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South Australia - August 2002 |
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Select
the date from the list shown below for this months tip |
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5th
August |
A
reminder that if you are growing Chrysanthemums and cut them down after
they finished flowering, they will have made plenty of basal growth and
now is the time to strike cuttings from that material. |
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12th August
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If you have a backdrop of Cannas somewhere in
the garden, they are probably starting to grow again, but resist leaving
them.
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19th
August |
It’s
rumoured that a well-presented garden can add up to 15% to the value of a
house when and if you come to sell yours.
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26th August
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Time
to get in that first spray if you want to control peach curl leaf this
year. Any of the various copper compounds will do, but you must spray in
week’s time after the initial spray, which is best to correspond to the
stage at which buds are swelling and bursting.
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