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28 Wednesday August 26 2020 Gardening Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz SELWYN TIMES Use daylight to boost your time outside DAYLIGHT HOURS are on the increase and there is more time to devote to the garden. For gardens with poor drainage, soils are as wet as they’ll ever be, and wet cold soils are not very inviting for new plants. However, for re-vegetation planting (where plants will be left to survive on their own eg: trees, shrubs etc), this is the last month for safe planting. Citrus fruit trees should be cropping heavily this month. Keep feeding them throughout the growing period with a good quality citrus fertiliser. Remember citrus trees are frost tender, so position any new trees carefully when planting and take protective measures when frosts are occurring. For stone/pip fruit trees, now is an excellent time to do the last preventative fungal spray of copper oxychloride. It must be applied before bud burst as buds will be swelling on these trees in late August. Continue to harvest your winter crops in the vege garden. It is still too early to plant your summer salad vegetables; however, you can begin sowing MAINTENANCE: Now is the time to apply a preventative fungal spray to your stone/pip fruit trees. seeds of beans, cucumber, lettuce, pumpkins, peppers and tomatoes indoors. Prepare soil for the planting of early variety potatoes to be ready in time for Christmas. Winter flowering annuals such as cinerarias, pansies, primulas and violas will be at their very best. Summer annuals are better to be planted in September as daylight hours increase and soil temperatures rise. Bulbs should be in bloom soon – depending on the weather of course. Daffodils, hyacinths, muscari, jonquil and lachenalias all produce beautiful displays of colour at this time of year. Take note and mark the best flowering varieties in your garden as you may wish to lift and divide them later in the season. With roses, in many areas new growth should have commenced. Usually, new growth is ‘clean’ and not infected with the typical diseases that attack roses. Inspect your rose bushes regularly for early signs of any problems. It is still a little too early to apply fertiliser, so leave that until next month. However, you can apply fresh compost around the base of the rose bushes. For some, moss may well be appearing in parts of the lawn that are either shaded or particularly wet. These areas may require over-sowing in spring. The moss will slowly disappear as soil temperatures rise and the soil drains in the summer months. Protect your plants from the weather IT’S TIME for gardeners to celebrate. Temperatures are on the rise, producing signs of spring throughout the garden. September can be a wet and windy month so ensure you still protect plants where need be. It’s a busy but very enjoyable time, with colour and scents slowly coming back into the garden. Final harvesting and removal of winter maturing vegetables gives plenty of material for the compost bin. By staggering planting times, hopefully these vegetables have supplied you with continuous supplies over winter. Where conditions allow, ie soil not too wet and temperatures rising in your area, you can plant the Are you ready to grow? Kiwi Gardener is your practical guide to gardening in New Zealand. hardier vegetables for summer harvesting. Remember the more traditional summer vegetables will be planted in October. Those veges can include asparagus, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, onion, radish, silverbeet and spinach. Improve existing vege plots with plenty of compost before planting the new seasons vegetables. Keep a wary eye for slugs and snails as they emerge when temperatures increase. Time for preparing your summer flowering garden. Winter annuals are now coming to an end of their flowering. While it’s still a little early for planting traditional summer annuals, there are some that ‘transcend’ the typical grow- ANNUALS: If you are planting bulbs, identify the area. ing seasons and are very useful at this time of year. These include alyssum, calendulas, cornflower, lobelia, pansies and violas. If you wish to grow your own summer flowering annuals, seed should be sown now either in a glasshouse or in a warm, north facing enclosed patio. Sow and water regularly to ensure even germination. Seedlings should be ready for transplanting into the garden six to eight weeks after sowing. Carefully mark the position of your winter and spring flowering bulbs as you may wish to grow other plants in the same area over summer months. Where the bulbs have performed well, allow them to naturalise where they are growing. This applies especially to crocus, freesias, hyacinths, iris, lachenalias, muscari, narcissus, and watsonias. Stone fruit such as apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches and plums are all in bloom now, as are pip fruit such as apples and pears. Hopefully, weather conditions allow for pollination by bees. Last year’s heavy rainfall had a major impact on pollination. Rose growth is finally under way. Spring/early summer is the best time for roses with masses of blooms and plants usually disease free. The addition of compost around the base of existing plants is beneficial for plant health. Start feeding roses from October onwards with fertiliser. Cut lawns regularly in early spring, avoiding close mowing initially. First lawn fertiliser can be applied in late September/early October. LOOKING TO BUILD A FENCE BUT DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START? Modular laminated timber fencing panels are the perfect and easy solution for fencing your property. We’re excited to introduce our latest modular fencing system. We’ve been listening... 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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Wednesday August 26 2020 29 Hurunui Garden Festival 29th October to 1st November A bounty of gardens to admire and inspire, will be on show in the Hurunui district this Spring. The Hurunui Garden Festival has 17 gardens on offer, two self-driven tours off the beaten track and garden-based events to educate and entertain. It runs from Thursday, October 29 to Sunday, November 1. Visitors wanting to attend have until September 6 to take advantage of early bird specials. Launched in 2018 by a group of keen local garden owners to help the Hurunui district recover from the impact of the devastating earthquake of November 2016, the festival has become a popular event. Many visitors make it a long weekend so they can enjoy the many attractions the district has on offer. Hurunui Garden Festival Incorporated (HGF), is committed to investing back in its community. The committee will give a student, graduating from a Hurunui secondary school, a scholarship to the value of $2000 towards study in horticulture at their choice of University or Institute of Technology, on the occasion of HGF making a reasonable profit. Seventeen gardens, five of them new to the event, feature on this year’s festival programme. They are in six clusters and garden owners will be ready to greet you and share their stories of how they have created their gardens. A new tour, Mysteries of the Waipara Gorge, complete with iron sculptures, concretions and moa bones, has been introduced, while the Hidden Gems from the Lowry Hills to the Sea, makes its return. If you would you like to donate to the Hurunui Garden Festival scholarship fund you can do via a transfer to our bank account listed below - Account name: Hurunui Garden Festival Incorporated. Account number: 02-1278-0028459-00. Bank name: BNZ. Entry is $10 per garden, children under 18 free. Tickets for the tours are $95 per person and includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Tickets available now from hurunuigardenfestival.com
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