WINTER GARDEN ESSENTIALS WE DIG

Winter in the garden calls for a targeted selection of practices and supplies, so we’ve gathered a few seasonal picks to keep your plants (and you) smiling until the sunshine returns.

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EcoBait Eco-friendly Snail and Slug Bait

Makhro Home & Garden R150 for 1 kg takealot.co.za

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Rose Protector

3-in-1 Rose Protection

Makhro Home & Garden R136 for 100 ml takealot.com

ClickUp! Rain Gauge Gardena R317 plantland.co.za

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F.C.M. PheroLure

False Codling Moth Eco-friendly Pest Management Insect Science R80 insectscience.co.za

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Battery Blower

VAC BLV 36-240 Battery Set Kärcher R5799 kaercher.com/za

Bio Rock Root Builder

Atlantic Fertilisers

R95 for 2 kg agrimark.co.za

Four Seasons Lawn Seed Seeds of Success Starke Ayres R249 builders.co.za

Vita Fruit & Flower

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Fruit & Flower Fertiliser

Talborne Organics R149 for 2 kg builders.co.za

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Original Chelsea Boots – Military Red Hunter R2699 trenton.co.za

Makhro Compost Activator

No more battles with compost not breaking down if you use Makhro Compost Activator! This biodegradable product containing millions of bene cial microbes rejuvenates compost heaps by rapidly breaking down the material odour-free. Use Makhro Compost Activator in commercial composters and on a conventional compost heap. Once you have gathered enough composting material, mix 50 ml of Compost Activator with 5 litres of water, and wet the compost until the point of run-o . Cover the compost, if not, in a composter with plastic afterwards. Turn the compost and re-apply every two weeks until ready to use. In ideal conditions, it would take about six weeks. 500ml Compost Activator is enough for 2 tons of compost.

Grobest for frisky owering plants

Grobest is a natural liquid sh fertilizer that will supply abundant minerals and vitamins to all plant types. Use Grobet as a soil drench or foliar spray.

Here is a handy tip to water and feed owering houseplants like orchids, cyclamens, or begonias without fuss:

• Fill a container with water.

• Add 2,5 ml Grobest per 3 litres of water, and mix.

• Place your houseplants from decorative cover pot covers in the container. Allow the plant to soak up the nutrient-rich liquid for about 20 minutes. Hydrating these plants from the bottom via capillary action is much better than dousing them from above.

Allow the plants to drain o and place them back in their pot covers.

Biosoil for better soil

Biosoil is a concentrated solution of humic and fulvic acids and an excellent carbon source. It is a natural supplement to feed the good the pathogens and microbes naturally present in the soil, encouraging vegetative matter to break down more e ciently. Biosoil improves the structure of clay soil by enhancing porosity and aeration and improves the water-holding capacity of sandy soil. The improved humic content Biosoil provides makes the nutrients already in the soil more readily available by transporting it directly to the root zones of plants, and using Biosoil as an adjuvant when fertilizing will allow plants to get the maximum use of the nutrients given. Use 50 ml of Biosoil per 10 litres of water as a soil drench or add it to foliar nutrient sprays.

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