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    THINGS TO DO IN SEPTEMBER

    Aug 18, 2021 3 minutes

    COOL & TEMPERATE

    VEGIES

    • The air may be warmer but the ground can still be cool. Hold off on mulching new plantings so they get the most from the early spring sun.

    • Alternatively, if sowing summer crops such as chilli, capsicum, tomato, eggplant, beans, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, zucchini, lettuce and herbs, try warming the soil with a temporary cover of black plastic or use a heated propagation tray.

    • In areas that are still cold and frost is likely, hold off on warm-season crops. Instead sow broad beans, broccoli, English spinach and

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