your Backyard
Filling your piece of paradise with vibrant floral displays that will bring joy on a daily basis – for both you and the bees! September is bee month so why not get in the garden and plant some bee friendly flowers. Plant borage, echinacea, sage, marigold, chamomile, purple tansy and nasturtium. Spring is also the perfect time for sowing seeds for bedding plants like begonia, chrysanthemum, cosmos, dianthus, geranium, gerbera, marigold, petunia and impatiens.
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We have a terrible problem with psyllids in our garden. Our potatoes produce tiny marbles instead of 'proper' spuds and they decimate our tomatoes and peppers too. What can you suggest please.
Ann Galloway
Hi Ann, use Tui Insect Eliminator for Fruit & Veges to control pysllid. Make sure you get good coverage on the underside of the leaf as that is where the pysllid is. You will need to spray regularly throughout the growing season at 7-14 day intervals, there is a withholding period before eating the vegetables so be sure to read the instructions on the pack. For a non chemical solution use a mesh tunnel or cloche over your potatoes, a white mesh is the best as this will allow light in. Thanks - Jenna, Tui Team
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