Monthly Checklist
Plant Now
Tend To
Essentials
Plant Now
Veggies, citrus and passionfruit, trees and shrubs, flowers and perennials and spring bulbs.
Tend To
Watering, feeding, spraying, deadheading, and harvesting.
Essentials
SaturAid, Aquaticus Bugtrol, and Bypass Secateurs.
Plant Now
Veggies, citrus and passionfruit, trees and shrubs, flowers and perennials and spring bulbs.
Veggies
- Large-grade chillies are available in stores now. This month, why not try growing a different variety?
- Plant herbs and leafy vegetables such as basil, lettuce, coriander, parsley and spinach but make sure you keep them well watered.
- Start planning and planting some of your winter crops toward the end of the month including broccoli, cauliflower and silverbeet.
Fruit Trees
- Plant citrus plants such as lemons and limes in welldraining soil. Enhance your soil by mixing in Kings Compost. If your soil is clay-based, consider adding ClayBreaker Gypsum to the mix.
- Plant passionfruit in fertile, free-draining soil rich in organic matter. Plant in a spot with good airflow and ensure that you avoid wetting the foliage when watering.
- For best results with feijoas, plant two different varieties to ensure good pollination. Plant an earlier season and a later season variety to extend your harvest.
Trees and Shrubs
- Grow a sensationally scented garden by planting some evergreen star jasmine, gardenias or the tropical climber stephanotis.
- You can still bring the tropics home by planting mandevilla, frangipani, bird of paradise, and hibiscus in well-draining soil and in full sun. If you have clay soil, mix in Kings Compost, creating a slight mound or raised bed for increased drainage for the plant’s roots.
Flowers and Perennials
- Add a delightful dash of colour by planting some of our annual flowers, including dianthus, penstemon, marigolds and gazanias.
- Alstroemeria, penstemons, gazanias, geraniums and petunias will be in bloom, and they look fantastic when planted in pots or en masse against fences.
- As spring bulbs start arriving in stores, start planting them out to ensure a glorious display of colour next spring.
Tend To
Watering, feeding, spraying, deadheading, and harvesting.
Veggies
- Keep your veggie garden well fed and watered this summer to help plants stay healthy and productive, as well as being less likely to fall victim to pest insects. When watering tomatoes, courgettes and pumpkins try to avoid wetting the foliage as this encourages powdery mildew.
- Spray for caterpillars and whitefly with Bugtrol.
Fruit Trees
- Deeply water fruit trees once a week and net trees before fruit starts to ripen to ensure the birds don’t get it all.
- As deciduous fruit trees finish fruiting, start to summer prune.
Trees and Shrubs
- Make sure anything planted now is kept well watered to keep plants happy and healthy.
- Ensure your trees and shrubs are mulched well with Living Earth More Than Mulch and water deeply once a week.
Flowers and Perennials
- Deadhead spent flowers regularly with bypass secateurs to keep your plants flowering for longer.
- Water and feed regularly.
- Fertilise your summer flowering plants with Kings Liquid Fast Food.
Lawns
- Sprinkle your lawn with SaturAid to help it to retain moisture, and water with collected rainwater or grey water.
Harvest
- You can still harvest your Reed and Hass avocados, as well as delicious cape gooseberries, passionfruit, capsicum, chillies, melons, sweetcorn, tomatoes, beans and berries.
- Harvest late summer fruit as they ripen on the tree, or pick slightly early and share them with friends and family. Once the main crop has finished fruiting, give your trees a light prune.
General Tasks
- Use a grubber to get rid of medium-sized weeds in the garden, ensuring you remove all the roots as well.
- If you don’t already compost, now is a great time to get started. If you have a smaller area, try a worm farm. Worms will dispose of your food and garden waste, as well as providing your garden with natural and organic nutrients with worm tea or composted matter.
Indoor Plants
- Use Kings Slow-Release House Plant Food on larger plants such as ficus, dracaena, and monstera.
- If your peace lilies are wilting faster than usual, it may be time to repot them into slightly larger pots.
- Maintain a regular watering schedule. To gauge if a plant needs watering, lift the pot and assess how light it feels.