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School Vegetable Garden Competition: How to vote for your school

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Gareth Carter: May is the best time to plant strawberries if you want a bumper crop

Gareth Carter: May is the best time to plant strawberries if you want a bumper crop 7 May, 2021 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read Strawberries planted in May give the best results. Photo / Supplied Plant propagation, growth, flowering and harvest times are dictated by the seasons. This makes some seasons better for planting and sometimes particular plants are only available for one part of the year. Strawberry plants and garlic are some of these crops and the main planting time is now, in the run-up to the shortest day in June. Garlic and elephant garlic are available now in garden centres for a limited time. Planting now, they will be ready for harvest during the summer months.

Gareth Carter: Use those autumn leaves to make compost

Gareth Carter: Use those autumn leaves to make compost

Gardening: Whanganui's climate is great for growing good citrus

Gardening: Whanganui s climate is great for growing good citrus 16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read Citrus trees can be grown successfully in small gardens as well as in larger spaces. Photo / File Citrus trees can be grown successfully in small gardens as well as in larger spaces. Photo / File Autumn is a great time of year to be planting citrus fruit. The new plants from the nurseries are lush and full because of good summer growth. Garden soil is moist from autumn rains and, with winter approaching, there are high prospects of further moisture to aid root establishment. Citrus are one of the favourite fruit plants in Whanganui for small and large gardens as well as container production, with eventual tree size being controlled by the use of dwarfing rootstocks.