March
Gardening Calender
Kitchen Garden
Vegetables
• Sow seeds or plants of carrots, parnsip,
radish, silverbeet, spinach, celery, leeks,
beetroot, lettuce, spring onions, peas, turnips,
broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage
and pak choi
• Look out for white butterflies and
control
their caterpillars with Success, Derris
Dust or Beat-a-Bug Insect Spray
• Protect young seedlings from snails
and slugs with Tui Quash
• Hoe regularly to prevent competition
from weeds
Fruit
• Feed with Burnett's Gold Fruit and
Citrus Food and spray with Copper, Oil and
Confidor
• Use netting to protect ripening fruit
• Prepare ground for winter planting
of strawberries by digging in lots of compost
and Tui's Sheep Pellets
Herbs
• Divide and replant perennial herbs
such as chives, mint, thyme, sage and marjoram/oregano
and harvest outdoor basil
• Sow coriander, rocket and parsley
from seed
Ornamental Garden
Bulbs
• Plant out anemones, ranunculus, freesias
and hyacinths
• Blend a dressing of bulb food into
the soil when planting bulbs
Roses
• Fertilise with Burnet’s Gold
Rose Food and continue dead-heading back to
an outward facing leaf
• Plan and order new roses for June
delivery
General
• Keep an eye out for pests and apply
the appropriate spray - check with us which
is best to control your pest
• Start replacing dying summer annuals
with pansies, polyanthus, cineraria, lobelia,
nigella, viscaria and poppies
• March is the best month for planting
new shrubs and hedges. Dig in plenty of Dalton’s
Organic Compost and Tui Garden Galore prior
to planting
• New season camellias are available
for selection and planting
Lawns
• Re-sow if dried out or patchy
• Fill in dips with Tui Lawn Preparation
Mix and pior to sowing spread with Yates Lush
Lawn Starter
• Sow with Tui Superstrike Lawnseed
and wer everyday until fully germinated
• Feed established lawns with Tui Greenkeeper’s
Gold
Containers
• Refresh spent annuals and replace
with bulbs and plants, feed with appropriate
Burnet’s Gold fertiliser.
