Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Veggies, deciduous fruit trees, strawberries and blueberries, roses, trees and shrubs, lavender and perennials.
Tend To
Weeding, preparing, feeding, pruning, sowing, mowing, mulching, and deadheading.
Essentials
Kings Citrus & Fruit Tree Fertiliser, Kings Organic Compost, Organic Garden Booster, Living Earth More The Garden Mix and more.
Plant Now
Veggies, deciduous fruit trees, strawberries and blueberries, roses, trees and shrubs, lavender and perennials.
Veggies
- Sow seeds! Plant carrot and parsnip directly into beds. Sow tomato, zucchini, cucumber, basil, eggplant, chilli, and capsicum into seedling trays indoors and place in a warm, sunny spot.
- Plant grafted tomato and basil plants in warm, sheltered spots, or keep potted plants out of the wind until mid-spring.
- Plant seed potatoes once they have ‘chitted’ or sprouted at least 15cm-long shoots.
Fruit Trees
- Get fruit trees like citrus, peaches, plums, nectarines, apples, and pears into the ground. Plant dwarf citrus in large pots.
- Plant strawberries now for the Christmas pavlova. Blueberry bushes should also go in.
- Plant melon seeds in trays for vigorous plants come October.
Trees and Shrubs
- Plant roses in a sunny position with free-draining soil. Feed existing plants with Kings Rose Food for their upcoming burst of growth.
- Hydrangeas are best planted now so they can become established and reward you with stunning flowers come summer.
Flowers and Perennials
- Sow flower seeds such as alyssum, marigold, and cosmos to provide more food for the bees.
- Plant lavender in a sunny spot with Living Earth Garden Mix in the ground or Tui Pot Power in pots.
Tend To
Weeding, preparing, feeding, pruning, sowing, mowing, mulching, and deadheading.
Veggies
- Clear your beds of weeds before the spring growth kicks off; they’ll be an even bigger job by next month.
- Improve your soil with a good dose of nutrients. Work in Kings Natures Organic Fertiliser, sheep pellets, and Kings Organic Compost for healthy microbes.
Fruit Trees
- Feed fruit trees with Aquaticus Organic Garden Booster as they start to produce new foliage in preparation for the coming season.
- Prune feijoa and passionfruit vines to encourage new growth.
Trees and Shrubs
- Mulch around fruit trees, shrubs, and hedging if you haven’t already. Hedges especially need help to retain moisture as the weather warms.
Flowers and Perennials
- Deadhead winter annuals for an extended flowering season, and start feeding flowering plants with Kings Fast Food if you haven’t already.
- Take out any finished winter annuals, refresh your pot with Kings Container Mix and replant spring annuals such as snapdragons, petunias, and marigolds.
Lawns
- Sow grass seed now to create new lawns or repair patchy, damaged ones.
- Fertilise any established lawns with Weed ‘n’ Feed. Be careful fertilising your new lawn as many fertilisers are too strong and can burn fresh growth.
- As the weather warms, mow your lawn on a high setting and slowly cut the grass shorter as we get into spring.
Indoor Plants
- Spring is the time to give your plants new space to grow- repot plants that are now filling their pots.
- Like most plants in spring, indoor plants are waking up. Take note of how fast water is being absorbed as the weather warms.
- Snip off old, browning leaves that may have appeared during winter.
- If your indoor plants have been stretching towards the light, turn them slightly each week to correct the lean.
General Tasks
- Deadhead daffodils and tulips once flowering has finished otherwise they will use unnecessary energy in seed development.
- Repair or erect trellises and netting for climbers like peas, beans, pumpkins, cucumbers, and even melon to grow up in the coming months.
- Plan out your garden composting for the upcoming growing season, look into getting a green bin for your excess waste if you don’t have a compost bin.
- Sharpen up your spade and secateurs and replace worn-out tools and gloves for the upcoming growing season.
- Once you have planted out veggies and flower punnets return the plastic (roughly rinsed) to a Kings swap-a-pot bin for reuse/recycling.