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$7.90 incl. GST SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 25 Gardening Winter conditions require different techniques TYPICAL WINTER conditions now dominate with frosts, chilly prevailing winds, wet and cold soil – hardly inviting gardening weather. However, the gloom of winter is ‘lightened’ by the appearance of flowers on azaleas, camellias, daphne, early flowering rhododendrons and the first of the flowering cherries ‘Prunus campanulate’. Houseplants A reminder not to overwater your houseplants in winter, some plants require watering only once a week. A light misting of indoor plants with lukewarm water helps prevent leaves from drying in heated indoor conditions, you may need to shift your houseplants during the winter months as parts of the house can become too dark for healthy growth. Vegetable garden Continue harvesting winter maturing vegetables, artichoke (Jerusalem), broccoli, brussells sprouts, cabbages, cauliflowers, carrots, celery, leeks, lettuce, parsnips, peas, silverbeet, spinach and swedes. Spread compost around maturing vegetables as this helps absorb excess water during winter downpours and eventually improve the soil. By raising vegetable plots drainage is enhanced and vegetable growth improved. Flowering annuals Winter flowering annuals should now be providing masses of colour in your garden and containers. Remove dead flowers, ‘deadheading’ from the plants to encourage continuous blooming throughout winter. Flowering annuals for winter display include ageratum, calendulas, cineraria, cornflower, nemesias, pansies, poppies, primulas, snapdragon, stock and sweet pea. Fruit trees After completing the annual pruning of fruit trees, spray with Copper Oxychloride to reduce the possibility of fungal disease reappearing in spring. Kiwifruit can now be pruned as all the fruit have been harvested. In warmer areas a number of citrus are now ripening, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit and early oranges. Complete any plantings of new pip and stone fruit trees. COLD HANDS: <strong>July</strong> is the time to dig plenty of compost into the soil and to prune plants. Ornamental trees and shrubs Garden centres now have the widest range of trees and shrubs. <strong>July</strong> is a very ‘safe’ month for planting so prepare individual planting sites thoroughly with plenty of compost. Roses Complete your annual rose pruning, spray with Copper Oxychloride after pruning. Plant new specimens where required as garden centres have excellent supplies in <strong>July</strong>. Plant into wellprepared soil to which compost has been added. Prune your new plants to outward facing buds before planting. Container gardens Potted colour (winter annuals grown to the flower stage) brightens up a dreary winter garden and provides an instant flowering effect. Always use a good quality container mix or potting mix. Lawns A quiet month for lawn maintenance, but an excellent time to have the blades on your mower sharpened. Check for wet areas in your lawn that will require remedial drainage work in summer. BACKYARD CRITTERS Mike Bowie is an ecologist who specialises in entomology (insects and other invertebrates). Each week he introduces a new species found in his backyard at Lincoln. His column aims to raise public awareness of biodiversity, the variety of living things around us. Check out the full list of invertebrates found at http:// naturewatch.org.nz/projects/ backyard-biodiversity-bugs-inlincoln Small bee with a very important future OUR SMALLEST native bees are called sweat bees, which belong to the family Halictidae. THe most common of these bees is the 4-6mm long Lasioglossum sordidum. These species are the second most common of all our native bees. With long wings compared to body size and moderately hairy bodies, they have a fly-like appearance. Males have longer and thinner abdomens compared to the females, but both are black in colour. Although Lasioglossum sordidum have short tongues for foraging, their small size allows bees into a high proportion of flowers. Females have been recorded foraging on 139 flowering species. Although this bee is considered a solitary species, they do sometimes forage from the same nest, suggesting some degree of social organisation. Nests are usually found in soil in flat, open areas with little vegetation. Entrance holes are 1.5-2mm in diameter but head almost vertically downwards up to 400mm. Oval-shaped cells radiate horizontally. Adult bees live between 6 to 8 weeks. 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