September


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Preparing

Harvesting

  • Beans
  • Cape Gooseberry
  • Capsicum
  • Chilli
  • Corn
  • Cucumber
  • Eggplant
  • Melon
  • Squash
  • Tomato
  • Brocolli
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Citrus
  • Kale

 

Planting

 Herbs

  • Amaranth
  • Asparagus
  • Beetroot
  • Burdock
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot
  • Cauliflower
  • Chicory
  • Corn Salad
  • Daikon
  • Endive
  • Fennel
  • Jerusalem Artichokes
  • Kohlrabi
  • Leeks
  • Lettuce
  • Mustard Greens
  • Onion
  • Parsnip
  • Peas
  • Potato (keep covered from frost)
  • Radish
  • Rocket
  • Salsify
  • Shallots
  • Silverbeet
  • Snow Peas
  • Spring Onions
  • Strawberry Plants.
  • Turnip
  • Basil (sow indoors)
  • Chives
  • Coriander
  • Dill
  • Mint (prepare)
  • Oregano
  • Parsley
  • Sage
  • Winter Savory

Divide perennial herbs – oregano, garlic chives, lemon grass

Maintenance 

  • Start prepping beds for tomatoes and capsicums
  • Stake and string broad beans
  • Chop and drop, dig in green crops
  • Protect tender plants from frost
  • Check lemons for aphids and ants – ants will indicate the presence of scale as they love to feed on the honeydew scale excrete
  • Check for wooly aphids on apple trees
  • Sprinkle Epsom Salts (magnesium Sulfate) around the drip line of citrus trees and water in.
  • Prune passionfruit vines and feijoas to encourage new growth.