Monthly Gardening Discussion Thread - April ‘25
Monthly Gardening Discussion Thread - April ‘25
The leaves are falling... What are your plans over Autumn?
I should have planted pumpkins in the right season... I don't think these ones will have time to ripen.
I ended up drilling holes in that bin and will start filling it with leaves when there's enough energy.
My Kiwiberry plant lost all of its leaves mid-way through March. Last week, it suddenly decided to grow a heap of new leaves to replace the lost ones. I live in Queensland so it might be getting confused with all the wild weather we have been getting.
Corn has not fared well, but the carrots look okay for now.
Grasshoppers are still the bane of my existence.
And I managed to get an almost ripe orange and mandarin drop from my fruit trees. Tasted pretty good either way.
May I ask where you are to get kiwiberries? I keep asking nurseries but half haven't even heard of them.
Got the Kiwiberry plant a couple years ago from a local country market (Jimboomba in SEQ). Must be rare, as when I was talking to the lady about something else, she pulls out the plant from her van and asked if I wanted to buy it. It was the only one she had.
I need to get my lettuce seeds started... yesterday, or last week. Not sure I'm going to manage it with enough lead time on the cold weather to get them to a useful size. (southern NSW)
I would consider growing them in indoor pots if I don't get them going soon enough, but I have a cat that likes to eat lettuce so I fear they would not survive.