Monday 10 November 2014

For the pruning NOVEMBER

its late.
So late, in fact, I feel the urge to just not do it, but I am digging deep and trying to scratch together some plan and just post.
In all due haste.
Much too late.

My appologies November, you are so full of promise and I have been slack.

Thankfully not too much has been missed in the way of vege gardening by the moon.
The short lived productive sowing time on the first few days this month have already gone, as have the first couple of days for root crops, but fret not, your root crops can go in again on the 17th and 18th as the moon wanes and the new moon approaches (23rd marks its arrival)
Before and after that it's all about weeding, watering and hoeing.
Spring is a prolific growing time for everything and the easiest way to keep your vege plot weed free is to plant and/or mulch any bare patch of dirt you have. The weeds will have nowhere to grow if you beat them to the vacant ground.
I have gained rather a bit of growth from my agria potatoes that I popped in last month and have already mounded two seperate last of dirt atop their shoots and I am planning on at least three goes at plopping dirt on top of the shoots, aiming for a huge crop this year. Hopefully my best yet.
From the twenty fifth until the second of December get more sowing done of any above ground cropping plants. The water tables are ideal at this time to give them the best start in life.
Also, any strawberry plants should be up and fruiting starting now. I was told last year from a reliable source that you should pluck off the first set of flowers from a plant and they will continue to fruit harder, sweeter and longer. This year I have done just that I half of my robust patch and will wait to see how they fare and re post later about it. I am aiming for a bumper crop of these too. We have a massive stack of plants and they are all flowering profusely.
Fingers crossed. I love a good strawberry or 65.

That's all folks.

Keep watering. A long deep water makes for strong roots and healthy plants!