GARDENING
in different climates All around New Zealand, there are lots of things to keep you wonderfully busy out in the garden during spring.
IN COOL CLIMATES
it’s time to:
» Keep feeding spring flowering bulbs such as daffodils, hyacinths and tulips with a high potassium plant food, like Yates® Thrive® Flower & Fruit Soluble Fertiliser, to promote healthy growth and a great flower show next year. Continue feeding each week until the foliage dies down in late spring. » Plant seed potatoes into a sunny, well-drained vegie patch or pot and when new foliage emerges, cover with layers of straw and a sprinkling of Yates Dynamic Lifter® Organic Plant Food. » Several types of thrips can become active in spring, including New Zealand flower thrips and greenhouse thrips. New Zealand flower thrips damage stone fruit flowers and greenhouse thrips can cause foliage of camellias to mottle. While thrips are present, spray vulnerable plants each week with Yates® Nature’s Way® Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray, including the undersides of leaves where they often hide.
» Repot vigorous indoor plants into slightly larger pots or refresh the potting mix in tired and weary plants with Yates Thrive Indoor Potting Mix. » Create your very own strawberry pot or patch by planting small potted strawberry plants or seedlings. Fill pots with Yates Premium Potting Mix or prepare soil before planting with Yates Thrive Natural Blood & Bone. It takes a lot of energy to grow handfuls of sweet and delicious berries, so make sure you feed your strawberries regularly with Yates Thrive Strawberry & Berry Fruit Liquid Plant Food.
