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How Scotts® can help |
| Prepare a bed for vegetables. |
- Choose a sunny location. Almost all vegetables need full sun.
- Eliminate weeds & grass with herbicide.
- Dig the soil over well.
- Mix in fertiliser and about 5% organic material such as compost.
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Roundup® Ready to Use weed killer will kill off weeds without poisoning the soil.
Controlled release Osmocote® Plus Garden Beds contains all the nutrients vegetables need.
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Plant seeds or seedlings.
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- Water well beforehand. Do not allow soil to dry out.
- Plant seedlings at the appropriate time of year and seeds at the depth recommended.
- Handle seedlings with care to prevent damage to roots.
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Watering is very important.
Osmocote® potting & planting mixes include a wetting agent to optimise watering but if your planting mix does not include a wetting agent, consider adding Hydraflo2® Wetting Agent.
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Encourage flowering and fruiting.
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Apply a soluble fertiliser regularly once buds begin to appear.
Plants such as tomatoes, capsicum, beans, peas, eggplant, marrows, pumpkins & cucumbers need bees to pollinate the flowers. Grow brightly coloured flowers near by.
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Miracle-Gro® Tomato Plant Food is designed specifically for tomatoes and all types of vegetables.
Miracle-Gro® can be applied with a watering can or with the Miracle-Gro® Garden Feeder.
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Grow herbs
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Grow herbs in amongst vegetables or as edging plants for the vegetable garden.
For convenience, herbs can be readily grown in pots.
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Herbs do not require large amounts of fertiliser.
A modest application of Osmocote® PLUS Garden Beds will generally suffice.
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Deal with pests.
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- Pick off and squash grubs such as caterpillars and snails.
- Use a low toxicity pesticide to kill insects.
- Use snail pellets to kill snails and slugs.
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Defender™ Pyrethrum Insect Spray is safe to use on vegetables and herbs.
Defender™ Snail & Slug Pellets can be used safely in vegetable & herb gardens.
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