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 | | | | | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | Clarence explores some edible native plants that grow well in pots | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | Fact Sheet | | | | Millie builds a couple of simple frames for climbing plants | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | Tropical Climate Zone - Broccoli
- Carrots
- Potatoes
- Sweet Corn
Subtropical Climate Zone - Beetroot
- Endive
- Rocket
- Spinach
Arid Climate Zone - Beans (Climbing and Bush)
- Capsicum
- Garlic
- Parsnip
Temperate Climate Zone - Broad Beans
- Endive
- Lettuce
- Radish
Cool Climate Zone - Broad Beans
- Cabbage
- Peas
- Radish
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| | | | | Cool - In cool temperate gardens, camellias should be putting on a flashy floral show. If you have a camellia that buds but doesn’t flower, give it a jolt with a liquid feed.
- It’s time to give hydrangeas a haircut. Remove spent flower heads, pruning back down the stem until you find a healthy bud. Take off about 2/3rds of the foliage, and it’ll rocket away next spring.
- Keep an eye out for Winter Grass in lawns as it starts to pop its bright green leaves up. Easiest to manage when it’s young, dig the clumps out and feed to the chooks or make into a weed tea.
Temperate - Get into your gutters and give them a good clean out before the rains hit. Don’t get rid of the leaf litter – it can be used as mulch or added into the compost bin.
- If you’re on acidic soils and have been treating your patch to organic matter over the last few months, now is a great time to add some lime – about one handful per square meter.
- With winter just around the corner, our thoughts turn to snow – snow peas of course! Give peas a chance and sow seeds direct, and you’ll be harvesting in about 60 days.
Subtropical - It’s time for bare root roses. Head to a nursery and grab your fragrant favourites, and plant out as soon as possible, keeping roots moist, but not wet.
- Got a bare space under a taller edible? Why not have a crack at some Cress? The leaves of Land Cress are hot, spicy and great in salads, plus this groundcover has it made in the shade.
- If you are seeing the white fuzzy splotches of powdery mildew on the leaves of your plants, why not treat them with a milk mix – 1-part full cream milk with 10 parts water, once a week.
Tropical - Have grasshoppers got you hopping mad? The best time to catch grasshoppers is early in the morning when they are less active, so head out into the patch with a bucket and go hunting – your chooks will love them.
- For a delicious snack, why not have a grow at some edible soybeans, or Edamame? Sow seeds direct into well-drained soil in full sun, and harvest when seed pods are fat and green.
- The stunning foliage of the Iresine is irresistible to snails and slugs at the moment, so set up some beer traps or sand barriers to protect your precious plants.
Arid - Be on the lookout for mealybugs – small, white, squishy insects that may be appearing on your indoor plants. Give them a wipe with rubbing alcohol to send them on their way.
- Pumpkins are ready to harvest now, as the vines are dying, and the stalks are dry. Pumpkins will store best if a small piece of stalk is left attached to the fruit.
- Half lettuce, half celery, all the rage, Celtuce gives you the best of both worlds with luscious lettuce leaves, and a celery-like stem. Plant now in full sun and enjoy this unusual Chinese vegie.
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