Selwyn Times: October 10, 2017
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 33<br />
Spring gardening guide | <strong>2017</strong><br />
intelligro is the leading landscape centre in the<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> district, providing top quality landscape and<br />
garden supplies to both commercial customers and<br />
the general public. Open 7 days a week, we are<br />
here to help you with your tasks, be it big or small.<br />
Spring is a time of growth and development, and the list of jobs to do is endless.<br />
With the weather warming up and daylight savings here, now is the perfect time to<br />
get stuck into the garden.<br />
Intelligro has made some exciting changes to their site, which we hope you will love.<br />
Entrance and exit is now available off Weedons Ross Road, as is the usual Main South<br />
Road entrance for now. Please adhere to all safety and speed signs, and follow the<br />
big green signs directing you to our new landscape centre.<br />
We look forward to seeing you in store soon!<br />
“To-Do List”<br />
• Veggie gardens are hugely popular. Whether they<br />
are raised beds, planters, pots or containers,<br />
Intelligro Veggie Garden Mix is ideal. It is packed<br />
with nutrients that your veggies will thrive on<br />
through the growing season. It is available in<br />
bulk, as well as in 35L bags. This is our top seller!<br />
• Healthy soil makes for healthy plants. Compost,<br />
fertiliser and mulch are essentials when it comes<br />
to creating and maintaining a healthy growing<br />
environment for whatever you are planting.<br />
Add these now if you haven’t done so yet.<br />
• If you are sowing seeds, make sure you have<br />
choose ones that will grow in our climate zone,<br />
and follow the sowing instructions. This will help<br />
to get the best results from the seeds.<br />
South Hort<br />
Vege Mix<br />
South Hort<br />
Organic<br />
Compost<br />
• If you are looking to plant tomatoes, wait until<br />
Labour Weekend unless you have a glasshouse.<br />
These hungry plants require a lot of nutrients<br />
through their growing season, and continue to<br />
need it even when they have started to produce<br />
their fruit. Using a top quality potting mix like Patio Plus, or Tomato Mix is essential<br />
for a bountiful crop. A topdressing fertiliser is on the must have list as well. You can<br />
use Intelligro Tomato Fertiliser or Top Dressing Fertiliser depending on where you<br />
have planted the tomatoes.<br />
Got a Gardening Question?<br />
Enter the fortnightly draw in the <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> by sending us any questions you have<br />
about gardening. We will happily answer your question, and you will gain automatic<br />
entry into the draw to win a $50.00 Intelligro voucher. Your question will also be<br />
published in the following fortnight’s edition!<br />
Questions can be sent to gemma@igro.co.nz<br />
Spring & Summer Hours<br />
Monday – Friday 7.30am – 5pm<br />
Saturday 8am – 4pm<br />
Sunday 9am – 3pm<br />
For information about all our products,<br />
as well as gardening tips and advice,<br />
head to our website www.igro.co.nz<br />
or give us a call on (03) 3479 415<br />
INTELLIGRO OFFERS:<br />
• Expert gardening advice<br />
• High quality products<br />
• South-Hort growing mixes<br />
• VIP rewards<br />
• Buy in-store and online<br />
• Handy delivery service<br />
Intelligro Gardening Calendar<br />
<strong>October</strong><br />
February<br />
June<br />
• Tend to your potatoes. Mound<br />
up the area once the foliage<br />
appears, fertilise with Intelligro<br />
Potato Fertiliser.<br />
• Sow new lawns.<br />
• Fertilise existing lawns, then<br />
water thoroughly.<br />
• Add organic compost and<br />
fertiliser to garden beds.<br />
• Fertilise strawberries and tidy up<br />
the beds. Remove long runners.<br />
• Use clay breaker on heavy clay<br />
soils.<br />
• Add organic compost to new and<br />
existing garden beds.<br />
• Keep up the watering. Don’t let<br />
pots dry out.<br />
• Time for a general pre-winter tidy<br />
up. Prune hydrangeas, weed the<br />
garden and add mulch.<br />
• Trim back any plants that will<br />
become a nuisance in winter.<br />
• Plant garlic and shallots on the<br />
shortest day.<br />
November<br />
March<br />
July<br />
• Plant tomatoes by Show<br />
Weekend. Don’t plant in the<br />
same spot as last year to avoid<br />
any diseases that could be in<br />
the soil.<br />
• Fertilise rhododendrons, azaleas<br />
and camellias.<br />
• Look for new vege plants that are<br />
ready to be planted out now.<br />
• Plant cabbage, cauliflower,<br />
lettuce, beetroot and kale.<br />
• Sow more carrots and radish.<br />
• Plant spring bulbs now.<br />
• Add mulch to garden beds in<br />
preparation for winter.<br />
• Sow broad beans now.<br />
• Roses can be pruned now. Ensure<br />
you pick a dry, sunny day to<br />
prune.<br />
• Trim back plant by about half.<br />
• Get any tools, including the<br />
mower blades, sharpened.<br />
261 Manion Rd, Weedons | info@igro.co.nz | www.igro.co.nz | Phone 03 347 9415
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