What to do in your garden during October

Plant & sow

Annuals

Sow quick-maturing summer annuals like:

Vegetables

Sow vegetables like:

General garden maintenance

• Do not neglect your container plants; prune them lightly and feed and water them regularly.
• Cut out the dead branches from garden trees.
• Feed and deadhead annuals.
• Feed shrubs with a fertilizer high in potassium.
• Water and mow the lawn.
• Fertilize and mulch heliconias and calatheas which are starting to grow during this month.
• Fertilize guava, litchi and mango trees.