The Gardener South Africa – September 2019

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5

minutes

to spare

• Increase watering as it becomes warmer.


• Earth up early potatoes and prepare trenches for celery, marrows, pumpkins and squashes.


• Use netting to protect seedlings from birds.


• Keep harvesting winter veggies, and feed brassicas with a nitrogen-rich fertiliser.


• Keep frost cloth at hand in case of a late frost.


• Bag winter-matured compost and start a new pile.

Veg g ie tasks

Highveld and

KwaZulu-Natal Midlands

SOW: Bush and runner beans,

beetroot, brinjals, cabbages, capsicums,

carrots, celery, cucumbers, lettuce,

marrows, mealies, melons, parsnips,

peas, pumpkins, radishes, rhubarb,

spinach and Swiss chard, squashes,

turnips, tomatoes

Middleveld (Tshwane and

other less frosty areas)

SOW: Bush and runner beans,

beetroot, brinjals, cabbages, capsicums,

carrots, celery, cucumbers, lettuce,

mealies, melons, parsnips, pumpkins,

radishes, rhubarb, spinach and Swiss

chard, squashes, turnips, tomatoes

Eastern Cape and

Little Karoo

SOW: Beetroot, brinjals, cabbages,

capsicums, carrots, celery, cucumbers,

lettuce, marrows, mealies, melons,

pumpkins, radishes, rhubarb, spinach and

Swiss chard, squashes, tomatoes

Western Cape and

southern coast

SOW: Runner beans, beetroot, brinjals,

capsicums, carrots, celery, cucumbers,

lettuce, mealies, melons, parsnips,

pumpkins, radishes, rhubarb, squashes,

Swiss chard, turnips, tomatoes

Northern Cape and

Great Karoo

SOW: Bush and runner beans,

beetroot, brinjals, capsicums, carrots,

celery, cucumbers, lettuce, mealies,

melons, parsnips, pumpkins, radishes,

rhubarb, spinach and Swiss chard,

squashes, tomatoes, turnips

Lowveld and

KwaZulu-Natal Coast

SOW: Asparagus, bush and runner

beans, brinjals, capsicums, cucumbers,

mealies, radishes

Sowing guide

This general guide should be used

in conjunction with your own

experience of local conditions and the

microclimate in your garden.

TRY (^) this
Feed seedlings with a liquid feed at half
strength. Repeat every two weeks.
Start
a diary
to jot down
observations and to
record progress and problems.
This makes it easier to plan and
to sort out recurring issues
that you might not
have noticed
until now.
10
minutes
to spare
Remove weeds and dispose of brassica
stumps. Do not compost them because this
can spread clubroot around the garden.