Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Spring seed, veggies, deciduous fruit trees, summer bulbs, magnolias and flowering cherries.
Tend To
Preparing, protecting, feeding, pruning, spraying, mulching, deadheading, and repotting.
Essentials
Seed Raising Mix, Yates Liquid Copper, Kings Dried Blood, Quash, FreeFlo Copper, Aquaticus Glow, and more.
Plant Now
Spring seed, veggies, deciduous fruit trees, summer bulbs, magnolias and flowering cherries.
Veggies
- Sow spring seed now, including peas, beans, lettuce, celery, broccoli and cauliflower.
- Plant potatoes now.
- Grow tomatoes and chilli from seed inside before transplanting them outside in September.
- It may still be too early to plant basil; instead plant parsley, coriander, thyme and mint.
Fruit Trees
- Don’t forget to buy your deciduous fruit trees now.
Trees and Shrubs
- Magnolias and flowering cherries will be in stores this month - plant them early to enjoy their beautiful blooms this spring.
Flowers and Perennials
- Plant summer bulbs now
Tend To
Preparing, protecting, feeding, pruning, spraying, mulching, deadheading, and repotting.
Veggies
- Start preparing for spring and summer now! Dig in compost crops and start weeding beds to ensure you’re ready and prepared to plant this spring.
- Continue to use Quash for slugs and snails
- Start feeding your veggies regularly from mid-August.
Fruit Trees
- Thoroughly spray with a mix of FreeFlo Copper and Aquaticus Glow before they burst into life. By winter spraying with these two organic products you reduce the risk of diseases and pest problems over the coming seasons.
- If you are going to graft or espalier fruit trees, do this in late August to mid-September.
Trees and Shrubs
- Mulch around trees with Living Earth More Than Mulch. Feed the whole garden with Kings Garden Booster
- Put up wasp traps as queens begin to come out of hibernation.
- Cut down your compost crops in early August and dig into your garden beds.
- Mulch roses well and give a final spray using Yates Liquid Copper before bud-burst.
- Remove any fallen camellia flowers, as these can be slippery when left on the ground.
- Time to trim and shape early flowering camellias, wait till blooming is finished and then trim.
Flowers and Perennials
- Deadhead pansies and viola.
- Early spring bulbs will now be flowering – cut and gift to a friend or family member!
- Continue to feed with Kings Dried Blood and Kings Blood & Bone.
Lawns
- As it warms up you can begin to repair your lawn or plant up any new patches. Or if moss has become a problem apply Kings Lawn Moss Control, just be careful around paving as it can stain it.
Indoor Plants
- You can start to repot plants at the end of August.
- Turn plants if they have been stretching towards the light.
- Start fertilising plants with Kings Liquid Houseplant Food.
General Tasks
- Start thinking about making your own compost bin if you have the room.
- Weeds will soon be popping up everywhere – get rid of them while they are small, before they get out of hand.