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Hi All,
Happy New Year and welcome to the first newsletter for January. Summer has finally kicked off and there's never been a better time to cleanup and start planting new veges and flowers. With the weather we've had, it's been the perfect conditions for fungal diseases, so keep up with a regular fungal spray to prevent this and feed with a liquid plant food to aid plant health.
Next week will see the first of the Spring Bulbs arriving, so start preparing your garden and containers. If tropical plants like Palms, Frangipani, Bougainvillea, Hibiscus, Gardenia, Bird of Paradise are more your style then it's the perfect time to visit you nearest Kings. We have started the Palm Sale this week and the branches are full of great Palm deals and many other great tropical savings!
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In Your Edible Garden
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If you've just come back from your summer holidays and the vege garden is in need of an overhaul, then it's not too late. We still have a great range of vege seedlings available including dwarf beans, basil, celery, chives, parsley, silverbeet, spring onions and so many more. With the summer looking like it's going to be long and hot, fresh crops of veges will have plenty of time to mature.
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Tomatoes will be fruiting heavily now so it's a great time to keep up the feeding. Kings Liquid Tomato Food is formulated to ensure the healthiest plant and top quality fruit, and used weekly you will reap the rewards!
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A edible favourite of mine is the Chilean Guava. Perfect as a low growing hedge, container specimen or garden plant. They form an attractive plant to 1.5m high, glossy dark green leaves, with the new growth tinged red. Smothered in flowers, followed by fruit in February to March. Sweetly scented and the kids will love these tasty treats!
In Your Flower Garden
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Spring Bulbs are instore so start preparing the garden for planting. Anemone, Ranunculus, Gladioli Nanus, Hyacinth, Dutch Iris, Tulips and Freesia with more to follow in the coming weeks. Dig in some compost and at planting time use a bulb food. If growing in containers plant with Debco Bulb Potting Mix. Come instore today and don't forget to pick up some bulb fertiliser while you are here!
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Fill up those dull spots in the garden with potted colour. We have a great selection including Alyssum, Begonia, Celosia, Cosmos, Gazania, Impatiens, Marigolds, Petunia, Salvia and so many more.
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Add a touch of Blue to the garden with Salvia Victoria Blue. Covered in spikes of tubular violet-blue flowers for many months. Simply keep up the feeding with Kings Liquid Fast Food and remove the old flower heads. New flowers will continue to form throughout the season.
In Your Garden
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Bougainvillea are flowering all over Auckland and what a magnificent show of colour. We currently have the old time favourites like Scarlet O'Hara and Magnifica Traillii as well as Yani's Delight which is covered in masses of Pink to white blooms offering instant colour.
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Our famous Palm Sale is on now and we have a huge selection of Palms including Cycad, Bangalow, King, Dwarf date, Majestic and so many more. Create that Tropical paradise in your garden today. Stock are limited so hurry instore now!
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Vireya Rhododendron are another perfect compliment for any garden. The large tropical blooms in shades of Red, Orange, Yellow, Pink smother the plant, some beautifully scented.
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Hawaiian and Fijian Hibiscus have arrived and are starting to flower. If you really want the biggest and brightest blooms it's good to see them in flower. Stunning reds, yellows, pinks are just some of the amazing colours available.
In Your Garden Shed
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Mildew and Blight are two fungal diseases that a number of our customers have brought instore for identification. Mildew, a fine white powdery spot that starts to appear on the leaf and then spreads and Blight, a dark patch or spot that appears on the leaf or stems of crops like Tomatoes and can spread to the fruit causing brown rotting patches. Some products that will help with these problems are Liquid Copper - a natural fungicide and excellent as a preventative measure. For the Blight especially, another product that has been popular is the Yates Tomato Dust - No mixing involved, simply dust onto the plant. This product will also control caterpillars and other insects.
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If your having other insect problems in the garden, a favourite spray of mine, especially for the vege garden is the Beat-a-bug Insect Spray. It comes in a ready to use trigger pack and is made of Garlic, Chilli and Natural Pyrethrum. It work well on controlling and repelling Aphids, White Fly, Thrips, Caterpillars, slugs, leafhoppers and more. Just wait one day after spraying before picking sprayed veges.
Don't forget to have a look at our amazing competition from Winter Gardenz Greenhouses. Click Here view it now!
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