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Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 15 <strong>2017</strong> 41<br />
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NOVEMBER IS a great month to<br />
be working out in the garden.<br />
There are masses of new growth<br />
on most plants, new season<br />
vegetables are growing at a fast<br />
rate, summer flowering annuals<br />
are bursting into bloom – it’s all<br />
happening.<br />
Vegetables to be planted this<br />
month are beans (dwarf and runner),<br />
beetroot, cabbage, celery,<br />
corn, cucumber, courgettes, lettuce,<br />
pumpkin, radish, tomatoes<br />
and kumara. Water all developing<br />
vegetable plants regularly but not<br />
excessively.<br />
Ensure you stake and tie up<br />
tomatoes and remove lateral<br />
growth. Apply side dressings of<br />
fertiliser, especially to the “gross”<br />
feeders such as sweetcorn.<br />
Flowering annuals should now<br />
have outstanding displays of<br />
colour. Summer annuals to plant<br />
include; alyssum, ageratum, aster,<br />
candytuft, cornflower, cosmos,<br />
livingstone daisy, marigold,<br />
nemesia, phlox, petunias, salvias,<br />
strawflower and zinnias.<br />
Dead head (the removal<br />
of finished flowers) regularly<br />
throughout the growing season to<br />
encourage continuous blooming.<br />
This is one of the most rewarding<br />
months for cultivating<br />
roses. Plants are often covered in<br />
TIDY: Try to think outside the box when planting a hedge. Right – It’s time to break out the tools and harvest some early summer<br />
vegetables.<br />
wonderful blooms and are usually<br />
disease free. Remove flowers once<br />
they have finished to encourage<br />
further flowering. Fertilise with<br />
fertiliser every five to six weeks<br />
throughout spring/early summer.<br />
This will encourage strong<br />
growth and full blooms. If you<br />
notice signs of disease or pests –<br />
spray immediately. Remember<br />
that once you commit to spraying,<br />
you must follow a regular<br />
regime throughout the season.<br />
Hedges can now be trimmed<br />
(where required) after the initial<br />
spring growth spurt. Continue to<br />
trim on the ‘little and often’ principal<br />
as this will help encourage a<br />
strong dense form.<br />
When planting a hedge, try<br />
and think a little outside the box<br />
and investigate alternative plants<br />
to create an edible or flowering<br />
hedge.<br />
Ensure you do not plant trees<br />
that grow to 8m if you only require<br />
a 2m hedge.<br />
Lawns can be fertilised in<br />
<strong>November</strong> to help create a lush<br />
dense lawn.<br />
This is also possibly the last<br />
month to sow a substantial<br />
new lawn or patch up an existing<br />
lawn before the dry weather<br />
arrives.<br />
Choose grass varieties that are<br />
suitable for your site or a mixture<br />
of grasses which are useful in<br />
creating an all year-round lawn.<br />
Ornamental trees and shrubs<br />
can be fertilised with general<br />
garden fertiliser, coinciding with<br />
active late spring/early summer<br />
growth.<br />
Repeat applications every six<br />
weeks until the hot dry summer<br />
months. Further applications<br />
of mulch can be made now and<br />
throughout summer.<br />
The herb garden should be<br />
thriving in <strong>November</strong>; the<br />
warmer the temperatures, the better<br />
herbs grow.<br />
You may need to ‘thin out’<br />
some of your herbs as they can<br />
grow rather vigorously and<br />
‘swamp’ out neighbouring herbs.<br />
Continue to trim, even if not<br />
eaten as this encourages fresh<br />
new growth.<br />
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