Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Winter veggies and seedlings, citrus, figs, flowering shrubs, camellias and hedging, flowers and perennials.
Tend To
Composting, sowing, weeding, deadheading, spraying and harvesting.
Essentials
Kings Citrus and Fruit Tree Fertiliser, Green Crops, Yates Weed 'n' Feed, and Kings Liquid Fast Food.
Plant Now
Winter veggies and seedlings, citrus, figs, flowering shrubs, camellias and hedging, flowers and perennials.
Veggies
- Start planting your winter veggie garden now. Plant leek, spring onion, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach and bean seedlings now for a delicious winter harvest.
- Plant out leeks, spring onion, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli and broad beans.
- It’s not too late to sow carrot, turnip and beetroot seeds directly into well-tilled soil.
Fruit Trees
- Figs arrive instore this month. They grow well in pots and in the ground, but be sure to keep on top of watering, to ensure your fruit stays healthy and delicious.
- Plant dwarf citrus in large pots or normal varieties in a sunny position in the garden.
Trees and Shrubs
- Get autumn and winter flowering shrubs into the garden now.
- New season camellias are instore and ready to be planted now. They grow well in full sun to part shade, depending on the variety. Feed with Kings Azalea, Camellia and Rhododendron Fertiliser for happy and healthy plants.
- Plant hedges while the soil is still workable. For medium to large hedging, try eugenia, griselinia and pittosporum, and for a smaller, well-maintained hedge, try corokia and buxus.
Flowers and Perennials
- Bring vibrant colour to your autumn garden with flowers such as calendula, alyssum, poppies, viola and pansies. They look stunning when planted in pots and hanging baskets.
- Put tulips and hyacinth bulbs into the fridge for a month before planting to encourage better blooms. Deformed blooms can usually be due to little chill and early sprouting.
- Plant daffodils directly into the garden now.
- Replace any spent annual blooms with autumn and winter annuals, which can be found in our potted colour and seedling ranges.
Tend To
Composting, sowing, weeding, deadheading, spraying and harvesting.
Veggies
- Take out spent veggie plants once crops have finished.
- Save seed from heirloom varieties by drying on a paper towel for a few days on a sunny windowsill.
- Dig in compost and sheep pellets around beds that are still producing, and sow compost crops such as lupin and mustard seed in empty garden beds to reintroduce natural nitrogen and help keep weeds at bay.
Fruit Trees
- Give your fruit trees a boost of nutrients with Kings Citrus & Fruit Tree Fertiliser.
Flowers and Perennials
- Weed flower gardens and feed plants with Kings Fast Food.
- Remove spent flowers regularly to keep plants looking good and encourage prolonged flowering.
Lawns
- Remove weeds from more established lawns by using Yates Weed 'n' Feed. After using this product, avoid sowing any new lawn seed for at least three weeks.
- Apply an even layer of Kings Lawn Fertiliser to existing lawns, and water in well.
- As the days begin to get shorter, reduce mowing frequency.
Harvest
- As your feijoas start to ripen, you can begin your harvest. Remove any fruits that are infected with guava moth, but don't dispose of these in your compost.
- Pick and dry chillies for later use.
- Harvest the last pumpkins, squash and sweetcorn. Freeze any excess, or make into soup and then freeze in old ice-cream containers.
- Harvest late-season potatoes, along with your normal leafy salad greens every few days.
Indoor Plants
- This is the last opportunity to take cuttings for propagation, as they are less likely to survive once the cooler weather sets in.
- With cooler weather, your indoor plants won't need as much water. Adjust their watering schedule accordingly.
General Tasks
- Your bird baths will have had plenty of use over the summer months, so take the opportunity to give it a little clean.
- If you have any flax or cabbage trees, remove the dead and damaged leaves to avoid them getting stuck in the lawn mower.